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The Best of the Encyclopedia of Pulp Heroes: The Chevalier de Trelern.De Trélern, Chevalier. The Chevalier de Trélern was created by “Jean d’Agraives,” the pseudonym of Frédéric Causse, and appeared in the French pulp L’Aviateur de Bonaparte #1-22 (1926). In the late 18th century the Chevalier de Trélern is a brilliant, patriotic French inventor. Although he is an émigré, living in Austria, he is devoted to Napoleon’s cause, and so creates for Napoleon a flying machine, the Vélivole, a propeller-driven dirigible. With the help of Vélivole Napoleon conquers most of Europe. De Trélern’s activities attract the hostile attention of Austria, specifically the “Sept de Prique,” Austria’s top spy. The Sept’s pursuit of de Trélern is eventually foiled by the French policeman Jourdain, who reveals that the Sept’s superior is actually the Vicomte D’Erlande, a foul, wicked Fantômas-like genius who also inspired the Comte d’Antraigues to betray the Treaty of Tilsit to the British cabinet.
French steampunk from 1926. Pretty cool, eh?
colors
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Polychromatic decoration as applied to buildings in the mediaeval styles. Thirty-six plates in colours and gold with introductory and descriptive text.[/caption]
John Ruskin, Part of the Palazzo Priuli, Venice
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Ruskin’s drawing of Giacomo Boni, The Palazzo Dario, Venice
[gallery] ancientart:
The Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, Lebanon, ca. 150 AD. This stunning Roman temple, still very well preserved, is actually larger than the Parthenon of Athens.Photos courtesy of Varun Shiv Kapur.
[gallery] Kazimir Malevich, Composition with the Mona Lisa (1914)
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Via John Overholt, the permissible colors for decorating the interiors of Victorian neo-Gothic churches. It is necessary to avoid those garish colors that lead to “the utter destruction of repose.”
[gallery] blech:
Landmark 1979 California Water Atlas Debuts Online, from the David Rumsey Historical Map collection in 2010.Originally published in 1979, The California Water Atlas, a monument of 20th century cartographic publishing, has been scanned and put online for free public access by the David Rumsey Map Collection. Linda Vida, Director of The Water Resources Center Archives of the University of California asked David Rumsey and Cartography Associates to scan and make available to the public this extraordinary book. The copyright holder, the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, agreed to allow free public access online.
My ideal burger is bun, cheese, burger. Sometimes bacon. Ketchup on the side, so I can control it. Pickles—yes! Obviously. And the cheese thing has to be very clear: American cheese only. American cheese was invented for the hamburger. People talk about it being processed and artificial and not real cheese—you know what makes it real? When you put it on a hamburger.