Category: Arts and Culture
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Episodes of Covertness [in the spirit of secret signatures]
Antiquity and the classical world Literature and scholarship Art & design Espionage and resistance Erasure, cover-ups, and what time reveals A List of a Hundred Episodes Antiquity and the Middle Ages Early Modern, and Artful Disguises Literature and Wordcraft Music and Sonic Ciphers Maps, Encyclopedias and Traps Coins, Currency and Craft Espionage, War and Resistance…
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Hidden Names and Secret Signatures in History
Introduction History is full of secret signatures and hidden marks left by creators who longed to be remembered. Throughout the ages, artists, builders and even bystanders have embedded their names or symbols in their works—sometimes openly, but often in clever or concealed ways. In periods when open self-promotion was frowned upon or credit was officially…
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Best-known Curves in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Public finance and the size of the state Inequality, growth and the environment Macroeconomics, labour and money Trade, debt and external balance Innovation, technology and marketing Business operations and product life Psychology, memory and performance Society, crime and population Quantitative linguistics and information Narrative structure and the arts