Different Kinds of Art: Renaissance Art

Aldobrandini Madonna by Raphael

David by Michelangelo

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli 

Look at these cool Renaissance paintings and statues

The School of Athens by Raphael

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

Different Kinds of Art: Medieval Art

A tapestry of  the resurrection of Jesus Christ

Look at these cool Medieval tapestries and statues!

A Medieval tapestry

Byzantine tapestry of Emperor Justinian

A French tapestry 

History of Santa Claus: St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas, better known as Santa Claus, and Father Christmas was a saint that lived during the 4th century. He was born on March 15, 270 in Greece. He was very religious from a early age. According to the legend, he would have canonical fasts on Wednesdays and Fridays. His parents died in a epidemic. He went to live with his uncle-who was also called Nicholas-who was the bishop of Patara. He tonsured him to read and later taught him to be a priest. During his lifetime he did lots of miracles. One miracle he did was when there was terrible famine stuck the island and malicious butcher lured three children in his house, where he slaughtered them, placing there remains in barrel to cure, planning to sell them as ham. St. Nicholas seeing this, resurrected the boys through his prayers. He loved to give things to people. He gave all his toys to other children As a grown-up he gave all of he things. Because of this, he was very poor. At the end of his live he was very poor, but he was very happy. He died on December 6, 346. He died at the age of 76.

Different Kinds of Art: Ancient Art

Look at these cool pictures of ancient art to Greek art to Egyptian art!

The Book of the Dead

The Great Sphinx of Giza

Ancient Egyptian painting

Laocoon and His Sons
by Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus

Ancient Greek pottery

Different Kinds of Art: Prehistoric Art

Look at these cool pictures of art from the cave painting to the Stonehenge!

A cave painting of a deer

Venus of Willendorf

A spout vessel from Peru

Stonehenge, a ancient wall of stone

A ancient golden statue 

A cave painting of a bison

Prehistoric Mammals: Sthenurus

A Sthenurus

In this post you will read about the prehistoric kangaroo the "Sthenurus". It looked like a modern-day kangaroo but, it was much bigger! At the bottom there are more websites you can visit.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered by Darren R. Gröcke in Australia.

Time Period: Late Pleistocene

Where it lived: Australia

Diet: Plants

Behavior: It mostly ate plants and slept.

Visit these websites:
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/mesozoicmammals/p/Sthenurus.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sthenurus
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/s/sthenurus.html

Prehistoric Mammals: Amphicyon

A Amphicyon fossil

In this post you read about the prehistoric bear-dog like thing the "Amphicyon". Visit more websites at the bottom.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered in Sioux Country, Nebraska.

Time Period: Aquitanian period

Where they lived: Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa

Diet: Omnivorous

Behavior: It mostly preyed on food and ate plants and slept.

Visit these websites:
http://retrieverman.net/2012/01/24/amphicyon-ingens/
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/mesozoicmammals/p/amphicyon.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicyon