Eight Female Artists in Art History
Fiona Alderton takes a tour of some of the paintings painted by women in the National Gallery collection, including: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, who painted portraits of Marie Antoinette and fled the French Revolution Rosa Bonheur, who obtained the French authorities’ permission to wear men’s clothes so she could paint without harassment, Rachel Ruysch, […]
Google Under The Lens Yet Again For Privacy Breach
Tech giant Google has come under fire again, this time for illegally tracking users’ locations. The company was forced to shell out nearly 8 million dollars recently after it failed to inform citizens of monitoring their movements. Google has agreed to pay $392 million to settle this landmark privacy case. 40 U.S. states . have […]
French Art of the 18th Century at the National Gallery of Art
Over the decades, appreciation of French eighteenth-century art has fluctuated between preference for the alluring decorative canvases of rococo artists such as François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard to admiration for the sober neoclassicism championed by Jacques-Louis David and his pupils. In this final lecture in the series, presented on August 25, David Gariff, senior lecturer, […]
Faith, Gratitude, And Perseverance: Americans Have Much To Learn From The Pilgrim Story
The fate of the Pilgrim colonists would surely have been more difficult had they not settled where they did, adjacent to friendly natives of the Pokanoket Indian village that were part of the Wampanoag tribe. And had they not befriended two who providentially could speak broken English — Squanto and Samoset — perhaps none would […]
Teatro La Fenice’s Three Versions
Teatro La Fenice is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of “the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre” and in the history of opera as a whole. Especially in the 19th century, La Fenice became the site of many famous operatic premieres at which the works of […]
Skiers Prepare For A Full Winter Sports Fix After 4 Year Pause
Europe is certainly the leading ski holiday destination in the world. Amid a dip in the value of the Euro and a gloomy global economy, tourists are still seeking for their winter sports fix. The beginning of December, the end of January, and the end of April are always the cheapest times to plan a […]
WHO Study Reveals About a Billion Youths Are at Risk of Hearing Loss
A World Health Organization (WHO)-led study has released an analysis in the BMJ Global Health that exposes the use of headphones among youths. The publication includes the purpose, methodology and result of the research. The study mainly reveals the rampant use of headphones among youths and the unsafe way many use these accessories. After evaluating […]
Serving at Court and Being Artists
During the fifteenth century, many leading gentleman artists of Suzhou (In the city there was the Wu School, which conformed to the “Three Perfections” genre: poetry, calligraphy and painting) spent a good part of their adult lives either serving at court in the imperial capital, Beijing, or out on provincial assignments. Often, they only returned […]
Switzerland and Its Famous Neutrality in International Conflicts
The concept of neutrality is a fascinating one in the international community. Most countries have political and ideological affiliations with other countries of the world. This practice usually provides them with allies in case of conflict with others. However, some countries maintain a neutral stance in international conflicts and wars. The most legendary of them […]
Vanuatu, One of The Happiest Places on Earth
The pursuit of happiness is something everyone strives for. But it turns out that the ultimate key to happiness may be in learning to be satisfied with what one has. Despite all of the progress that has been made in the world, rates of anxiety around the globe are ever increasing. . However, there are […]