Meta, Tiktok and Other Social Media CEOs Testify in Heated Senate Hearing on Child Exploitation
By Associated Press/VOA Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media — and children’s advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to protect them. On Wednesday, the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other […]
Javier Milei’s Davos Speech Warning About Collectivism
By Veronique de Rugy In a thrilling address at the World Economic Forum, Javier Milei, President of Argentina, presented a robust defense of capitalism and a critical examination of all forms of collectivism. His speech, rich in historical context and economic analysis, offers some vital lessons that are particularly relevant for today’s globalized economy. Sadly, […]
Shang and Zhou Dynasties: The Bronze Age of China
By Department of Asian Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art The long period of the Bronze Age in China, which began around 2000 B.C., saw the growth and maturity of a civilization that would be sustained in its essential aspects for another 2,000 years. In the early stages of this development, the process of urbanization […]
The 1792 Room at the Versailles Palace
As the only remnant of the rooms Louis-Philippe devoted to the French Revolution, the 1792 Room offers the keys to understanding the king’s political and historic project. A Transition Room As the only remnant of the rooms that Louis-Philippe devoted to the French Revolution, the 1792 Room offers the keys to understanding the king’s political […]
Life Lives Within Still Life Paintings
By Alexandra York Subject matter in still life paintings typically consists of mostly inanimate objects, often of common household usage, and has existed in one form or another since ancient times. Egyptians depicted foodstuffs on the walls within burial sites as offerings to the gods or to accompany the dead on their journey to the […]
From Light to Darkness: ‘Goya – The Rebellion of Reason’ at the Palazzo Reale of Milan.
In art history, the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya (1746-1828) is one of those artists who went beyond the conventional art style of their times and opened the doors to modernity in art. However, what made Goya unique was his ability to blend his art with life experiences, political ideas, and even his mental […]
The Importance of Living (V): Our Animal Heritage
By Lin Yutang Chapter Three OUR ANIMAL HERITAGE I THE MONKEY EPIC BUT if this biological view helps us to appreciate the beauty and rhythm of life, it also shows our ludicrous limitations. By presenting to us a more correct picture of what we are as animals, it enables us to better understand ourselves and […]
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
By Eugene Field ** Wynked, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe— Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew. ‘ ‘Where are you going, and what do you wish?’ The old moon asked the three. “We have come to fish for the herring-fish That live in […]
Andrea di Bartolo
Andrea di Bartolo was an Italian painter, active in Siena between 1389-1428. It is very probable that he was the master of Sano di Pietro. Painter and illuminator, he is first documented in 1389, in the Breve dell’Arte de’pittori senesi. He began his training in the workshop of his father, Bartolo di Fredi Cini. His […]
An American Miner’s Song
I work in the mines where the sun never shines And daylight does never appear; With my lamp blazing red on the top of my head In danger I never know fear! I’ve a wife and small family at home in the house And to meet me I’m sure they’ll be glad. They will […]