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Brooklyn Pastor Robbed of $1 Million Worth of Jewelry During Sermon . The robbery's prompted dialogue on opulent displays of wealth from clergy. A Brooklyn pastor was robbed at gunpoint during a sermon on Sunday. The shocking robbery – caught on live-streamed video – left the pastor and his wife shaken… and about $1 million dollars lighter. Video of the robbery is going viral on social media, but the collection plate of sympathy is running low, with many wondering how and why a pastor and his wife had a million dollars worth of jewelry on their person in the first place. Lightening the Collection Plate Pastor Lamor M. Whitehead, bishop at Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries in Brooklyn, was delivering his usual Sunday sermon to both in-person parishioners and an online audience when three armed gunmen burst into the church. Chaos ensued, as congregants undoubtedly thought they might soon be victims of a mass shooting. But the gunmen only wanted Pastor Whitehead’s jewelry...
Horror Filmmakers and Artists
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Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English playwright, author, film director and visual artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works. His fiction has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser series, the first installment of which he also wrote and directed; and the Candyman series. He was also an executive producer of the film Gods and Monsters, which won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Art 1350 - 1620 AD
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(1350 - 1620 AD [1] ) is the painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the period of European history known as the Renaissance , which emerged as a distinct style in Italy in about AD 1400, in parallel with developments which occurred in philosophy , literature , music , science , and technology . Renaissance art took as its foundation the art of Classical antiquity , perceived as the noblest of ancient traditions, but transformed that tradition by absorbing recent developments in the art of Northern Europe and by applying contemporary scientific knowledge. Along with Renaissance humanist philosophy , it spread throughout Europe, affecting both artists and their patrons with the development of new techniques and new artistic sensibilities. For art historians , Renaissance art marks the transition of Europe from the medieval period to the Early Modern age. Jan van Eyck , The Ghent Altarpiec...