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Kerry James Marshall, 1995, Legler Library.
The Cultural Center’s “35 Years of Public Art” exhibit is a collection of some of the more than 500 works of art from more than 300 artists displayed in more than 140 public spaces and municipal facilities in Chicago. The city’s public art program began in 1978.
Arad / RO - Gathering, talks and method-collection on/about "Post education. Pedagogy of the Crisis“.
“THE INQUIRY, KNOWLEDGE, AND BELIEF OF TRUTH IS THE SOVEREIGN GOOD OF HUMAN NATURE.”
—Bacon, Essays, Of Truth
Above each statue the pendentive of the dome is occupied by a group in plaster, sculpted by Philip Martiny (1858-1927), consisting of two winged figures, modeled as if half flying, half supported on the curve of the arches, and holding between them a large tablet carrying an inscription in gilt letters. Above the tablet is a pair of crossed palm branches (meaning peace), and below are the lamp and open books symbolic of learning, these last being surrounded by an oak wreath, typifying strength—the whole group thus signifying the power and beneficence of wisdom.
The inscriptions were selected by Charles W. Elliott, president of Harvard University, who several years before had furnished the memorable sentences carved upon the Water Gate at the World Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. Each is appropriate to the subject of the statue below it.
Le dieu Thot sous forme de babouin (the god Thot in the form of a baboon), 664-30 BC (Ptolemaic period)
Thoth, creator of writing and calendars, and the patron of scribes. The statuette was dedicated under the name Horhétep
Taken in Musée Charles X
The rediscovery of ancient Egypt
Western Europeans had long been fascinated by ancient Egypt, and this fascination continued to grow with Champollion’s discoveries. The Napoleonic military campaign in Egypt in the late 18th century had been accompanied by a scientific expedition involving the best researchers of the day; the resulting publications had advanced scientific knowledge of Egypt past and present but, despite a better understanding of the ancient artefacts, their true significance remained a mystery.
Champollion at the Louvre
This was the context in which Jean-François Champollion grew up. When he succeeded in deciphering the hieroglyphs in 1822, he was 32 years old. His discovery of the key to a forgotten language opened a new chapter in research with the emergence of the science of ‘Egyptology’. Hieroglyphic scripts were a precious source of first-hand accounts to be translated, analysed and understood! In his eagerness to spread knowledge of this ancient civilisation among his contemporaries, Champollion helped create the Egyptian museum in Turin, then convinced Charles X to purchase an Egyptian collection for the Louvre. The king appointed him curator of the new Egyptian museum; the only question was where it should be located.
A palatial home for the museum
The first quarter of the 19th century, when Egyptology was born, was a period of great change at the Louvre. As political regimes came and went, its status had fluctuated between royal (or imperial) residence and museum; as of the1820s, the museum began to dominate. Its expanding collections required the opening of new departments, which were like independent museums contained within the same huge building. They included the Galerie d’Angoulême displaying Renaissance and Modern sculptures, the Musée de la Marine, the Musée Assyrien and the Musée Charles X.
It was decided that the new department would be housed in a series of nine first-floor rooms on the Seine side of the palace, in what is now the Sully wing. These rooms were originally the queen’s apartments before becoming home to the Académie Royale d’Architecture and, finally, to the collections of Egyptian Antiquities.
A new setting for a new museum
The architects Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine had already been making changes to the Louvre for over 20 years when they were commissioned to create the Musée Charles X; the ensemble they designed still exists today. They linked the nine rooms together harmoniously with high openings suggesting triumphal arches, stucco imitating pink and white marble, and gilding to highlight the architectural details. The original display cases are still in place today.
The ceiling decorations were done by the greatest painters of the period, such as Antoine-Jean Gros, Horace Vernet and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. The overall theme was antiquity, but the individual scenes ranged in inspiration from Egypt, Greece and Rome to medieval and Renaissance artefacts. The artists created allegorical depictions of pharaonic Egypt, deriving their ideas from Greco-Roman antiquity and biblical texts – paintings such as Study and Genuis Unveiling Ancient Egypt to Greece and Egypt Saved by Joseph.
[*Musee du Louvre]
Taken in the Louvre
The Musee du Louvre, in Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre)
Built over the Louvre fortress (itself founded by Philip II in 1190), the Louvre Palace was the chief residence of French kings from 1546, under Francis I until 1682, when Louis XIV moved to Versailles. Although Louis moved the household, the royal collection remained in the palace and in 1692 it was joined by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, remaining there for 100 years. The palace became a museum following the French Revolution, at the instruction of the National Assembly, and the Musee du Louvre opened 10 August 1793.
2014-11-01: An Official addressing during the Plenary Session 1 - Knowledge and Innovation for Africa's Transformation.
"Urban Transport Knowledge Sharing Russia-Brazil" project
Rio de Janeiro, 09 de agosto de 2013
Reunião com o responsável pelas Relações Institucionais da CCR Barcas, Mario Degoes, e visita técnica às barcas.
Foto: Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil
Sobre o projeto:
Com o objetivo de buscar inspiração e aprofundar conhecimentos técnicos para seus projetos de mobilidade, uma comitiva do Governo Russo está em visita a três capitais brasileiras: São Paulo, Curitiba e Rio de Janeiro. O grupo que compõe a missão – realizada pelo Banco Mundial com apoio da EMBARQ Brasil – é formado por representantes do Ministério de Transportes da Rússia, vice-prefeitos, pesquisadores e outros envolvidos com projetos de transporte ligados a megaeventos esportivos.
The story for these photos are that these are representations of things we embrace everyday of our lives. Destiny, Knowledge and Fate.
2023-03-06: Mafalda Duarte, CEO of Climate Investment Funds along with Hon. Niale Kaba, President of the Board of Governors of the AfDB, Minister of Planning and Development, Côte d'Ivoire and the officials attending the CIF Africa Knowledge Exchange at Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Public Domain Book: The moth book
a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America
by W.J. Holland ... with forty-eight plates in color photography, and numerous illustrations in the text, reproducing specimens in the collection of the author, and in various public and private collections.
Published 1903 by Doubleday, Page & company in New York .
Written in English.
Edition Notes
Curated by Elusive Muse
2026-05-29: Dr Claudine Uwera, Senior Strategic Advisor, Office of the Prime Minister, Rwanda engages in group interaction Arlette Soudan-Nonault Minister of the Environment, Sustainable Development and the Congo Basin of Congo; Eric Ogunleye, Director, African Development Institute , African Development Bank Group; Valérie Liechti, Ambassador, Assistant Director General, Head of the Africa Division; Gunnar Kohlin, Senior Advisor, Environment for Development; Thierno-Habib Hann, CFA Managing Director/CEO at Shelter Afrique during AM2026: Knowledge Event 4 — Valuing the Green Wealth of Nations.
Yesterday was a bit warm in the Cuse so I went to Cold Stone Creamery for some vanilla ice cream.
I asked for a SMALL ice cream and when I looked over, the clerk was stuffing the little cup better than a turkey.
I ran over to him and saying, nooooooooooo....I wanted a small.
Well he just passed me my order and while I walked away a tad annoyed, I thought, " well, I'll just eat half."
But my Cold Stone experience made me think about meal proportions in the U.S
A small= at least a medium and a medium= at least a large.
It's ridiculous...some how bigger is better but when you're adding on a 200-300 extra unneeded calories to my meal then we have this disease known as OBESITY.
I tried to watch another episode of No Reservations and I couldn't finish the episode.
Anthony Bourdain was in Quebec stuffing himself with endless amounts of foie gras.
Images of poor ducks and geese being forced feed kept flooding my mind.
So went back to browsing and came across the movie Food, Inc.
As many of us yankee know, the food industry is run by individuals more interested in their larger than life back accounts than the health of the American people.
When you have the time, please check out the film.
Take back your health by making healthier choices in the food you eat and where you spend your money.