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Words Of The Day

Feeling generous, so you get two words today.

We all know what zoology is but from that we get -

Zootomy

noun
1. the anatomy, especially the comparative anatomy, of animals.
2. the dissection of animals.

Strangely enough or not, the second definition alludes to vivisection as well.

The second wonderful word of the day is -

Allotrope


NOUN
chemistry
each of two or more different physical forms in which an element can exist. Graphite, charcoal, and diamond are all allotropes of carbon.

Differences in properties of an element's allotropes.
Allotropes are different structural forms of the same element and can exhibit quite different physical properties and chemical behaviours. The change between allotropic forms is triggered by the same forces that affect other structures, i.e., pressure, light, and temperature.

Tuesday Tunings

Some music to dream by or whatever-

Claude Debussy - Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune

L'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Édouard Dutoit.


The art in this video encompasses a variety of styles which include, Fauvism, Baroque Bologna, Baroque Roma, Salon Landscape, Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism, Realism, Symbolism, Allegorical Historic. Debussy loved to visit museums and painting exhibitions and was attached to many styles of painting, from Thaulow to Monet, from Degas to Turner. He was known to have said "J'aime les images presque autant que la musique". In addition to contemporary art of his time, he was strongly influenced by the style of Symbolism in literature and art.

Avec des œuvres de Louis Valtat (1869- 1952), Eugène-Louis Boudin (1824- 1898), Alfred Sisley (1839- 1899), Claude Monet, Oscar Claude Monet (1840- 1926),
Camille Pissarro (1830- 1903), Frederic Bazille, Jean Frédéric Bazille (1841- 1870), Edgar Degas, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas (1834- 1917),
Armand Guillaumin (1841- 1927), Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841- 1919).
Les œuvres avec la mythologie d'un 'faune' sont de: Agostino Carracci (1557- 1602), Filippo Lauri (1623- 1694), Arnold Böcklin (1827- 1901),
Peter Basin (1793- 1877), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781- 1841), Carlos Schwabe (1866- 1926).


Igor Stravinsky - Agon (1957)

BBC Symphony Orchestra directed by Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

Live recording, Festival Hall, London, 28.10.1981.

Agon is one of these works in which Stravinsky prepared his "conversion" to serialism. The score sounds however most often tonal, but we have a clear feeling that something had drastically changed since the neoclassical period.


Enjoy

Just Wondering

What was the first film you remember seeing at the cinema/theater?

Do you like other people buying you clothes?

What nicknames do you have/have had?

Good Night