By Lin Yutang Chapter Two Views Of Mankind 2. EARTH-BOUND The situation then is this: man wants to live, but he still must live upon this earth. All questions of living in heaven must be brushed aside. Let not
Water features of all kinds are an important part of French gardens, even more so than plant designs and groves. At Versailles, they include waterfalls in some of the groves, spurts of water in the fountains, and the
Just when we thought that Coronavirus was gone for good, it has returned to haunt the globe. One of the first Asian countries to witness a rapid resurgence in COVID cases is Singapore, reporting above 56,000 cases in the
The Little Red Hen and the Grain of Wheat AN ENGLISH FOLK TALE Edited By Olive Beaupre Miller HE Little Red Hen was in the farmyard with her chicks looking for something to eat. She found some grains
By Lin Yutang Chapter Two Views Of Mankind Christian, Greek and Chinese THERE are several views of mankind, the traditional Christian theological view, the Greek pagan view, and the Chinese Taoist- Confucianist view. (I do not include the
Lorenzetti, two 14th-century Italian painters who were brothers. Pietro and Ambrogio, born in Siena, belonged to the Sienese school dominated by the stylized Byzantine tradition developed by Duccio di Buoninsegna and Simone Martini. Pietro trained under Duccio di Buoninsegna
After leaving the Vatican Museums, we head south and, following the Tiber River, we will reach the Corsini Palace. The palace houses half of the National Galleries of Ancient Art (we will visit the second half, the Palazzo Barberini,
Marie-Antoinette’s reconfiguration of the Trianon gardens can be divided into two distinct phases. The first, starting in 1777, corresponds to the creation of the English Gardens. Subsequently, in 1783, she tasked Richard Mique with extending the gardens to the
