Monday, August 17, 2009

DTN News: Famous People Painting ~ Discussing The Divine Comedy With Dante

DTN News: Famous People Painting ~ Discussing The Divine Comedy With Dante *A Truly Amazing Painting ~ The painting itself is great. As you run the cursor over the people, it tells you who they are ...... BUT ..... (click on a person) and you obtain their life history. This is fascinating ... You should also click on the 'camel' for a surprise ! (Click here for link) *Source: DTN News / Courtesy D. K. Seth (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 17, 2009: This is an amazing painting of 103 people that changed the world! You scroll over it to see the names of the people. If you click on them it will bring you to information on them. Be sure to scroll right and down as it's a huge painting. Also, at the bottom you can click on a link that will bring you to a list of the people in the painting, the photo that they used when they painted them, and information on them. We'll definitely be using this in school this year!Here's what they had to say about it: "Painting of 103 Famous People That Changed the World. Includes Wikipedia links & mouse-over tagging. Chinese art - Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante." Chinese Artists Dai Dudu, Li Tiezi, and Zhang An, 2006, oil on canvas.

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