I find it amazing how common it is for conversations, especially on the telephone, to begin with the question, "How are you?" For some I suspect this is simply a courteous way to greet another, and not a serious question requiring a significant answer. For others, it can be a polite way to begin a conversation and also a serious question of concern about the other's health. The irony is that this is an ancient question from about 500 (B.C.E.) in Babylon, once located in present day Iraq.
According to historians, the Babylonians, unlike the Egyptians, had very few doctors because they left the curing of illness to the public! A sick person was required to be seated or placed in Babylon's city square, and citizens by law were forbidden to pass by the sick person without inquiring, "How are you?" Passersby who had also suffered or had a family member who had suffered the same affliction, or even had seen it treated, would give advice to the sick on how their affliction could be cured.
Paradoxically, today we like the ancient citizens of Babylon tend to often do exactly the same to both friend and stranger by suggesting they ask their physician for this or that medical cure that helped us. If you like so many others today begin your conversations by asking the other, "How are you?", then let your question be a serious one and not just a polite inquiry. Serious questions require the asker give the gift of all the time the other needs to answer the inquiry, and to listen without giving advice…unless asked!
Two simple easy prescriptions that are not easy to swallow. To "keep your head cool," not enflamed by anger at others or oneself for stupid mistakes, requires discipline. "Keep your head cool" requires refrigeration by a peaceful lifestyle and living with a non-judgmental acceptance of reality and humanity's propensity for ridiculous inconsistency. "Keep your feet" warm by having a courageous heart that isn't afraid to confront authority when it is wrong. Having cold feet is an old sign of being a coward and running from a fight instead of standing your ground. Church and State, the boss and the manager, can all cause "cold feet," so keep your feet warm and your head cool.
"We not out of the woods yet," is frequently heard these days when the great recession is slowly improving. The saying implies that while modest progress is being made in the economy don't presume it will continue to improve. Today, no explanation is required of this expression, and it can easily invoke images of Hansel and Gretel and other fairy tale heroes in a dark foreboding forest escaping wickedly evil monsters.
None of us frets over being attacked today by barbarian Huns, yet none of us are truly home safe. When the traffic light turns green, carefully look left and right before entering the intersection, hearing the echo of that old Roman caution. Be vigilant, for there are an increasing number of drivers who don't stop for yellow-turning-red or even—sadly—for solid red lights!
Regardless if it is your health, job, personal safety or the economy, none of us is out of the woods yet. Like Roman legionaries of old, be cautious when entering intersections or dipping into your savings for a needless luxury, and practice a forward thinking in life so as to avoid danger and harm.
However, also be cautious about being cautious! Avoid like the plague being fearfully vigilant; practice moderation in being careful. Spice up your life with zesty risks and tangy reckless daring, otherwise continuous caution will pickpocket your life of enjoyment.
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Fifteen years ago I was struggling with a very serious sleeping disorder. One day the Lord spoke to me, through a prophetic ministry, and He said: 'David, you will start experiencing the resurrection power of Jesus Christ. Rise up ands live again!' The following months I indeed felt an inner strength to stop with the horrible sleeping medication. With His power in my heart I could overcome the addiction to the bad medicine and learn to sleep naturally again. It was a struggle, but His power enabled me to do it. Christian Wall Art
Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him. Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. ... Christian Wall Art
Add a charming reminder to your walls with this art. A perfect finishing touch for traditional spaces, it adds style and spirit to your home. This piece showcases a textual art motif written in black cursive font and reading a prayer that starts "Dear God, so far today I've done all right. I haven't gossiped or lost my temper…" The vintage paper-inspired background adds an extra touch of classic appeal to this art. Made in America, this art is printed on paper and enhanced by a... Bible Christian Image
The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month. Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations." ... Goodnews Art
'Lord, open my eyes to see it. Fill me with your life giving, resurrection power. I renounce the powers of death and sin that bind me. I declare your authority and your lordship over my life. Come and reign in men, Lord Jesus. You are My Lord, my King, my Savior. Your blood has washed me from all my sins. Come and fill me with your Holy Spirit. I want to live in you now. Amen.' Christian Wall Art
And it will come about in that day, that every place where there used to be a thousand vines, valued at a thousand shekels of silver, will become briars and thorns. People will come there with bows and arrows because all the land will be briars and thorns. As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample. Bible Christian Image
As soon as Solomon finished his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. And the priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord filled the Lord's house. When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the Lord on the temple, they bowed down with their faces to the ground on the pavement and worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever." Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before the Lord. King Solomon offered as a sacrifice 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. ... Goodnews Art
Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Contact me: openbibleinfo (at) gmail.com. Cite this page: Editor: Stephen Smith. Publication date: Aug 8, 2019. Publisher: OpenBible.info. Bible Art
In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his spirit was troubled, and his sleep left him. Then the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be summoned to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king. And the king said to them, "I had a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream." Then the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic, "O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation." The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, "The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be torn limb from limb, and your houses shall be laid in ruins. ... Bible Art
"Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. "This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. "You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. Goodnews Art
"The house which I am about to build will be great, for greater is our God than all the gods. "But who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to burn incense before Him? "Now send me a skilled man to work in gold, silver, brass and iron, and in purple, crimson and violet fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled men whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided. Christian Wall Art
Images communicate deeper to people, than just words. God created us as visual beings, who live according to what we see. That's why art has the power to shape an entire culture. People act upon what they see with their eyes. Christian wall art can therefor change the course of a person's life, as they suddenly are confronted with the most powerful reality there is: God's burning, compassionate love for them. Bible Christian Image
A young man wrote us that he was on his way to commit suicide. He had failed so often in his life and felt totally worthless and empty. He was disappointed in churches and people and made a decision to end his life. On his way to death, he came across a piece of Christian wall art, designed by David Sorensen. This artwork expressed the passionate love God has for us, and it shows us how valuable we are to Him. It touched the heart of this young man so deeply, that he started crying. He was filed with the truth of God's love for him, and turned around, back home. Later he started a christian ministry among the youth of his community…. Goodnews Art
"You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it. And you shall make two golden rings for it. Under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it. You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. ... Goodnews Art
Beautiful, high-quality gallery-wrapped canvas wall art for Easter — looks just like a museum piece! The high-quality canvas is professionally wrapped around warp-resistant, structurally engineered stretcher bars. Mounting hardware is included — just takes it out of the box and it's ready to hang! You'll notice that their canvases have a thick 1.5" depth, which is heavier and thicker, maintaining stability and structural integrity. Their heavier thickness ensures that your wonderful canvas... Bible Christian Image
He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital. So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital. The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. There were capitals on the two pillars, even above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals. Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. On the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished.
Jack Wellman is a father and grandfather and a Christian author, freelance writer, and Prison Minister. Graduate work at Moody Bible Institute. His books are inexpensive paperbacks that are theological in nature: "Teaching Children The Gospel/How to Raise Godly Children," "Do Babies Go To Heaven?/Why Does God Allow Suffering?," "The Great Omission; Reaching the Lost for Christ," and "Blind Chance or Intelligent Design?, Empirical Methodologies & the Bible." Goodnews Art
and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to perform in every inventive work. "He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. "He has filled them with skill to perform every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs. Christian Wall Art

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Then, discuss your results with a partner or your class.
Some height increasing exercises, along with proper diet and better sleeping habits, may help aid the growing process.
Here you can see some of the grow taller exercises that may supplement human growth.
You can use the exercises and stretches as part of your daily routine.
(5 to 6 minutes long - depending on chosen listening speed) 3) Joe Biden's Commencement Speech at Cornell University (35 to 42 minutes long - depending on chosen listening speed) 4) Rutger Bregman: Is poverty "a personality defect"?
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Younger children may grow taller more with a good diet and a better exercise plan than they might grow without them.
Genetics still play a very important role to determine the final height of an individual.


We know that caring for orphans is close to God's heart - but what does that mean, practically, in today's day and age and in our unique life stages? The Archibald Project advocates for orphan care through storytelling, highlighting all aspects of the United State's foster care system and adoption and child care abroad. They even spotlight opportunities for you to make a difference with the time and talents you have available, In their words, "Some stories are beautiful, some powerful, and some heart breaking, but all of these stories need to be told." You can also check them out on Facebook and Instagram.
Creative girls, here's a fun project just for you: This challenge kicks off July 1, inviting you to write one Bible verse each day however you like - in a fun app, with freestyle calligraphy or a collage - really, it's up to you. Then share with your friends and enjoy others' work on social media with the #30daysofBiblelettering hashtag.


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Holly Humberstone shares heartbreaking new single 'London Is Lonely'
The new track explores how the singer-songwriter felt disconnected after moving to the Big Smoke
By Will Lavin
Holly Humberstone. CREDIT: Phoebe Fox
Holly Humberstone has released a brand new single called 'London Is Lonely' – you can listen to the heartbreaking number below.
READ MORE: Holly Humberstone: "I have loads of new music that I'm so excited about"
After teasing it earlier in the month, the 21-year-old singer-songwriter has now released the poignant track in full, which documents the story of moving to London and feeling disconnected and isolated.
"I wrote 'London Is Lonely' back in February 2020 right before the pandemic hit here in the UK," Humberstone said of the song. "I had just moved out of my childhood home down to London and had spent the past few months feeling really trapped and alone in my tiny flat with strangers. London felt so intense and although there were so many people around me, I felt even more isolated and like I didn't belong.
"I kind of lost myself in the city. I didn't exactly know who I was anymore, and so going home and writing felt like my safe space to process everything. It's funny now listening to the song almost two years on, post-pandemic, and feeling like nothing much has changed at all."
She concluded: "I'm still trying to find my place here and make it my home and so it felt right to put this song out into the world right now, when so many other people are probably feeling lost right now too."
You can listen to 'London Is Lonely' below, as well as watching Humberstone perform it live.
'London Is Lonely' comes as Humberstone gears up to release her debut album, which, as the Lincolnshire native told NME last year, was nearing completion but a while off from hitting shelves.
"An album is a really daunting thought," she admitted. "Being done with my debut album and having that much work, and all of it being final, is so scary – so I think it's going to be a while [before it's released].
"I've had loads of time now to just experiment and try different things out, and to have fun with my writing without the pressure."
Humberstone's latest release, her second EP, 'The Walls Are Way Too Thin', came out last November via Polydor/Darkroom/Interscope. It included the singles 'Scarlett', 'Please Don't Leave Just Yet' (a co-write with Matty Healy of The 1975), 'Haunted House' and the title track.
In a four-star review of 'The Walls Are Way Too Thin', NME praised the EP – the follow-up to 2020's 'Falling Asleep At The Wheel' – as "a light-hearted ode to how Humberstone sees that heartbreak is behind her and hope is always just ahead, a flame that keeps reigniting despite all attempts to extinguish it."
The record also made it to NME's list of the best EPs and mixtapes of 2021, while her upcoming full-length is one of our 20 albums to get excited about in 2022.
December saw Humberstone crowned as the winner of this year's BRITs Rising Star Award. The singer-songwriter follows in the hallowed footsteps of other artists who have won the prize, including the likes of Adele, Celeste, Florence & The Machine, Sam Fender, Ellie Goulding, and last year's winner Griff.
The day she received the award, Humberstone teamed up with Sam Fender for an acoustic version of the latter's hit single 'Seventeen Going Under'.
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IT Chapter Two Review
~Or~ It's Odd When A Homicidal Demon Clown Lets You Down
It (2017) is something of a horror masterpiece: not just imagery but dread, atmosphere, threat and the terror of isolation the children in the adaptation of King's novel faced was masterfully done. I loved the predecessor so I was genuinely baffled that its sequel, It Chapter Two (2019) was such a steady and consistent misfire from the start. If you're more afraid of spoilers than Skarsgard's demon clown, consider this your warning to turn back.
The chief failure of the film is established in the film's opening, a gay couple attending a fair in Derry, Maine are assaulted by a group of bigots in the dark street, one of them beaten to a near unrecognizable pulp before tossed over a bridge into the river. His partner clambers down to the riverbank to try to rescue him just in time to see Pennywise take a bite out of his partner before disappearing behind a cloud of roughly 99 red balloons (sorry, I couldn't resist).
You might think to yourself, as I did, 'wow, that's a helluva of a message go out on a limb for but a big one: regular ol' humans are monsters all their own.' That thought is never going to be revisited or justified in any meaningful way. We're promptly treated to the expected run of scenes getting the gang back together of the losers in the present day, and it turns out that everyone's doing all right more or less except Jessica Chastain's Bev who, despite living in a lavish home with her husband is subject to a graphic scene of domestic violence for trying to leave to return to Derry when she receives the call.
No one else checks with their spouses, but Bev who does suffers abuse for it and has to flee her home in her pajamas into the rain. It's odd, given Chastain's reputation, that she participated in depicting what feels like a completely unnecessary depiction of domestic violence that serves no later plot of character development. It's especially disappointing because that potential message they could have built to about humans being the real monsters? Never gets picked up after that 10th minute. Instead the rest of the bloated runtime (it's just shy of 3 hours total), feels like "where are they now and what are they still coping with" fan fiction rather than the narrative closure to the Losers we met from 1989.
The tragedy of this is that the hype is real in one regard, Hader truly turns in a scene stealing performance. This only leads to further disappointment because Hader's character's spiritual walk about is mishandled and leads me to ask a question I didn't expect to have to ask, but here we go: is Pennywise a homophobe? I'll leave it at that.
It (2017) was much tighter and focused- the deaths and horror of Pennywise's stalking and taking of lives made the town of Derry feel all the more dangerous even in the daytime for the Losers, it served to isolate the band and force them to live or die together. This one feels like tacked together ideas, and many of the horror moments this time around rely on jump scares rather than true dread or suspense, and often feel like filler- one young girl who gets killed is never acknowledged by the Losers or anyone else in the film again, so what was the point except for a neat idea with some subtle lighting effects?
It's a true shame that a near masterpiece in horror is followed up with a bloated mess of a film, and even more a disappointment that it should flub so thoroughly on the takeoff with such depictions of hate crimes and violence that it doesn't take even of a minute of its remaining two and a half hours to contextualize or address (seriously, Bev's abusive husband and the gay couple are never mentioned again). Pass on this one folks, hopefully there'll be better horror fare when we get closer to the harvest.
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Computer music has slowly progressed into a technology used by people all over the world. 100 years ago, there was no such thing as computer generated sound or music. All music was played and developed by musical instruments. The 1960's proved to be the beginning of computer music when the first real music program was written by Max Matthews. It proved to be a start for eventual research into the computer music field. Research institutions as well as university programs (USC) were created for students who wanted to study computer music. As of today, computer music technology is used everywhere. It is used on T.V, radio, music tracks and many other types of media. The history combined with all the research done by people has developed computer music into an industry. All these innovations have created additional interest in the minds of people to expand on the topic of computer music even further and develop an even more profound technology than we have today.
100 years ago, computer music did not exist. Computer music has now developed from a little known technology to a world wide phenomenon. The first real music program was created by Max Matthews in 1957 which was called MUSIC. It could play several tones and single line tunes. In 1960, MUSIC3 introduced the concept of the unit generator, a sub program that would create a specific kind of sound and only needed a few numbers from the composer. Later versions of MUSIC made sound developing more efficient and real composers started composing and creating serious works on this program. Another program developed by Max Matthews was called GROOVE. It would record a musician's actions as he played a synthesizer with a variety of controls. After this recording was made, the action list could be edited and played on the synthesizer again. Matthews innovations led to the eventual creation of the Kyma system by Symbolic Sound. It was the first actual music system that was put out in the market for people to purchase. It was based on a very powerful DSP unit (the Capybara) attached to a host computer running Kyma software. The program is basically an instrument designer that allows the composer to configure the Capybara for any kind of synthesis of processing. This system was used as a template for future music programs. In turn, the history of computer music shows us that, when an idea gains some interest, more and more people start pursuing which results in a very rapid innovation of that idea.
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The Un-Bias Guide for Leaders is based on Levine's Matrix Model Management System which involves the storytelling principles of cultural anthropology, the planning methodology of urban planning, and the team leadership of facilitation. The Un-Bias Guide is combination text / workbook customized for the workplace. The guide is an innovative tool for addressing unconscious bias and conscious choices.
Designed for team training in the workplace: business leaders, nonprofit administrators, and innovative entrepreneurs. CLICK at the bottom of the following short video to hear Deborah Levine share why the Un-Bias Guide is what today's workplace needs.
Thought Leader has become a popular term in 2018. It sounds impressive and timely, even if we're not sure what it means. At one level, the term is meaningless. If you aspire to be a thought leader, does that mean you're currently a thoughtless leader? Joking aside, Thought Leader has come to refer to an expert in a given field who's been able to monetizing that expertise. Some look at the reference as the result of inflated ego, but also as a useful marketing tool for increasing visibility and recognition.


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The American Medical Association Reconsiders Marijuana. Will the Justice Department Follow?
By Jessica Bennett On 11/13/09 at 2:44 PM EST
More than 100 million Americans have smoked pot. Thirteen states have medical marijuana laws on the books, and a dozen more are considering legislation. Studies have shown that the substance can stimulate appetite, ease muscle spasms and numb pain.
Yet since 1970, when Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substance Act into law, the time-slowing green plant known as marijuana has been a Schedule 1 controlled substance: classified alongside drugs like heroin and PCP—and deemed more harmful than cocaine, meth, and Ketamine. Pot advocates call that reality the "Schedule I Lie" —referring to the drug's federal classification as the most potent of drugs, considered, by law, to have "no accepted medical use."
The idea that a few tokes every now and then is more harmful than the recreational use of dog tranquilizer seems a bit, well, bogus, considering its mainstream acceptance. Barack Obama has openly admitted to smoking pot; Michael Phelps has tried it (and still managed to bring home eight gold medals); and earlier this year, attorney general Eric Holder discouraged U.S. attorneys from prosecuting retailers in medical marijuana states. There are pot TV shows and cities (like Oakland) that are now taxing the drug's medicinal use to bring in extra revenue.
Yet despite how the culture around pot has changed, defenders of the current federal policy have clung to a prominent, and trusted, ally to back them: the American Medical Association, which the justice department often cites when enforcing marijuana policy.
So it it might have come as a surprise on Tuesday when the AMA announced that, after 72 years, it was reversing its pot policy—and urged the federal government to do the same. Precipitated by a similar decision by the group's Medical Student Section, the AMA resolved that "that marijuana's status as a federal Schedule 1 controlled substance be reviewed," with the goal of facilitating clinical research, and presented a new medical report, conducted by its Council on Science and Public Health, laying out the drug's various medical benefits.
The AMA hopes the resolution will make clinical research on cannabis—long a roadblock in proving that the substance was ill-classified—a more-easily obtained reality. At present, getting the necessary clearance to study a Schedule 1 drug is a near-impossible bureaucratic nightmare that involves multiple government agencies, and purchase of notoriously low-potency pot from the government's only legal growth facility, at the University of Mississippi. As a result, "only a small number of randomized, controlled trials have been conducted on smoked cannabis," physician (and AMA board member) Edward Langston told the Los Angeles Times earlier this week.
Tthe AMA move is a powerful symbolic gesture—"a huge shift in medical ideology," says the medical student who spearheaded the resolution—and demolishes the long-held pot prohibitionist claim that "no sound scientific studies have supported medical use of smoked marijuana."
Realistically, however, the future looks hazy. "This is symbolic if nothing else because the AMA is abandoning this flat-earth policy it's held for decades," says Paul Armentano, the deputy director of the National Organization for Reform of the Marijuana Laws and the coauthor of Marijuana Is Safer; So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?. "But does the AMA have the power to reschedule marijuana, or even get the ball rolling so that those who have the power will do it? I highly doubt it."
As of Friday, the Justice Department was still touting the AMA's outdated stance, on a Web page devoted to debunking the "myth" of medical marijuana.
Jessica Bennett is a staff writer at NEWSWEEK, where she covers women's issues and cultural affairs. Read NEWSWEEK's full coverage of the medical marijuana debate.
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Author: Botticelli
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Narrator: Henry Bryan Binns
Illustrator: Botticelli
In 1481, Pope Sixtus IV summoned Botticelli and other prominent Florentine and Umbrian artists to fresco the walls of the Sistine Chapel. The iconological program was the supremacy of the Papacy. Sandro's contribution included the Temptations of Christ, the Punishment of the Rebels and Trial of Moses. He returned to Florence, and "being of a sophistical turn of mind, he there wrote a commentary on a portion of Dante and illustrated the Inferno which he printed, spending much time over it, and this abstention from work led to serious disorders in his living." Thus Vasari characterized the first printed Dante (1481) with Botticelli's decorations; he could not imagine that the new art of printing might occupy an artist.
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Part I: First Age
Plate I
PLATE I.—THE BIRTH OF VENUS. From the tempera on canvas in the Uffizi. (Frontispiece)
This picture is generally regarded as the supreme achievement of Botticelli's genius. It was probably painted about 1485, after his return from Rome.
The canvas measures 5 ft 8 in. by 9 ft 1 in., so that the figures are nearly life size. No reproduction can do justice to the exquisite delicacy of expression in the original. Something of the same quality will be found in the "Mars and Venus" in the National Gallery, which was probably painted about the same time. The two figures on the left are usually described as Zephyrus and Zephyritis, representing the south and south-west winds: that on the right may be one of the Hours of Homer's Hymn, or possibly the Spring.
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli (Italian: [ˈsandro bottiˈtʃɛlli]; c. 1445 – May 17, 1510), was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He belonged to the Florentine school under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, a movement that Giorgio Vasari would characterize less than a hundred years later as a "golden age", a thought, suitably enough, he expressed at the head of his Vita of Botticelli. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century; since then his work has been seen to represent the linear grace of Early Renaissance painting. Among his best known works are The Birth of Venus and Primavera.
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What's The Relationship Between Sport and High-End Fashion?
In the early years of the 20th century there wasn't a particularly strong link between sports and fashion; however even as far back as this, sport did still influence the way people dressed (especially women!) Sports like ice skating, cycling and tennis all required the female stars to wear some form of special clothing, and as this was at a time when the mere glimpse of a lady's bare ankles was considered shocking it enabled the more daring to push the boundaries of what was acceptable. The fashion industry was quick to take advantage of this, and leading designers of the day began to bring out collections that reflected a more liberal and less formal style. In the decades since, the influence sport has had on fashion has grown to the point that leading designers recognise that in order to become truly world renowned, they simply have to include a sportswear collection in their repertoire; the likes of Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen and Marc Jacobs have all worked with the major sportswear brands. Equally, these companies have been quick to take advantage of the huge sales opportunities opened up to them by appealing to mass markets, rather than simply targeting serious sports enthusiasts.
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