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Fun Fact Friday: Glass Art
Glass art is fascinating and has been around for quite a long time. This weekend is the Holiday Open House at Corning Museum of Glass. If you’re anywhere in the area of Corning, New York you should stop by and check out the museum. There’s always fun demos of the…
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Fun Fact Friday: The Last of the Etruscans
So you’ve been reading along the last several Fridays and you’ve been thinking, why have I never heard of this ancient civilization before? (Or if you haven’t been reading along and need to catch up you can go here.) Well, it may have something to do with the old Winston Churchill…
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Fun Fact Friday: The Etruscans and Portraits
I’m still talking about the Etruscans (they are my favorite ancient civilization after all). And this might just be the thing I find most interesting about them! The Etruscans broke away from the generic style of drawing portraits used by the Egyptians and Greeks and began portraying individualized detail of…
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Fun Fact Friday: The Etruscans Pt3
Do you know about the Etruscans? They’re one of my favorite ancient civilizations and existed between the Greek and Roman periods. I watched a fascinating documentary series on Great Courses called the Mysterious Etruscans about them recently. Many people don’t know about this ancient civilization and their impact on history,…
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