Putto Who", infants of the species Weeping Angels appear as putti. In the 1st-person shooter "Team Fortress 2", the "Meet the Pyro" video has the BLU Team appear as putti in Pyroland (The Pyro's vision). In the 2003 video game "Drakengard", a group of malevolent god-like figures known as the Watchers appear as putti. The historiography of this subject matter is very short. Many art historians have commented on the importance of the putto in art, but few have undertaken a major study. One useful scholarly examination is Charles Dempsey's "Inventing the Renaissance Putto". Putto A putto (; plural putti )
What Is a Nation? What Is a Nation? "What is a Nation?" ("Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?") is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892), known for the statements that a nation is "a daily referendum", and that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget, as what they remember. It is frequently quoted or anthologized in works of history or political science pertaining to nationalism and national identity. Renan wrote "What is a Nation" in order to symbolize the nationalism which was born in France as a result of the French Revolution of 1789. Renan begins his essay by noting