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UNESCO World Heritage sites

Rain today.  Rain tonight.  You know what that means.  Back to 4,800 bps.  <sigh>

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You know about UNESCO's "World Heritage" sites, right?    Here is a list of them, arranged according to continent --

Africa

Arab States

Asia and the Pacific

Latin America and the Caribbean And --

Europe and North America -- by far the most of any continent or cultural area are found here. 

There are Virtual Tours of a few of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, but not many.  (I cannot figure out why this link does not work.) 

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Brit Museum Compass -- real links!

Two necklaces

Gold necklace, Paris, c. 1870

Detail (Note: if this link does not work properly, use the "larger image" link on the main page, above.) (Magnifique!)

Gold necklace with painted enamel scenes, mid-17th century

Experiment:  larger image; larger image

Meditation & breathing (very good)

Buddhism: "Meditation is a mental and physical course of action that a person uses to separate themselves from their thoughts and feelings in order to become fully aware." Improve breathing. "In this article, we will explore how other people have used breath awareness to transform their lives in positive directions." Meditation Techniques; Breathing Exercise

Royal Ontario Exhibitions

Past exhibitions (fairly long list)

Art of the First Cities (MMA, exhib)

For tomorrow's entry, I am thinking of giving a new exhibition at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art a good going-over.  The exhibition is called Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus.   Using eight different "themes" (writing, cities, burial and so on), it explores the surviving artifacts of civilizations that include modern-day Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Iraq, Iran and India.

More on prints (galleries)

Haley & Steele;

Types of prints;

Keith Sheridan, Inc.l

Flemish Illuninated Mss.

Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library

Introduction;

Timeline: 1400-1550

Secular Mss.

The Dream of Cangnis and The Tartars paying homage to Cangnis, c. 1450 (preview). Alexander the Great consulting his astrologers; from Historia Alexandri magni; c. 1468-73 (quite striking) (preview). Knights and ladies riding to London tournament, Froissart, Chroniques; c. 1472-73 (preview).   Charles the Bold receiving oath of fealty; 1475 (preview). Fortune appearing to Boccaccio, Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus illustrium virorum et feminarum; c. 1480 (preview).

Garden of Pleasure, from Le Roman de la Rose, c. 1490-1500 (nice) (preview).

Lydgate and the pilgrims, c. 1520-30 (preview).

Genealogical Tree of the Kings of Aragon, illuminated by Simon Bening, 1530-34 (preview).

Thais site

The Thais site.  This website's two main subjects are historical architecture and Italian sculpture.  Although most of its photos are in black and white, some of them are powerful indeed. 

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Quote; 2 Panini interiors

Today's Daily Zen Meditation is from the Sutra of Forty Two Chapters:

Those who are pure in heart and single in purpose are able to understand the most supreme Way. It is like polishing s mirror, which becomes bright when the dust is removed. Remove your passions, and have no hankering, and all will be revealed to you.

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Two architectural interiors by Italian artist Giovanni Paolo Panini, at the National Gallery of Art --

Interior of the Pantheon, Rome, ca. 1734

Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome, ca. 1754