Sun Fall
by Kathy Bassett
Title
Sun Fall
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Fine Art
Description
Digitally textured and designed from an original photograph I took at our local farmer's market here in Kamloops.
Although it was commonly accepted that the sunflower was first domesticated in what is now the Southeastern US, roughly 5000 years ago,there is evidence that it was first domesticated in Mexico around 3578B.C.E. These crops were found in Tabasco, Mexico at the San Andre�s dig site. The earliest known examples in the United States of a fully domesticated sunflower have been found in Tennessee, and date to around 2300 BC. Many indigenous American peoples used the sunflower as the symbol of their solar deity, including the Aztecs and the Otomi of Mexico and the Incas in South America. In 1510 early Spanish explorers encountered the sunflower in the Americas and carried its seeds back to Europe. Of the four plants known to have been domesticated in what is now the continental United States to have become an important agricultural commodity, sunflower is currently the most economically important.
During the 18th century, the use of sunflower oil became very popular in Russia, particularly with members of the Russian Orthodox Church, because sunflower oil was one of the few oils that was allowed during Lent, according to some fasting traditions.
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March 27th, 2013
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Comments (35)
Gary F Richards
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… KTBUZZZ-2022 ART GAME SERIES-POKER! Fl
Gary F Richards
Spectacular floral composition, lighting, shading, brilliant colors and artwork! F/L voted
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive thread! group as well as any other thread in which it would fit!
Jacqueline Athmann
OH HAPPY Day!!! This photo makes me feel happy! So happy that it's been featured on the Oh Happy Day group homepage. Thank you for growing my smile today! F/L/T
Kathy Bassett
Thank you for the feature, Lilia! Sun Fall looks nice on your home page of Tranquility!
Angela J Wright
I PainTeD YouR BeauTiFuL ArTworK ALL oveR Mi UniversE! (Fb,G+,PeN.VoT'd) lol :D SimPLy BeauTiFuLz... X;D*
Kathy Bassett
Thank you Patricia! and thank you for featuring Sun Fall in your Women Photographers group!
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