March 31, 1889~ Construction of the Eiffel Tower is completed

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Champs de Mars: The Red Tower by Robert Delaunay

1911 / Oil on canvas / 63 1/4”x50 5/8” / Art Institute of Chicago

Robert Delaunay’s Eiffel Tower Series~
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower_(Delaunay_series)
Art and the Eiffel Tower~
https://www.toureiffel.paris/fr/le-monument/art-et-tour-eiffel

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March 31~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

March 31, 1889: Completion of the construction of the Eiffel Tower

March 31~

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March 29, 1974~ Terracotta Army discovered in Shaanxi province, China

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Terracotta Warriors and Horses / Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor

246 BC-208 BC / Exterior earth pyramid: 154’x 1,690’x 1,591’ / Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shihuang, Xi’an, China

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March 29~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

Raymond Hood: Born March 29, 1881

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March 28, 1939~ Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid

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“Do not let your family live the drama of the war:
To evacuate Madrid is to help in the final victory” by Girón

c.1936-1937 / Lithograph, 3 colors / 39 2/5”x27” / Southworth Collection, University of California San Diego

Illustrated timeline of the Spanish Civil War~
https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/digital/scw/simpletimeline2

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March 28~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

Artist Birthday Quiz for 3/28~

March 27, 1790~ Modern shoelace with aglet patented

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An aglet is the small plastic or fiber tube that binds the end of a shoelace (or similar cord) to prevent fraying and to allow the lace to be passed through an eyelet or another opening. This comes from the Latin word for “needle.” The modern shoestring (string and shoe holes) was first invented in England in 1790 (first recorded date March 27). Before shoestrings, shoes were commonly fastened with buckles.
https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-shoes-1992405

Shoes, 1888, by Vincent van Gogh

Oil on canvas / 18”x21 3/4” / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

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March 27~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

Edward Steichen: Born March 27, 1879

Carl Barks (March 27, 1901-August 25, 2000)

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March 24, 1603~ James VI of Scotland ascends to the English throne

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King James VI of Scotland, later James I of England, at 20
attributed to Adrian Vanson

c.1586 / Oil on panel / 13 3/4”x10” / National Trust for Scotland, Falkland Palace & Garden

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March 24~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

Edward Weston: Born March 24, 1886

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March 22, 1895~ First private screening of a projected motion picture

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Sortie d’usine (Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory)
by Louis Lumière

1895 / Silent film documentary / Running time: 46 seconds / http://www.institut-lumiere.org/

None of them are dated, the case it seems of most of Lumiéres’ films. A contemporary report talked about the film shot on March 19 featuring a horse, so that rules out one version, which has a dog but sans horse. The other two versions must be judged by which looks more likely to have shot in March, from the workers’ clothes and the shadows they cast. What this uncertainty almost certainly means is that, after making what’s said to be the world’s first film, the Lumière brothers also made the world’s first remake, Fremaux joked.
https://variety.com/2017/film/global/thierry-fremaux-lumiere-artistry-louis-lumiere-unifrance-1201960812/

Sortie d’usine – Lumière – Les 3 versions HD~https://youtu.be/qvgPEiw_q04

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March 22~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

Randolph Caldecott: Born on March 22, 1846

March 22~

March 22~ Retrospective Edition

March 22~ Broadway Edition

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