Back in 1728, Caleb Phillips advertised his teachings on a new shorthand method in the Boston Gazette. The lessons would be delivered by mail every week.
In the 1840s, Sir Isaac Pitman also offered shorthand by mail. However, his students would send him a postcard with their efforts, and he would correct and send it back to them. Thus, the Phonographic Correspondence Society was born to formalise the courses. In turn, it led to colleges, and by 1873, the first correspondence school was opened.
blue and yellow concrete building
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How Rijksmuseum's Dazzling Asian Bronze Show Rethinks Art History | Artnet News
An expansive exhibition at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum brings together Asian bronze works spanning 4,000 years of history.
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A Cache of Unseen Letters From Sculptor Barbara Hepworth Heads to Auction | Artnet News
In the 1950s Barbara Hepworth finally started casting works in bronze, a selection of her correspondence with Art Bronze Foundry is for sale.
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a plane flying in the sky at sunset
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, genre: flower painting, style: Abstract Expressionism, Ink and wash painting, tags: Plant, Flower, completition: 1978.
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An unimaginably loud explosion,
Is followed by broken glass,
And the screams of women and children,
Who are caught up in the blast.
They are caught up in a conflict,
It is catching up with all their lives,
It hasn’t asked for what it’s taken,
And it won’t apologise.
The people open their eyes,
Or at least all those who can,
They don’t want to see the damage,
Dealt by the bombers hand.
They survey all the bleeding,
They hear the cries of pain,
They struggle to comprehend this,
And they start to feel the strain.
A half a dozen are dead,
Fathers, mothers and sons,
And no one can answer the question:
In all this loss, just who has won?
What would drive a person
To board a bus with this in his head?
The survivors don’t know the reason,
Anyone who does is probably dead.
Art Deco Grandeur Abounds at the New Van Cleef & Arpels Store | Artnet News
The new Van Cleef & Arpels Madison Avenue store in New York is a destination for fine jewelry and high design.
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