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In mycology’s early days, botanical drawing was, for some women, a calling. Their mushroom renderings were key to establishing this new field.

The English poet fell in love with Teresa Makri while he was traveling in Greece and subsequently tried to purchase her from her mother.

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Fathy rejected European ideas of modernism, arguing that Egypt could draw on its own regional histories to develop a national aesthetic.