As public interest in the unusual was parlayed into exhibitions in the 16th century, physical oddities began to take on a certain caché, earning fame for many performers and paving the way for the rise of P. T. Barnum and the… Read More ›
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Silent Sundays: Anatomical Skeleton (1523)
1523 anatomical study by Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, with woodcuts by Ugo da Carpi, Courtesy of The National Library of Medicine.
Dancing Skeletons and Troublesome Heads: Joyously Macabre Films of the 1890s
Although the first years of film and its early pioneers present a fascinating and occasionally bizarre history suited to a much longer post, today I thought we’d simply focus on two short and deliciously outlandish movies from the dawn of… Read More ›
The Year of Halloween 