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Imperial War Museums London, United Kingdom

Imperial War Museums (IWM) is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. Founded as the Imperial War Museum in 1917, the museum was intended to record the civil and military war effort and sacrifice of Britain and its Empire…

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Review of China International Furniture Expo 2013-2016, Shanghai, China

China International Furniture Expo (Furniture China) is held every September at Shanghai Pudong New International Expo Center. With the belief of continuous innovation, it leads and watches the development direction of the industry. It is one of the most important platforms for the world’s furniture trade. Adhering to the purpose…

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Haute-Savoie Travel Guide, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

The Haute-Savoie is a French department belonging to the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie is an economic and tourist region, due to its geographical border location and its presence in the Alps. It is bordered on the west by the Ain, on the south by Savoy, on the north by the canton…

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Östermalm’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…

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Architecture of Bath

The buildings and architecture of Bath, a city in Somerset in the south west of England, reveal significant examples of the architecture of England, from the Roman Baths (including their significant Celtic presence), to the present day. The city became a World Heritage Site in 1987, largely because of its…

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Western fashion history 1795–1820

Fashion in the period 1795–1820 in European and European-influenced countries saw the final triumph of undress or informal styles over the brocades, lace, periwigs and powder of the earlier 18th century. In the aftermath of the French Revolution, no one wanted to appear to be a member of the French…

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Monastery of St. Benedict, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat (Portuguese: Abadia de Nossa Senhora do Monserrate), more commonly known as the Mosteiro de São Bento (Monastery of St. Benedict), is a Benedictine abbey located on the Morro de São Bento (St. Benedict Hill) in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Mannerist style…

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Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Marignane is a French commune located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bathed by the banks of the Berre and Bolmon ponds and crossed by the Rove canal. Marignane is located to the south-east of the Etang de Berre, in a formerly marshy plain bordered…

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Three historic rooms of 10 Downing Street

Take a tour through the historic rooms of 10 Downing Street. A selection of three of the most famous rooms in 10 Downing Street The Cabinet Room The Cabinet Room is at the heart of collective Government. The Prime Minister holds weekly meetings on a Tuesday morning with their entire…

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Indies Empire style

Indies Empire style (Dutch: Indische Empire stijl) is an architectural style that flourished in the colonial Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) between the middle of the 18th century and the end of the 19th century. The style is an imitation of neoclassical Empire Style which was popular in mid-19th-century France.…

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White color in history and art

White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue), because it fully reflects and scatters all the visible wavelengths of light. It is the color of fresh snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a…

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Hong Kong Mega Showcase and Food Festival 2016 Winter, China

The 14th Hong Kong Mega Showcase was held from December 24 to 27, 2016 in Hall 3 of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in Wanchai. The annual Christmas to the large-scale indoor shopping carnival, with four elements of eating, drinking, playing and fun are all in one, which…

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School of Ferrara

The School of Ferrara was a group of painters which flourished in the Duchy of Ferrara during the Renaissance. Ferrara was ruled by the Este family, well known for its patronage of the arts. Patronage was extended with the ascent of Ercole d’Este I in 1470, and the family continued…

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Review of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2019, Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, the world’s leading meeting place for Scandinavian design, was held from February 5 to 9, 2019. This year’s Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair features a lot of wood and the most recent trends in Scandinavian design.To meet up with like-minded and get inspired by the…

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Max Liebermann House, Berlin, Germany

The foundation Stiftung Brandenburger Tor was founded in December 1997. The foundation is located in the Max Liebermann Haus at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the symbol of freedom and tolerance and of the unity of Germany and Berlin, which gives the foundation its name. As the cultural foundation of…

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Review of Hong Kong Wedding Fair 2018, China

Hong Kong Wedding Fair, as Hong Kong’s biggest Wedding Exhibition Series, organized by Hongkong-Asia Exhibition (Holding) Ltd., presents four seasons of wedding festivals every year. More than 500 booths gather wedding experts from Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Chinese Taiwan, Japan, Korea and other places to gather trendy wedding products and…

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Color management

In digital imaging systems, color management is the controlled conversion between the color representations of various devices, such as image scanners, digital cameras, monitors, TV screens, film printers, computer printers, offset presses, and corresponding media. The primary goal of color management is to obtain a good match across color devices;…

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Adobe RGB color space

The Adobe RGB (1998) color space is an RGB color space developed by Adobe Systems, Inc. in 1998. It was designed to encompass most of the colors achievable on CMYK color printers, but by using RGB primary colors on a device such as a computer display. The Adobe RGB (1998)…

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Multi-sketch

Multi-sketch is an animation method of story-telling where a sequence of hand-drawn sketches are created simultaneously while narrating it with voice. To achieve this a Tablet PC or digitizing tablet can be used to create improvised progressive line sketches which are captured to video. Such types of cartoons are created…

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The collector and his collection, Lázaro Galdiano Museum

The collector and the collection on the Ground Floor. Part of the collections that Don José Lázaro Galdiano donated to the State is exhibited in the museum. The ground floor of the museum was original use as warehouse, having been reformed to receive today part of the exhibition. The rooms…

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Unmanned aerial vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS); which include a UAV, a ground-based controller, and a system of communications between the two. The flight of UAVs may operate with…

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