Waterfalls are some of the most breathtaking natural wonders on our planet, with cascading water and mist creating a mesmerizing display. From the tallest waterfalls to the most secluded ones, there's something truly awe-inspiring about these natural wonders. Join us for today's video, as we count down the top 15 most stunning waterfall on Earth.
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Skógafoss (pronounced [ˈskou.aˌfɔs]) is a waterfall situated on the Skógá River in the south of Iceland
at the cliffs of the former coastline. After the coastline had receded seaward (it is now at a distance of about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) from Skógar), the former sea cliffs remained, parallel to the coast over hundreds of kilometres, creating together with some mountains a clear border between the coastal lowlands and the Highlands of Iceland.
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"The proportions of the human body according to Vitruvius"
Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci around 1490
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man of Math
James Earle
What's so special about Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man? With arms outstretched, the man fills the irreconcilable spaces of a circle and a square -- symbolizing the Renaissance-era belief in the mutable nature of humankind. James Earle explains the geometric, religious and philosophical significance of this deceptively simple drawing.
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci🎨 Dimensions: 1′ 2″ x 0′ 10″ Location: Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice Medium: Ink 🎨 Year: c. 1490🎨 Period: High Renaissance
Lesson by James Earle, animation
TED-Ed
Things You Might Not Know
About Leonardo da Vinci's
Vitruvian Man
BY Kristy Puchko
Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
has evolved over the last five centuries from a thoughtful sketch into
the picture of health. But the history behind this sketch is as curious
as its image is omnipresent.
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1. Leonardo Never Intended For Vitruvian Man To Be Displayed. The sketch was discovered in one of the High Renaissance master's
personal notebooks. The study was simply for the artist’s own
edification, and when he completed it around 1490, he likely never expected it would be admired. Yet today Vitruvian Man is iconic and among the artist's best known works, along with The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.
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2. It’s Art Meets Science. A true Renaissance man, Leonardo was not only a painter, sculptor,
and writer, but also an inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician and
amateur anatomist. This pen and ink drawing was his exploration of the
theories about human proportions set forth by ancient Roman architect Vitruvius. In his treatise De Architectura, Vitruvius
wrote, "For if a man be placed flat on his back, with his hands and
feet extended, and a pair of compasses centered at his navel, the
fingers and toes of his two hands and feet will touch the circumference
of a circle described therefrom. And just as the human body yields a
circular outline, so too a square figure may be found from it."
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3. Leonardo Was Not The First To Attempt To Illustrate Vitruvius’s Theories. American scholar Toby Lester explained to NPR
in a 2012 interview, "Especially in the 15th century, in the decades
leading up to Leonardo's own time in drawing, a number of people begin
to try to render that idea in visual form."
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4. It May Have Been Part of A Collaboration. In 2012, Italian architectural historian Claudio Sgarbi
shared findings that he felt indicated Leonardo's study of proportion
was sparked by a similar one done by his friend and fellow
Vitruvius-enthusiast Giacomo Andrea de Ferrara,
an architect of the time. There’s some debate about whether the pair
worked in tandem, but even if this theory is incorrect, historians agree
Leonardo perfected flaws in its execution where Giacomo failed,
including the second set of arms and legs that allow for a more accurate
depiction of Vitruvius’s writings.
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5. The Circle and The Square Have A Grander Meaning. In their mathematical explorations, Vitruvius and Leonardo were
looking for not just the ratios of man but of all creation. In a
notebook from 1492, Leonardo mused,
"By the ancients man has been called the world in miniature; and
certainly this name is well bestowed, because, inasmuch as man is
composed of earth, water, air and fire, his body resembles that of the
earth." In other words, man is a microcosm of the universe.
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6. It’s One of a Series Of Sketches. To improve his art and better understand how the world around him worked, Leonardo drew many people, marking off how their proportions fell.
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7. Vitruvian Man Is The Male Idea. The identity of the model remains shrouded in mystery, but art
historians believe Leonardo took some liberties in his drawing. This
work was not a portrait as much as a diligent depiction of a perfect
male form designed by math, not shaped by life.
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8. It Could Be A Self-Portrait.
Going off scant descriptions of the 15th century artist as a younger
man, some art historians have suggested Leonardo himself is his Vitruvian Man
model. As Lester told NPR: "He was described as being very finely
built, strong, very beautiful with locks of hair that curled and went
down to his shoulders. There are a couple of possible renderings of him,
one that survives in a sculpture from Florence and another that's in a
fresco from Milan, and they both look a bit like that figure as well,"
but he admitted there's no way to know "for sure."
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9. Vitruvian Man Had A Hernia. That's the diagnosis that surgical lecturer Hutan Ashrafian made 521 years after the fact: An inguinal hernia.
Ashrafian further theorized that such an issue could have killed this
Vitruvian Man if Leonardo modeled the figure off of a cadaver, it was
possibly the hernia that did him in.
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10. You Need The Surrounding Notes For The Full Contex. As the sketch originally appeared in a notebook, Vitruvian Man sat surrounded by handwritten notes regarding its observations about human proportion. Translated to English, they read in part:
"Vitruvius, the architect, says in his work on architecture that the measurements of the human body are distributed by Nature as follows that is that 4 fingers make 1 palm, and 4 palms make 1 foot, 6 palms make 1 cubit; 4 cubits make a man's height. And 4 cubits make one pace and 24 palms make a man; and these measures he used in his buildings. If you open your legs so much as to decrease your height 1/14 and spread and raise your arms till your middle fingers touch the level of the top of your head you must know that the centre of the outspread limbs will be in the navel and the space between the legs will be an equilateral triangle. The length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height."
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11. The Body Is Striped With Measurement Line. Look at the man's chest, arms and face. Solid straight lines mark Leonardo's proportions, to which his notes refer. For instance, the ears/bottom of nose to the eyebrows make up a third of the face, while the bottom of the nose to the chin makes up the lowest third, and the eyebrows to the hairline make up the top.
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12. It Has Other, Less Esoteric Names. The sketch is also called Canon of Properties or Proportions of Man.
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13. Vitruvian Man Strikes 16 Poses. At first glance, you might only see two: Standing feet together, arms outstretched and standing feet apart arms lifted. But part of the genius of Leonardo's depiction is that the superimposed body allows for views of 16 combinations of these outstretched limbs.
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14. It Has Been Co-Opted For A Political Message. Reconnecting to Vitruvian Man's relation of man and nature, large-scale artist John Quigley
used the familiar image to illustrate the aggressiveness of global
warming. Pictures of ice melting may not move mercury for many, but by
constructing Melting Vitruvian Man
on a massive ice floe, Quigley was able to give the issue a new scale.
Quigley's copper strip sketch measures four times the size of an Olympic
swimming pool.
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15. The Original Sketch Is Rarely Seen In Public. Recreations can be found far and wide, but the original is too fragile and important to be on permanent display. Vitruvian Man is typically kept under lock and key at the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. An exhibition held in 2013 offered the first chance in 30 years to see Vitruvian Man.
In its off time, the only way to view Leonardo's sensational sketch is
to request special permission for a private session to the Office of Drawings and Prints.
Jessye Norman was trained at Howard University, the Peabody Institute, and the University of Michigan.
The New York Times music critic Edward Rothstein described her voice as a "grand mansion of sound," and wrote that "it has enormous dimensions, reaching backward and upward. It opens onto unexpected vistas. It contains sunlit rooms, narrow passageways, cavernous halls."
Her operatic début came as Elisabeth in Wagner's Tannhäuser. She went on to sing leading roles with many other companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Paris Opera, and the Royal Opera, London.
She sang at the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan, at Queen Elizabeth II's 60th birthday celebration in 1986, and performed the La Marseillaiseto celebrate the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution on July 14, 1989.
She sang at the 1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Atlanta and for the second inauguration of Bill Clinton in 1997.
She received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medal of Arts, and was a member of the British Royal Academy of Music. In 1990, UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar named her Honorary Ambassador to the United Nations.
Jessye Norman, Opera Singer
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It’s sad that he was trying so hard stir the pot! I applaud the way she handled his questioning she is certainly a great legend and she will forever be missed
She was BRILLIANT. That interviewer didn’t deserve her presence and wisdom. She was giving a lecture on human kind but he didn’t let her finish. He even doubted if she was fluent in several languages. I wonder if he‘d have doubt the same if the guest was white. Long life to your soul, Jessye Norman. Blessings and good return.
He is trying so hard to inject a narrative. He is not listening to her. She is the finest of an era.
Subtext: “As a black person how did you force yourself to like a Caucasian art form...because be really honest you prefer Gershwin and American songbook standards to that Opera ish...right...I mean why didn’t you just sing the music you’re supposed to sing”. Literally one of the most insulting interviews I’ve ever had displeasure to watch. La Norman was a lady throughout.
She really captured a moment in history with such class and control. She was able to redirect the interview the entire time
He tried so hard to politicize her background. I think he wanted a "sap persecution story" from Jessye. But she was above it. He wanted to hear how primitive and racist her environment was and tried so hard to force her to say it. Appalling.
Not every truly successful artist rises from the pit, so to speak. Some come from warm, loving and supportive backgrounds. Please continue to enjoy her artistry through the wondrous gift of her recording.
This
has been a greatmaster class on how you can respond when people try to
press you, defy you or make you feel uncomfortable with tricky
questions and non sense statements. She always responded assertively
with class and charm. Love her.
She is absolutely brilliant. Class, charm, intellect, talent, humor, generosity, and honesty.
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