Louis Dreyfus Company — gnostek

Sworn virgin in Rapsha, Hoti , Ottoman Albania , 1908

Artist's conception of a powerful magnetar in a star cluster

01Each of the 999 place settings features a unique ceramic plate with vulvic imagery specific to that woman's historical period.
02Congress voted in 1991 to block 'The Dinner Party' from entering the University of the District of Columbia after public outcry over the imagery.
03The piece required over 400 volunteers working across five years; Chicago documented labor hours as a feminist statement about uncredited work.

01Caesar's soldiers killed roughly 10,000 Pompeians and captured 15,000 at Thapsus; the lopsided toll suggests a rout, not a battle.
02Ancient sources including Plutarch record Caesar falling into a seizure at the onset, carried to a nearby tower to recover while his army fought without him.
03After the battle, Caesar's own veterans executed several surrendered enemy officers on the spot — Caesar was reportedly unable to stop them.