The HKS is a colour system which contains 120 spot colours and 3520 tones for coated and uncoated paper. HKS is an abbreviation of three German colour manufacturers: Hostmann-Steinberg Druckfarben, Kast + Ehinger Druckfarben, and H. Schmincke & Co. HKS colours, similar to Pantone colours, can be used in any…
2017 October Global Sources Mobile Electronics show, run through October18 to 21 at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo, was its largest-ever with more than 2,800 booths. Buyers will be able to see latest smartphones, tablets, AR/VR, wearables and mobile accessories from Verified Suppliers from Greater China and across Asia. The show will…
Recognition of the Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem – A Unique Program Nazi Germany occupied Vilnius on 24 June 1941. The murder of the Jews began immediately, and by the end of the year, two thirds of the 55,000 Jews of that thriving community had been shot by…
The Museu Imperial de Petrópolis is a museum in the historic center of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, housed in the Petrópolis Imperial Palace former summer palace of Emperor Pedro II (1831–1889), built in 1845. The museum includes the palace itself, pieces of the monarchical past of Brazil and a…
Chennai architecture is a confluence of many architectural styles. From ancient Dravidian temples built by the Pallavas, to the Indo-Saracenic style (pioneered in Madras) of the colonial era, to 20th-century steel and chrome of skyscrapers. Chennai has a colonial core in the port area, surrounded by progressively newer areas as…
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture. The term was first used by Charles Robert…
Venice Regata Storica 2019 was open on 1st September. The Historical Regatta is an important sporting event related to a historical re-enactment, which takes place in Venice along the Grand Canal on the first Sunday of September. The Regata Storica is one of the most anticipated annual calendar events in…
Sculptures and coins transferred from the Poona Museum in Pune and the collections of the Bombay branch of the Royal Asiatic Society resulted in the development of an archaeological section, with precious sculptures and epigrams. The Indus Valley Culture Gallery houses fishing hooks, weapons, ornaments and weights and measures from…
Through masterpieces of metalwork from the Nara era to the Edo era, you can see shaping techniques such as casting and forging, decorating techniques such as plating, engraving, and cloisonne, and the shaping features of each era. In the Edo era, the culture of the townspeople bloomed in addition to…
Well-founded phenomena, in the philosophy of Gottfried Leibniz, are ways in which the world falsely appears to us, but which are grounded in the way the world is (as opposed to dreams or hallucinations, which are false appearances that are not thus grounded). For Leibniz, the universe is made up…
The Japanese Gallery, on first and second floor. Buddha statues from the 9th to the 18th Century A.D. and objects from the 18th Century to the 20th, where you can admire large painted screens and a series of lacquered and gilded wooden sculptures. The rooms dedicated to Japan contain wooden…
Kungsholmen is a district area in Stockholm’s inner city that consists of the island of Kungsholmen and the Essinge Islands, ie the districts of Kungsholmen, Stadshagen, Kristineberg, Fredhäll, Marieberg, Lilla Essingen and Stora Essingen. Stockholm’s inner city, is the central part of Stockholm municipality as opposed to the Outer city,…
The 16th arrondissement of Paris, also known as arrondissement of Passy, is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. With its ornate 19th-century buildings, large avenues, prestigious schools, museums, and various parks. The arrondissement includes part of the Arc de Triomphe, and a concentration of museums…
The Architecture of Central Asia, which is generally considered as comprising Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan has been influenced by a diverse array of architectural traditions such as Russian architecture during the eras of tsarist and Soviet rule, Islamic architecture which came earlier, Persian architecture, and Chinese architecture.…
The Grandmaster’s Palace (Maltese: Il-Palazz tal-Granmastru), is a palace in Valletta, Malta. It was built between the 16th and 18th centuries as the palace of the Grand Master of the Order of St. John.The State Rooms are the show piece of the Presidential Palace sited at the heart of Malta’s…
The Information Age is generally understood to have arrived with the Internet as it was developed through the 1970s and rolled out throughout the 1980s, and continues evolving to this day. So too the adoption of digital techniques in aviation also arrived progressively at around the same time and also…
The Macchiaioli were a group of Italian painters active in Tuscany in the second half of the nineteenth century. The macchiaioli formed a pictorial movement that developed in the Italian city of Florence in the second half of the 19th century. The term was coined in 1862 by an anonymous…
Haenggung （수원 화성행궁， 水原華城行宮）, is a palace built within the walls of Hwaseong to house King Jeongjo when he was away from his palace in Seoul worshipping at his father’s tomb. When he was not in residence it was used by his delegated official as a base of government. Haenggung…
The Los Angeles Art Show is an international encyclopedic art exhibition, the most comprehensive international contemporary art show in America. The 20th Annual LA Art Show, last from 14-18 January, 2015 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, as the largest and longest running platform for modern, contemporary, historic and traditional…
An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video games and films. Depending on the purpose, illustration may be expressive, stylised, realistic or highly technical. Technical and scientific…
The Pau Casals Museum (Catalan: Museu Pau Casals) is a museum centered on the life and work of Pau Casals, located on the seafront in Sant Salvador, in El Vendrell. It was opened in 1974. The museum has the mission of preserving, preserving and disseminating the figure of Pau Casals,…
Environmental governance is a concept in political ecology and environmental policy that advocates sustainability (sustainable development) as the supreme consideration for managing all human activities—political, social and economic. Governance includes government, business and civil society, and emphasizes whole system management. To capture this diverse range of elements, environmental governance often…
In the United States, the Homeland Security Advisory System was a color-coded terrorism threat advisory scale. The different levels triggered specific actions by federal agencies and state and local governments, and they affected the level of security at some airports and other public facilities. It was often called the “terror…
Renaissance Humanism is the modern term for a powerful spiritual flow in the Renaissance period, which was first inspired by Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374). It had a prominent center in Florence and spread throughout most of Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. Humanism outside of Italy Humanism spread from Italy…
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HKS colour system
The HKS is a colour system which contains 120 spot colours and 3520 tones for coated and uncoated paper. HKS is an abbreviation of three German colour manufacturers: Hostmann-Steinberg Druckfarben, Kast + Ehinger Druckfarben, and H. Schmincke & Co. HKS colours, similar to Pantone colours, can be used in any…
Read more2017 October Global Sources Mobile Electronics show, Hong Kong, China
2017 October Global Sources Mobile Electronics show, run through October18 to 21 at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo, was its largest-ever with more than 2,800 booths. Buyers will be able to see latest smartphones, tablets, AR/VR, wearables and mobile accessories from Verified Suppliers from Greater China and across Asia. The show will…
Read moreFaith in the Human Sporit is not lost, Yad Vashem
Recognition of the Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem – A Unique Program Nazi Germany occupied Vilnius on 24 June 1941. The murder of the Jews began immediately, and by the end of the year, two thirds of the 55,000 Jews of that thriving community had been shot by…
Read moreImperial Museum of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
The Museu Imperial de Petrópolis is a museum in the historic center of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, housed in the Petrópolis Imperial Palace former summer palace of Emperor Pedro II (1831–1889), built in 1845. The museum includes the palace itself, pieces of the monarchical past of Brazil and a…
Read moreArchitecture of Chennai
Chennai architecture is a confluence of many architectural styles. From ancient Dravidian temples built by the Pallavas, to the Indo-Saracenic style (pioneered in Madras) of the colonial era, to 20th-century steel and chrome of skyscrapers. Chennai has a colonial core in the port area, surrounded by progressively newer areas as…
Read moreGreek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture. The term was first used by Charles Robert…
Read moreReview of Venice Historical Regatta 2019, Italy
Venice Regata Storica 2019 was open on 1st September. The Historical Regatta is an important sporting event related to a historical re-enactment, which takes place in Venice along the Grand Canal on the first Sunday of September. The Regata Storica is one of the most anticipated annual calendar events in…
Read moreArchaeological section, Museum of king Shivaji, India
Sculptures and coins transferred from the Poona Museum in Pune and the collections of the Bombay branch of the Royal Asiatic Society resulted in the development of an archaeological section, with precious sculptures and epigrams. The Indus Valley Culture Gallery houses fishing hooks, weapons, ornaments and weights and measures from…
Read moreJapanese metalwork, Tokyo National Museum
Through masterpieces of metalwork from the Nara era to the Edo era, you can see shaping techniques such as casting and forging, decorating techniques such as plating, engraving, and cloisonne, and the shaping features of each era. In the Edo era, the culture of the townspeople bloomed in addition to…
Read moreWell-founded phenomenon
Well-founded phenomena, in the philosophy of Gottfried Leibniz, are ways in which the world falsely appears to us, but which are grounded in the way the world is (as opposed to dreams or hallucinations, which are false appearances that are not thus grounded). For Leibniz, the universe is made up…
Read moreJapanese Gallery, Oriental Art Museum in Turin
The Japanese Gallery, on first and second floor. Buddha statues from the 9th to the 18th Century A.D. and objects from the 18th Century to the 20th, where you can admire large painted screens and a series of lacquered and gilded wooden sculptures. The rooms dedicated to Japan contain wooden…
Read moreKungsholmen’s district area, Stockholm, Sweden
Kungsholmen is a district area in Stockholm’s inner city that consists of the island of Kungsholmen and the Essinge Islands, ie the districts of Kungsholmen, Stadshagen, Kristineberg, Fredhäll, Marieberg, Lilla Essingen and Stora Essingen. Stockholm’s inner city, is the central part of Stockholm municipality as opposed to the Outer city,…
Read moreGuide Tour of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France
The 16th arrondissement of Paris, also known as arrondissement of Passy, is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. With its ornate 19th-century buildings, large avenues, prestigious schools, museums, and various parks. The arrondissement includes part of the Arc de Triomphe, and a concentration of museums…
Read moreArchitecture of Central Asia
The Architecture of Central Asia, which is generally considered as comprising Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan has been influenced by a diverse array of architectural traditions such as Russian architecture during the eras of tsarist and Soviet rule, Islamic architecture which came earlier, Persian architecture, and Chinese architecture.…
Read moreGrandmaster’s Palace, Valletta, Malta
The Grandmaster’s Palace (Maltese: Il-Palazz tal-Granmastru), is a palace in Valletta, Malta. It was built between the 16th and 18th centuries as the palace of the Grand Master of the Order of St. John.The State Rooms are the show piece of the Presidential Palace sited at the heart of Malta’s…
Read moreAviation in the Digital Age
The Information Age is generally understood to have arrived with the Internet as it was developed through the 1970s and rolled out throughout the 1980s, and continues evolving to this day. So too the adoption of digital techniques in aviation also arrived progressively at around the same time and also…
Read moreMacchiaioli
The Macchiaioli were a group of Italian painters active in Tuscany in the second half of the nineteenth century. The macchiaioli formed a pictorial movement that developed in the Italian city of Florence in the second half of the 19th century. The term was coined in 1862 by an anonymous…
Read moreSuwon Hwaseong Haenggung, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Haenggung （수원 화성행궁， 水原華城行宮）, is a palace built within the walls of Hwaseong to house King Jeongjo when he was away from his palace in Seoul worshipping at his father’s tomb. When he was not in residence it was used by his delegated official as a base of government. Haenggung…
Read moreReview of LA Art Show 2015, California, United States
The Los Angeles Art Show is an international encyclopedic art exhibition, the most comprehensive international contemporary art show in America. The 20th Annual LA Art Show, last from 14-18 January, 2015 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, as the largest and longest running platform for modern, contemporary, historic and traditional…
Read moreIllustration
An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video games and films. Depending on the purpose, illustration may be expressive, stylised, realistic or highly technical. Technical and scientific…
Read morePau Casals Museum, Sant Salvador, Spain
The Pau Casals Museum (Catalan: Museu Pau Casals) is a museum centered on the life and work of Pau Casals, located on the seafront in Sant Salvador, in El Vendrell. It was opened in 1974. The museum has the mission of preserving, preserving and disseminating the figure of Pau Casals,…
Read moreEnvironmental governance
Environmental governance is a concept in political ecology and environmental policy that advocates sustainability (sustainable development) as the supreme consideration for managing all human activities—political, social and economic. Governance includes government, business and civil society, and emphasizes whole system management. To capture this diverse range of elements, environmental governance often…
Read moreHomeland Security Advisory System
In the United States, the Homeland Security Advisory System was a color-coded terrorism threat advisory scale. The different levels triggered specific actions by federal agencies and state and local governments, and they affected the level of security at some airports and other public facilities. It was often called the “terror…
Read moreRenaissance humanism influences
Renaissance Humanism is the modern term for a powerful spiritual flow in the Renaissance period, which was first inspired by Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374). It had a prominent center in Florence and spread throughout most of Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. Humanism outside of Italy Humanism spread from Italy…
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