Not so long ago, a museum survey of Indian paintings pegged to individual artists would would have been inconceivable. The accepted wisdom about so-called miniature painting held that it was the product of anonymous workshop craftsmen churning out images conforming to the inherited norms and prevailing tastes of their court or patron. But at a lecture series at the Freer Gallery of Art in the mid-1990s, scholars talked about finding names of artists in minute inscriptions in the paintings, as well as clues from archival materials about their family ties and movements from court to court. From behind each miniature there began to emerge the shadowy image of an individual. The audience of art historians was visibly astonished, and in subsequent exhibitions curators began to include some names in labels and to change the language in wall texts, increasingly referring to "artists creating" rather than paintings simply exemplifying a style or period. Wonder of the Age: Master Painters of India, 1100-1900 is at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art through Jan. 8. The show, which features some 190 works, is divided into six chronological sections, such as "Early Hindu-Sultanate Painting, 1500-1575," and "The Golden Age of Mughal Painting, 1575-1650." Within each section paintings are grouped by artist, about two-thirds of whom are named, the rest designated by title based on the style or subject of their work. Lee Lawrence
See one of the pictures and count the number of animals in it at:
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tuition [too-ish-uh n, tyoo-] noun
1. the charge or fee for instruction
2. teaching or instruction
3. Archaic guardianship or custody. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tuition

Eric Carle, author of the picture-book classic "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," was very hungry himself. He insisted on serving lunch—smoked turkey sandwiches, fruit and chocolates—before adjourning to his studio here to discuss his new work, "The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse." A tribute to the early-20th-century artist Franz Marc, and a celebration of unbridled creativity in 49 words, "Blue Horse" chronicles a young boy's unconventional palette. It's a deeply personal story to Mr. Carle, 82, whose books include "The Very Quiet Cricket," "The Very Lonely Firefly," "The Grouchy Ladybug," "The Very Busy Spider" and "The Mixed-Up Chameleon." "This book is the freest burst of Eric's artistry," said Mr. Carle's longtime editor, Ann Beneduce. "The first version he sent me, the pictures were beautiful but not realistic. It was a little too adult. But when he added the figure of a child as the artist, the point became clear." The "Blue Horse" illustrations, like those in Mr. Carle's other books, are gorgeous collages of hand-painted tissue papers; there are drawers and drawers of the rainbow-colored sheets in his studio, some striated, some dotted, swirled or hole-pocked. Mr. Carle's 70 books—some as illustrator, most as author-illustrator—have sold 100 million copies. "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" alone, published in 1969, has 30 million copies in print in 50 languages. Caterpillar-phernalia (pajamas, board games, plush toys, magnets, plates, cups, rattles and picnic baskets) generate a reported $50 million annually. One beneficiary is the nine-year-old Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Mass. Joanne Kaufman See pictures at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903999904576468013910460164.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5

Sedums, or stonecrops, are known for their signature shapes that offer neverending interest in the garden. The Latin name Sedum, meaning "to sit," is an appropriate name for these low-growing succulents. They're great for growing as groundcovers or trailing over the side of a container. Sedums are among the easiest plants you can grow in your garden, but they don't like clay soil, says gardening enthusiast Ciscoe Morris of Seattle, Wash. "If you stick them in clay, the roots are going to rot." These perennial succulents require well-draining soils and very little water. They are also easy to propagate, have colorful flowers and, although they spread rapidly, are not invasive.
http://www.hgtv.com/landscaping/sedum-and-other-succulents/index.html
Sedum is a succulent plant and thrives readily in most sunny locations in a landscape. Sedum is also an easy plant to transplant from place to place in your landscape. edum tolerates the stress of transplanting quite well at almost any time of the year. http://www.ehow.com/how_5509939_transplant-sedum.html

IKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer. Founded in 1943 by 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad in Sweden, the company is named as an acronym comprising the initials of the founder's name (Ingvar Kamprad), the farm where he grew up (Elmtaryd), and his home parish (Agunnaryd, in Småland, South Sweden). The firm is known for the attention it gives to cost control, operational details and continuous product development, allowing it to lower its prices by an of average 2-3% over the decade to 2010, while continuing its global expansion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA

Ingvar Kamprad has been a tax exile since the 1970s, living in the Swiss village of Epalinges. Yvan Tardy, the mayor of Epalinges, says: "Unfortunately, he has never done anything for our village." Kamprad's nickname in town is the Miser. Last year, the Malmö City Theatre in Malmö, Sweden premiered "Ingvar! A Musical Furniture Saga." In the production, the Kamprad character is crucified on a Maypole. He sings, "Do you think this can stop Ingvar?"
The New Yorker October 3, 2011

Flickr has announced it now has 200 Million (and counting) public Creative Commons licensed photos. You can browse and search those CC photos by license, or find exactly the one suitable for and available to you by using advanced search, ticking the CC checkbox, and searching for whatever image you are looking for. http://blog.flickr.net/en/2011/10/05/200-million-creative-commons-photos-and-counting/?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email

Website of the Day The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project www.gwu.edu/~erpapers
Today, on the birthday of Eleanor Roosevelt (she was born Oct. 11,1884), check out this website, which is a repository for the former first lady's papers. The site also has links for teachers about how to approach Mrs. Roosevelt and human rights.
Number to Know 21: Number of Emmy Awards that "Saturday Night Live" has won.
This Day in History Oct. 11, 1975: The NBC sketch comedy/variety show "Saturday Night Live" debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.
Today's Featured Birthday Writer Elmore Leonard (86)
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