The buildings and architecture of Allentown, Pennsylvania, reflect the city’s history and settlement from the 18th century through the present. Allentown is characterized by a large number of historic homes, churches, commercial structures and century-old industrial buildings. 18th and 19th centuries Allentown was founded in 1762. In the late 18th…
Jūlijs Voldemārs Feders (June 19, 1838, Kokenhausen (now Koknese), Livonian province-January 19, 1909, Nizhyn, Chernigov province) was a Latvian painter, the brightest representative of the landscape genre in Latvian art. In addition to landscapes depicting mainly the species Livonia, St. Petersburg province and Little Russia, he also painted portraits. The…
Overconsumption is a situation where resource use has outpaced the sustainable capacity of the ecosystem. A prolonged pattern of overconsumption leads to environmental degradation and the eventual loss of resource bases. Generally, the discussion of overconsumption parallels that of human overpopulation; that is the more people, the more consumption of…
University College Dublin Archives curates the university’s archives; private paper collections documenting the modern Irish State; and many elements of the Franciscan manuscript patrimony. The School of History (Scoil na Staire) at University College Dublin is one of the major centres in Ireland for the study of history. The School…
The Kirkbride Plan refers to a system of mental asylum design advocated by Philadelphia psychiatrist Thomas Story Kirkbride (1809–1883) in the mid-19th century. The asylums built in the Kirkbride design, often referred to as Kirkbride Buildings, were constructed from the mid-to-late-19th century in the United States. The structural features of…
Santa Maria de Montserrat is a Benedictine monastery located on the mountain of Montserrat, in the municipality of Monistrol de Montserrat (el Bages), at an altitude of 720 m above sea level. It is a symbol for Catalonia and has become a pilgrimage point for believers and a must-see for…
The Opéra area located between the Louvre and boulevards Haussmann, Montmartre, Poissonnière and Bonne-Nouvelle to the north lies the city’s main commercial and financial district. The Opéra area contains many places of cultural, historical, and architectural interest, including the Palais Garnier, home to the Paris Opera, Boulevard Haussmann, and its…
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.…
1870s fashion in European and European-influenced clothing is characterized by a gradual return to a narrow silhouette after the full-skirted fashions of the 1850s and 1860s. Women’s fashions Overview By 1870, fullness in the skirt had moved to the rear, where elaborately draped overskirts were held in place by tapes…
Experiential Interior Design (EID) is the practice of employing experiential values in interior experience design. EID is a new design approach to interior architecture based on modern environmental psychology emphasizing human experiential needs. The notion of EID is initiated from the subjective impact of a designed environment on experience formation.…
Rail travel includes everything from heritage steam trains to high-speed bullet trains, from sightseeing or dinner trains to the convenience of speed as a means of modern transport. In the history of rail transport, dating back to the 19th century, there have been hundreds of named passenger trains. Lists of…
Le Moulin-Rouge is a Parisian cabaret, best known as the birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. Founded in 1889 by the Catalan Joseph Oller and Charles Zidler. It is located on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, at the foot of the Montmartre hill,…
The basilica of Montserrat began construction in the 16th century and began to be completely rebuilt in the year 1811, after being destroyed in the Peninsular War. In 1881 the Pope Leo XIII granted it the status of minor basilica. The facade was realized in 1901, work of Francisco de…
The Préalpes d’Azur regional natural park is a French regional natural park created on March 30, 2012, located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. It is precisely located in the Prealps of Grasse, between the valleys of Siagne, Loup, Cagne, Estéron and Var. It stretches between 300…
Space tourism is space travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. There are several different types of space tourism, including orbital, suborbital and lunar space tourism. To date, orbital space tourism has been performed only by the Russian Space Agency. Work also continues towards developing suborbital space tourism vehicles. This…
Railway transport in the Czech Republic, together with road transport, forms the backbone of the national transport system and transit transport. In 2012, the network consisted of a total of 9468 km of state-owned railway lines. Rail transport in the Czech Republic carried 162.906 million passengers and 68.37 million tonnes…
The National Building Museum is America’s leading cultural institution devoted to the history and impact of the built environment. We do this by telling the stories of architecture, engineering, and design. As one of the most family-friendly, awe-inspiring spots in Washington, D.C., we welcome visitors from around the world to…
According to Japan Statistical Yearbook 2015, Japan in April 2012 had approximately 1,215,000 km of roads made up of 1,022,000 km of city, town and village roads, 129,000 km of prefectural roads, 55,000 km of general national highways and 8,050 km of national expressways. The Foreign Press Center/Japan cites a…
Artists’ charcoal is a form of dry art medium made of finely ground organic materials that are held together by a gum or wax binder or produced without the use of binders by eliminating the oxygen inside the material during the production process. These charcoals are often used by artists…
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA ) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as one of the largest and most influential museums…
Arcology, a portmanteau of “architecture” and “ecology”, is a field of creating architectural design principles for very densely populated, ecologically low-impact human habitats. The term was coined by architect Paolo Soleri, who posited that a completed arcology would provide space for a variety of residential, commercial, and agricultural facilities while…
Czech Gothic architecture refers to the architectural period primarily of the Late Middle Ages in the area of the present-day Czech Republic (former Crown of Bohemia, primarily consisting of the Kingdom of Bohemia and Margraviate of Moravia). The Gothic style first appeared in the Czech lands in the first half…
Coptic architecture is the architecture of the Copts, who form the majority of Christians in Egypt. Coptic churches range from great cathedrals such as Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral to the smallest churches in rural villages. Many ancient monasteries like Monastery of Saint Anthony also exist. Ancient churches like the…
Valencian Institute of Modern Art (Spanish: Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno), also known by the acronym IVAM, was the first center of modern art created in Spain, opening in 1989 in the city of Valencia. The Institut Valencià d’Art Modern is an important center for modern and contemporary art in…
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Architecture of Allentown
The buildings and architecture of Allentown, Pennsylvania, reflect the city’s history and settlement from the 18th century through the present. Allentown is characterized by a large number of historic homes, churches, commercial structures and century-old industrial buildings. 18th and 19th centuries Allentown was founded in 1762. In the late 18th…
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Jūlijs Voldemārs Feders (June 19, 1838, Kokenhausen (now Koknese), Livonian province-January 19, 1909, Nizhyn, Chernigov province) was a Latvian painter, the brightest representative of the landscape genre in Latvian art. In addition to landscapes depicting mainly the species Livonia, St. Petersburg province and Little Russia, he also painted portraits. The…
Read moreOverconsumption
Overconsumption is a situation where resource use has outpaced the sustainable capacity of the ecosystem. A prolonged pattern of overconsumption leads to environmental degradation and the eventual loss of resource bases. Generally, the discussion of overconsumption parallels that of human overpopulation; that is the more people, the more consumption of…
Read moreUniversity College Dublin Archives, Dublin, Ireland
University College Dublin Archives curates the university’s archives; private paper collections documenting the modern Irish State; and many elements of the Franciscan manuscript patrimony. The School of History (Scoil na Staire) at University College Dublin is one of the major centres in Ireland for the study of history. The School…
Read moreKirkbride Plan
The Kirkbride Plan refers to a system of mental asylum design advocated by Philadelphia psychiatrist Thomas Story Kirkbride (1809–1883) in the mid-19th century. The asylums built in the Kirkbride design, often referred to as Kirkbride Buildings, were constructed from the mid-to-late-19th century in the United States. The structural features of…
Read moreSanta Maria Monastery of Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain
Santa Maria de Montserrat is a Benedictine monastery located on the mountain of Montserrat, in the municipality of Monistrol de Montserrat (el Bages), at an altitude of 720 m above sea level. It is a symbol for Catalonia and has become a pilgrimage point for believers and a must-see for…
Read moreGuide Tour of the Opéra district of Paris, France
The Opéra area located between the Louvre and boulevards Haussmann, Montmartre, Poissonnière and Bonne-Nouvelle to the north lies the city’s main commercial and financial district. The Opéra area contains many places of cultural, historical, and architectural interest, including the Palais Garnier, home to the Paris Opera, Boulevard Haussmann, and its…
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 moreWestern fashion history 1870s
1870s fashion in European and European-influenced clothing is characterized by a gradual return to a narrow silhouette after the full-skirted fashions of the 1850s and 1860s. Women’s fashions Overview By 1870, fullness in the skirt had moved to the rear, where elaborately draped overskirts were held in place by tapes…
Read moreExperiential interior design
Experiential Interior Design (EID) is the practice of employing experiential values in interior experience design. EID is a new design approach to interior architecture based on modern environmental psychology emphasizing human experiential needs. The notion of EID is initiated from the subjective impact of a designed environment on experience formation.…
Read moreRail travel
Rail travel includes everything from heritage steam trains to high-speed bullet trains, from sightseeing or dinner trains to the convenience of speed as a means of modern transport. In the history of rail transport, dating back to the 19th century, there have been hundreds of named passenger trains. Lists of…
Read moreGuide Tour of Moulin-Rouge, Paris, France
Le Moulin-Rouge is a Parisian cabaret, best known as the birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. Founded in 1889 by the Catalan Joseph Oller and Charles Zidler. It is located on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, at the foot of the Montmartre hill,…
Read moreBasilica, Montserrat Abbey of Santa Maria
The basilica of Montserrat began construction in the 16th century and began to be completely rebuilt in the year 1811, after being destroyed in the Peninsular War. In 1881 the Pope Leo XIII granted it the status of minor basilica. The facade was realized in 1901, work of Francisco de…
Read moreRegional Natural Park of the Préalpes d’Azur, Alpes-Maritimes and Var, France
The Préalpes d’Azur regional natural park is a French regional natural park created on March 30, 2012, located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. It is precisely located in the Prealps of Grasse, between the valleys of Siagne, Loup, Cagne, Estéron and Var. It stretches between 300…
Read moreSpace tourism
Space tourism is space travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. There are several different types of space tourism, including orbital, suborbital and lunar space tourism. To date, orbital space tourism has been performed only by the Russian Space Agency. Work also continues towards developing suborbital space tourism vehicles. This…
Read moreRail travel guide in the Czech Republic
Railway transport in the Czech Republic, together with road transport, forms the backbone of the national transport system and transit transport. In 2012, the network consisted of a total of 9468 km of state-owned railway lines. Rail transport in the Czech Republic carried 162.906 million passengers and 68.37 million tonnes…
Read moreNational Building Museum, Washington, United States
The National Building Museum is America’s leading cultural institution devoted to the history and impact of the built environment. We do this by telling the stories of architecture, engineering, and design. As one of the most family-friendly, awe-inspiring spots in Washington, D.C., we welcome visitors from around the world to…
Read moreRoad in Japan
According to Japan Statistical Yearbook 2015, Japan in April 2012 had approximately 1,215,000 km of roads made up of 1,022,000 km of city, town and village roads, 129,000 km of prefectural roads, 55,000 km of general national highways and 8,050 km of national expressways. The Foreign Press Center/Japan cites a…
Read moreCharcoal in Art
Artists’ charcoal is a form of dry art medium made of finely ground organic materials that are held together by a gum or wax binder or produced without the use of binders by eliminating the oxygen inside the material during the production process. These charcoals are often used by artists…
Read moreMuseum of Modern Art, New York, United States
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA ) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as one of the largest and most influential museums…
Read moreArcology
Arcology, a portmanteau of “architecture” and “ecology”, is a field of creating architectural design principles for very densely populated, ecologically low-impact human habitats. The term was coined by architect Paolo Soleri, who posited that a completed arcology would provide space for a variety of residential, commercial, and agricultural facilities while…
Read moreGothic architecture in the Czech Republic
Czech Gothic architecture refers to the architectural period primarily of the Late Middle Ages in the area of the present-day Czech Republic (former Crown of Bohemia, primarily consisting of the Kingdom of Bohemia and Margraviate of Moravia). The Gothic style first appeared in the Czech lands in the first half…
Read moreCoptic architecture
Coptic architecture is the architecture of the Copts, who form the majority of Christians in Egypt. Coptic churches range from great cathedrals such as Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral to the smallest churches in rural villages. Many ancient monasteries like Monastery of Saint Anthony also exist. Ancient churches like the…
Read moreValencian Institute of Modern Art, Spain
Valencian Institute of Modern Art (Spanish: Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno), also known by the acronym IVAM, was the first center of modern art created in Spain, opening in 1989 in the city of Valencia. The Institut Valencià d’Art Modern is an important center for modern and contemporary art in…
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