Monday, April 25, 2011

Google celebrated John James Audubon's 226th birthday

John James Audubon's 226th birthday


John James Audubon was born on this day 226 years ago. Interactive submarine that Jules Verne, the once celebrated the birth of Google has been kept simple things such as previous Google doodles, the opposite.

But the search engine's home page specially designed logo no moving parts or any other type of animation, boasts its latest just a more recent days could go down as the beautiful graphic.



Internet giant letters of the name of the hard-branches and birds colorful plumes, the logo adorn the French-American painter and ornithologist between works created in the style are recognizable.

Born on April 26, 1785 John James Audubon has developed a deep appreciation of nature since childhood and at the age of 18 in order to move from France to America to join Napoleon's army to avoid.

He signed on to a way of life and the way that contemporary painting birds by predecessors had possessed was to make a name for himself.

"I ... an intimacy with them through life with his move will hit the limits of cynicism, his relationship with his feathered subjects recalled the painter.

Ornithology and natural history extended far-reaching effects on her being in the Charles Darwin "Origin of Species" on the Audubon field notes to understand bird anatomy and behavior is considered an important contribution quoted.

Recently as December 2010, Audubon Birds of America 'as a copy of 7.32125 million pounds at a Sotheby's auction, a record price for a printed book was sold

No comments:

Post a Comment