Diego Velázquez Birthday, 2008
Google displayed this logo today(June 6th, 2008) across all its home pages to celebrate the birthday of Diego Velázquez, a Spanish painter.
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660), commonly referred to as Diego Velázquez, was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary baroque period, important as a portrait artist. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656). – Wikipedia
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I thought the hot air balloon flight last week was stupid… There’s so many new ‘discoveries’ lately, they could change it every 5 minutes.
I reckon they should just leave it the same, and show Earth day or some other MEANINGFUL cause that needs to attract the attention of hundreds of millions of people.