Historical Highlights 171

Here are four interesting historical highlights for your weekend reading.

Check out the first printed illustration of a sloth (1557)!

Read about Jaye Edwards, “a woman pilot in wartime England.”

Learn more about artist Georgia O’Keeffe: “Rewinding the beginning of O’Keeffe’s story a few years back showcases her search, and a period of uncertainty when it was unclear whether she would spend her life as an art teacher or take the steps that ultimately made her a pioneering abstract force in American modernism.” 

The Italian Supreme Court has ordered the Getty Museum to return a bronze state dating to 300-100 BC to Italy. 

Happy Friday!

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