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BitLearn: Piet Mondrian
Geometrical shapes and bright primary colors are the architecture of the most famous paintings by Piet Mondrian.
Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was and is an incredibly influential modern abstract artist. His paintings hang in many of the most famous museums in New York, Chicago, London and Paris.
Mondrian had a lengthy painting career that was not always characterized by the straight lines, geometry and primary colors of his most famous “Neo-Plasticist” works, such as his Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red. Mondrian also painted in the naturalist and cubist style early in his career.
His well known neo-plasticism works were produced beginning in the early 1920s through the 1940s. One of his most famous, Broadway Boogie-Woogie, was produced in New York and hangs today in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.
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BitQoute: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Posted by Ari in History, Ideas, People, Quotations on October 20th, 2009
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Thirty Second President of the United States (1933-1945), Governor of New York (1929-1933), US Democratic Politician (1882 – 1945).
BitLearn: Pont Neuf
The Pont Neuf is a beautiful stone bridge in the heart of Paris, France connecting the Île de la Cité with the right (Rive Droite) and left (Rive Gauche) banks of the Seine and the Louvre complex in the 1st Arrondisement with the Qaurtier Latin.
Pont Neuf translated from French = the “New Bridge”. The name is deceiving as all travellers to Paris learn that the Pont Neuf is actually the oldest bridge in the city.
In 1578 King Henry III decided to build a “New” bridge across the Seine river and the first stone was laid that year. The bridge’s construction wasn’t completed until around 1607 when King Henry IV opened the bridge to use. The bridge’s stone architecture utilized the most modern design techniques of the time.
Connecting both side of the river over the Île de la Cité, the bridge is actually two seperate spans on each side of the little island.
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