•Following a restoration, early Renaissance artist Piero Della Francesca’sTheNativityhas gone on display in The National Gallery in time for Christmas.The painting, created circa 1470, had been in the possession of Piero’s family until it came to London in the 1860s. Then in a poor cond...
The idea of a federally owned national portrait gallery can be traced back to 1886, when Robert C. Winthrope, president of the Massachusetts Historical Society, visited the National Portrait Gallery in London. Upon his return to the United States, Winthrope began pressing for the establishment of...
See the must-do activities at every national park in the gallery below.LOOK: Must-do activities at every national park Stacker lists the must-do activities at every national park ranked by the annual number of visitors. #60. North Cascades: Hike Desolation Peak Canva #60. North ...
See the must-do activities at every national park in the gallery below.LOOK: Must-do activities at every national park Stacker lists the must-do activities at every national park ranked by the annual number of visitors. #60. North Cascades: Hike Desolation Peak Canva #60. North ...
“If constitutional reform with consultation and participation by the ethnic and religious minorities becomes a reality, Sri Lanka will be on the road to relegate ethnic conflict to the past, as in Western Europe” ~ (Dr. Jehan Perera,the morning, 5 March 2024). ...
This Old West gallery features 97 interactive targets for visitors to take aim at. After operating for decades with air rifles firing lead pellets, this entertaining gallery transitioned to infrared beams in 1985 to cut down on maintenance costs and the occasional ricochet. June 14, 1958: Alice ...
(1) Background: This report examines the unique demands of off-road triathlon (XT) by presenting physiological, field, and race data from a national champion off-road triathlete using several years of laboratory and field data to detail training and race intensity. (2) Methods: Laboratory and...
by Judith Curry I have just returned from my engagement at the National Press Club, sponsored by the Marshall Institute Roundtable. The talk was recorded, it should be available online in a few days. UPDATE: video now available [here] The pdf for my tal
soon afterward he left St. Petersburg. In February 1829 Dawe returned to complete a life-size portrait of Grand Prince Konstantin as well as several other portraits for the War Gallery. His sharply deteriorating state of health forced him to leave for London, where he died in October 1829. ...