Puppet exhibit at Cameron Art Museum delights entire family

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Posted on 28th July 2010 by Brian in Exhibitions |Links |Local Media

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Bread and Puppets Green Men

By Carmen Rodriguez
StarNews Correspondent

The Port City Puppet Festival may be over, but thanks to the Cameron Art Museum, the puppet party will go on.

“PuppetArt,” an eclectic exhibition of large- and small-scale puppets, runs through the end of the year.

A far cry from Jim Henson’s Muppet family, “PuppetArt” focuses on the artistry and craftsmanship that contributes to puppet culture.

And, boy, what puppets.

The exhibition features puppets on loan from Atlanta’s more traditional Center for Puppetry Arts as well as from the fantastical, politically driven, Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theatre.

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French scientists crack secrets of Mona Lisa

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Posted on 19th July 2010 by Brian in Art News |Links

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PARIS – The enigmatic smile remains a mystery, but French scientists say they have cracked a few secrets of the “Mona Lisa.” French researchers studied seven of the Louvre Museum’s Leonardo da Vinci paintings, including the “Mona Lisa,” to analyze the master’s use of successive ultrathin layers of paint and glaze – a technique that gave his works their dreamy quality.

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