Why Foley Artists Use Cabbage and Celery to Create Hollywood’s Distinctive Sounds
(via Atlas Obscura) Adding sound flourishes to films in post-production remains low-tech.
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Read more(via Smithsonian) Public Domain Day, January 1, 2019. At the stroke of midnight, beloved classics like Robert Frost’s “Stopping by
Read more(via Mental Floss) Most of us are familiar with neon as a term for bright colors and vibrant signs, but
Read more(via Listverse) Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has for centuries continued to evade the understanding of art critics, historians, and
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Read more(via Smithsonian) Thomas Nast is legendary for his political cartoons, but he’s also responsible for the jolly St. Nick we know
Read more(via Great Big Story) Freeport Paper manufactures some of the most widely seen graphic art in America: the pizza box.
Read more(via Listverse) One might be forgiven for thinking that color just sits there. However, shades and hues have a mysterious
Read more(via Smithsonian) Artists have been doing self-portraits for centuries, looking deeply, carefully depicting and declaring how they wanted to be
Read more(via Mental Floss) If you’ve been collecting comic books since you were a kid, now is the time to list
Read more(via Mental Floss) On December 1, 1989, a new chapter of Griswold family dysfunction was unleashed upon the world when
Read more(via mental_floss) For 15 years, “The Far Side” added a dash of irreverence to the funny pages. Offbeat, macabre, and
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