The Morgan Library and Museum has received much favorable attention in recent years for its drawings-focused and literary exhibitions. But in March 2012, the institution named Joel Smith its first ever curator of photography, and now, nearly two years later, it will open its first exhibition organized by the new department.
Off-Grid Winch: Incredible Power from Two Logs and a Rope
by Todd Walker The power of simple machines, smartly employed, are capable of moving most anything. Over the years I helped my daddy move really heavy stuff in his plumbing/welding business and on …
Good governance gave Venice a thousand years of prosperity and renown. The idea that the US is the oldest democracy in the world is far from the truth. Even if you qualify it as "existing" or "continuously existing", the Swiss have one far older, (making allowances for a brief Napoleonic regime), as do the Icelanders. But more important is that forms of government are very plastic. What we call a democracy in the US is a far cry from actual self-rule, given the vastly greater influence of…
"La Musique" vers 1910 ? Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929) Plâtre préparatoire au bas-relief (métope) réalisé pour la façade du théâtre des Champs-Elysées à Paris. Isadora Duncan a inspiré l'artiste pour représenter le personnage de droite. Musée Bourdelle www.bourdelle.paris.fr/
