Tag: art
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Preparing Black Youth in the 1960s: Education and Class Issues
This documentary from 1968 in Brooklyn highlights the controversial Ocean Hill-Brownsville conflict that focused on community control of schools. It also reveals past problems in the education system decades ago, and the struggles of parenting our Black youth, and inculcating in them the desire and love for learning. In the backdrop, we get young Black…
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Etruscan Visual Representations of the Birth of Athena and Minerva: A Comparative Study | Dr. Shanna Kennedy-Quigley
Dr. Shanna Kennedy-Quigley’s paper from the Etruscan Studies Journal on the Etruscan visual representations of the Birth of Athena and Minerva provides historical, artistic, and cultural perspective of its common use in imagery. The paper explains the significant differences in the Etruscan cultural attitudes toward women, from those of their Greek contemporaries. It examines Etruscan…
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Gregorian Chant: “Salve Mater Misericordiae”
Salve Mater Misericordiae. I have many Gregorian chants. This Polish Zabrze Youth Choir (Zabrzański Chór Młodzieżowy) stood out years ago to me. I like the very old songs of the Churches and for Masses. Enjoy. They will calm you and bring ease. Latin English Salve, Mater misericordiae,Mater Dei et Mater veniae,Mater spei et Mater gratiae,Mater…
The American Minervan 