November 23: World Watercolor Day, Fibonacci Day
Kyiv • UNN
Today is World Watercolor Day, established in 1991 by Alfredo Guati Rojo in honor of the art of watercolor painting. It is also Fibonacci Day, dedicated to the famous sequence. It is also the European Day of the Homeless, which draws attention to the problems of people who are homeless.
Today, November 23, everyone who is fond of painting, professional artists, as well as people who paint for pleasure, celebrate World Watercolor Day - an event that was launched in 1991 by the Mexican artist Alfredo Guati Rojo, UNN reports.
Watercolor first appeared in China in the second century AD, as soon as the AD, as soon as paper was invented. In Europe, painting with these colors began in Europe a little later, when paper had already become widespread.
But the name "Aquarelle" itself comes from the French language and and means "watery". This paint is easily diluted in water and lays down gently on paper, allows you to create a variety of shades and clear graphic lines.
For a long time, watercolor was considered a technique of graphic rather than rather than fine art. Many artists of that time put this paint on a a step below oil paint.
At the same time, watercolors became a favorite for the prominent Renaissance artist of the Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer. He is the author of many watercolor compositions, landscapes and sketches.
Today is also the Day of Fibonacci, a sequence of of numbers, which is named after the Italian mathematician who invented it.
Leonardo Fibonacci lived in Italy in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
It was he who introduced Arabic numerals and the zero sign, the decimal system and the modern positional calculus.
A Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers in which each number is the sum of the two previous ones.
That is why November 23 was chosen as Fibonacci Day - in the Western tradition tradition, the month is written first and then the day.
In Europe, today is the Day of the Homeless.
According to minimal estimates, there are more than 500 thousand people in Europe who do not have a basic roof over their heads.
The purpose of today's event is to draw attention to this to draw attention to this problem in society and try to eradicate homelessness.
According to the church calendar, November 23 is the Day of Remembrance of St. Amphilochios.
Amphilochius was born into a Christian family in Cappadocia. At a young age, he decided to renounce worldly life and devote himself to the service of the Lord.
For many years he lived alone in the desert. Later he became Bishop of Iconium.
According to legend, for his unwavering faith he received from the Lord the gift of healing.
Name days are celebrated today by Alexander, Alexei, Boris, Gregory.
