Some Art References in Kehinde Wiley Show at OKC Museum of Art

Rubens, Philip II on Horseback  https://goo.gl/7ytSQC

Van Dyck, Equestrian Portrait of Charles I https://goo.gl/GZ3Hw9 

David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps https://goo.gl/5L9Kbo

Rigaud, Louis XIV (also with Van Dyck portrait of Charles I) https://goo.gl/bpZjU1 

Van Dyck, Charles I at the Hunt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHZojeuDLjM

Titian, Venus of Urbino (with references to other reclining nudes) https://goo.gl/Jeqtuv

A whole lineup of (very small images of) Memling portraits   http://www.frick.org/sites/default/files/pdf/press/Memling_images.pdf 

Ingres, Odalisque with Slave http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/299806 

Ingres, La Grande Odalisque https://goo.gl/NDeFou 

Re: Girls in long white dresses: Whistler, Symphony in White No. 1 (!) https://goo.gl/tDdxbG

GQ article (2013) on Wiley's search for models in North Africa http://www.gq.com/story/kehinde-wiley 

OKCMOA page, including video of artist's lecture at museum http://www.okcmoa.com/visit/events/kehinde-wiley-new-republic/ 

10 things NOT to do in Rome

This post is full of annoying ads, but it's actually a pretty good list of things not to do when in Rome. They're mostly things that will make you stick out as a tourist, plus a few things that'll get you in trouble.10 Things Not to Do In Rome

Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of her Dissertation
Here's a story, complete with highlighted passages (similar to the Turnitin.com reports on my students' papers), that shows how the person nominated by the Trump transition team to be the communications director for the NSC, wrote a Columbia University Ph.D. disssertation that contains numerous passages that meet the definition of plagiarism used by the University itself. See the end of the article for highlighted passages, with their sources. This is a good thing to look at to show students exactly what we mean by "cite all sources" and "put things in your own words," as opposed to just changing a word here and there. We await further news from Columbia.

The future of democracies in the world

https://goo.gl/PMegwh
Harvard government lecturer Yascha Mounck studies the stability of democracies in the world today and concludes that it doesn't look good--contrary to conventional wisdom that says once a country goes democratic it's unlikely to go back. He talks about Venezuela, Poland, the EU generally.

timeline of events at Olympia

http://www.olympia-greece.org/history.html

Pictures of ruins at Olympia

http://ancient-greece.org/archaeology/olympia.html

Interactive map of ancient Olympia

http://www.visit-ancient-greece.com/olympia-greece.html

Documentary about ancient Olympics

https://youtu.be/AuNf7E9HJpU
Olympiad 448BC (2 hours)

Another Blog about Ancient Olympics

http://ancientolympics.arts.kuleuven.be/rings_eng.html
This one is from Belgium, by two ancient-history professors at Leuven.

http://www.penn.museum/sites/olympics/olympicintro.shtml
Large site from Univ. of Pennsylvania Museum about the ancient Games.

Blog post on Disabled Athletes in the Ancient World

https://ancientandmodernolympics.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/disabled-athletes-in-the-ancient-world/

I have just found this blog (Ancient and Modern Olympics), which is quite useful. The author is a professor at the Univ. of St. Andrews in Scotland and ancient sports seems to be his specialty. This entry describes the very few instances we know from antiquity--Greek or Roman--where disabled people competed in athletics. Not surprisingly, they were mainly "novelty" acts: dwarf gladiators, for example. I continue to be intrigued by the topic of disabled athletes, however, because surely many people suffered disabling injuries in war, injuries which cannot have been considered shameful or disgraceful. I'd think the man injured in the service of his country, but recovered, might continue to participate in physical exercise, especially if his old injury did not leave him incapable or further service. At the gym you'd have seen men with scars, limps, or imperfect limbs due to battle injuries. Maybe they didn't go on to compete in the Olympics, but maybe they did. Spartans, after all, were liable for military service until the age of 60! They must have had scars, warped limbs, limps, arthritis, etc., but they still had to train with their unit. Of course, at the moment, I'm just spouting off about this topic and haven't really researched it. Stay tuned.

Full text of Lucian's Anacharsis

https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/l/lucian/works/chapter43.html
A barbarian visits Athens and learns about sports culture.

Evolution of the Modern Olympic Events (LiveScience)

http://www.livescience.com/2780-incredible-evolution-olympics.html

Olympic events through history (LiveScience)

http://www.livescience.com/2782-olympic-events-history.html

2016 Olympics by the numbers (Daily Beast)

https://goo.gl/epB6sO

The Olympic Museum in Switzerland

https://goo.gl/hHfN06

Olympic Odyssey (New York Times)

https://goo.gl/y5SBsN

"Strange Rites of the Ancient Olympics" (Wall Street Journal)

https://goo.gl/KSAo54

Defunct events from the early modern Olympics

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/painting-art-at-the-olympics_us_57a20960e4b08a8e8b603c4e

Review of several books about ancient Olympics

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2004/10/21/the-myth-of-the-olympics/