We don’t know
exactly how many paintings Vincent van
Gogh sold during this lifetime, but in any case, it was more than a
couple. Vincent’s first commission was
from his uncle Cor. He was an art dealer
and wanted to help his nephew on his way, so he ordered 19 cityscapes of The
Hague. Vincent sold his first painting
to the Parisian paint and art dealer Julien Tanguy, and his brother Theo
successfully sold another work to a gallery in London. The Red Vineyard, which Vincent painted in
1888, was bought by Anna Boch, the sister of Vincent’s friend Eugène Boch. Van Gogh often traded work with other artists
in his younger years, often in exchange for some food or drawing and painting
supplies. In this sense, Vincent actually ‘sold’ quite a lot of
work during his lifetime. https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/125-questions/questions-and-answers/question-54-of-125
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam maintains the world’s largest collection of the works
of the world’s most popular artist, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), his
paintings, drawings and letters, completed with the art of his
contemporaries. Each year, 1.6 million
visitors come to the Van Gogh Museum, making it one of the 25 most popular
museums in the world. In 2015, the museum added a new glass entrance hall
at the back of its building. The
collection features the works of Vincent Van Gogh--more than 200 painting, 500
drawings but also works of other artists, his contemporaries, Impressionists
and Postimpressionists. Van Gogh's work
is organized chronologically into five periods, each representing a different
period of his life and work The
Netherlands, Paris, Arles, Saint-Remy and Auvers-sur-Oise. https://www.amsterdam.info/museums/van_gogh_museum/
15 Things You Didn't Know About Van Gogh's Portrait
of Dr. Gachet by Kristy Puchko
Miniature Wonderland is the largest model railway system in the world and has, in fact,
been voted the most popular tourist attraction in Germany. Visitors can admire different countries and
even an airport in miniature size.
Besides the impressive miniature versions of Hamburg, the mountainous
German region of the Harz, the Austrian Alps, France, Italy, North-America and
Scandinavia─and several construction sites are open. Hamburg’s miniature replica comprises no less
than 200 square metres. This bustling
city is home to over 50,000 'Wunderländer' (as its inhabitants are called) and
includes the Hamburg's main attractions such as Michel and Hagenbecks Tierpark
zoo, as well as Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, at which 1,500 trains arrive on a daily
basis. In the year 2000, the brothers Frederik and Gerrit Braun set out to
build the largest model railway system in the world. After applying for a loan, they began
construction in December 2000. In August
2001 they could already operate three completed, miniature sections. Today, this miniature world comprises 1000
square metres, with even more sites to follow.
The latest construction plans included models of the various landmarks
of Italy. Small-scale versions
of France and England are expected to follow. http://www.hamburg.com/museums/miniature-wonderland/
Thank you, Muse reader!
The knapsack
problem or rucksack
problem is a problem
in combinatorial
optimization: Given a set of
items, each with a weight and a value, determine the number of each item to
include in a collection so that the total weight is less than or equal to a
given limit and the total value is as large as possible. It derives its name from the problem faced by
someone who is constrained by a fixed-size knapsack and must fill it with the most
valuable items. The problem often arises
in resource allocation where
there are financial constraints and is studied in fields such as combinatorics, computer science, complexity
theory, cryptography, applied mathematics,
and daily fantasy sports. The knapsack problem has been studied for
more than a century, with early works dating as far back as 1897. The name "knapsack problem"
dates back to the early works of mathematician Tobias Dantzig (1884–1956), and
refers to the commonplace problem of packing the most valuable or useful items
without overloading the luggage.
knap•sack noun
a canvas, nylon, or leather bag for clothes or other supplies, carried on the back by soldiers, hikers, etc.
[1595–1605; < Low German knappsack=knapp a bite (of food) + sack sack1]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K
Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997,
1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights
reserved.
haversack, knapsack, rucksack - Haversack is from German Haber, "oats," and Sack, "bag, sack"; knapsack is fromGerman knapper, "to bite (food)" and zak, "sack"; rucksack comes from German Rucken, "back," and sack.
Farlex Trivia
Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
http://www.openculture.com/2018/01/librarian-action-figure.html
Thank you, Muse reader!
Yes, we made the Librarian Action Figure and world famous librarian Nancy
Pearl was the model. We debuted it in 2003 and sold
28,000 in a week! While the action
figure is no longer made, it is something we're very proud of. It was so popular we even did a deluxe version
of it! And now, because the public
demanded it, we've brought back the Librarian Action Figure in super hero form! She has a removable cape and a deep
understanding of how knowledge is organized.
See various versions of the librarian action figure at https://mcphee.com/pages/history-of-the-librarian-action-figure
Nancy Pearl
is a regular commentator about books on NPR's Morning
Edition and NPR affiliate stations KUOW in Seattle and KWGS in
Tulsa. The New York Times calls
her "the talk of librarian circles."
Readers can't get enough of her recommendations while bookstores and
libraries offer standing room only whenever she visits. Since the release of the best-selling Book Lust in 2003 and the Librarian Action Figure
modeled in her likeness, Nancy Pearl has become a rock star among readers and
the tastemaker people turn to when deciding what to read next. Having worked as a librarian and bookseller
in Detroit, Tulsa, and Seattle, Pearl's knowledge of and love for books is
unmatched. In 1998, she developed the
program "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book," which spread across
the country. The former Executive
Director of the Washington Center for the Book, Pearl celebrates the written
word by speaking at bookstores and libraries across the country and on her
monthly television program Book Lust with
Nancy Pearl on the Seattle Channel. In
2004, Pearl became the 50th winner of the Women's National Book Association
Award for her extraordinary contribution to the world of books. https://www.npr.org/people/6395311/nancy-pearl
We Are What We Read by John Sutherland THE WRITTEN WORLD; The
Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization by Martin Puchner
Illustrated. 412 pp. Random House. $32. Martin
Puchner’s book asserts not merely the importance of literature but its
all-importance. “Literature,” the first
page declares, “since it emerged 4,000
years ago,” has “shaped the lives of most humans on planet Earth.” We are what
we read. “The Written World” makes this
grand assertion on the basis of a set of theses. Storytelling is as human as breathing. When fabulation intersected with writing,
stories were empowered to propagate themselves in society and around the world
as civilization-forming “foundational texts.”
Puchner opens, by way of illustration, with Alexander the Great. Under his pillow at night he had, alongside
his dagger, a copy of the “Iliad.” THE SOCIAL LIFE OF BOOKS; Reading Together in the
Eighteenth-Century Home by Abigail Williams
Illustrated. 351 pp. Yale University
Press. $40. Abigail Williams works on a
smaller scale than Puchner, although she too concerns herself with how books
condition readers and their society. Her
preferred method is the illustrative vignette.
It makes for a lively survey Her
book, “The Social Life of Books,” appears as part of a series covering the
history and culture of the so-called “long 18th century” in England. Her principal interest is the middle-class
home — “a semipublic reception space” as she calls it, in a rare lapse into
jargon. She is enlightening, to take one
example, when it comes to light, on how domestic candlepower (at a period when
wax candles were expensive, and tallow candles nasally offensive) framed the
18th-century reading experience. Read
more at https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/books/review/written-world-martin-puchner-social-life-of-books-abigail-williams.html?hpw&rref=books&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 1823
January 9, 2018 A tip of the hat
to the American composer John Duffy,
who, in 1982, was President of Meet the Composer, an organization which secured
funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and additional foundations for
a large-scale residency program that paired rising American composers with
major American orchestras. Alvin Singleton was the composer chosen
for the Atlanta residency, and on today’s date in 1988, that orchestra
premiered this piece titled “After Fallen Crumbs.” The title derives from an earlier choral piece
by Singleton, whose text dealt with world hunger, and closed with the lines,
“An ant can feed a family with the fallen crumbs of an elephant.” Composers Datebook
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