Daily Artwork — “The Angelus, 1857-1859″
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1857-1859 — The Angelus. Oil on canvas. Realism style. Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France.
Millet had originally created this work for an American, Thomas Gold Appleton, who failed to take possession of the piece. Millet later changed the painting to include a steeple in the background and change the name from Prayer for the Potato Crop to The Angelus. The painting changed hands many times, ending with a bidding war between France and America. The painting has also been a source of speculation, due to Salvador Dali’s insistence that the figures are actually praying over their deceased child. Dali was so insistent that the painting was eventually x-rayed, revealing a shape that looked like a small coffin, indicating that Dali may have been right, and that Millet may have originally created the painting with the couple mourning over their small child’s coffin. (From Wikipaintings)
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Tags: art, criticism, critique, Jean-Francois Millet, Millet, painting, realism, writing
Daily Photo — “Wounded Comrade”
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American troops treat a wounded dog on Orote Pennisula while fighting in Guam, 1944.
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Tags: canine soldiers, dogs, history, photos, World War II, WWII
Rise in Skin Cancer
With the “unofficial start of summer” only a week away, more and more of us will probably be spending more time in the sun. One of the downsides to this exposure to the sun is that it opens us up to more risk of developing skin cancer. Unfortunately, even with all the literature, studies, and effort to inform the public about the dangers, diagnosed cases of skin cancer are on the rise in the United States. Today’s infographic outlines this rise, the risk factors for contracting skin cancer, and how you can work to prevent it. [VIA]
Tags: cancer, cancer prevention, health, infographic, melanoma, skin cancer, summer
Daily Artwork — “Woman Sitting in an Armchair, 1948″
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1948 — Woman Sitting in an Armchair. Oil on canvas. Surrealism style. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Private Collection.
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Tags: art, painting, portrait, surrealism
Daily Photo — “Dewy Leaves”
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Tags: art, nature, photos, warm-ups, writing
Reading for the Future
As educators we all know the value of reading and of stressing good reading habits and strategies to our students. We need to promote the love of reading and how to read, both for learning and pleasure, throughout their school years. Today’s infographic shows how reading proficiencies can affect a child’s life, some strategies for teaching good reading habits, and why third grade is the most important year in a student’s reading life. [VIA]
Tags: teacher tools, english, reference, reading, education, life skills, profeciency, reading habits, reading skills
The Griffith Institute at Oxford University has put together the definitive database of artifacts recovered from the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt in an exhibit called Anatomy of an Excavation. From its discovery in 1922, the tomb of “King Tut” has fascinated the world because of the unprecedented completeness of the tomb, the fact that it lay undisturbed by tomb robbers and archaeologists alike for over 3000 years, and that because of both of these gives us the most complete picture of Ancient Egyptian funeral rites and practices.
Browse the Anatomy of an Excavation‘s database through either the catalog cards or through the original photographs of the artifacts, both in situ and after their removal from the tomb. This photography and cataloging was also unprecedented in a time when archaeology was more of a treasure hunt than a scientific endeavor. Also available are the scanned journals and diaries of Howard Carter, the head of the excavation and the discoverer of the tomb.
Anatomy of an Excavation is a treasure trove (pun intended) of information for studying archaeology, Ancient Egypt, or funerary practices around the world.
Tags: Ancient Egypt, ancient history, archaeology, Egypt, history, interactive, King Tut, multimedia, photos, reference, social studies, Tutankhamun
