Happy New Year

by Lianne Schneider

Title

Happy New Year

Artist

Lianne Schneider

Medium

Digital Art - Digital Painting/photographic Art

Description

New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar used in the Roman Empire since 45 BC. Romans originally dedicated New Year's Day to Janus, the god of gates, doors, and beginnings for whom the first month of the year (January) is named. Later, as a date in the Gregorian calendar of Christendom, New Year's Day liturgically marked the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ, and is still observed as such in the Anglican Church and Lutheran Church. In present day, with most countries now using the Gregorian calendar as their de facto calendar, New Year's Day is probably the world's most celebrated public holiday, often observed with fireworks at the stroke of midnight as the new year starts in each time zone.

January 1 represents the fresh start of a new year after a period of remembrance of the passing year, including on radio, television and in newspapers, which starts in early December in countries around the world. Publications have year-end articles that review the changes during the previous year. In some cases publications may set their entire year work alight in hope that the smoke emitted from the flame brings new life to the company. There are also articles on planned or expected changes in the coming year.

This day is traditionally a religious feast, but since the 1900s has also become an occasion to celebrate the night of December 31, called New Year's Eve. There are fireworks at midnight at the moment the new year arrives (the major one is of Sydney, New South Wales; Watch-night services are also still observed by many.

The original image is my own with several filters applied and a vintage stamp.

I want to thank each of the following groups and their hosts for featuring this image:
ART FROM THE PAST - JOUKO
TODAY'S BEST ART - DAVID
DAILY DOSE OF WISDOM - ETI
WHY NOT GROUP - EVERETT
DIGITAL REALISM - ANNE
BEAUTY - JAMES
HARMONY AND HAPPINESS - ERNESTINE
BEAUTY CAPTURED - ELLA
ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS - JOETTA
EXCELLENT SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS - JOE
COLLECTORS' TREASURES - KRISTA
SIGNATURE STYLE ART - SHARON
WISCONSIN FLOWERS AND SCENERY - RANDY
3 A DAY GREETING CARDS - DARREN
PHOTOGRAPHY AND TEXTURES - DARREN
ART WITH FLAIR - WILLIAM
ALL LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY - BOB AND NADINE
COMFORTABLE ART - JIM

Copyright Lianne Schneider 2013

All images and my personal poetry/prose are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced, downloaded, distributed, transmitted, copied, reproduced in derivative works, displayed, published or broadcast by any means or in any form without prior written consent from the artist. Copyright on works derived from or based on images in the public domain applies only to the subsequent manipulation or painting resulting from my changes. The original image remains in the public domain and such images are used with in accordance with international copyright laws.

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November 17th, 2013

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