Lenora Rogers's Blog, page 154
July 18, 2015
Jeanne de Clisson
Originally posted on Badass Ladies of History:
A caricature of de Clisson’s naval battles
Jeanne de Clisson (1300—1359 CE) was born in Brittany as Jeanne de Belleville, the daughter of an aristocrat. Her father was Maurice IV de Belleville-Montaigu and her mother was Jeanne-Louise de Belleville. In 1312 she married Geoffrey de Châteaubriant, and had two children by him. He died in 1326. Four years later she married Oliver III de Clisson, a wealthy landowner. They were good friends before t...
Dianne Gardner – Author
I would like to introduce my friend and colleague, author Dianne Lynn Gardner. She is not only an author but an illustrator and fine artist. I am always fascinated to learn from other writers and I thoroughly enjoy being supportive in their work. Our readers are very important to us and we appreciate the support you show them by buying their books and posting a review. So now again here is Dianne Gardner.
The Pacific Northwest is my home. After living in the dry desert of Arizona for over 2...
July 17, 2015
Radioactive Wolf Of Chernobyl Documentary HD – Wild Life Documentary
Originally posted on Online Documentary Films:
Radioactive contamination, also called radiological contamination, is the deposition of, or existence of radioactive substances on areas or within solids, liquids or gases (consisting of the human body), where their visibility is unplanned or undesirable (from IAEA definition). Such contamination provides a danger as a result of the contaminated decay of the impurities, which release [ ]
http://worldgeographicchannel.com/radioactive-wolf-of-chern...
Weiss Brothers – Artclass Pictures: Silent-Era Filmography
Originally posted on kitparkerfilms:
Weary Willie and the Three Kellys
Originally posted on Silent Films:
My next film will feature two new characters, both of whom will be clowns. I’ve since done a lot of research on clowns; the history of clowning and famous clowns. I looked at pictures of clowns, photographs and drawings of clowns, even old commercials from back before Coulraphobia was invented and it was okay to show clowns on tv. One day, I came across this painting:
There was no mention of the artist’s name and I had as of yet assumed that he had painte...
Tudor Conflict and Disease: the Reformation and Plague
Originally posted on tudorqueen6:
The uniting of the House of York [technically Elizabeth of York was, after the death of her brothers, heiress to the throne of England, but she was a female] and the House of Lancaster [Henry Tudor who became King Henry VII of England]. The Tudor period was a time of change. The War of the Roses between the two Royal houses of Lancaster and York had just ended [1485]. The newly crowned King was Henry Tudor [VII], a direct descendant of John of Gaunt Plantag...
July 16, 2015
Piero Manzoni: Scatology and Art
Originally posted on A R T LR K:
On the 13th of July 1933, Italian conceptual artist Piero Manzoni was born in Soncino Cremona, Italy. Called, by some, the enfant prodige of Italian art in the late 1950s and early 60s, Manzoni became most famous for a series of artworks that dealt with the presence of the artist’s character and physiology in art. Some of his works, such as the performance piece when he signed his name on living people and issued them with certificates of authenticity, questi...
July 15, 2015
Lies, Denial & Buried Secrets—How to Create Dimensional Characters
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Image via Flikr Creative Commons courtesy of Zoetnet.
As mentioned in a previous post, one of my all-time favorite series isTrue Detective. There is a line that’s repeated in the series and it is SO perfect for our purposes today.
Sometimes your worst self is your best self.
It’s tempting for us to create “perfect” protagonists and “pure evil” antagonists, but that’s the stuff of cartoons, not great fiction. Every strength has an array of correspon...
