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ADVERTISEMENT Nothing is more subjective than art. Is it a masterpiece, or is it an eyesore? Here’s a list of 10 great sculptures that have become emblems of their environments. Most are big pieces in public places, rather than roped-off works in admission-only sculpture gardens. If you haven’t seen them in person, your opinion of [...]
Posted by Guest Author on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Art · Tagged Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Cloud Gate Anish Kapoor, Crazy Horse Memorial, Her Secret Is Patience Janet Echelman, hypnoticpeacock, Kathy Wilson Peacock, Liberty Enlightening the World, Metalmorphosis, Public sculptures, Spiral Jetty Robert Smithson, Spoonbridge and Cherry, St. Louis Gateway Arch, Statue of Liberty, TopTenz, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Watts Towers Nuestro Pueblo
Isn’t it scary how many people don’t know if Europe is a country or a continent? Wow… What kind of expectations should we have from the poor, ignorant people if even the president called Europe a country?! Now, let’s give the man the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he wanted to say “countries like in [...]
Posted by Timeea on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Travel · Tagged Aeolian Islands, Agenor, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, Asia, brazil, British Columbia, canada, Central Intelligence Agency, china, Church of St. Tysilio, craftsman, Decade Volcanoes, Eiffel Tower, engineer, Etna, Europa, Europe, Europe's Capital, European Union, Finland, France, Frédéric Bartholdi, G20 nations, geography, Geology, Iceland, Ioan Stan Patras, Ireland, Istanbul, Italy, Kenneth J. Hsu, King, king of Tyre, Mary's Church, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea, Merry Cemetery, Mount Etna, Mount Vesuvius, Napoleon Bonaparte, New Zealand, Paris, Poland, president, Princess, REpublic of Ireland, Rob Butler, Romania, Russia, Sicily, Statue of Liberty, steel framework, Strait of Bosphorus, Stratovolcanoes, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, United States, United States of America, Vatican City, volcano, Volcanoes of Italy, Volcanology, wales
We are all familiar with the phrase “your mind plays tricks on you.” In many scientific cases, this statement has proven to be true. The human brain is extremely complex and organized. Professionals are skilled at making observations surrounding cognitive tendencies, but understanding the mechanisms behind human perception is challenging. The cognitive map that develops [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Nature · Tagged America, Aristarchus plateau, artist, bad Internet behavior, Bryan Johnson, Cocktail Party Effect, Contagious Shooting, developed advertising techniques, disorientation, Electronic games, Entertainment, fellow officer, Forced Perspective, Games, Grand Canyon, Green Flash, hallucination, Harry Potter, Havasu Falls, Houston, Illusory Superiority, Index of psychology articles, Internet users, Las Vegas, Michelangelo's statue of David, Moons, Nevada, New York, online advertising purposes, online disinhibition effect, online message board, Optical illusion, Oregon, Oxford, Peter Jackson, queens, Rogue River, Statue of Liberty, Tetris, Tetris Effect, Texas, The Color of Water, The Gruen Transfer, The Lord of the Rings, The Moon Illusion, United States, Vert, veterinarian, water
Love makes the world go around; love also makes you gift the most extravagant things to the one you love, be that your partner, your friend, your child or parent. People tend to spend more when it comes to buying gifts for the ones they love. History is witness to this fact. Here’s a list [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Misc · Tagged Abdullah, Actor, Alberto Giacometti, Andhra Pradesh, Australia, Barrack Obama, Bartholdi, Beth Ostrosky, Beyonce Knowles, Catherine the Great, Chemistry, Chicago, Christina Aguilera, Christmas, Colorado, content developer, david beckham, designer, diamond, Elizabeth Taylor, eminent designer, emperor, Empress, Engagement ring, first lady, France, Francis Bacon, GBP, Gemstones, Himalayan, Howard Stern, Human Interest, Illinois, India, INR, jay-z, Jennifer Lopez, Jerry O'Connell, Jessica Simpson, jeweler, Jewellery, King, Koh-i-Noor, Lorraine Schwartz, Lucian Freud, Maharajah Dhulip Singh, manufacturing, military commander, Mumtaz Mahal, New York, New York City, Orlov, president, Princess, Punjab, queen, Ranjit Singh, rapper, Rebecca Romijn, Richard Burton, Roman Abramovich, RUB, same designer, Saudi Arabia, sculptor, Shah Jahan, Singer, South Africa, St. Petersburg, Statue of Liberty, taj mahal, Teena Celis, United States, USD, valentine's day, Victoria Beckham
As one of the most influential directors of all time, many of Alfred Hitchcock’s films have become permanent classics of the cinema. Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and The Birds are just some of his most popular titles. Audiences all over the world know his movies, but few people know just how many [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged academy awards, aircraft factory worker, alfred hitchcock, Amsterdam, auteur, bad tempered bartender, Balestrero, Barry Kane, best directors, Blackmail, Bob Rusk, Boulder Dam, british films, California, cary grant, Charlotte Inwood, Christian Dior, Christian Dior S.A., cinematic devices, Detective, director of the suspense/thriller genre, director of thrillers, Entertainment_Culture, Erica Burgoyne, Eve Gill, ffolliot, ffollliiot, film, Foreign Correspondent, Frenzy, George Sanders, Grand Hotel, Greater London, Henry Fonda, Hitchcock, Hitchcockian, http://forgottenclassicsofyesteryear.blogspot.com/, I Confess, Jane Wyman, Joel McCrea, John Forsythe, Johnny Jones, Jonathan Cooper, Lifeboat, local police Chief Constable, London, Marlene Dietrich, Michael William Logan, mid-Atlantic, Mount Rushmore, Mystery films, Nathaniel Hood, Netherlands, New York, New York City, North by Northwest, North Holland, Northwest, Notorious, Paramount films, Patricia Martin, priest, Psycho, Rear Window, reluctant billboard model, reporter, Richard Blaney, Robert Tisdall, Romance films, Rope, Sam Marlowe, Scotland Yard, Scott Ffolliot, Shadow of a Doubt, Spellbound, Spy films, Statue of Liberty, Strangelove, Strangers on a Train, Taxi Driver, The Birds, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, The Netherlands, The Trouble with Harry, The Wrong Man, top ten Hitchcock, TopTenz.net, United Kingdom, United States, United States Navy, Van Meer, Vertigo, Young and Innocent