Gold in Renaissance Painting (Video)
Journey through the Gallery’s collection to learn how artists such as Andrea Mantegna and Duccio applied gold to their paintings and explore the different gilding techniques used in works such as ‘The Wilton Diptych’ and ‘The San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece’, with our Curatorial, Scientific and Conservation departments. Gold shines bright throughout the National Gallery’s collection, […]
How Technology Has Influenced Our Lives and Wartime Affairs
Technology has revolutionized communication, information gathering, conflict, and interactions with the outside world. It has significantly impacted our lives and the affairs of war. It has consistently shaped human civilization and its conflicts. We will examine the complex effects of technology on both civilian life and warfare. Human Impact The way of living has been […]
‘Walking Pneumonia’ vs. Covid-19, Uncannily Similar But Different At Core
As frigid temperatures hit China after the removal of all COVID-19 restrictions, a mysterious Pneumonia outbreak among children is spreading like wildfire in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai. With hospitals and clinics overwhelmed with thousands of children admitted and parents stuck in queues, the disease is causing people to panic all over the world, […]
Astronomers Discover Disc Around Star in Another Galaxy for the First Time
“When I first saw evidence for a rotating structure in the ALMA data I could not believe that we had detected the first extragalactic accretion disc, it was a special moment,” says Anna McLeod, an associate professor at Durham University in the UK and lead author of the study published today in Nature. “We know […]
What We Know So Far About the ‘Mysterious Pneumonia’ Outbreak in China
China has been hit by a contagion yet again, with pneumonia cases wreaking havoc in Northern and Southern China sparking fears of the start of a new global outbreak. According to the state-owned China National Radio earlier this week, Beijing Children’s Hospital is seeing an average of 7,000 patients per day – exceeding the hospital’s […]
Medical Tourism: America, China Experiences Exodus
East and West suffer biting losses as citizens seek “the healing god” outside their countries. In earlier times, developed countries with cutting-edge facilities were the epicenters of an influx of medical tourists. The earliest known instance of medical tourism also affirmed this. Greek pilgrims traveled from the eastern Mediterranean to a small area in the […]
France Tests Unarmed M51.3 Nuclear Missile Amid Ongoing Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Israel-Hamas War
In a move to bolster its nuclear deterrence capabilities, France test-fired its long-range ballistic missile M51.3 on November 18. After the launch of the missile, which was not carrying a nuclear weapon, the Defence Ministry said in a statement, “The flight has allowed to confirm a major improvement of the missile which will contribute to […]
The French Gardens of the Petit Trianon in Versailles
Louis XV was always fond of Le Trianon. A passionate fan of gardening and botany, he made his first forays into these domains at the Château de Choisy, before turning his attentions to the area east of the Grand Trianon in the late 1740s. Over the years the gardens would continue to grow. The French Gardens […]
Webb Reveals New Features in Heart of the Milky Way
Amid the estimated 500,000 stars in the image is a cluster of protostars – stars that are still forming and gaining mass – producing outflows that glow like a bonfire in the midst of an infrared-dark cloud. At the heart of this young cluster is a previously known, massive protostar over 30 times the mass […]
Classical: What Does it Mean in Art and Life?
By Alexandra York We start by identifying that the English term “classical” finds its etymological roots in the Latin adjective classicus which referred to the highest class of Ancient Roman citizens. “Classic” also denoted the Romans’ adoration of all things considered timeless by the Greeks like philosophy, architecture, drama, mythology, and the visual arts. Later, […]