The backgrounds in Bambi were inspired by Chinese landscape paintings
The backgrounds in the classic Disney movie, Bambi, were inspired by Chinese landscape paintings of the Song dynasty, an innovation by Tyrus Wong. This Disney animation was very popular all over the world and according to The New York Times, Wong “endured poverty, discrimination and chronic lack of recognition, not only for his work at Disney but also for his fine art, before finding acclaim in his 90s.”
Medieval people had rap battles
Can you believe that people in Medieval England had rap battles? But before this activity, there was another process called ‘flyting’. Flyting was a very popular tradition of insults that took place in England and Scotland from the 50th to the 60th. According to Atlas Obscura, “participants employed the timeless tools of provocation and perversion as well as satire, rhetoric, and early bathroom humor to publicly trounce opponents.”
