World History
Scientists have dug up three Florentine skeletons and have taken their DNA matching it to an Italian family. If the DNA matches computer artists will then reconstruct the female skeleton's face to see if it matches the painting. Of course that won't explain the smile.
- Complete Primate Skeleton From The Middle Eocene Of Messel In Germany: Morphology And Paleobiology
There is PLoS ONE report, with photos, for the Darwinius masillae fossil, known as the Ida fossil or "missing link". It is titled Complete Primate Skeleton From the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology. Darwinius masillae represents...
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. This is an interesting book review. It examines this book by Geoffery C. Ward. It gives a good summary of Jack Johnson's life as well. From the site: In the later years of his life, Johnson...
- Pinterest On The Middle Ages
This is a tremendous Pinterest of the Middle Ages that George Coe put together. It is great with lots of videos (such as the one above talking about the geometry of the Mona Lisa painting), maps, images, etc. ...
- Artwork For One And All
The National Gallery of Art and other museums like the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam have begun uploading and offering their artwork to the public to view and and download as they like. In a statement in The NY Times, National Gallery spokesperson, Deborah...
- Horrible Histories On Leonardo Da Vinci
This comes from our student teacher Marissa Zoretich. It is a great overview of Leonardo da Vinci. It shows a playful back and forth between him and his mode, Lisa Gherardini, l for the Mona Lisa. ...
World History
Has Mona Lisa Model Been Found
Scientists have dug up three Florentine skeletons and have taken their DNA matching it to an Italian family. If the DNA matches computer artists will then reconstruct the female skeleton's face to see if it matches the painting. Of course that won't explain the smile.
- Complete Primate Skeleton From The Middle Eocene Of Messel In Germany: Morphology And Paleobiology
There is PLoS ONE report, with photos, for the Darwinius masillae fossil, known as the Ida fossil or "missing link". It is titled Complete Primate Skeleton From the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology. Darwinius masillae represents...
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise And Fall Of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. This is an interesting book review. It examines this book by Geoffery C. Ward. It gives a good summary of Jack Johnson's life as well. From the site: In the later years of his life, Johnson...
- Pinterest On The Middle Ages
This is a tremendous Pinterest of the Middle Ages that George Coe put together. It is great with lots of videos (such as the one above talking about the geometry of the Mona Lisa painting), maps, images, etc. ...
- Artwork For One And All
The National Gallery of Art and other museums like the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam have begun uploading and offering their artwork to the public to view and and download as they like. In a statement in The NY Times, National Gallery spokesperson, Deborah...
- Horrible Histories On Leonardo Da Vinci
This comes from our student teacher Marissa Zoretich. It is a great overview of Leonardo da Vinci. It shows a playful back and forth between him and his mode, Lisa Gherardini, l for the Mona Lisa. ...