Day 1,385: hygiene
After the Meiji restoration of 1868, it promoted greater hygiene as a proxy for modernisation.
Artwork of the day
Vision Hygiene
Martial Raysse
Date: 1960
Style: Nouveau Réalisme
Genre: abstract
Word of the day
hygiene: the degree to which people keep themselves or their environment clean, especially to prevent disease
Quote of the day
“Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.”
― Louis Pasteur