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Red color in culture

Red is the color at the end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan.…

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Vancouverism

Vancouverism is an urban planning and architectural phenomenon in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is characterized by a large residential population living in the city centre with mixed-use developments, typically with a medium-height, commercial base and narrow, high-rise residential towers, significant reliance on mass public transit, creation and maintenance of…

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Library, 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…

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Aerographite

Aerographite is a synthetic foam consisting of a porous interconnected network of tubular carbon. With a density of 180 g/m3 it is one of the lightest structural materials ever created. It was developed jointly by a team of researchers at the University of Kiel and the Technical University of Hamburg…

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National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India

The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is the premier art gallery under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The main museum at Jaipur House in New Delhi was established on March 29, 1954 by the Government of India, with subsequent branches at Mumbai and Bangalore. Some of the oldest…

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Checked baggage

Checked baggage is luggage delivered to an airline or train for transportation in the hold of an aircraft or baggage car of a passenger train. Checked baggage is inaccessible to the passenger during the flight or ride, as opposed to carry-on baggage. This baggage is limited by airlines with regard…

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Museum of Ancient Art, Sforza Castle

The Museum of Ancient Art is an art museum in the Castello Sforzesco of Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It has a large collection of sculptures from the late antiquity, Mediaeval and Renaissance periods. The various rooms of the museum house an armory, a tapestry room, some funerary monuments,…

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Catalan Gothic

Catalan Gothic is an artistic style, with particular characteristics in the field of architecture. It occurred under the Crown of Aragon between the 13th and 15th centuries, which places it at the end of the European Gothic period and at the beginning of the Renaissance. The term “Catalan Gothic” is…

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A Presence of Pasts, Singapore Biennale 2016

Retrospection reveals the present as a thoroughfare where all realms coincide and are mirrored – where the personal nudges collective memory, the seen implies the unseen, and legacy evokes loss and forgetting. Melampaui Batas (Beyond Boundaries) (2016) by Made Djirna Within his installation of found objects is an antique ironwood…

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Mobility and transport in Geneva, Switzerland

The State of Geneva is the competent authority to manage and organize traffic, the hierarchy of the road network, the assignment of streets and road markings. The City of Geneva refers to the canton’s framework documents to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants and guarantee an active economic…

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From Egypt to Rome, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

The first circuit highlights Greco-Roman art from classical antiquity, as well as art from the ancient Near East and the Nile Valley. Among the artworks are ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Persian, and Armenian pieces, as well as Persian art from the Islamic period. The works in the first room bear witness…

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Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada

The Vancouver Art Gallery, founded in 1931, is one of the leading Canadian art museums Reflecting Vancouver’s prominence over the past decade on the international stage as a major center for contemporary art, the Gallery is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of the museum experience and to undertaking programs that…

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Sanary-sur-mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France

Sanary-sur-Mer is a French commune and resort located in the department of Var, in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. It is located in coastal Provence on the Mediterranean Sea 13 km (8.1 mi) from Toulon and 49 km (30 mi) from Marseille. It can be reached from Paris by TGV train…

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Architectural technologist

The Architectural Technologist, also known as a Building Technologist, provides technical building design services and solutions and is trained in architectural technology, building technical design and construction. Architectural Technologists apply the science of architecture and typically concentrate on the technology of building, design technology and construction. They can or may…

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City center area, Kyoto sightseeing route, Japan

In the city center area, Shijo-dori, Karasuma-dori, Kawaramachi-dori, you can enjoy sightseeing, shopping, gourmet festivals, “Marutake Ebisu ni Oike …”, and visiting the streets of Kyoto. The city center is easily accessible from Kyoto Station. Take the subway and get off at the second station, Shijo Station, where you will…

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Actual Art

Actual Art as a genre of art that involves “the self-conscious enlistment of the forces of nature, by artists, toward the completion of their art”. Collaboration with nature necessarily brings the dimension of time into as an integral component of the artworks, with some requiring many thousands of years for…

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Statens Museum for Kunst, København, Denmark

The National Gallery of Denmark (Danish: Statens Museum for Kunst, also known as “SMK”, literally State Museum for Art) is the Danish national gallery, located in the centre of Copenhagen. SMK has more than 700 years of art and art history. The museum holds about five special exhibitions a year,…

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Butanol fuel

Butanol may be used as a fuel in an internal combustion engine. Because its longer hydrocarbon chain causes it to be fairly non-polar, it is more similar to gasoline than it is to ethanol. Butanol has been demonstrated to work in vehicles designed for use with gasoline without modification. It…

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Kukkiwon Seoul, South Korea

Kukkiwon (국기원; 國技院), also known as World Taekwondo Headquarters, and home of the World Taekwondo Academy, is the official taekwondo governing organisation established by the South Korean government. It is supervised by the International Sports Division of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. Kukkiwon is based at 635 Yeoksam-dong…

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Venice Grand Canal itinerary travel guide, Italy

The Grand Canal is a channel in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. Flanked along its entire length by magnificent buildings, most of the centuries between the twelfth and eighteenth, which manifest the wealth and art created by the Republic of Venice, making…

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Crest hall, Pio Monte della Misericordia

This hall called of “old government” because until ‘70 of last century here governors met for decided on the charitable activities. Is called also “ hall of crest” for the symbol, with seven mountains overcome by a cross, reproduced on the floor. All the canvas exposed in this room are…

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