Rosendal Palace is a Swedish palace pavilion located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm. It was built between 1823 and 1827 for King Karl XIV Johan, the first Bernadotte King of Sweden. It was intended as an escape from the formalities of court life at the Royal Palace. Rosendal…
Amorphous silicon (a-Si) is the non-crystalline form of silicon used for solar cells and thin-film transistors in LCDs. Used as semiconductor material for a-Si solar cells, or thin-film silicon solar cells, it is deposited in thin films onto a variety of flexible substrates, such as glass, metal and plastic. Amorphous…
Cagnes-sur-Mer is a city in Alpes-Maritimes region of southern France. A French Riviera town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France. The town is divided in three parts. The Cros de Cagnes is the portion of the village that is near the Sea, including the…
The private rooms of the palace are far smaller and more intimate than the formal state rooms and contain many royal mementos and curios which belonged to the rooms’ former occupants. Amongst the more remarkable rooms in this suite are the Sala das Merendas, the Queen’s Boudoir and the King’s…
Fashion in the period 1810–1820 in European, or the Regency Style fashion, adds elegance and lightness. This period coincides with the Empire style fashion in France. This era signaled the loss of any lingering neoclassical, pseudo-Grecian styles in women’s dress. This decline was especially evident in France due to the…
The History of Roman and Byzantine domes traces the architecture of domes throughout the ancient Roman Empire and its medieval continuation, today called the Byzantine Empire. Domes were important architectural elements in both periods and had widespread influence on contemporary and later styles, from Russian and Ottoman architecture to the…
Discover the courtyard and gardens of the Château de Fontainebleau, while walk through the large park and gardens of the Château de Fontainebleau national estate, learn more about the castle’s many fountains, understand the importance of using water in gardens. In the 130 hectacres of garden, you can see the…
Web colors are colors used in displaying web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. Colors may be specified as an RGB triplet or in hexadecimal format (a hex triplet) or according to their common English names in some cases. A color tool or other graphics software…
The Palais Garnier Opera, is a 1,979-seat opera house at the Place de l’Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875 at the behest of Emperor Napoleon III. Initially referred to as “le nouvel Opéra de Paris” (the new…
Lake Lucerne is a lake in central Switzerland and the fourth largest in the country. Encircled by popular excursion mountains, Lake Lucerne is the lake with the greatest scenic variety in the country. The city, the lake, the mountains – the Lucerne-Lake Lucerne Region offers countless possibilities for an unforgettable…
The Italian Renaissance was the earliest manifestation of the general European Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement that began in Italy during the 14th century and lasted until the 16th century, marking the transition between Medieval and Early Modern Europe The term Renaissance is in essence a…
Form follows function is a principle associated with 20th-century modernist architecture and industrial design which says that the shape of a building or object should primarily relate to its intended function or purpose. Origins of the phrase The architect Louis Sullivan coined the maxim, although it is often incorrectly attributed…
The architecture of Ottawa is most marked by the city’s role as the national capital of Canada. This gives the city a number of monumental structures designed to represent the federal government and the nation. It also means that as a city dominated by government bureaucrats, much of its architecture…
Medieval architecture in Wales is an overview of architecture in Wales from the Medieval period, excluding castles and fortifications, ecclesiastical architecture and industrial architecture. It covers the history of domestic, commercial, and administrative architecture. Earliest architecture There is little evidence for domestic architecture in Wales which predates the 14th century.…
The crafts of India are diverse, rich in history and religion. The craft of each state in India reflect the influence of different empires. Throughout centuries, crafts have been embedded as a culture and tradition within rural communities. The diversity of religious beliefs has had a great impact on the…
Gothic architecture appeared in Italy in the 12th century. The architectural ardite solutions and technical innovations of the French Gothic cathedrals never appeared: Italian architects preferred to keep the construction tradition established in the previous centuries. Aesthetically, in Italy the vertical development was rarely important. A possible timeline of Gothic…
Sant Feliu de Guixols is a town in the district of Lower Emporda and headquter of the judicial district of San Felix in the province of Girona, Catalonia. Sant Feliu de Guíxols is an Empordà town located in the heart of the Costa Brava which, thanks to its temperate climate,…
For a long time, Venice has been threatened and destroyed by sea tides and floods. Water has always been a concern by the Venetian. It requires care, substantial investments to avoid swamping as much as flooding. At the same time, however, water attracts and fascinates and, without it, Venice would…
Decorated during the reign of D. João V, circa 1746, the sacristy has a limestone slab floor in various tones, creating a geometric mosaic, and a flat ceiling with an enormous painting depicting “The Assumption of the Virgin” by André Gonçalves (b. 1692 – d. 1762). The walls are lined…
Tolochenaz is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. Tolochenaz, a preserved living environment, one of the last natural shores of Lake Geneva, the Boiron river, chosen for the reproduction of the lake trout, a river that can be walked along a didactic…
Architectural painting is a form of genre painting where the predominant focus lies on architecture, both outdoors views and interiors. While architecture was present in many of the earliest paintings and illuminations, it was mainly used as background or to provide rhythm to a painting. In the Renaissance, architecture was…
A compressed air car is a compressed air vehicle that uses a motor powered by compressed air. The car can be powered solely by air, or combined (as in a hybrid electric vehicle) with gasoline, diesel, ethanol, or an electric plant with regenerative braking. Overview Stationary air motors can be…
The Château de Meung-sur-Loire is a former castle and episcopal palace in the commune of Meung-sur-Loire in the Loiret département of France. 17km from Orleans, near Chambord, the castle of Meung was, until the Revolution, the prestigious residence of the bishops of Orleans and welcomed some great names in French…
The China Paper-cutting Museum (Chinese: 中国剪纸博物馆) is located in the back garden of Wang’s Xiaoyuan, a historic district in Yangzhou. The museum displays a variety of styles of paper-cutting art from all over the country, and regularly holds the national paper-cut works “Shanhua Award” and related cultural exchange activities. The…
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Rosendal Palace
Rosendal Palace is a Swedish palace pavilion located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm. It was built between 1823 and 1827 for King Karl XIV Johan, the first Bernadotte King of Sweden. It was intended as an escape from the formalities of court life at the Royal Palace. Rosendal…
Read moreAmorphous silicon
Amorphous silicon (a-Si) is the non-crystalline form of silicon used for solar cells and thin-film transistors in LCDs. Used as semiconductor material for a-Si solar cells, or thin-film silicon solar cells, it is deposited in thin films onto a variety of flexible substrates, such as glass, metal and plastic. Amorphous…
Read moreCagnes-sur-Mer, French Riviera
Cagnes-sur-Mer is a city in Alpes-Maritimes region of southern France. A French Riviera town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France. The town is divided in three parts. The Cros de Cagnes is the portion of the village that is near the Sea, including the…
Read morePrivate apartments, National Palace of Queluz
The private rooms of the palace are far smaller and more intimate than the formal state rooms and contain many royal mementos and curios which belonged to the rooms’ former occupants. Amongst the more remarkable rooms in this suite are the Sala das Merendas, the Queen’s Boudoir and the King’s…
Read moreRegency style fashion of women in 1810–1820
Fashion in the period 1810–1820 in European, or the Regency Style fashion, adds elegance and lightness. This period coincides with the Empire style fashion in France. This era signaled the loss of any lingering neoclassical, pseudo-Grecian styles in women’s dress. This decline was especially evident in France due to the…
Read moreHistory of Roman domes
The History of Roman and Byzantine domes traces the architecture of domes throughout the ancient Roman Empire and its medieval continuation, today called the Byzantine Empire. Domes were important architectural elements in both periods and had widespread influence on contemporary and later styles, from Russian and Ottoman architecture to the…
Read moreCourtyard and Gardens of the Château de Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France
Discover the courtyard and gardens of the Château de Fontainebleau, while walk through the large park and gardens of the Château de Fontainebleau national estate, learn more about the castle’s many fountains, understand the importance of using water in gardens. In the 130 hectacres of garden, you can see the…
Read moreWeb colors
Web colors are colors used in displaying web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. Colors may be specified as an RGB triplet or in hexadecimal format (a hex triplet) or according to their common English names in some cases. A color tool or other graphics software…
Read morePalais Garnier, Paris, France
The Palais Garnier Opera, is a 1,979-seat opera house at the Place de l’Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875 at the behest of Emperor Napoleon III. Initially referred to as “le nouvel Opéra de Paris” (the new…
Read moreGuide Tour of Lake Lucerne Region, Switzerland
Lake Lucerne is a lake in central Switzerland and the fourth largest in the country. Encircled by popular excursion mountains, Lake Lucerne is the lake with the greatest scenic variety in the country. The city, the lake, the mountains – the Lucerne-Lake Lucerne Region offers countless possibilities for an unforgettable…
Read moreItalian Renaissance 1420 – 1600
The Italian Renaissance was the earliest manifestation of the general European Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement that began in Italy during the 14th century and lasted until the 16th century, marking the transition between Medieval and Early Modern Europe The term Renaissance is in essence a…
Read moreForm follows function
Form follows function is a principle associated with 20th-century modernist architecture and industrial design which says that the shape of a building or object should primarily relate to its intended function or purpose. Origins of the phrase The architect Louis Sullivan coined the maxim, although it is often incorrectly attributed…
Read moreArchitecture of Ottawa
The architecture of Ottawa is most marked by the city’s role as the national capital of Canada. This gives the city a number of monumental structures designed to represent the federal government and the nation. It also means that as a city dominated by government bureaucrats, much of its architecture…
Read moreMedieval architecture in Wales
Medieval architecture in Wales is an overview of architecture in Wales from the Medieval period, excluding castles and fortifications, ecclesiastical architecture and industrial architecture. It covers the history of domestic, commercial, and administrative architecture. Earliest architecture There is little evidence for domestic architecture in Wales which predates the 14th century.…
Read moreSouth India Metal Ware, Salar Jung Museum
The crafts of India are diverse, rich in history and religion. The craft of each state in India reflect the influence of different empires. Throughout centuries, crafts have been embedded as a culture and tradition within rural communities. The diversity of religious beliefs has had a great impact on the…
Read moreItalian Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture appeared in Italy in the 12th century. The architectural ardite solutions and technical innovations of the French Gothic cathedrals never appeared: Italian architects preferred to keep the construction tradition established in the previous centuries. Aesthetically, in Italy the vertical development was rarely important. A possible timeline of Gothic…
Read moreSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona counties, Catalonia, Spain
Sant Feliu de Guixols is a town in the district of Lower Emporda and headquter of the judicial district of San Felix in the province of Girona, Catalonia. Sant Feliu de Guíxols is an Empordà town located in the heart of the Costa Brava which, thanks to its temperate climate,…
Read moreVenice’s hydrological environment crisis and sustainable development solutions
For a long time, Venice has been threatened and destroyed by sea tides and floods. Water has always been a concern by the Venetian. It requires care, substantial investments to avoid swamping as much as flooding. At the same time, however, water attracts and fascinates and, without it, Venice would…
Read moreSacristy of the Mother of God Convent, National Tile Museum of Portugal
Decorated during the reign of D. João V, circa 1746, the sacristy has a limestone slab floor in various tones, creating a geometric mosaic, and a flat ceiling with an enormous painting depicting “The Assumption of the Virgin” by André Gonçalves (b. 1692 – d. 1762). The walls are lined…
Read moreTolochenaz, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Tolochenaz is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. Tolochenaz, a preserved living environment, one of the last natural shores of Lake Geneva, the Boiron river, chosen for the reproduction of the lake trout, a river that can be walked along a didactic…
Read moreArchitectural Painting
Architectural painting is a form of genre painting where the predominant focus lies on architecture, both outdoors views and interiors. While architecture was present in many of the earliest paintings and illuminations, it was mainly used as background or to provide rhythm to a painting. In the Renaissance, architecture was…
Read moreCompressed air car
A compressed air car is a compressed air vehicle that uses a motor powered by compressed air. The car can be powered solely by air, or combined (as in a hybrid electric vehicle) with gasoline, diesel, ethanol, or an electric plant with regenerative braking. Overview Stationary air motors can be…
Read moreCastle of Meung-sur-Loire, France
The Château de Meung-sur-Loire is a former castle and episcopal palace in the commune of Meung-sur-Loire in the Loiret département of France. 17km from Orleans, near Chambord, the castle of Meung was, until the Revolution, the prestigious residence of the bishops of Orleans and welcomed some great names in French…
Read moreChina Paper Cutting Museum, Yangzhou, China
The China Paper-cutting Museum (Chinese: 中国剪纸博物馆) is located in the back garden of Wang’s Xiaoyuan, a historic district in Yangzhou. The museum displays a variety of styles of paper-cutting art from all over the country, and regularly holds the national paper-cut works “Shanhua Award” and related cultural exchange activities. The…
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