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Auguste Rodin

**François Auguste René Rodin** (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor.[1] Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture,[2] he did not set out to rebel against the past. He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition,[3] although he was never accepted into Paris's foremost school of art.

Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, deeply pocketed surface in clay. Many of his most notable sculptures were criticized during his lifetime. They clashed with predominant figurative sculpture traditions, in which works were decorative, formulaic, or highly thematic. Rodin's most original work departed from traditional themes of mythology and allegory, modeled the human body with realism, and celebrated individual character and physicality. Rodin was sensitive to the controversy surrounding his work, but refused to change his style. Successive works brought increasing favor from the government and the artistic community.

From the unexpected realism of his first major figure – inspired by his 1875 trip to Italy – to the unconventional memorials whose commissions he later sought, Rodin's reputation grew, and he became the preeminent French sculptor of his time. By 1900, he was a world-renowned artist. Wealthy private clients

sought Rodin's work after his World's Fair exhibit, and he kept company with a variety of high-profile intellectuals and artists. His students included Antoine Bourdelle, Camille Claudel, Constantin Brâncuși, and Charles Despiau. He married his lifelong companion, Rose Beuret, in the last year of both their lives. His sculptures suffered a decline in popularity after his death in 1917, but within a few decades, his legacy solidified. Rodin remains one of the few sculptors widely known outside the visual arts community.

## References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste\_Rodin
The Picture of Dorian Gray

***The Picture of Dorian Gray*** is a Gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of *Lippincott's Monthly Magazine*.[1][2] Fearing the story was indecent, the magazine's editor deleted roughly five hundred words before publication without Wilde's knowledge. Despite that censorship, *The Picture of Dorian Gray* offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press, although he personally made excisions of some of the most controversial material when revising and lengthening the story for book publication the following year.

The longer and revised version of *The Picture of Dorian Gray* published in book form in 1891 featured an aphoristic preface—a defence of the artist's rights and of art for art's sake—based in part on his press defences of the novel the previous year. The content, style, and presentation of the preface made it famous in its own right, as a literary and artistic manifesto. In April 1891, the publishing firm of Ward, Lock and Company, who had distributed the shorter, more inflammatory, magazine version in England the previous year, published the revised version of *The Picture of Dorian Gray*.[3]

*The Picture of Dorian Gray* is the only novel written by Wilde. It exists in several versions: the 1890 magazine edition (in 13 chapters), with important material deleted before publication by the magazine's editor, J. M. Stoddart; the "uncensored" version submitted to *Lippincott's Monthly Magazine* for publication (also in 13 chapters), with all of Wilde's original material intact, first published in 2011 by Harvard University Press; and the 1891 book edition (in 20 chapters).[4] As literature of the 19th century, *The Picture of Dorian Gray* "pivots on a gothic plot device" with strong themes interpreted from *Faust*.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Picture\_of\_Dorian\_Gray

-https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Picture-of-Dorian-Gray-novel-by-Wilde

-https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5297.The\_Picture\_of\_Dorian\_Gray
Creative Commons License

A **Creative Commons** (**CC**) **license** is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted "work". A CC license is used when an author wants to give other people the right to share, use, and build upon a work that the author has created. CC provides an author flexibility (for example, they might choose to allow only non-commercial uses of a given work) and protects the people who use or redistribute an author's work from concerns of copyright infringement as long as they abide by the conditions that are specified in the license by which the author distributes the work.

There are several types of Creative Commons license. Each license differs by several combinations that condition the terms of distribution. They were initially released on December 16, 2002 by Creative Commons, a U.S. non-profit corporation founded in 2001. There have also been five versions of the suite of licenses, numbered 1.0 through 4.0. Released in November 2013, the 4.0 license suite is the most current. While the Creative Commons license was originally grounded in the American legal system, there are now several Creative Commons jurisdiction ports which accommodate international laws.

In October 2014, the Open Knowledge Foundation approved the Creative Commons CC BY, CC BY-SA and CC0 licenses as conformant with the "Open Definition" for content and data.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative\_Commons\_license#Types\_of\_license
Murder Mystery Dinner Party

A **mystery dinner** is a popular type of dinner theater in which the play is a murder mystery, and the diners are invited to solve the mystery as they eat and watch the play. In many mystery dinners, there is no separate stage from the eating area; instead, the actors are mixed in with the diners — and often improvise dialog with diners — creating a more immersive atmosphere.

Fully immersive mystery dinners are a type of murder mystery game in which audience members themselves play character roles — often suspects — in themed costume.

There are numerous mystery dinner theaters throughout the United States and United Kingdom, these are established venues that provide public shows. Joy Swift is credited with inventing the murder mystery weekend – an interactive dinner theatre which runs uninterrupted from Friday to Sunday – at a hotel in Liverpool on 30 October 1981. She was awarded an MBE in the 2002 New Year Honours for her invention.

There are also kits available for "hosting your own murder mystery dinner" at home, as well as troupes of actors who perform (and cater) private shows, or mystery dinners, in client's homes. Some such kits may not be specifically written for a dinner event, but can be adapted to suit that purpose.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery\_dinner

References:

-https://mastersofmystery.com/?currency=USD&msclkid=3f645b5accd016d099203b83ed39955a&utm\_source=bing&utm\_medium=cpc&utm\_campaign=Masters%20of%20Mystery%20-%20Search%20USA&utm\_term=mystery%20party%20kit&utm\_content=Sample%20Keywords

-https://www.mymysteryparty.com/

-https://nightofmystery.com/
Brigid

**Brigit**, **Brigid** or **Bríg** (/ˈbrɪdʒɪd, ˈbriːɪd/, Old Irish Irish pronunciation: [ˈbʲɾʲiʝidʲ]; meaning 'exalted one')[1] is a goddess of pre-Christian Ireland. She appears in Irish mythology as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the daughter of the Dagda and wife of Bres, with whom she had a son named Ruadán. She is associated with the spring season, fertility, healing, poetry and smithcraft. *Cormac's Glossary*, written in the 10th century by Christian monks, says that Brigid was "the goddess whom poets adored" and that she had two sisters: Brigid the healer and Brigid the smith.[2][3] This suggests she may have been a triple deity.[4]

A statuette in the Museum of Brittany, Rennes, probably depicting Brigid or Brigantia: c. 2nd century BCE

Saint Brigid shares many of the goddess's attributes and her feast day on 1 February was originally a pagan festival (Imbolc) marking the beginning of spring. It has thus been argued that the saint is a Christianization of the goddess.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid

-https://www.historicmysteries.com/celtic-goddess-brigid-saint-irish-myth/

-https://www.wicca-spirituality.com/brigid.html

-http://www.brigidsflame.com/brigid.html
Kabuki

***Kabuki*** (歌舞伎) is a classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers.

In 2005, the *Kabuki theatre* was proclaimed by UNESCO as an intangible heritage possessing outstanding universal value. In 2008, it was inscribed in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The individual kanji, from left to right, mean *sing* (歌), *dance* (舞), and *skill* (伎). Kabuki is therefore sometimes translated as "the art of singing and dancing". These are, however, *ateji* characters which do not reflect actual etymology. The kanji of 'skill' generally refers to a performer in kabuki theatre. Since the word *kabuki* is believed to derive from the verb *kabuku*, meaning "to lean" or "to be out of the ordinary", *kabuki* can be interpreted as "avant-garde" or "bizarre" theatre.[2] The expression *kabukimono* (歌舞伎者) referred originally to those who were bizarrely dressed. It is often translated into English as "strange things" or "the crazy ones", and referred to the style of dress worn by gangs of samurai.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabuki

-https://tv-japan.net/c/vWgWny-IawchqKGevEb\_hg.html
Team Unicorn

**Team Unicorn** is a multimedia production team formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2010. Its current members are American actresses Clare Grant, Rileah Vanderbilt, Milynn Sarley, and Alison Haislip (who replaced Michele Boyd in 2014). The group is known for producing parody song videos such as "G33k & G4m3r Girls", a spoof of Katy Perry's "California Gurls", and "All About that Base", a Star Wars parody of Meghan Trainor's song "All About That Bass". The group had a pilot on Adult Swim called *The Team Unicorn Saturday Action Fun Hour!*, and have attended numerous science fiction and comic conventions.

### References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team\_Unicorn

-http://teamunicornftw.com/
Bards

The **bard** is a standard playable character class in many editions of the *Dungeons & Dragons* fantasy role-playing game.[1] The bard class is versatile, capable of combat and of magic (divine magic in earlier editions, arcane magic in later editions). Bards use their artistic talents to induce magical effects.[2] The class is loosely based on the special magic that music holds in stories such as the Pied Piper of Hamelin,[2] and in earlier versions was much more akin to being a Celtic Fili or a Norse Skald, although these elements have largely been removed in later editions. Listed inspirations for bards include Taliesin, Homer, Will Scarlet and Alan-a-Dale.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bard\_(Dungeons\_%26\_Dragons)

-https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Bard

-https://www.dndtools.net/classes/bard/

-http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/bard
Gazette

A **gazette** is an official journal, a newspaper of record, or simply a newspaper.

In English- and French-speaking countries, newspaper publishers have applied the name *Gazette* since the 17th century; today, numerous weekly and daily newspapers bear the name *The Gazette*.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazette
Green Man

The **Green Man**, and very occasionally the **Green Woman**, is a legendary being primarily interpreted as a symbol of rebirth, representing the cycle of new growth that occurs every spring. The Green Man is most commonly depicted in a sculpture, or other representation of a face which is made of, or completely surrounded by, leaves.

The Green Man motif has many variations. Branches or vines may sprout from the mouth, nostrils, or other parts of the face, and these shoots may bear flowers or fruit. Found in many cultures from many ages around the world, the Green Man is often related to natural vegetation deities. Often used as decorative architectural ornaments, Green Men are frequently found in carvings on both secular and ecclesiastical buildings. "The Green Man" is also a popular name for English public houses, and various interpretations of the name appear on inn signs, which sometimes show a full figure rather than just the face.

Some speculate that the mythology of the Green Man developed independently in the traditions of separate ancient cultures and evolved into the wide variety of examples found throughout history.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green\_Man
Mime

A **mime artist** or just **mime** (from Greek μῖμος, *mimos*, "imitator, actor")[1] is a person who uses mime as a theatrical medium or as a performance art. Miming involves acting out a story through body motions, without the use of speech. In earlier times, in English, such a performer would typically be referred to as a mummer. Miming is distinguished from silent comedy, in which the artist is a character in a film or skit without sound.

Jacques Copeau, strongly influenced by Commedia dell'arte and Japanese Noh theatre, used masks in the training of his actors. His pupil Étienne Decroux was highly influenced by this, started exploring and developing the possibilities of mime, and developed corporeal mime into a highly sculptural form, taking it outside the realms of naturalism. Jacques Lecoq contributed significantly to the development of mime and physical theatre with his training methods.[2] As a result of this, the practice of mime has been included in the Inventory of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in France since 2017.

### References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mime\_artist
Saraswati

**Saraswati** (Sanskrit: सरस्वती, IAST: '**Sarasvatī'**) is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, wisdom, and learning.[2] She is a part of the trinity (*Tridevi*) of Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati. All the three forms help the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva to create, maintain, and regenerate the Universe, respectively.[3]

The earliest known mention of Saraswati as a goddess is in the Rigveda. She has remained significant as a goddess from the Vedic period through modern times of Hindu traditions.[4] Some Hindus celebrate the festival of Vasant Panchami (the fifth day of spring, and also known as Saraswati Puja and Saraswati Jayanti in so many parts of India) in her honour,[5] and mark the day by helping young children learn how to write the letters of the alphabet on that day.[6] The Goddess is also revered by believers of the Jain religion of west and central India,[7] as well as some Buddhist sects.
Audrey A. Bordonaro

I studied Interior Design at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY and then received my BS in Art Education from Indiana University of PA. I was employed in Blue Mountain School District, Orwigsburg, PA for 36 years, 19 of which was teaching high school art and the rest of my career as a Guidance Counselor. I continued graduate studies in art at Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA.

I began to resume and to develop my love of creating art after my retirement. The creation of my art is influenced by my life experiences through nature, music, words/poetry, feelings, and emotions. My approach in producing art is very intuitive and I strive to go beyond the obvious. Creating allows me to express what words cannot always say. It is a healing experience and one which I hope transfers on some level to the viewer.

-http://audreyabefineart.com/
Claude Lorrain

**Claude Lorrain** (French: [klod lɔ.ʁɛ̃]; born **Claude Gellée** [ʒəle], called ***le Lorrain*** in French; traditionally just **Claude** in English; c. 1600 – 23 November 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era. He spent most of his life in Italy, and is one of the earliest important artists, apart from his contemporaries in Dutch Golden Age painting, to concentrate on landscape painting. His landscapes are usually turned into the more prestigious genre of history paintings by the addition of a few small figures, typically representing a scene from the Bible or classical mythology.

By the end of the 1630s he was established as the leading landscapist in Italy, and enjoyed large fees for his work. His landscapes gradually became larger, but with fewer figures, more carefully painted, and produced at a lower rate. He was not generally an innovator in landscape painting, except in introducing the Sun into many paintings, which had been rare before. He is now thought of as a French painter, but was born in the independent Duchy of Lorraine, and almost all his painting was done in Italy; before the late 19th century he was regarded as a painter of the "Roman School". His patrons were also mostly Italian, but after his death he became very popular with English collectors, and the UK retains a high proportion of his works.

He was a prolific creator of drawings in pen and very often monochrome watercolour "wash", usually brown but sometimes grey. Chalk is sometimes used for under-drawing, and white highlighting in various media may be employed, much less often other colours such as pink. These fall into three fairly distinct groups. Firstly there are large numbers of sketches, mostly of landscapes, and apparently very often done at the scene; these have been greatly admired, and influenced other artists. Then there are studies for paintings, of various degrees of finish, many clearly done before or during the process of painting, but others perhaps after that was complete. This was certainly the case for the last group, the 195 drawings recording finished paintings collected in his *Liber Veritatis* (now in the British Museum). He produced over 40 etchings, often simplified versions of paintings, mainly before 1642. These served various purposes for him, but are now regarded as much less important than his drawings. He painted frescoes in his early career, which played an important part in making his reputation, but are now nearly all lost.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude\_Lorrain

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Leslie Nielsen

**Leslie William Nielsen** OC (11 February 1926 – 28 November 2010) was a Canadian actor and comedian. With a career spanning 60 years, he appeared in more than 100 films and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 characters.

Nielsen was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. After high school, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1943 and served until the end of World War II. Upon his discharge, Nielsen worked as a disc jockey before receiving a scholarship to study theatre at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He made his acting debut in 1950, appearing in 46 live television programs a year. Nielsen made his film debut in 1956, with supporting roles in several dramas, western, and romance films produced between the 1950s and the 1970s.

Although his notable performances in the films *Forbidden Planet* and *The Poseidon Adventure* gave him standing as a serious actor, Nielsen later gained enduring recognition for his deadpan comedy roles during the 1980s, after being cast against type for the Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker comedy film *Airplane!*. In his comedy roles, Nielsen specialized in portraying characters oblivious to and complicit in their absurd surroundings. Nielsen's performance in *Airplane!* marked his turning point, which made him "the Olivier of spoofs" according to film critic Roger Ebert, and leading to further success in the genre with *The Naked Gun* film series, based on the earlier short-lived television series *Police Squad!*, in which Nielsen also starred. Nielsen received a variety of awards and was inducted into the Canada's Walk of Fame and Hollywood Walk of Fame.

### Reference:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie\_Nielsen
Armour-Stiner Octagon House

The Armour–Stiner House is one of the most visually unique homes in the world. It is a unique octagon-shaped and domed Victorian style house located at 45 West Clinton Avenue in Irvington, in Westchester County, New York. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. It is the only known, fully domed octagonal residence and the only house which replicates Donato Bramante’s 1502 Tempietto in Rome. The elegantly proportioned Tempietto was built in the form of a Tholos, an ancient classical temple, which complimented America’s third quarter of the 19th century fascination with classical forms. This home is open for tours. Photo by @societyforgentlemenexplorers @armourstiner
Gothic Architecture

**Gothic architecture** (or **pointed architecture**) is an architectural style was particularly popular in Europe from the late 12th century to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. It originated in the Île-de-France region of northern France as a development of Norman architecture. The style at the time was sometimes known as *opus Francigenum* (lit. French work);  the term *Gothic* was first applied contemptuously during the later Renaissance, by those ambitious to revive the Grecian orders of architecture.

The defining design element of Gothic architecture is the pointed or ogival arch. The primary engineering innovation and one of the other characteristic design components is the flying buttress. The use of the pointed arch in turn led to the development of the pointed rib vault and flying buttresses, combined with elaborate tracery and stained glass windows.

At the Abbey of Saint-Denis, near Paris, the choir was reconstructed between 1140 and 1144, drawing together for the first time the developing Gothic architectural features. In doing so, a new architectural style emerged that emphasised verticality and the effect created by the transmission of light through stained glass windows.

Common examples are found in Christian ecclesiastical architecture, and Gothic cathedrals and churches, as well as abbeys, and parish churches. It is also the architecture of many castles, palaces, town halls, guildhalls, universities and, less prominently today, private dwellings. Many of the finest examples of medieval Gothic architecture are listed with UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.

With the development of Renaissance architecture in Italy during the mid 15th century, the Gothic style was supplanted by the new style, but in some regions, notably England and Belgium, Gothic continued to flourish and develop into the 16th century. A series of Gothic revivals began in mid-18th century England, spread through 19th-century Europe and continued, largely for churches and university buildings, into the 20th century.

References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic\_architecture
Lost Lands

**Lost lands** are islands or continents believed by some to have existed during pre-history, but to have since disappeared as a result of catastrophic geological phenomena. Such continents are generally thought to have subsided into the sea, leaving behind only a few traces or legends by which they may be known.

Legends of lost lands often originated as scholarly or scientific theories, only to be picked up by writers and individuals outside the academy. Occult and New Age writers have made use of Lost Lands, as have subaltern peoples such as the Tamils in India.

Phantom islands, as opposed to lost lands, are land masses formerly believed by cartographers to exist in the *current* historical age, but to have been discredited as a result of expanding geographic knowledge.

The classification of lost lands as continents, islands, or other regions is in some cases subjective; for example, Atlantis is variously described as either a "lost island" or a "lost continent". Lost land theories may originate in mythology or philosophy, or in scholarly or scientific theories, such as catastrophic theories of geology.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_lost\_lands
Laurence Olivier

**Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier**, OM (/ˈlɒrəns ˈkɜːr əˈlɪvieɪ/; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, he had considerable success in television roles.

His family had no theatrical connections, but Olivier's father, a clergyman, decided that his son should become an actor. After attending a drama school in London, Olivier learned his craft in a succession of acting jobs during the late 1920s. In 1930 he had his first important West End success in Noël Coward's *Private Lives*, and he appeared in his first film. In 1935 he played in a celebrated production of *Romeo and Juliet* alongside Gielgud and Peggy Ashcroft, and by the end of the decade he was an established star. In the 1940s, together with Richardson and John Burrell, Olivier was the co-director of the Old Vic, building it into a highly respected company. There his most celebrated roles included Shakespeare's Richard III and Sophocles's Oedipus. In the 1950s Olivier was an independent actor-manager, but his stage career was in the doldrums until he joined the *avant garde* English Stage Company in 1957 to play the title role in *The Entertainer*, a part he later played on film. From 1963 to 1973 he was the founding director of Britain's National Theatre, running a resident company that fostered many future stars. His own parts there included the title role in *Othello* (1965) and Shylock in *The Merchant of Venice* (1970).

Among Olivier's films are *Wuthering Heights* (1939), *Rebecca* (1940), and a trilogy of Shakespeare films as actor/director: *Henry V* (1944), *Hamlet* (1948), and *Richard III* (1955). His later films included *Spartacus* (1960), *The Shoes of the Fisherman* (1968), *Sleuth* (1972), *Marathon Man* (1976), and *The Boys from Brazil* (1978). His television appearances included an adaptation of *The Moon and Sixpence* (1960), *Long Day's Journey into Night* (1973), *Love Among the Ruins* (1975), *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* (1976), *Brideshead Revisited* (1981) and *King Lear* (1983).

Olivier's honours included a knighthood (1947), a life peerage (1970) and the Order of Merit (1981). For his on-screen work he received four Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. The National Theatre's largest auditorium is named in his honour, and he is commemorated in the Laurence Olivier Awards, given annually by the Society of London Theatre. He was married three times, to the actresses Jill Esmond from 1930 to 1940, Vivien Leigh from 1940 to 1960, and Joan Plowright from 1961 until his death.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence\_Olivier
Barber

A **barber** is a person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave men's and boys' hair and/or beard. A barber's place of work is known as a "barbershop" or a "barber's". Barbershops are also places of social interaction and public discourse. In some instances, barbershops are also public forums. They are the locations of open debates, voicing public concerns, and engaging citizens in discussions about contemporary issues.

In previous times, barbers (known as barber surgeons) also performed surgery and dentistry. With the development of safety razors and the decreasing prevalence of beards, in Anglophonic cultures, most barbers now specialize in cutting men's scalp hair as opposed to facial hair.
Lugh

**Lugh** or **Lug** (Old Irish: [luɣ]; Modern Irish: *Lú* [luː]) is one of the most prominent gods in Irish mythology. A member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Lugh is portrayed as a warrior, a king, a master craftsman and a savior.[1] He is associated with skill and mastery in multiple disciplines, including the arts.[2] He is also associated with oaths, truth and the law,[1] and therefore with rightful kingship.[3] Lugh is linked with the harvest festival of Lughnasadh, which bears his name. His most common epithets are *Lámfada* ([ˈlaːwad̪ˠə], "of the long arm," possibly for his skill with a spear or his ability as a ruler) and *Samildánach* ("equally skilled in many arts").

In mythology, Lugh is the son of Cian and Ethniu (or Ethliu). He is the maternal grandson of the Fomorian tyrant Balor, whom Lugh kills in the *Battle of Mag Tuired*. His foster-father is the sea god Manannán. Lugh's son is the hero Cú Chulainn, who is believed to be an incarnation of Lugh.

Lugh has several magical possessions. He wields an unstoppable fiery spear, a sling stone, and owns a hound named *Failinis*. He is said to have invented *fidchell* (a Gaelic equivalent of chess), ball games, and horse racing.[4]

He corresponds to the pan-Celtic god Lugus, and his Welsh counterpart is Lleu Llaw Gyffes. He has also been equated with Mercury, as well as Apollo.
Solomon Kane

**Solomon Kane** is a fictional character created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard. A late 16th–early 17th century Puritan, Solomon Kane is a somber-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms. His adventures, published mostly in the pulp magazine *Weird Tales*, often take him from Europe to the jungles of Africa and back.

Howard described him as a tall, sombre and gloomy man of pale skin, gaunt face and cold eyes, all of it shadowed by a slouch hat. He is dressed entirely in black and his weaponry usually consists of a rapier, a dirk, and a brace of flintlock pistols. During one of his later adventures his friend N'Longa, an African shaman, gave him a juju staff that served as a protection against evil but could easily be wielded as a weapon. It is revealed in another story, "The Footfalls Within", that this is the mythical Staff of Solomon, a

talisman older than the Earth and unimaginably powerful, much more so than even N'Longa knew. In the same adventure with N'Longa, Kane is seen using a musket as well.

When *Weird Tales* published the story "Red Nails", featuring Conan the Barbarian, the editors introduced it as a tale of "a barbarian adventurer named Conan, remarkable for his sheer force of valor and brute strength. Its author, Robert E. Howard, is already a favorite with the readers of this magazine for his stories of Solomon Kane, the dour English Puritan and redresser of wrongs".

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon\_Kane

-https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970452/

-https://comicvine.gamespot.com/solomon-kane/4005-16222/
Monty Python

**Monty Python** (also collectively known as the **Pythons**) were a British surreal comedy troupe who created the sketch comedy television show *Monty Python's Flying Circus*, which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series. The Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and impact, including touring stage shows, films, albums, books and musicals. The Pythons' influence on comedy has been compared to the Beatles' influence on music. Regarded as an enduring icon of 1970s pop culture, their sketch show has been referred to as being "an important moment in the evolution of television comedy".

Broadcast by the BBC between 1969 and 1974, *Monty Python's Flying Circus* was conceived, written and performed by its members Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Loosely structured as a sketch show, but with an innovative stream-of-consciousness approach aided by Gilliam's animation, it pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in style and content. A self-contained comedy team responsible for both writing and performing their work, the Pythons had creative control which allowed them to experiment with form and content, discarding rules of television comedy. Following their television work, they began making films, including *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), *Life of Brian* (1979) and *The Meaning of Life* (1983). Their influence on British comedy has been apparent for years, while in North America, it has coloured the work of cult performers from the early editions of *Saturday Night Live* through to more recent absurdist trends in television comedy. "Pythonesque" has entered the English lexicon as a result.

At the 41st British Academy Film Awards in 1988, Monty Python received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. In 1998 they were awarded the AFI Star Award by the American Film Institute. Many sketches from their TV show and films are well-known and widely quoted. Both *Holy Grail* and *Life of Brian* are frequently ranked in lists of greatest comedy films. In a 2005 poll of over 300 comics, comedy writers, producers and directors throughout the English-speaking world to find "The Comedian's Comedian", three of the six Pythons members were voted to be among the top 50 greatest comedians ever: Cleese at No. 2, Idle at No. 21, and Palin at No. 30.

References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty\_Python

-http://www.montypython.com/
The Bible: In the Beginning...

***The Bible: In the Beginning...*** is a 1966 American-Italian religious epic film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Huston. It recounts the first 22 chapters of the biblical Book of Genesis, covering the stories from Adam and Eve to the binding of Isaac.[4] Released by 20th Century Fox, the film was photographed by Giuseppe Rotunno in Dimension 150 (color by DeLuxe Color), a variant of the 70mm Todd-AO format. It stars Michael Parks as Adam, Ulla Bergryd as Eve, Richard Harris as Cain, John Huston as Noah, Stephen Boyd as Nimrod, George C. Scott as Abraham, Ava Gardner as Sarah, and Peter O'Toole as the Three Angels.

In 1967, the film's score by Toshiro Mayuzumi was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score.[5] The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures included the film in its "Top Ten Films" list of 1966.[6] De Laurentiis and Huston won David di Donatello Awards for Best Producer and Best Foreign Director, respectively.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Bible%3A\_In\_the\_Beginning...
Carmen Sandiego

***Carmen Sandiego*** is a series of American educational mystery video games that spawned an edutainment franchise of the same name. The game released in 1985, *Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?*, started off both the video game series and the franchise as a whole, which has continued up to the present day. Each game of the series has a particular theme and subject, where the player must use their knowledge to find Carmen Sandiego or any of her innumerable henchmen. This series was originally owned by Broderbund, but is now owned by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since its initial release the series has won over 125 awards and accolades.

References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen\_Sandiego
Constructed Language

The Conlang Flag, a symbol of language construction created by subscribers to the CONLANG mailing list which represents the Tower of Babel against a rising sun.

A **constructed language** (sometimes called a **conlang**)[2] is a language whose phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, instead of having developed naturally, are consciously devised. Constructed languages may also be referred to as **artificial languages**, **planned languages** or **invented languages**[3] and in some cases, fictional languages. Planned languages are languages that have been purposefully designed. They are the result of deliberate controlling intervention, thus of a form of language planning.[4]

There are many possible reasons to create a constructed language, such as to ease human communication (see international auxiliary language and code); to give fiction or an associated constructed setting an added layer of realism; for experimentation in the fields of linguistics, cognitive science, and machine learning; for artistic creation; and for language games.

The expression *planned language* is sometimes used to indicate international auxiliary languages and other languages designed for actual use in human communication. Some prefer it to the adjective *artificial*, as this term may be perceived as pejorative. Outside Esperanto culture, the term language planning means the prescriptions given to a natural language to standardize it; in this regard, even a "natural language" may

be artificial in some respects, meaning some of its words have been crafted by conscious decision. Prescriptive grammars, which date to ancient times for classical languages such as Latin and Sanskrit, are rule-based codifications of natural languages, such codifications being a middle ground between naïve natural selection and development of language and its explicit construction. The term *glossopoeia* is also used to mean language construction, particularly construction of artistic languages.[5]

Conlang speakers are rare. For example, the Hungarian census of 2011 found 8397 speakers of Esperanto,[6] and the census of 2001 found 10 of Romanid, two each of Interlingua and Ido and one each of Idiom Neutral and Mundolinco.[7] The Russian census of 2010 found that there were in Russia about 992 speakers of Esperanto (on place 120), nine of Ido, one of Edo and no speakers of Slovio or Interlingua.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructed\_language

-https://conlang.org/

-https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/
Geometric Art

**Geometric art** is a phase of Greek art, characterized largely by geometric motifs in vase painting, that flourished towards the end of the Greek Dark Ages, circa 900 BC – 700 BC. Its center was in Athens, and from there the style spread among the trading cities of the Aegean.[1] The Greek Dark Ages are also called the **Geometric period** in reference to this characteristic pottery style, although the historical period is much longer than the art-historical period, being circa 1100 – 800 BC.[2] The vases had various uses or purposes within Greek society, including, but not limited to, funerary vases and symposium vases.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric\_art
Performance Art

**Performance art** is a performance presented to an audience within a fine art context, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated, spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or via media; the performer can be present or absent. It can be any situation that involves four basic elements: time, space, the performer's body or presence in a medium, and a relationship between performer and audience. Performance art can happen anywhere, in any type of venue or setting and for any length of time. The actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time constitute the work.

## References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance\_art
Traditional witchcraft

**Traditional witchcraft** is a term used to refer to a variety of contemporary forms of witchcraft. Pagan studies scholar Ethan Doyle White described it as "a broad movement of aligned magico-religious groups who reject any relation to Gardnerianism and the wider Wiccan movement, claiming older, more "traditional" roots. Although typically united by a shared aesthetic rooted in European folklore, the Traditional Craft contains within its ranks a rich and varied array of occult groups, from those who follow a contemporary Pagan path that is suspiciously similar to Wicca to those who adhere to Luciferianism".

According to British Traditional Witch Michael Howard, the term refers to "any non-Gardnerian, non-Alexandrian, non-Wiccan or pre-modern form of the Craft, especially if it has been inspired by historical forms of witchcraft and folk magic". Another definition was offered by Daniel A. Schulke, the current Magister of the Cultus Sabbati, when he proclaimed that *traditional witchcraft* "refers to a coterie of initiatory lineages of ritual magic, spellcraft and devotional mysticism".

Some forms of traditional witchcraft are the Feri Tradition, Cochrane's Craft and the Sabbatic craft.

In 1981, three pseudonymous authors published *Wicca: The Ancient Way*, in which they used *traditional witchcraft* to refer to Gardnerian Wicca.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional\_witchcraft
Rogue Angel

***Rogue Angel*** is a paperback series of novels produced bi-monthly since July 2006 by Harlequin Enterprises, published under a succession of imprints and written under the house name of "Alex Archer". Actual authors are credited with small notes inside the books, but not on the front covers or spines. The main character is Annja Creed. Each novel offers an adventure based on history or mythology, with a heavy fantasy slant.

### References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue\_Angel

-https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/annja-creed

-https://comicvine.gamespot.com/annja-creed/4005-59985/
Storyboard

A storyboard is a graphic organizer that consists of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence. The storyboarding process, in the form it is known today, was developed at Walt Disney Productions during the early 1930s, after several years of similar processes being in use at Walt Disney and other animation studios.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storyboard

-https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/what-are-storyboards/

-https://www.storyboards.com/
The Vision of the Blessed Hermann Joseph

***The Vision of the Blessed Hermann Joseph*** or ***The Mystical Engagement of the Blessed Hermann Joseph to the Virgin Mary*** is a 1629–1630 painting by the Flemish Baroque painter Anthony van Dyck.

The painting depicts Hermann Joseph, a Premonstratensian canon and priest from the Cologne region. He had a devotion to the Virgin Mary and according to legend had several visions of her during his lifetime – the painting shows one of these, in which he was joined in a mystic marriage to her and received the name 'Joseph' after her spouse Saint Joseph Produced for a chapel in Saint Ignatius Church in Antwerp (as had *Coronation of Saint Rosalia* the previous year), it is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Vision\_of\_the\_Blessed\_Hermann\_Joseph
National Endowment For The Arts

The **National Endowment for the Arts** (**NEA**) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence.[1] It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. The NEA has its offices in Washington, D.C. It was awarded Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre in 1995, as well as the Special Tony Award in 2016.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National\_Endowment\_for\_the\_Arts

-https://www.arts.gov/
The Phantom of the Opera

***The Phantom of the Opera*** (French: ***Le Fantôme de l'Opéra***), is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialization in *Le Gaulois* from 23 September 1909, to 8 January 1910. It was published in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century and an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of *Der Freischütz*. It has been successfully adapted into various stage and film adaptations, most notable of which are the 1925 film depiction featuring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical.

## References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Phantom\_of\_the\_Opera
Medici Chapel

The **Medici Chapels** (*Cappelle medicee*) are two structures at the Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, and built as extensions to Brunelleschi's 15th-century church, with the purpose of celebrating the Medici family, patrons of the church and Grand Dukes of Tuscany. The ***Sagrestia Nuova*** ("New Sacristy") was designed by Michelangelo. The larger ***Cappella dei Principi*** ("Chapel of the Princes"), though proposed in the 16th century, was not begun until the early 17th century, its design being a collaboration between the family and architects.
As Above, So Below

***As Above, So Below*** is a 2014 American horror film[4] written and directed by John Erick Dowdle and co-written by his brother Drew. It is presented as found footage of a documentary crew's experience exploring the Catacombs of Paris and was loosely based on the seven layers of Hell. The film was produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Universal Pictures, making it the first film in Legendary's deal with Universal.[5] The film was released on August 29, 2014, and stars Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, François Civil, Marion Lambert, and Ali Marhyar.

## References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As\_Above%2C\_So\_Below\_(film)

-https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2870612/

-https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/as\_aboveso\_below

-https://screenrant.com/as-above-so-below-movie-title-meaning-alchemy-explained/
Heraldry

**Heraldry** (/ˈhɛrəldri/) is a broad term, encompassing the design, display, and study of armorial bearings (known as *armory*), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank, and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch of heraldry, concerns the design and transmission of the heraldic achievement. The achievement, or armorial bearings usually includes a coat of arms on a shield, helmet, and crest, together with any accompanying devices, such as supporters, badges, heraldic banners, and mottoes.

Although the use of various devices to signify individuals and groups goes back to antiquity, both the form and use of such devices varied widely, and the concept of regular, hereditary designs, constituting the distinguishing feature of heraldry, did not develop until the High Middle Ages. It is very often claimed that the use of helmets with face guards during this period made it difficult to recognize one's commanders in the field when large armies gathered together for extended periods, necessitating the development of heraldry as a symbolic language, but there is very little actual support for this view.

The perceived beauty and pageantry of heraldic designs allowed them to survive the gradual abandonment of armour on the battlefield during the seventeenth century. Heraldry has been described poetically as "the handmaid of history", "the shorthand of history", and "the floral border in the garden of history". In modern times, individuals, public and private organizations, corporations, cities, towns, regions and other entities use heraldry and its conventions to symbolize their heritage, achievements, and aspirations.
Cartography

**Cartography** (/kɑːrˈtɒɡrəfi/; from Greek χάρτης *chartēs*, "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and γράφειν *graphein*, "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an imagined reality) can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.

The fundamental objectives of traditional cartography are to:

* Set the map's agenda and select traits of the object to be mapped. This is the concern of map editing. Traits may be physical, such as roads or land masses, or may be abstract, such as toponyms or political boundaries.
* Represent the terrain of the mapped object on flat media. This is the concern of map projections.
* Eliminate characteristics of the mapped object that are not relevant to the map's purpose. This is the concern of generalization.
* Reduce the complexity of the characteristics that will be mapped. This is also the concern of generalization.
* Orchestrate the elements of the map to best convey its message to its audience. This is the concern of map design.

Modern cartography constitutes many theoretical and practical foundations of geographic information systems and geographic information science.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography

References:

-https://www.environmentalscience.org/cartography

-https://www.amazon.com/Cartography-History-Matthew-H-Edney/dp/022660568X