25th Amendment, Section 4: “Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is[…]
By Douglas Green / 02.29.2016 Psychotherapist The term “mindfulness” can seem confusing. Isn’t the point of meditation to get out of one’s mind? To move past the endless chatter of daytime work-ethic honours-student intellect, and connect with something deeper and higher? Eventually, we grasp the seeming contradiction: the way out is through going within. Our[…]
By Dr. Lionel Gossman / 05.28.2015 M. Taylore Pyne Professor of Romance Languages Princeton University From Thomas Annan of Glasgow: Pioneer of the Documentary Photograph In the early stages of photography, when the new technique was still widely viewed as an aid to art and science, rather than as capable of producing art of its[…]
The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan, by Eugène Delacroix, 1826, Inspired by Lord Byron’s poem The Giaour / Art Institute of Chicago By William St. Clair / 05.10.2013 Senior Research Fellow, Institute of English Studies University of London From That Greece Might Still Be Free: The Philhellenes in the War of Independence Shortly after[…]
The introduction of the Spinning Mule into cotton production processes helped to drastically increase industry consumption of cotton. This example is the only one in existence made by the inventor Samuel Crompton. / Boston Museum By Dr. William A. Pelz / 05.20.2016 Professor of History Elgin Community College From A People’s History of Modern Europe[…]
These four volumes of German poetry are wrapped in manuscript waste materials written in Hebrew. / J. Paul Getty Museum By Dr. Kathryn M. Rudy / 09.19.2016 Senior Lecturer in Art History and Medieval Studies University of St. Andrews From Piety in Pieces: How Medieval Readers Customized their Manuscripts Introduction Manuscripts could have useful careers[…]
The graphic design artist who created this magnificent Tarot deck was Gioseppe Maria Mitelli (1634-1718) from Bologna, Italy. Etcher, painter and sculptor, and son of Agostino Mitelli, a painter of the Baroque period; best known as a fresco painter of quadratura, Gioseppe studied with several prominent Bolognese painters. He has created over 500 etched prints[…]
The peak sanctuary at Petsofas: reconstruction with a tripartite building and medium horns of consecration. / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Jeremy B. Rutter Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies Sherman Fairchild Professor Emeritus in the Humanities Dartmouth College The Nature of the Evidence This consists of the following four broad classes, the last of which will[…]
The earliest work of Indian aesthetics is Bharata’s “Natya Shastra.” It consists of a few instructions to the actors about present plays. / Odisha State Museum, India By Dr. George L. Israel / Fall 2016 Assistant Professor of History Middle Georgia State University From: World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 2600 – 1700[…]