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“Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.” – Michelangelo

Wikipedia article of the day is Qibla. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2izLNMl Summary: The qibla is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is used by Muslims in various religious contexts, including ritual prayer. Muslims believe the Kaaba to be a sacred site built by the prophets Abraham and Ishmael, […]

“Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.” – Oscar Wilde

Wikipedia article of the day is Bank of England £20 note. Check it out: https://ift.tt/23n3fPX Summary: HMS Temeraire was a 98-gun ship of the line of the British Navy, serving in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Built at Chatham Dockyard, Temeraire was launched in 1798 and commissioned in 1799. After years of routine duties she […]

“To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.” – Robert Mapplethorpe

Wikipedia article of the day is Hurricane Gordon (2006). Check it out: https://ift.tt/3hduiuU Summary: Hurricane Gordon was the third hurricane and first major hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the first tropical cyclone since 1992 to affect the Azores while retaining tropical characteristics. Gordon formed on September 10 in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. […]

“Of all lies, art is the least untrue.” – Gustave Flaubert