The Courtship party (French: Fête galante) is a term referring to a category of painting specially created by the French Academy in 1717 to describe Antoine Watteau’s (1684–1721) variations on the theme of the fête champêtre which featured figures in ball dress or masquerade costumes disporting themselves amorously in parkland…
Ashlar is finely dressed (cut, worked) masonry, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared or the masonry built of such stone. It is the finest stone masonry unit, generally cuboid, mentioned by Vitruvius as opus isodomum, or less frequently trapezoidal. Precisely cut “on all faces adjacent to…
Color constancy is an example of subjective constancy and a feature of the human color perception system which ensures that the perceived color of objects remains relatively constant under varying illumination conditions. A green apple for instance looks green to us at midday, when the main illumination is white sunlight,…
The 21st HKTDC Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/Summer, last from July 7-10, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Under the theme “Cruise Sensation,” Fashion Week offers buyers a wide variety of theme zones, including: Emporium de Mode, International Fashion Designers’ Showcase, World of Fashion Accessories, Bridal…
Women in Philippine art is the many forms of art in the Philippines that utilizes women in the Philippines and even women from other parts of the world as the main subject depending on the purpose of the Filipino artist. The portrayal of women in the visual arts depend on…
Ivan Le Lorraine Albright (February 20, 1897 – November 18, 1983) was an American magic realist painter and artist, most renowned for his self-portraits, character studies, and still lifes. Youth Ivan Albright and his identical twin brother, Malvin, were born near Chicago in North Harvey, Illinois, to Adam Emory Albright…
The color temperature of a light source is the temperature of an ideal black-body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source. Color temperature is a characteristic of visible light that has important applications in lighting, photography, videography, publishing, manufacturing, astrophysics, horticulture, and other…
For gothic in Milan we mean the artistic experience of the city between the second half of the thirteenth century and the first half of the fifteenth century. The Gothic style, initially introduced into the Milanese territory by Cistercian monks, was the main artistic language of the vast patron and…
In computing, indexed color is a technique to manage digital images’ colors in a limited fashion, in order to save computer memory and file storage, while speeding up display refresh and file transfers. It is a form of vector quantization compression. When an image is encoded in this way, color…
Nago–Torbole is a Italian town located in at the northern shore of Lake Garda in Trentino. Nago–Torbole is a gateway to the great holiday lake, Nago and Torbole offer marvellous views of Lake Garda.The town itself has many attractive buildings in the traditional Italian style and beautiful floral displays. Torbole…
In 1988 the Seto Ohashi Bridge and the Seikan Tunnel opened (Ichinenkijima), it became possible to cross directly to Shikoku and Hokkaido without changing to a rail connection ship, the convenience of the railroad improved. Among them, the former realized a significant passenger increase by shortening the arrival time, but…
Few artists of our age used as many media as Nam June Paik—or, perhaps more accurately, worked “between” as many media. Paik was an artist who developed an intermedial approach, emphasizing not a single, pure medium but the dialectic between media. In the exhibition titled Intermedia Theatre, Nam June Paik…
The Courtship party (French: Fête galante) is a term referring to a category of painting specially created by the French Academy in 1717 to describe Antoine Watteau’s (1684–1721) variations on the theme of the fête champêtre which featured figures in ball dress or masquerade costumes disporting themselves amorously in parkland…
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…
There are a number of competitions and prizes to promote research in artificial intelligence. General machine intelligence The David E. Rumelhart prize is an annual award for making a “significant contemporary contribution to the theoretical foundations of human cognition”. The prize is $100,000. The Human-Competitive Award is an annual challenge…
The Ducal Palace architectural complex is made up of numerous buildings connected by corridors and galleries, and enriched by internal courtyards, some wall units, and vast gardens. Giardino dei Semplici The Garden of the Simple also known as the Garden of the Pavilion preserves the original layout of the plants.…
Greek taste(French: Goût grec) is the term applied to the earliest expression of the neoclassical style in France, it refers specifically to the decorative arts and architecture of the mid-1750s to the late 1760s. The style was more fanciful than historically accurate though the first archaeological surveys of Greece had…
The Nordic countries are remembered for the Viking Age, a period during the 9th and 10th centuries, when the Norsemen sailed the seas and rivers of Europe, reaching as far as Canada, North Africa, and Central Asia. Before the Viking Age, Northern Europe also has an interesting prehistory, going 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…
Stockholm’s waste management should focus on climate smart choices and efficient logistics. Areas for waste management need to be integrated and shared with other activities where new housing, business premises, schools and roads are being built. Waste systems are to be secure, safe and accessible, at the same time as…
Science and technology in the Philippines represents the wide scientific and technological advances the Philippines has made. The main managing agency responsible for science and technology (S&T) is the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The science department have consulting agencies for Forestry, Agriculture and Aquaculture, Metal Industry, Nuclear Research,…
The Rothschild couple passionately collected objects related to architecture, nature and art, as well as rare unique pieces. The baroness herself led an elaborate lifestyle. In the course of her career she collected French or non-European art of the 18th century. Many of her purchased collectibles were taken by train…
Exhibtion of the Boryeong Yangban-Relics of the Yudang Sintaegwan Family. style and fashion of our traditional costumes in Joseon Dynasty period through excavated costumes. Chultoe-bokshic (Excavated costume) is defined costumes found during the relocation of ancestors tombs. People can infer trend of each period of Joseon from these excavated costumes.…
Andreas Achenbach (Sep 29, 1815 – Apr 1, 1910) was a German landscape painter of the Romantic period It is added to the Düsseldorf painting school The theme of his landscaping paintings were, above all, seascape His brother Oswald Achenbach, on the other hand, concentrated on the representation of the…
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Fête galante
The Courtship party (French: Fête galante) is a term referring to a category of painting specially created by the French Academy in 1717 to describe Antoine Watteau’s (1684–1721) variations on the theme of the fête champêtre which featured figures in ball dress or masquerade costumes disporting themselves amorously in parkland…
Read moreAshlar
Ashlar is finely dressed (cut, worked) masonry, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared or the masonry built of such stone. It is the finest stone masonry unit, generally cuboid, mentioned by Vitruvius as opus isodomum, or less frequently trapezoidal. Precisely cut “on all faces adjacent to…
Read moreColor constancy
Color constancy is an example of subjective constancy and a feature of the human color perception system which ensures that the perceived color of objects remains relatively constant under varying illumination conditions. A green apple for instance looks green to us at midday, when the main illumination is white sunlight,…
Read moreHong Kong Fashion Week 2014 Spring/Summer, China
The 21st HKTDC Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/Summer, last from July 7-10, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Under the theme “Cruise Sensation,” Fashion Week offers buyers a wide variety of theme zones, including: Emporium de Mode, International Fashion Designers’ Showcase, World of Fashion Accessories, Bridal…
Read moreWomen in Philippine art
Women in Philippine art is the many forms of art in the Philippines that utilizes women in the Philippines and even women from other parts of the world as the main subject depending on the purpose of the Filipino artist. The portrayal of women in the visual arts depend on…
Read moreIvan Albright
Ivan Le Lorraine Albright (February 20, 1897 – November 18, 1983) was an American magic realist painter and artist, most renowned for his self-portraits, character studies, and still lifes. Youth Ivan Albright and his identical twin brother, Malvin, were born near Chicago in North Harvey, Illinois, to Adam Emory Albright…
Read moreColor temperature
The color temperature of a light source is the temperature of an ideal black-body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source. Color temperature is a characteristic of visible light that has important applications in lighting, photography, videography, publishing, manufacturing, astrophysics, horticulture, and other…
Read moreGothic in Milan
For gothic in Milan we mean the artistic experience of the city between the second half of the thirteenth century and the first half of the fifteenth century. The Gothic style, initially introduced into the Milanese territory by Cistercian monks, was the main artistic language of the vast patron and…
Read moreIndexed color
In computing, indexed color is a technique to manage digital images’ colors in a limited fashion, in order to save computer memory and file storage, while speeding up display refresh and file transfers. It is a form of vector quantization compression. When an image is encoded in this way, color…
Read moreTravel Guide of Nago–Torbole, Trentino Alto Adige, Italy
Nago–Torbole is a Italian town located in at the northern shore of Lake Garda in Trentino. Nago–Torbole is a gateway to the great holiday lake, Nago and Torbole offer marvellous views of Lake Garda.The town itself has many attractive buildings in the traditional Italian style and beautiful floral displays. Torbole…
Read moreModernization of Japan’s railway
In 1988 the Seto Ohashi Bridge and the Seikan Tunnel opened (Ichinenkijima), it became possible to cross directly to Shikoku and Hokkaido without changing to a rail connection ship, the convenience of the railroad improved. Among them, the former realized a significant passenger increase by shortening the arrival time, but…
Read moreIntermedia Theater, Nam June Paik Art Center
Few artists of our age used as many media as Nam June Paik—or, perhaps more accurately, worked “between” as many media. Paik was an artist who developed an intermedial approach, emphasizing not a single, pure medium but the dialectic between media. In the exhibition titled Intermedia Theatre, Nam June Paik…
Read moreFête galante
The Courtship party (French: Fête galante) is a term referring to a category of painting specially created by the French Academy in 1717 to describe Antoine Watteau’s (1684–1721) variations on the theme of the fête champêtre which featured figures in ball dress or masquerade costumes disporting themselves amorously in parkland…
Read moreÖstermalm’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…
Read moreArtificial intelligence competitions
There are a number of competitions and prizes to promote research in artificial intelligence. General machine intelligence The David E. Rumelhart prize is an annual award for making a “significant contemporary contribution to the theoretical foundations of human cognition”. The prize is $100,000. The Human-Competitive Award is an annual challenge…
Read moreGardens of the Ducal Palace in Mantova, 360° Video, Mantova Urban Museum
The Ducal Palace architectural complex is made up of numerous buildings connected by corridors and galleries, and enriched by internal courtyards, some wall units, and vast gardens. Giardino dei Semplici The Garden of the Simple also known as the Garden of the Pavilion preserves the original layout of the plants.…
Read moreGoût grec
Greek taste(French: Goût grec) is the term applied to the earliest expression of the neoclassical style in France, it refers specifically to the decorative arts and architecture of the mid-1750s to the late 1760s. The style was more fanciful than historically accurate though the first archaeological surveys of Greece had…
Read moreVikings and the Old Norse historical travel
The Nordic countries are remembered for the Viking Age, a period during the 9th and 10th centuries, when the Norsemen sailed the seas and rivers of Europe, reaching as far as Canada, North Africa, and Central Asia. Before the Viking Age, Northern Europe also has an interesting prehistory, going 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 moreRecycling and Waste management in Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm’s waste management should focus on climate smart choices and efficient logistics. Areas for waste management need to be integrated and shared with other activities where new housing, business premises, schools and roads are being built. Waste systems are to be secure, safe and accessible, at the same time as…
Read morePhilippines science history
Science and technology in the Philippines represents the wide scientific and technological advances the Philippines has made. The main managing agency responsible for science and technology (S&T) is the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The science department have consulting agencies for Forestry, Agriculture and Aquaculture, Metal Industry, Nuclear Research,…
Read moreApartments of Béatrice, Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild
The Rothschild couple passionately collected objects related to architecture, nature and art, as well as rare unique pieces. The baroness herself led an elaborate lifestyle. In the course of her career she collected French or non-European art of the 18th century. Many of her purchased collectibles were taken by train…
Read moreBoryeong Yangban Folk Costume Collection, Seok Juseon Memorial Museum
Exhibtion of the Boryeong Yangban-Relics of the Yudang Sintaegwan Family. style and fashion of our traditional costumes in Joseon Dynasty period through excavated costumes. Chultoe-bokshic (Excavated costume) is defined costumes found during the relocation of ancestors tombs. People can infer trend of each period of Joseon from these excavated costumes.…
Read moreAndreas Achenbach
Andreas Achenbach (Sep 29, 1815 – Apr 1, 1910) was a German landscape painter of the Romantic period It is added to the Düsseldorf painting school The theme of his landscaping paintings were, above all, seascape His brother Oswald Achenbach, on the other hand, concentrated on the representation of the…
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