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Real Archers Never Used Fire Arrows, And They're Actually Quite Silly

- June 10, 2016

Real Archers Never Used Fire Arrows, And They're Actually Quite Silly

- June 10, 2016

Real Archers Never Used Fire Arrows, And They're Actually Quite Silly Weapons expert and YouTube personality Lindybeige explains why, despite Hollywood's love for a good fire arrow volley, shooting flaming sticks doesn't really work. June 10, 2016 at 02:22PM

Article of the day for June 11, 2016

- June 10, 2016

Article of the day is Portrait of Monsieur Bertin. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

grit: Word of the day for June 11, 2016

- June 10, 2016

Word of the day is grit : Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude. […] On this day in 1969, the film True Grit was released

Article of the day for June 11, 2016

- June 10, 2016

The Article of the day for June 11, 2016 is Portrait of Monsieur Bertin . Portrait of Monsieur Bertin is an 1832 oil-on-canvas painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. It depicts Louis-François Bertin (1766–1841), a writer, art collector and director of the pro-royalist Journal des débats. Having achieved acclaim as a history painter, Ingres accepted portrait commissions with reluctance, regarding them as a distraction. The painting had a prolonged genesis; he agonised over the pose and made several preparatory sketches. The final work presents Bertin as a personification of the commercially minded leaders of the liberal reign of Louis Philippe I, emanating a restless energy. He is physically imposing and self-assured but his real life personality shines though – warm, wry and engaging to those who had earned his trust. The portrait is an unflinchingly realistic depiction of aging; Ingres emphasises the furrowed skin and thinning hair of an overweight man who maintains his resol...