Elena Vanden Abeele investigates the functions, symbols and hidden meanings behind the parsol in the 19th century.
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During the early 20th century avant-garde countries like France, Italy, Russia, and Germany provided fertile ground for manifesto writing: Dada,…
By Emily Ridge He who travels light is in a fair way to travel happily. But the happy state is…