This link was sent to me by my friend Ellen and it's pretty cool. Chinese artists created a painting, Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante, and as you move your cursor over the people in the painting, it identifies the noted person who is depicted.
Some of the Chinese figures remain unknown to me, like Cui Jian, but if you click on the figure, a separate window pops up with an Internet site for further information.
By the way, Cui Jian is the father of Chinese rock-n-roll. In the picture, he's between Socrates and Lenin.
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It's also interesting to look at the Chinese perceptions of some of the characters, Winston Churchill has been on a diet, King Tut is a middle aged European(?) Monarch (when historically he was a black 20 year old when he died), there seems to be confusion whether the character below Napoleon is Machiavelli or Madame Cure (but looks like neither), and Rosie O'Donnell is the camel on the right side of center (LOL!)
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