Modernism is a philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among the factors that shaped modernism were the development of modern industrial societies and the rapid growth of cities, followed then…
China engraved plate printing exhibition area of 526 square meters, displaying 135 pieces of cultural relics. The exhibits on display at the exhibition are divided into 9 categories, namely jade carvings, stone carvings, brick carvings, lacquer carvings, bones, ivory carvings, bamboo carvings, porcelain carvings, nuclear carvings and wood carvings, Ancient…
Le Bon Marché is a department store in Paris. Founded in 1838 and revamped almost completely by Aristide Boucicaut in 1852, it was one of the first modern department stores. Historically, it was the founder of Le Bon Marché who first came up with the concept of a department store,…
A tertiary color is a color made by mixing full saturation of one primary color with half saturation of another primary color and none of a third primary color, in a given color space such as RGB, CMYK (more modern) or RYB (traditional). Tertiary colors have general names, one set…
Östermalm is a district area in Stockholm’s inner city with 70,779 inhabitants (2014). It includes the districts of Östermalm (except for a smaller part at Roslagstull), Hjorthagen, Gärdet, Djurgården and Norra Djurgården. Östermalm’s district area with associated district committee and district administration was established in connection with the district reform…
The Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, is a contemporary art museum located at 261 boulevard Raspail in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. The Cartier Foundation is an exhibition and creation space for artists, and a meeting place with the public through the organization of conferences, concerts, and shows related to…
Florida cracker architecture is a style of wood-frame home used somewhat widely in the 19th century in the U.S. state of Florida, and still popular with some developers as a source of design themes. Florida cracker homes are characterized by metal roofs, raised floors, large porch areas (often wrapping around…
The visible spectrum is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation in this range of wavelengths is called visible light or simply light. A typical human eye will respond to wavelengths from about 390 to 700 nm. In terms of frequency, this…
William Faithorne the Elder(1616 – May 13, 1691), British painter and engraver, was born in London; He was the apprentice of Robert Peake, himself a painter and an art dealer, who was ennobled by Charles I. Faithorne was born in London and was apprenticed to William Peake. On the outbreak…
The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is the premier art gallery under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The main museum at Jaipur House in New Delhi was established on March 29, 1954 by the Government of India, with subsequent branches at Mumbai and Bangalore. Some of the oldest…
The museum was built by the architect Ezio Cerpi between 1912 and 1914 in the shape of a Roman temple of Ionic style, and preserves finds from Fiesole and its territory and private donations, including the Costantini Collection of Greek, Magno-Greek and Etruscan and the Albites Collection, with valuable Roman…
The Sienese School of painting flourished in Siena, Italy, between the 13th and 15th centuries. Its most important artists include Duccio, whose work shows Byzantine influence, his pupil Simone Martini, the brothers Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti and Domenico and Taddeo di Bartolo, Sassetta, and Matteo di Giovanni. Although it was…
The sculpture department is one of the eight departments of the Louvre Museum. It houses one of the most important collections of sculptures in the world, and the richest collection of French works. The sculpture department houses more than 6,000 works, including the world’s largest collection of French sculpture. In…
Fort Saint-Jean is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port. Since 2013 it has been linked by two foot-bridges to the historical district Le Panier and to the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations; the latter being the first French…
Nathdwara Painting refers to a painting tradition and school of artists that emerged in Nathdwara, a town in Rajsamand district in the Western state of Rajasthan in India. Nathdwara paintings are of different sub-styles of which Pichhwai paintings are the most popular. The word Pichwai derives from the Sanskrit words…
The State Darwin Museum is the world’s largest popular science center dedicated entirely to the process of evolution, and the only museum of its kind in Russia. It is visited every year by more than half a million people. The State Darwin Museum (Russian: Государственный Дарвиновский музей) is a natural…
Hydroelectricity is Japan’s main renewable energy source, with an installed capacity of about 50 GW (including pumped storage) and a production of 69.2 TWh of electricity in 2009, making Japan one of the biggest hydroelectricity producers in the world. Most of Japanese hydroelectric power plants are pumped-storage plants. Conventional hydropower…
Innovative, emotional, uncompromising. Welcome to the house of Alexander McQueen. Since its founding in 1992 by Lee Alexander McQueen, the company has grown to become one of the most important and respected fashion brands in the world. Known for the emotional power and raw energy of its shows and a…
Buddhist painting is a painting based on Buddhism. Mural paintings of temples, silk, paper, paintings painted on boards, prints, etc. Buddhist picture (buddhist image) refers broadly to Buddhist paintings and includes Buddhist tales, such as Buddha, Bodhisattva, Pure Land Phase Diagram (such as Tempura Mandara), Beginner’s Guide, Bikka Hakodo Map,…
The Jardin des plantes de Paris is the main botanical garden in France, is a park and botanical garden open to the public. It is the seat and the main site of the National Museum of Natural History. In addition to the green spaces specific to a garden (flowerbeds, botanical…
The museum’s Asian art collection includes works from China, Japan, India, Tibet, Southeast Asia, and the Near East. The collection is particularly known for its Chinese ceramics, with a particular depth in mortuary wares from the Tang Dynasty (618–907) and utilitarian stoneware from the 11th through the 13th centuries. Although…
Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains, particularly in Eurasia as early as 10,000 years ago. Barley has been used as animal fodder, as a source of fermentable material for…
A Cape Cod house is a low, broad, single-story frame building with a moderately steep pitched gabled roof, a large central chimney, and very little ornamentation. Originating in New England in the 17th century, the simple symmetric design was constructed of local materials to withstand the stormy, stark weather of…
Passenger rail transport is one of the principal means of transport in the People’s Republic of China, with rail passenger traffic exceeding 1.86 billion railway trips in 2011. It is operated by the China Railway Corporation(CR). The Spring Festival Travel Season is the peak railway travel season of the year.…
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Modernism
Modernism is a philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among the factors that shaped modernism were the development of modern industrial societies and the rapid growth of cities, followed then…
Read moreChina engraving printing exhibition, Yangzhou Museum
China engraved plate printing exhibition area of 526 square meters, displaying 135 pieces of cultural relics. The exhibits on display at the exhibition are divided into 9 categories, namely jade carvings, stone carvings, brick carvings, lacquer carvings, bones, ivory carvings, bamboo carvings, porcelain carvings, nuclear carvings and wood carvings, Ancient…
Read moreGuide Tour of Le Bon Marché, Paris, France
Le Bon Marché is a department store in Paris. Founded in 1838 and revamped almost completely by Aristide Boucicaut in 1852, it was one of the first modern department stores. Historically, it was the founder of Le Bon Marché who first came up with the concept of a department store,…
Read moreTertiary color
A tertiary color is a color made by mixing full saturation of one primary color with half saturation of another primary color and none of a third primary color, in a given color space such as RGB, CMYK (more modern) or RYB (traditional). Tertiary colors have general names, one set…
Read moreÖstermalm’s district area, Stockholm, Sweden
Östermalm is a district area in Stockholm’s inner city with 70,779 inhabitants (2014). It includes the districts of Östermalm (except for a smaller part at Roslagstull), Hjorthagen, Gärdet, Djurgården and Norra Djurgården. Östermalm’s district area with associated district committee and district administration was established in connection with the district reform…
Read moreGuide Tour of Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, Paris, France
The Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, is a contemporary art museum located at 261 boulevard Raspail in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. The Cartier Foundation is an exhibition and creation space for artists, and a meeting place with the public through the organization of conferences, concerts, and shows related to…
Read moreFlorida cracker architecture
Florida cracker architecture is a style of wood-frame home used somewhat widely in the 19th century in the U.S. state of Florida, and still popular with some developers as a source of design themes. Florida cracker homes are characterized by metal roofs, raised floors, large porch areas (often wrapping around…
Read moreVisible spectrum
The visible spectrum is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation in this range of wavelengths is called visible light or simply light. A typical human eye will respond to wavelengths from about 390 to 700 nm. In terms of frequency, this…
Read moreWilliam Faithorne
William Faithorne the Elder(1616 – May 13, 1691), British painter and engraver, was born in London; He was the apprentice of Robert Peake, himself a painter and an art dealer, who was ennobled by Charles I. Faithorne was born in London and was apprenticed to William Peake. On the outbreak…
Read moreNational Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is the premier art gallery under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The main museum at Jaipur House in New Delhi was established on March 29, 1954 by the Government of India, with subsequent branches at Mumbai and Bangalore. Some of the oldest…
Read moreArchaeological Museum, Museums of Fiesole
The museum was built by the architect Ezio Cerpi between 1912 and 1914 in the shape of a Roman temple of Ionic style, and preserves finds from Fiesole and its territory and private donations, including the Costantini Collection of Greek, Magno-Greek and Etruscan and the Albites Collection, with valuable Roman…
Read moreSienese School
The Sienese School of painting flourished in Siena, Italy, between the 13th and 15th centuries. Its most important artists include Duccio, whose work shows Byzantine influence, his pupil Simone Martini, the brothers Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti and Domenico and Taddeo di Bartolo, Sassetta, and Matteo di Giovanni. Although it was…
Read moreDepartment of Sculptures, Louvre Museum, Paris, France
The sculpture department is one of the eight departments of the Louvre Museum. It houses one of the most important collections of sculptures in the world, and the richest collection of French works. The sculpture department houses more than 6,000 works, including the world’s largest collection of French sculpture. In…
Read moreFort Saint-Jean, Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean
Fort Saint-Jean is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port. Since 2013 it has been linked by two foot-bridges to the historical district Le Panier and to the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations; the latter being the first French…
Read moreNathdwara Painting
Nathdwara Painting refers to a painting tradition and school of artists that emerged in Nathdwara, a town in Rajsamand district in the Western state of Rajasthan in India. Nathdwara paintings are of different sub-styles of which Pichhwai paintings are the most popular. The word Pichwai derives from the Sanskrit words…
Read moreState Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia
The State Darwin Museum is the world’s largest popular science center dedicated entirely to the process of evolution, and the only museum of its kind in Russia. It is visited every year by more than half a million people. The State Darwin Museum (Russian: Государственный Дарвиновский музей) is a natural…
Read moreHydroelectricity in Japan
Hydroelectricity is Japan’s main renewable energy source, with an installed capacity of about 50 GW (including pumped storage) and a production of 69.2 TWh of electricity in 2009, making Japan one of the biggest hydroelectricity producers in the world. Most of Japanese hydroelectric power plants are pumped-storage plants. Conventional hydropower…
Read moreThe Craftsmanship of Alexander McQueen, 360°Video, British Fashion Council
Innovative, emotional, uncompromising. Welcome to the house of Alexander McQueen. Since its founding in 1992 by Lee Alexander McQueen, the company has grown to become one of the most important and respected fashion brands in the world. Known for the emotional power and raw energy of its shows and a…
Read moreBuddhist paintings
Buddhist painting is a painting based on Buddhism. Mural paintings of temples, silk, paper, paintings painted on boards, prints, etc. Buddhist picture (buddhist image) refers broadly to Buddhist paintings and includes Buddhist tales, such as Buddha, Bodhisattva, Pure Land Phase Diagram (such as Tempura Mandara), Beginner’s Guide, Bikka Hakodo Map,…
Read moreGuide Tour of Jardin des plantes, Paris, France
The Jardin des plantes de Paris is the main botanical garden in France, is a park and botanical garden open to the public. It is the seat and the main site of the National Museum of Natural History. In addition to the green spaces specific to a garden (flowerbeds, botanical…
Read moreAsian art, Baltimore Museum of Art
The museum’s Asian art collection includes works from China, Japan, India, Tibet, Southeast Asia, and the Near East. The collection is particularly known for its Chinese ceramics, with a particular depth in mortuary wares from the Tang Dynasty (618–907) and utilitarian stoneware from the 11th through the 13th centuries. Although…
Read moreBarley
Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains, particularly in Eurasia as early as 10,000 years ago. Barley has been used as animal fodder, as a source of fermentable material for…
Read moreCape Cod house
A Cape Cod house is a low, broad, single-story frame building with a moderately steep pitched gabled roof, a large central chimney, and very little ornamentation. Originating in New England in the 17th century, the simple symmetric design was constructed of local materials to withstand the stormy, stark weather of…
Read moreRail travel guide in China
Passenger rail transport is one of the principal means of transport in the People’s Republic of China, with rail passenger traffic exceeding 1.86 billion railway trips in 2011. It is operated by the China Railway Corporation(CR). The Spring Festival Travel Season is the peak railway travel season of the year.…
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