Today I Found Out
That Time Art was an Official Olympic Sport (2019x133)
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→Some of o→“to reunite in the bonds of legitimate wedlock a long-divorced couple — Muscle and Mind.” To the Baron, Olympic competition wasn’t just going to be about physical athletics, but sports of the mind as well – and there are fewer greater “sports of the mind” than the arts. From 1912 to 1948, in seven Olympiads, over 151 Olympic medals were awarded in artistic competitions.
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Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_competitions_at_the_Olympic_Games
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/07/remember-when-the-olympics-used-to-have-an-art-competition-no/260355/?single_page=true
http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936v2sum.pdf
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/weekinreview/21isherwood.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-the-olympics-gave-out-medals-for-art-6878965/?no-ist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Coubertin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics
http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1951/BDCE27/BDCE27l.pdf
http://www.amazon.com/The-Forgotten-Olympic-Art-Competitions/dp/141220030X