The New York Times has a terrific photojournalism blog called “Lens”. It includes both NYT photographers’ images as well as amateur photography, and incorporates photos, slideshows, and videos. There is also news on the art and practice of photography. Today’s showcase images are of people watching the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. The blog has…
Rembrandt in Southern California is a virtual exhibition, with printable guide and audio by museum curators, of paintings by the Dutch artist from five regional museums. This area is the third-largest assemblage of Rembrandt paintings in the United States. This show also anticipates Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference, an unprecedented exhibition…
The Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th century Christian Bible written in Greek and containing the oldest complete copy of the New Testament, has been published online at codexsinaiticus.org. The book was discovered in 1844 at the Monastery of St. Catherine in the Sinai Peninsula. It had been split up among four countries, and The Codex Sinaiticus…