More 19th Century Fables & Beyond We now turn to the English-speaking world. Day 1 – Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson (d. 1882) was an American thinker and writer. Retell this story in prose from the perspective of the mountain. Emerson’s The Mountain and the Squirrel (1846) Day 2 – Christina Rossetti Rossetti (d. 1894) wasContinue reading “Progymnasmata for the High School Student – Year One, Week Eight”
Monthly Archives: July 2023
Incorporating Works of Art at the British Museum into a Global History
The Paleolithic Olduvai Chopping Tool ; Olduvai Ball ; Olduvai Cleaver ; Olduvai Handaxe (object catalogue entries, all Olduvai objects with images) Swimming Reindeer (11,000 BC, object catalogue entry) Ice Age Art (video) The Lion Man: an Ice Age Masterpiece (blogpost) Living with the Gods: The Beginnings of Belief (podcast) History of the World: SwimmingContinue reading “Incorporating Works of Art at the British Museum into a Global History”
Progymnasmata for the High School Student – Year One, Week Seven
19th Century Fables As well-known as de La Fontaine is in France, Ivan Krylov (d. 1844) is in Russia. He based many of his fables on those of de La Fontaine, but also found much inspiration in society. You will also read fables from the second half of the 19th century by Charles Yriarte (d.Continue reading “Progymnasmata for the High School Student – Year One, Week Seven”
Nihil sub sole novum 