Month: July 2017

During our recent research query in London, we had the opportunity to take part in “The Making of Harry Potter” Tour in Warner Bros Studio.

Thanks to this magical experience we were able to catch all the traces of Classical Antiquity and mythology on the film set. We wish to share with you our favourite five pieces of the exhibition:

1. Chocolate Phoenix (The Yule Ball from the “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”)

2. Hallway from The Leaky Gauldron (designed using ancient technique called “forced perspective”)

“The Myth of Robo Wonder Kid”, directed and produced by Joel MacKenzie, was created in 2011 as an unofficial music video for Rich Aucoin’s song “P.U.S.H.”. Then, it appeared at many well-known animation festivals. Thanks to participation in the “Nickelodeon’s Animated Shorts Program” in 2015, Nickelodeon decided to developed “The Myth of Robo Wonder Kid” into a new short film.

What will the mythical characters do to save the boy? Will the story end happily? 

You will find the answer in the video below – a moving story of love and sacrifice. 🙂 

Please note that the material below may contain contents inappropriate for small children.

See more:

• Joel Mackenzie’s profile on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/joeltron2000
• The article about the animation written by Hilary Saunders: https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2012/03/video-premiere-rich-aucoin-push.html
• The article about the animation written by Jerry Beck: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/the-myth-of-robo-wonder-kid-by-joel-mackenzie-58298.html

Found by Dorota Bazylczyk

In “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo (Timbuktu Labs, 2016) we can find 100 inspirational bedtime stories for children about the lives of extraordinary women from different times and parts of the world.

There are also female characters from Antiquity, such as Cleopatra (pages 40-41), Hatshepsut (pages 66-67) and Hypatia (pages 72-73). The beautiful illustrations of these characters were created by Kiki Ljung  (Cleopatra), Eleni Kalorkoti (Hatshepsut) and Riikka Sormunen (Hypatia)

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The second part of the book is coming soon – we hope to find there even more female figures from the ancient world! 🙂

See more:

• The official website of “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls”: https://www.rebelgirls.co
• “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jt_QrASqYLo
• Rebel Girls on Facebook: @rebelgirls
• Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli on Twitter: @francescavallo, @efavilli
• “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2” on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/timbuktu/kickstarter-gold-good-night-stories-for-rebel-girl

Found by Dorota Bazylczyk

The pictures of the book were taken by the author of this post.

There are more things on the Internet, than are dreamt of in ancient philosophy. For example, these plush toys will let you win each fight… – the pillow fight. 🙂

See more:

• Heavy Baggage Design Shop: https://www.heavybaggage.gr
• Heavy Baggage on Facebook: @HeavyBaggage
• Heavy Baggage on Pinterest: http://pin.it/Z2zU9Ja

Found by Dorota Bazylczyk

Have a look at a book series devoted to mythical creatures! It is called “Beasts of Olympus” (2015-). Its author is Lucy Coats. At this moment the series consists of 8 books: “Beast Keeper”, “Hound of Hades”, “Steeds of the Gods”, “Dragon Healer”, “Centaur School”, “Zeus’s Eagle”, “Gods of the North” and “The Unicorn Emergency”.

The series was published by Piccadilly Press (illustrated by David Roberts) and by Penguin Young Readers (illustrated by Brett Bean).

See more:

• Lucy Coats’s website: http://www.lucycoats.com/books/beasts-of-olympus-series/

Found by Anna Mik

A good way to solve the problems you have with your mythical child:).

Found by Anna Mik.

This year (7th June – 24th September 2017) in the National Gallery in London you can see  the “Take One Picture” exhibition that shows children’s works inspired by Rubens’ “A Roman Triumph”.

It is interesting to see how children interpreted many objects from the Ancient world, for example Roman classical buildings, temples, columns, decorative designs, musical instruments,  animals. The results of their work are amazing! 🙂

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All photos were taken by the authors of this post in the National Gallery in London.

See more:

• National Gallery Website: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/take-one-picture-2017
• Slideshow about the exhibition: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/learning/teachers-and-schools/take-one-picture/take-one-picture-slideshow-2017

Found by Dorota Bazylczyk and Anna Mik during a research query in London, UK.