The Hong Kong International Lighting Fair is a strong trading platform with a global reputation. Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the fair showcasing latest lighting merchandises to global buyers, offering global buyers an exclusive sourcing platform for all finished lighting products, parts and accessories. The fairs represent…
Cas di torto (also called cas di lodo or cas di bara) is a traditional building technique from Aruba. It refers to a type of houses made of adobe with rounded corners. These houses were usually found around the plantations. The technique probably came over from the Venezuelan Paraguaná Peninsula…
Yangzhou Museum (Chinese: 扬州博物馆) is the biggest museum in Yangzhou, an ancient city in Jiangsu Province of China It is located in front of the Mingyue Lake (“Bright Moon Lake”) on Yangzhou’ West Wenchang Road, about 4 km west of downtown Yangzhou and Slender West Lake Yangzhou Museum is housed…
Conceived and presented for the opening of Pirelli HangarBicocca in 2004 by a project by Lia Rumma, the permanent site-specific installation by Anselm Kiefer, The Seven Heavenly Palaces, owes its name to the Palaces described in the ancient Jewish treatise Sefer Hechalot, the “Book of Palaces / Sanctuaries” dating back…
A wide and rich panel of national art from the 20th century and today, awaits the visitor to the Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Brazilian Art . With more than 1,800 m² of area and filled with around 170 works from the Museum’s collection on a permanent basis, the Gallery…
The National Congress of Brazil (Portuguese: Congresso Nacional do Brasil) is the legislative body of Brazil’s federal government. Unlike the state Legislative Assemblies and Municipal Chambers, the Congress is bicameral, composed of the Federal Senate (the upper house) and the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house). The current house of…
French Romanticism refers to the Romantic era in French literature and art from the second half of the 18th century to the first half of the 19th century. Conceptual classification “French Romanticism” means not only the literary movement but also the world view, epoch, school and style. It includes all…
Urban cycling is cycling in built-up areas, typically for distances of a few kilometres. It’s usually distinct from cycling as sport (including mountainbiking), tour cycling across long distances, or cycling as a means to “see the landscape” and is often chosen due to being the fastest and/or most economical way…
Defendente Ferrari ( 1480/1485 in Piedmont – 1540 in Turin) was an Italian painter active in Piedmont. His work marks the transition from late Gothic traditions to Renaissance art in the region, active at the beginning of the sixteenth century in Piedmont. Ferrari was born at Chivasso, near Turin, and…
Chioggia is a coastal town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Venice in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Known as the “Little Venice”. The historic center stands on islets divided by canals and connected by bridges. It is the sixth most populous city in Veneto and the fulcrum…
The castle fell into disuse after the fall of the Second Mexican Empire in 1867. in 1876, a decree established it as an Astronomical, Meteorological and Magnetic Observatory on the site. In 1878 the first National Astronomical Observatory was established in the Chapultepec Castle, for which the building was once…
Urban sprawl or suburban sprawl describes the expansion of human populations away from central urban areas into low-density, monofunctional and usually car-dependent communities, in a process called suburbanization. In addition to describing a particular form of urbanization, the term also relates to the social and environmental consequences associated with this…
The Singapore Art Museum (Abbreviation: SAM), housed in a restored 19th century mission school, opened its doors in 1996 as the first fully dedicated contemporary visual arts museum in Singapore with one of the world’s most important collections by local, Southeast Asia and Asia artists. It collaborates with international art…
The Rococo library, situated at the back of the second floor, is truly the highlight of this palace, rivalling the grandeur of the library of the Melk Abbey in Austria. Built by Manuel Caetano de Sousa, this library is 88 m long, 9.5 m wide and 13 m high. The…
Mining in Japan is minimal because Japan possesses very few mining resources. Japanese mining was a rapidly declining industry in the 1980s. Coal production shrank from a peak of 55 million tons in 1960 to slightly more than 16 million tons in 1985, while coal imports grew to nearly 91…
Postmodern feminism is an approach to feminist theory that incorporates postmodern and post-structuralist theory, seeing itself as moving beyond the modernist polarities of liberal feminism and radical feminism. Feminism has been seen as having an affinity to postmodern philosophy through a shared interest in speech acts. Origins and theory Butler…
The Long Museum (Chinese: 龙美术馆西岸馆) is a private art museum in Shanghai, China, founded by Liu Yiqian and his wife Wang Wei. The museum has two locations in Shanghai: the Long Museum Pudong and Long Museum West Bund. Located in Shanghai, the Dragon Art Museum is currently in Pudong and…
The 10th edition of the Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair, a cellar full of wine knowledge and business opportunities, last from November 11-13, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. A total of 1,070 exhibitors from 38 countries and regions presented exquisite wines from around the world.…
Early Netherlandish painting refers to the work of artists, sometimes known as the Flemish Primitives, active in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance; especially in the flourishing cities of Bruges, Ghent, Tournai and Brussels Their work follows the International Gothic style and begins approximately…
This article refers to Taxation in Afghanistan. In the early 1980s, direct taxes accounted for about 15% of government revenues. The share provided by indirect taxes declined from 42% to 30%, as revenues from natural gas and state enterprises played an increasing role in government finance. Tax collection, never an…
Martigues is a French commune in Bouches-du-Rhône in Provence, also known by the nickname “Venice of Provence”. It stretches along the banks of the Etang de Berre and the Caronte canal. The city is made up of three districts: Ferrières to the north (Camargue side), Ile sur le canal (Brescon…
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, the world’s leading meeting place for Scandinavian design, was held from February 4 to 8, 2020. Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair celebrates its 70th anniversary with the latest in Scandinavian design. To meet up with like-minded and get inspired by the latest in Scandinavian design,…
A linear actuator is an actuator that creates motion in a straight line, in contrast to the circular motion of a conventional electric motor. Linear actuators are used in machine tools and industrial machinery, in computer peripherals such as disk drives and printers, in valves and dampers, and in many…
The fifth-largest Roman Amphitheatre is found in the province of Sevilla, Spain. Its building dimensions are 156.5 × 134 meters and its arena dimensions are 71. 2 × 46.2 meters. Built in the reign of Adrian’s Empire, 117-138 AD, the Italica amphitheatre could hold up to 25,000 people and still…
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Review of Hong Kong International Lighting Fair, Spring & Autumn, 2014-2015, China
The Hong Kong International Lighting Fair is a strong trading platform with a global reputation. Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the fair showcasing latest lighting merchandises to global buyers, offering global buyers an exclusive sourcing platform for all finished lighting products, parts and accessories. The fairs represent…
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Cas di torto (also called cas di lodo or cas di bara) is a traditional building technique from Aruba. It refers to a type of houses made of adobe with rounded corners. These houses were usually found around the plantations. The technique probably came over from the Venezuelan Paraguaná Peninsula…
Read moreYangzhou Museum, China
Yangzhou Museum (Chinese: 扬州博物馆) is the biggest museum in Yangzhou, an ancient city in Jiangsu Province of China It is located in front of the Mingyue Lake (“Bright Moon Lake”) on Yangzhou’ West Wenchang Road, about 4 km west of downtown Yangzhou and Slender West Lake Yangzhou Museum is housed…
Read moreAnselm Kiefer: The Seven Heavenly Palaces 2004-2015, Pirelli HangarBicocca
Conceived and presented for the opening of Pirelli HangarBicocca in 2004 by a project by Lia Rumma, the permanent site-specific installation by Anselm Kiefer, The Seven Heavenly Palaces, owes its name to the Palaces described in the ancient Jewish treatise Sefer Hechalot, the “Book of Palaces / Sanctuaries” dating back…
Read moreModern and Contemporary Brazilian Art Gallery, Brazil National Museum of Fine Arts
A wide and rich panel of national art from the 20th century and today, awaits the visitor to the Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Brazilian Art . With more than 1,800 m² of area and filled with around 170 works from the Museum’s collection on a permanent basis, the Gallery…
Read moreNational Congress of Brazil
The National Congress of Brazil (Portuguese: Congresso Nacional do Brasil) is the legislative body of Brazil’s federal government. Unlike the state Legislative Assemblies and Municipal Chambers, the Congress is bicameral, composed of the Federal Senate (the upper house) and the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house). The current house of…
Read moreFrench romanticism
French Romanticism refers to the Romantic era in French literature and art from the second half of the 18th century to the first half of the 19th century. Conceptual classification “French Romanticism” means not only the literary movement but also the world view, epoch, school and style. It includes all…
Read moreUrban cycling tourism
Urban cycling is cycling in built-up areas, typically for distances of a few kilometres. It’s usually distinct from cycling as sport (including mountainbiking), tour cycling across long distances, or cycling as a means to “see the landscape” and is often chosen due to being the fastest and/or most economical way…
Read moreDefendente Ferrari
Defendente Ferrari ( 1480/1485 in Piedmont – 1540 in Turin) was an Italian painter active in Piedmont. His work marks the transition from late Gothic traditions to Renaissance art in the region, active at the beginning of the sixteenth century in Piedmont. Ferrari was born at Chivasso, near Turin, and…
Read moreChioggia, Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy
Chioggia is a coastal town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Venice in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Known as the “Little Venice”. The historic center stands on islets divided by canals and connected by bridges. It is the sixth most populous city in Veneto and the fulcrum…
Read morePresidential Residence and Office, Alcázar Site Museum, Chapultepec Castle
The castle fell into disuse after the fall of the Second Mexican Empire in 1867. in 1876, a decree established it as an Astronomical, Meteorological and Magnetic Observatory on the site. In 1878 the first National Astronomical Observatory was established in the Chapultepec Castle, for which the building was once…
Read moreUrban sprawl
Urban sprawl or suburban sprawl describes the expansion of human populations away from central urban areas into low-density, monofunctional and usually car-dependent communities, in a process called suburbanization. In addition to describing a particular form of urbanization, the term also relates to the social and environmental consequences associated with this…
Read moreSingapore Art Museum
The Singapore Art Museum (Abbreviation: SAM), housed in a restored 19th century mission school, opened its doors in 1996 as the first fully dedicated contemporary visual arts museum in Singapore with one of the world’s most important collections by local, Southeast Asia and Asia artists. It collaborates with international art…
Read moreLibrary, Palace of Mafra
The Rococo library, situated at the back of the second floor, is truly the highlight of this palace, rivalling the grandeur of the library of the Melk Abbey in Austria. Built by Manuel Caetano de Sousa, this library is 88 m long, 9.5 m wide and 13 m high. The…
Read moreMining in Japan
Mining in Japan is minimal because Japan possesses very few mining resources. Japanese mining was a rapidly declining industry in the 1980s. Coal production shrank from a peak of 55 million tons in 1960 to slightly more than 16 million tons in 1985, while coal imports grew to nearly 91…
Read morePostmodern feminism
Postmodern feminism is an approach to feminist theory that incorporates postmodern and post-structuralist theory, seeing itself as moving beyond the modernist polarities of liberal feminism and radical feminism. Feminism has been seen as having an affinity to postmodern philosophy through a shared interest in speech acts. Origins and theory Butler…
Read moreLong Museum West Bund, Shanghai, China
The Long Museum (Chinese: 龙美术馆西岸馆) is a private art museum in Shanghai, China, founded by Liu Yiqian and his wife Wang Wei. The museum has two locations in Shanghai: the Long Museum Pudong and Long Museum West Bund. Located in Shanghai, the Dragon Art Museum is currently in Pudong and…
Read moreHong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair 2017, China
The 10th edition of the Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair, a cellar full of wine knowledge and business opportunities, last from November 11-13, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. A total of 1,070 exhibitors from 38 countries and regions presented exquisite wines from around the world.…
Read moreEarly Netherlandish painting
Early Netherlandish painting refers to the work of artists, sometimes known as the Flemish Primitives, active in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance; especially in the flourishing cities of Bruges, Ghent, Tournai and Brussels Their work follows the International Gothic style and begins approximately…
Read moreTaxation in Afghanistan
This article refers to Taxation in Afghanistan. In the early 1980s, direct taxes accounted for about 15% of government revenues. The share provided by indirect taxes declined from 42% to 30%, as revenues from natural gas and state enterprises played an increasing role in government finance. Tax collection, never an…
Read moreMartigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Martigues is a French commune in Bouches-du-Rhône in Provence, also known by the nickname “Venice of Provence”. It stretches along the banks of the Etang de Berre and the Caronte canal. The city is made up of three districts: Ferrières to the north (Camargue side), Ile sur le canal (Brescon…
Read moreReview of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2020, Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, the world’s leading meeting place for Scandinavian design, was held from February 4 to 8, 2020. Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair celebrates its 70th anniversary with the latest in Scandinavian design. To meet up with like-minded and get inspired by the latest in Scandinavian design,…
Read moreLinear actuator
A linear actuator is an actuator that creates motion in a straight line, in contrast to the circular motion of a conventional electric motor. Linear actuators are used in machine tools and industrial machinery, in computer peripherals such as disk drives and printers, in valves and dampers, and in many…
Read moreRoman amphitheater of Italica, Spain
The fifth-largest Roman Amphitheatre is found in the province of Sevilla, Spain. Its building dimensions are 156.5 × 134 meters and its arena dimensions are 71. 2 × 46.2 meters. Built in the reign of Adrian’s Empire, 117-138 AD, the Italica amphitheatre could hold up to 25,000 people and still…
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