Arts and humanities

Comics as Critique: Some Approaches to Graphic Teaching, Part 2 Jonathan As promised, here is Part 2 of my thoughts and ideas about teaching with comics. This time, I want to focus on the texts I assigned in my course dedicated to the graphic novel (described in this post). I wanted the works we read in the course to reflect a range of styles and themes in the history of the development of the comics medium and the genre of the graphic novel: Will Eisner, A Contract with GodOsamu Tezuka, Metropolis and MWAlan Moore, WatchmenFrank Miller, Batman: The Dark Knight ReturnsArt Spiegelman, Maus 1 & 2Marjane Satrapi, PersepolisJessica Abel, La PerdidaYoshihiro Tatsumi, The Push Man & Other StoriesAlison Bechdel, Fun HomeFrank Miller, 300

Un Guide du MOOC pour France Université Numérique Après des mois de dur labeur, la plate-forme française qui hébergera les MOOC français a été lancée aujourd’hui. Les 20 MOOC de la première vague sont annoncés, avec des grands noms comme Science Po, Centrale Paris, ou Polytechnique. Droit, ingénierie, épidémiologie, développement durable, de nombreuses disciplines sont représentées. Seasoned fried chicken (Yangnyeom-tongdak) recipe Hi everybody, I’m finally posting a recipe that so many of you have requested over the years! When I lived in Korea, this type of chicken was called yangnyeom tongdak . As I mentioned in the video, yangnyeom means “seasoned” and tongdak means “a whole chicken.” Traditionally a small whole chicken was cut into chunks, coated in batter or dried ingredients, fried, and mixed with a sweet, sour, and spicy sauce.

Museum Official Website 25 Best Educational YouTube Channels for College Students In an age of technology, learning is no longer restricted to lecture halls and textbooks. Videos have now become a frequently used method of teaching, providing students with interactive content that makes learning more fun. Let’s take a look at some of the best educational YouTube channels out there that can help you to improve your knowledge and make learning fun. Why Educational YouTube Channels are a Good Idea Firstly, it is important to remember that you can only concentrate for a limited time. Quand le MOOC déçoit les étudiants Les Massive Open Online Courses (ou Cours en Ligne Ouverts et Massifs, CLOM, selon l'acronyme en français) sont extrêmement populaires depuis deux ans. C'est la formation à la mode. Mais vous le savez, chez Thot, nous n'aimons pas nous bercer d'illusions. Certes, nous apprécions le MOOC, mais comme nous l'avons montré dans plusieurs articles au cours des derniers mois, les MOOC ont aussi de vrais défauts.

Kultura - Komentari - Svi su ludi za nordijskim noarom. Zašto? | Izvor: Tanjug, B92 Milioni ljudi širom sveta postali su ljubitelji onoga što se sada naziva nordijskim noarom - detektivskim i krimi pričama koje se odvijaju u Skandinaviji, gde je drugo najvažnije pitanje posle onog koje je to uradio – zašto su tako uspešne? Poslednja epizoda dansko-švedske krimi drame "Most" (Broen, The Bridge) proteklog vikenda je u Britaniji privukla više od milion gledalaca što je samo još jedna potvrda za najnoviji uspeh nordijskih filmova, knjiga ili serija u svetu. 9 Photo Composition Tips, As Seen in Photographs by Steve McCurry Here’s a great video on photographic composition, created by The Cooperative of Photography using tips and photographs by legendary photojournalist Steve McCurry. Each of the 9 composition tips is illustrated with examples from McCurry’s impressive body of work. Here are the 9 tips covered in the video: Rule of Thirds: Place points of interest on the intersections and important elements along the lines Leading Lines: Use natural lines to lead eyes into the picture Diagonals: Diagonal lines create great movement Framing: Use natural frames like windows and doors Figure to Ground: Find a contrast between subject and background Fill the Frame: Get close to your subjects Center Dominant Eye: Place the dominant eye in the center of the photo Patterns and Repetition: Patterns are aesthetically pleasing, but the best is when the pattern is interrupted Symmetry: Symmetry is pleasing to the eye “Remember, the composition is important, but also rules are meant to be broken,” Steve McCurry says.

Natural environment - Introduction Introduction In this tutorial for 3ds max we’ll talk about Forest Pro plug-in from Itoo Software giving some basic informations about it to create a realistic natural environment with VRay. What we’ll do In Natural environment introduction video, we’ll model a simple environment with a terrain and a water plane done using primitives and Graphite modeling tools, then we’ll use some simple materials to render it. All the plants, will be add using Forest Pro plug-in and we’ll take a look at some basic features useful to create a simple but realistic natural scene. Rendering will be done using VRay and compositing will be finished in Fusion. 100 Diagrams That Changed the World Since the dawn of recorded history, we’ve been using visual depictions to map the Earth, order the heavens, make sense of time, dissect the human body, organize the natural world, perform music, and even concretize abstract concepts like consciousness and love. 100 Diagrams That Changed the World (public library) by investigative journalist and documentarian Scott Christianson chronicles the history of our evolving understanding of the world through humanity’s most groundbreaking sketches, illustrations, and drawings, ranging from cave paintings to The Rosetta Stone to Moses Harris’s color wheel to Tim Berners-Lee’s flowchart for a “mesh” information management system, the original blueprint for the world wide web. It appears that no great diagram is solely authored by its creator. Most of those described here were the culmination of centuries of accumulated knowledge. Most arose from collaboration (and oftentimes in competition) with others. Christianson offers a definition:

73 Best Survival Movies 73 Best Survival Movies From surviving natural disasters, nuclear wars, and shipwrecks to sci-fi alien invasions and zombie plagues, survival movies cover a wide range of genres. Here is our list of the 73 Best Survival Movies ever made. Survival MoviesWilderness Survival Movies 1. Into the Wild – The real life story of Christopher McCandless, a man who shunned society and went off into the wilderness in search of adventure.