A large part of the paintings kept in the museum are works by French painters, which makes the Louvre a sort of temple of French painting until the 19th century: each century is represented by major and very often unique works. The French painting collection belong to the Department of…
The Indonesia pavilion is themed “Trokomod”. conveys the expectations of all historically dominated cultures to be granted equal room and recognition. Myths, legends and folk tales infuseDono’s imagination. Recently he joked:“I am Semar, considered a clown, but inmy former life I was a dinosaurus.” Heri Dono, artist Indonesia, discuss with…
George French Angas (1822–1886), was an English explorer, naturalist, painterartist and natural historian, published many illustrations of the plants, native animals and peoples of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. His paintings are held in a number of important Australian public art collections. He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne,…
Explore! is an interactive space within L’Aquàrium de Barcelona designed to raise children’s awareness of the marine world. It features over 50 interactivities in which children can touch, see, listen to, investigate and discover nature. In Explora!, three Mediterranean coastline environments are represented: The marshes of the Ebro Delta, a…
The National Constitution Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution devoted to explaining the United States Constitution. Located on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the center serves as an interactive museum and a national town hall for constitutional dialogue, regularly hosting government leaders, journalists, scholars, and celebrities for public discussions, including…
Beauty Beyond Form inaugural exhibition celebrates the opening of the Wu Guanzhong Gallery at National Gallery Singapore. Spanning over 50 years of Wu’s career, this show features both oil and ink works, many of which will be on display for the first time in Singapore. The exhibition uses a pretty…
La Garde is a French commune located in the department of Var in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. La Garde is located in the Var, east of Toulon, in the urban area of Toulon of which it is a suburb, between Marseille and Nice. History City in 1056 under the name…
Integrated arts practice refers to inter-disciplinary art, art research, development, production, presentation, or artistic creation of work that fully uses two or more art disciplines to create a work for a specific audience. Description The Integrated Arts experience is defined as an activity which induces in the learner an emotional…
The Episcopal Museum of Vic (Catalan: Museu Episcopal de Vic, MEV) is a medieval art museum that maintains a magnificent collection of masterpieces of painting and sculpture from the Romanesque and Gothic period in Catalonia. Located next to the Cathedral of Vic, in the Osona region (Barcelona) it is declared…
El Berguedà is a region of Catalonia. It has a total area of 1,184.89 km² and a population of 39,178 inhabitants (2016). It is the northernmost of the counties in the province of Barcelona (with the exception of the municipality of Gósol, attached to that of Lleida). It is located…
Govert (or Govaert) Teunisz. Flinck (Kleef, January 25, 1615 – Amsterdam, February 2, 1660) was a Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age, mainly portraits, historical works and genres. He was one of Rembrandt’s most famous pupils from 1633 to 1636. Initially, his work was for a Rembrandt as and…
The Neo-Mudéjar is a type of Moorish Revival architecture. In Spain, this architectural movement emerged as a revival of the Mudéjar style. It appeared in the late 19th century in Madrid, and soon spread to other regions of the country. Such architects as Emilio Rodríguez Ayuso perceived the Mudéjar art…
Genealogy Tourism, sometimes called roots tourism, is a segment of the tourism market consisting of tourists who have ancestral connections to their holiday destination. These genealogy tourists travel to the land of their ancestors to reconnect with their past and “walk in the footsteps of their forefathers”. Genealogy tourism is…
The Land Institute for Environmental Preservation (ITPA) is a private, non-profit organization that has been working since 1998 for sustainable development. It is the largest environmental organization based in the State of Rio de Janeiro, where it maintains dozens of work fronts, with more than 70 employees. Instituto Terra works…
The Gifts & Home show last from October 18 to 21, co-located with Mobile Electronics. The Global Sources Lifestyle Gifts & Home show, a dedicated show for design-led lifestyle products. A show to meet creative, curated and innovative gifts, home and lifestyle products with high sales potential. The event is…
The Corning Museum of Glass is a museum in Corning, New York dedicated to the art, history and science of glass. It was founded in 1951 by Corning Glass Works and currently has a collection of more than 50,000 glass objects, some over 3,500 years old. History Founded in 1951…
The Sacristy of São Roque is important, both symbolically and artistically, for being one of the earliest sacristies constructed by the Sociaty of Jesus, conceived in line with the liturgical recommendations emanating from the Council of Trent. Church sacristies took on the added function os “art galleries” for the edification…
Hauts-de-Seine is one of the wealthiest departments in France, It extends along the entire western edge of Paris, making up part of the inner suburbs. Highly identified by its economic activity, the Hauts-de-Seine department also has significant tourism and leisure potential in Greater Paris, and even in Ile-de-France. Hauts-de-Seine is…
The Shinkansen (Japanese: 新幹線), colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. Initially built to connect distant Japanese regions with Tokyo, the capital, in order to aid economic growth and development, beyond long-distance travel some sections around the largest metropolitan areas…
Colonial architecture is an architectural style from a mother country that has been incorporated into the buildings of settlements or colonies in distant locations. Colonists frequently built settlements that synthesized the architecture of their countries of origin with the design characteristics of their new lands, creating hybrid designs. Below are…
River climbing, river trekking, river tracing or mountain stream climbing is a form of hiking or outdoor adventure activity, a traditional sport in Japan and popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and, in some ways, similar to canyoning or canyoneering. River trekking is a combination of trekking and climbing and…
Multi-primary color (MPC) display is a display that can reproduce a wider gamut color than conventional displays. In addition to the standard RGB (Red Green and Blue) color subpixels, the technology utilizes additional colors, such as yellow, magenta and cyan, and thus increases the range of displayable colors that the…
The world has over 5,000 different languages, including more than twenty with 50 million or more speakers. Travel can bring you into contact with any of these. This article tries to give an overview of how to cope with language difficulties, an important problem for many travellers. Understand Language is…
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is a stable crystalline compound formed from cadmium and tellurium. It is mainly used as the semiconducting material in cadmium telluride photovoltaics and an infrared optical window. It is usually sandwiched with cadmium sulfide to form a p-n junction solar PV cell. Typically, CdTe PV cells use…
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French Painting Collection, Louvre Museum, Paris, France
A large part of the paintings kept in the museum are works by French painters, which makes the Louvre a sort of temple of French painting until the 19th century: each century is represented by major and very often unique works. The French painting collection belong to the Department of…
Read moreHeri Dono: Voyage trokomod, Indonesia Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015
The Indonesia pavilion is themed “Trokomod”. conveys the expectations of all historically dominated cultures to be granted equal room and recognition. Myths, legends and folk tales infuseDono’s imagination. Recently he joked:“I am Semar, considered a clown, but inmy former life I was a dinosaurus.” Heri Dono, artist Indonesia, discuss with…
Read moreGeorge French Angas
George French Angas (1822–1886), was an English explorer, naturalist, painterartist and natural historian, published many illustrations of the plants, native animals and peoples of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. His paintings are held in a number of important Australian public art collections. He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne,…
Read moreExplore! Children´s area, Barcelona Aquarium
Explore! is an interactive space within L’Aquàrium de Barcelona designed to raise children’s awareness of the marine world. It features over 50 interactivities in which children can touch, see, listen to, investigate and discover nature. In Explora!, three Mediterranean coastline environments are represented: The marshes of the Ebro Delta, a…
Read moreNational Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States
The National Constitution Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution devoted to explaining the United States Constitution. Located on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the center serves as an interactive museum and a national town hall for constitutional dialogue, regularly hosting government leaders, journalists, scholars, and celebrities for public discussions, including…
Read moreWu Guanzhong: Beauty Beyond Form, National Gallery Singapore
Beauty Beyond Form inaugural exhibition celebrates the opening of the Wu Guanzhong Gallery at National Gallery Singapore. Spanning over 50 years of Wu’s career, this show features both oil and ink works, many of which will be on display for the first time in Singapore. The exhibition uses a pretty…
Read moreLa Garde, French Riviera
La Garde is a French commune located in the department of Var in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. La Garde is located in the Var, east of Toulon, in the urban area of Toulon of which it is a suburb, between Marseille and Nice. History City in 1056 under the name…
Read moreIntegrated arts
Integrated arts practice refers to inter-disciplinary art, art research, development, production, presentation, or artistic creation of work that fully uses two or more art disciplines to create a work for a specific audience. Description The Integrated Arts experience is defined as an activity which induces in the learner an emotional…
Read moreEpiscopal Museum of Vic, Spain
The Episcopal Museum of Vic (Catalan: Museu Episcopal de Vic, MEV) is a medieval art museum that maintains a magnificent collection of masterpieces of painting and sculpture from the Romanesque and Gothic period in Catalonia. Located next to the Cathedral of Vic, in the Osona region (Barcelona) it is declared…
Read moreBerguedà, Central Counties, Catalonia, Spain
El Berguedà is a region of Catalonia. It has a total area of 1,184.89 km² and a population of 39,178 inhabitants (2016). It is the northernmost of the counties in the province of Barcelona (with the exception of the municipality of Gósol, attached to that of Lleida). It is located…
Read moreGovert Flinck
Govert (or Govaert) Teunisz. Flinck (Kleef, January 25, 1615 – Amsterdam, February 2, 1660) was a Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age, mainly portraits, historical works and genres. He was one of Rembrandt’s most famous pupils from 1633 to 1636. Initially, his work was for a Rembrandt as and…
Read moreNeo-Mudéjar
The Neo-Mudéjar is a type of Moorish Revival architecture. In Spain, this architectural movement emerged as a revival of the Mudéjar style. It appeared in the late 19th century in Madrid, and soon spread to other regions of the country. Such architects as Emilio Rodríguez Ayuso perceived the Mudéjar art…
Read moreGenealogy tourism
Genealogy Tourism, sometimes called roots tourism, is a segment of the tourism market consisting of tourists who have ancestral connections to their holiday destination. These genealogy tourists travel to the land of their ancestors to reconnect with their past and “walk in the footsteps of their forefathers”. Genealogy tourism is…
Read moreInstituto Terra, Brazil
The Land Institute for Environmental Preservation (ITPA) is a private, non-profit organization that has been working since 1998 for sustainable development. It is the largest environmental organization based in the State of Rio de Janeiro, where it maintains dozens of work fronts, with more than 70 employees. Instituto Terra works…
Read moreReview of Global Sources Gifts & Home show 2017 October, Hong Kong, China
The Gifts & Home show last from October 18 to 21, co-located with Mobile Electronics. The Global Sources Lifestyle Gifts & Home show, a dedicated show for design-led lifestyle products. A show to meet creative, curated and innovative gifts, home and lifestyle products with high sales potential. The event is…
Read moreCorning Museum of Glass, United States
The Corning Museum of Glass is a museum in Corning, New York dedicated to the art, history and science of glass. It was founded in 1951 by Corning Glass Works and currently has a collection of more than 50,000 glass objects, some over 3,500 years old. History Founded in 1951…
Read moreSacristy, Church of Saint Roch in Lisbon
The Sacristy of São Roque is important, both symbolically and artistically, for being one of the earliest sacristies constructed by the Sociaty of Jesus, conceived in line with the liturgical recommendations emanating from the Council of Trent. Church sacristies took on the added function os “art galleries” for the edification…
Read moreUrban leisure Tourism Guide in Hauts-de-Seine, Historical and cultural tour of Île-de-France
Hauts-de-Seine is one of the wealthiest departments in France, It extends along the entire western edge of Paris, making up part of the inner suburbs. Highly identified by its economic activity, the Hauts-de-Seine department also has significant tourism and leisure potential in Greater Paris, and even in Ile-de-France. Hauts-de-Seine is…
Read moreShinkansen
The Shinkansen (Japanese: 新幹線), colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. Initially built to connect distant Japanese regions with Tokyo, the capital, in order to aid economic growth and development, beyond long-distance travel some sections around the largest metropolitan areas…
Read moreColonial architecture
Colonial architecture is an architectural style from a mother country that has been incorporated into the buildings of settlements or colonies in distant locations. Colonists frequently built settlements that synthesized the architecture of their countries of origin with the design characteristics of their new lands, creating hybrid designs. Below are…
Read moreRiver trekking
River climbing, river trekking, river tracing or mountain stream climbing is a form of hiking or outdoor adventure activity, a traditional sport in Japan and popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and, in some ways, similar to canyoning or canyoneering. River trekking is a combination of trekking and climbing and…
Read moreMulti-primary color display
Multi-primary color (MPC) display is a display that can reproduce a wider gamut color than conventional displays. In addition to the standard RGB (Red Green and Blue) color subpixels, the technology utilizes additional colors, such as yellow, magenta and cyan, and thus increases the range of displayable colors that the…
Read moreLanguage guide in travel
The world has over 5,000 different languages, including more than twenty with 50 million or more speakers. Travel can bring you into contact with any of these. This article tries to give an overview of how to cope with language difficulties, an important problem for many travellers. Understand Language is…
Read moreCadmium telluride
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is a stable crystalline compound formed from cadmium and tellurium. It is mainly used as the semiconducting material in cadmium telluride photovoltaics and an infrared optical window. It is usually sandwiched with cadmium sulfide to form a p-n junction solar PV cell. Typically, CdTe PV cells use…
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