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750 BCE
Iliad
A 5th century text of the Iliad, book 8 lines 245 to 253. As part of Homers epic poems the Iliad is a part of the Classical Studies. This epic portrays the Trojan war and a certain princes lust dooming the nation state of troy. -
720 BCE
The Odyssey
A written text of the Odyssey another of Homers epic poems found in Egypt and written in papyrus, also in the domain of the classical studies. This epic details the journey of Odysseus on his way home from the Trojan war and losing everything to make it back. -
429 BCE
Oedipus Rex
A roman copy of a bust of Sophocles the main character in Oedipus Rex of whom gouge out his own eyes in grief and horror of what his life truly was. This story which this bust represents is another Greek tragedies in the domain of the Classical studies. -
322 BCE
Aristotle
A bust of Aristotle Greek philosopher and defender of Greek tragedies who vouched for the power tragedies hold due to the imperfect nature of their protagonist's. -
30
Judas's Betrayal and Jesus's Crucifixion
An AI art piece depicting Judas kissing Jesus on the cheek one of the signals he used to help identify Jesus to the romans. This betrayal was incited by greed and a bag of 30 silver and thus the son of god was crucified. Religious studies. -
1338
Siena Cathedral
A photo of the Siena Cathedral a grand work that started in 1249 but when the Black death hit all hope of the construction ended with over half of the population dying and thus construction stopped. A Tragic tale of architecture. -
Romeo and Juliet
The very iconic play from William Shakespeare the tragedy known the world over this photo is from a film of the play by Franco Zeffirelli. The tragic tale of two lovers on opposite sides of conflict that do this day still is performed in theater. -
The Sad Message by Peter Fendi
An oil on wood painting of a young mother receiving news from a French solider that her husband has died in the line of duty. The painting is a period piece of the hundred year war when Britain attempted to conquer France, and captures the common pains of war. -
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A photo of an original copy of the 1850 The Scarlet letter a novel about Hester Prynne a woman out of wedlock birthing a child with a secret lover then branded by the town with a scarlet A to be worn around her neck for being an adulterer as her missing husband returns follows a tragic revenge story where the husband attempts to find the father of this child. -
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The poster for the silent film about a woman whom saw holy visions from god and rallied the French against the British turning the war around for the French. To only be charged by her own country for heresy and to admit to the people that she lied after all she had done was put to death. -
Operation Barbarossa
This digital art piece was made by Daniar Joldoshbek and I've used it to symbolize the rivalry and then open conflict between the two dictators. In world war 2 when the Nazis invaded Soviet Russia in a span of 6 months the Nazis killed allegedly over 2 million soviet Jews in what was called the holocaust by bullets. Another tragic fact from ww2. -
Agent Orange
This photo of crop dusters dumping agent orange over Vietnam in an attempt to kill the jungle and farmlands supporting the Vietcong. Alas the side effects of this herbicide were not known while it saw massive usage during the war led to many genetic defects in both American and Vietnamese people as well as causing various cancer and other health conditions to those exposed. A long lasting mistake in US history. -
Simon & Garfunkel The Sound of Silence
Album cover of the Folk Rock group Simon and Garfunkel featuring the song the sound of silence. A song which gives a solemn warning to lack of people to communicate envisioned in this song as a nightmare of what is to come to our world. -
Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash
Album cover of Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash Folk Rock musician. Whom with the release of this album went on tour visiting and preforming at prisons to bring awareness to the poor conditions that inmates were under. Equating them to abandoned and forgotten. -
Tiananmen Square
This photo is of "Tank man" one of many protesters of the current government in 1989 during the cold war. This man stood in front of the tank column as to not let them pass. The days after leading to Tiananmen Square the infamous massacre on civilian protesters the estimated dead numbered between hundreds to thousands a tragic low for human history.