Yangzhou Museum (Chinese: 扬州博物馆) is the biggest museum in Yangzhou, an ancient city in Jiangsu Province of China It is located in front of the Mingyue Lake (“Bright Moon Lake”) on Yangzhou’ West Wenchang Road, about 4 km west of downtown Yangzhou and Slender West Lake Yangzhou Museum is housed…
In art, frottage is a surrealist and “automatic” method of creative production developed by Max Ernst. In frottage, the surface texture of an article or material is transferred to a laid paper by rubbing it with chalk or pencil. A continuation of this technique by other means can be found…
The Ninth Concept, a collective of transdisciplinary artists settled in Montreuil, France, has devised an original creative process that combines the graphic arts, painting, collage, music, street art, and happenings. Today, its three founding members—Stéphane Carricondo, Ned, and Jerk 45—have just completed a major series of portraits entitled “Alchemy,” that…
Vorticism was a short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century, partly inspired by Cubism. The movement was announced in 1914 in the first issue of BLAST, which contained its manifesto and the movement’s rejection of landscape and nudes in favour of a geometric style…
Kerala architecture is a kind of architectural style that is mostly found in Indian state of Kerala and all the architectural wonders of kerala stands out to be ultimate testmonials for the ancient vishwakarma sthapathis of kerala. Kerala’s style of architecture is unique in India, in its striking contrast to…
An old master print is a work of art produced by a printing process within the Western tradition. The term remains current in the art trade, and there is no easy alternative in English to distinguish the works of “fine art” produced in printmaking from the vast range of decorative,…
As the stage for bourgeois power and the class struggle, the city in turmoil at the turn of the century was also the setting par excellence of modern art. All the effects of industrialisation, of technification, of the market in luxury goods and of the new mass markets in consumerism,…
Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or face of a moving wave, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitable for surfing are primarily found in the ocean, but can also be found in…
The Latvian pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition presents ARMPIT, a multimedia art installation by Katrīna Neiburga and Andris Eglītis. It is a sculpted system of building constructions interwoven with video-stories about a peculiar local phenomenon, “garage elves”, who tend to spend their leisure time tinkering with various mechanisms…
The main elevation is organized in three bodies, the central of the palace being higher and retreated in relation to the extremes. The other fronts of the building have a complex articulation of protruding and reentrant bodies, highlighting the cubic volume of the Room of Arms. Characteristic feature of this…
Chêne-Bougeries is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Geneva, it encompasses several districts on the outskirts of the city of Geneva. Chêne-Bougeries had an essentially country aspect. Among the agricultural properties flourish the large estates that the rich bourgeois of the city have established. Fleeing the city of Geneva,…
Zubaan is a leading independent publishing house based in New Delhi with a strong academic and general list. It was set up in 2003 as an imprint of India’s first feminist publishing house, Kali for Women, and continues to publish books on, for, by and about women in South Asia.…
Genre painting, also called genre scene or petit genre, depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One common definition of a genre scene is that it shows figures to whom no identity can be attached either individually or collectively—thus distinguishing petit genre from history…
The National Center of Costume and Scenography (French: Centre national du costume de scène et de la scénographie CNCS) is a French museum dedicated to stage costumes and sets. CNCS is the first preservation structure, in France or abroad, to be entirely devoted to the material heritage of theaters. Its…
Olafur Eliasson (Icelandic: Ólafur Elíasson; born 1967) is a Danish-Icelandic artist known for sculptures and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer’s experience In 1995 he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial research Olafur represented Denmark…
Emerging technologies are technologies that are perceived as capable of changing the status quo. These technologies are generally new but include older technologies that are still controversial and relatively undeveloped in potential, such as preimplantation genetic diagnosis and gene therapy which date to 1989 and 1990 respectively. Emerging technologies are…
Curated by Alia Swastika (Indonesia) and Suman Gopinath (India). Shadow Lines, the first edition of Biennale Equator suggests imaginary lines that draw people together and pull them apart; it also refers to geo-political borders and the creation of modern states in South Asia. There were 43 artists who participated in…
Fantasyland is themed after Disney’s animated fairy tale films. Each Fantasyland has a castle, as well as several gentle rides themed after those Disney films. In Disneyland Paris, Fantasyland is themed as a fairy tale village, this land specifically notes the European origins of the source material for many Disney…
From the antechamber, one of the most admirable precincts of Spanish Renaissance architecture is accessed through a curved corridor, the Chapter House of the Cathedral, whose construction lasted from the mid-16th century until its completion with the intervention of the architect Hernán Ruiz II and ending it Asensio de Maeda.…
On entering the Great Hall, visitors seeing it for the first time are usually struck with the same sensation as when entering a sacred precinct. Indeed, Rusiñol arranged everything in such a way that the Great Hall would resemble a temple of art. The height of the magnificent coffered ceiling,…
Takeshi Koya (甲谷 武 1945-) is a contemporary artist from Ise City, Mie Prefecture. Kotani, who studied art by himself, began exhibiting at the Main Art Exhibition in the 1970s and later at the Modern Art Association Exhibition (1973). Since the 1980’s, he has been exhibiting at contemporary Japanese art…
The Belum Caves is the largest and longest cave system open to the public on the Indian subcontinent, known for its speleothems, such as stalactite and stalagmite formations. The Belum Caves have long passages, galleries, spacious caverns with fresh water and siphons. This natural underground cave system was formed over…
The sustainable tourism is a moral conscience to tourism and one of three forms that make up the responsible tourism. It respects the principles of sustainable development: preservation of the environment, social progress, economic development. It promotes the involvement of the inhabitants of the region in the discovery of its…
In the Gallery of Presidents, which gives access to the Office of the President of the Assembly of the Republic, are the portraits of the President of the Constituent Assembly, Henrique de Barros, by Pedro Girão (1997), and the 12 former Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic, Vasco da…
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Yangzhou Museum, China
Yangzhou Museum (Chinese: 扬州博物馆) is the biggest museum in Yangzhou, an ancient city in Jiangsu Province of China It is located in front of the Mingyue Lake (“Bright Moon Lake”) on Yangzhou’ West Wenchang Road, about 4 km west of downtown Yangzhou and Slender West Lake Yangzhou Museum is housed…
Read moreFrottage
In art, frottage is a surrealist and “automatic” method of creative production developed by Max Ernst. In frottage, the surface texture of an article or material is transferred to a laid paper by rubbing it with chalk or pencil. A continuation of this technique by other means can be found…
Read moreALCHEMY IN QUEST OF IDENTITY by 9eme Concept
The Ninth Concept, a collective of transdisciplinary artists settled in Montreuil, France, has devised an original creative process that combines the graphic arts, painting, collage, music, street art, and happenings. Today, its three founding members—Stéphane Carricondo, Ned, and Jerk 45—have just completed a major series of portraits entitled “Alchemy,” that…
Read moreVorticism
Vorticism was a short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century, partly inspired by Cubism. The movement was announced in 1914 in the first issue of BLAST, which contained its manifesto and the movement’s rejection of landscape and nudes in favour of a geometric style…
Read moreArchitecture of Kerala
Kerala architecture is a kind of architectural style that is mostly found in Indian state of Kerala and all the architectural wonders of kerala stands out to be ultimate testmonials for the ancient vishwakarma sthapathis of kerala. Kerala’s style of architecture is unique in India, in its striking contrast to…
Read moreOld master print
An old master print is a work of art produced by a printing process within the Western tradition. The term remains current in the art trade, and there is no easy alternative in English to distinguish the works of “fine art” produced in printmaking from the vast range of decorative,…
Read moreModern Art Collection Part 2, Modernism, National Art Museum of Catalonia
As the stage for bourgeois power and the class struggle, the city in turmoil at the turn of the century was also the setting par excellence of modern art. All the effects of industrialisation, of technification, of the market in luxury goods and of the new mass markets in consumerism,…
Read moreSurfing water sports tourism
Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or face of a moving wave, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitable for surfing are primarily found in the ocean, but can also be found in…
Read moreARMPIT, Latvian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015
The Latvian pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition presents ARMPIT, a multimedia art installation by Katrīna Neiburga and Andris Eglītis. It is a sculpted system of building constructions interwoven with video-stories about a peculiar local phenomenon, “garage elves”, who tend to spend their leisure time tinkering with various mechanisms…
Read moreUpper rooms, Sintra National Palace
The main elevation is organized in three bodies, the central of the palace being higher and retreated in relation to the extremes. The other fronts of the building have a complex articulation of protruding and reentrant bodies, highlighting the cubic volume of the Room of Arms. Characteristic feature of this…
Read moreChêne-Bougeries, Canton of Genève, Switzerland
Chêne-Bougeries is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Geneva, it encompasses several districts on the outskirts of the city of Geneva. Chêne-Bougeries had an essentially country aspect. Among the agricultural properties flourish the large estates that the rich bourgeois of the city have established. Fleeing the city of Geneva,…
Read moreZubaan New Delhi, India
Zubaan is a leading independent publishing house based in New Delhi with a strong academic and general list. It was set up in 2003 as an imprint of India’s first feminist publishing house, Kali for Women, and continues to publish books on, for, by and about women in South Asia.…
Read moreGenre painting
Genre painting, also called genre scene or petit genre, depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One common definition of a genre scene is that it shows figures to whom no identity can be attached either individually or collectively—thus distinguishing petit genre from history…
Read moreCentre National du Costume de Scene, Moulins, France
The National Center of Costume and Scenography (French: Centre national du costume de scène et de la scénographie CNCS) is a French museum dedicated to stage costumes and sets. CNCS is the first preservation structure, in France or abroad, to be entirely devoted to the material heritage of theaters. Its…
Read moreOlafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson (Icelandic: Ólafur Elíasson; born 1967) is a Danish-Icelandic artist known for sculptures and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer’s experience In 1995 he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial research Olafur represented Denmark…
Read moreEmerging technologies
Emerging technologies are technologies that are perceived as capable of changing the status quo. These technologies are generally new but include older technologies that are still controversial and relatively undeveloped in potential, such as preimplantation genetic diagnosis and gene therapy which date to 1989 and 1990 respectively. Emerging technologies are…
Read moreIndonesia – India Biennale Jogja XI 2011, Yayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Curated by Alia Swastika (Indonesia) and Suman Gopinath (India). Shadow Lines, the first edition of Biennale Equator suggests imaginary lines that draw people together and pull them apart; it also refers to geo-political borders and the creation of modern states in South Asia. There were 43 artists who participated in…
Read moreGuide Tour of Fantasyland, Disneyland Paris, France
Fantasyland is themed after Disney’s animated fairy tale films. Each Fantasyland has a castle, as well as several gentle rides themed after those Disney films. In Disneyland Paris, Fantasyland is themed as a fairy tale village, this land specifically notes the European origins of the source material for many Disney…
Read moreChapter room, Seville Cathedral
From the antechamber, one of the most admirable precincts of Spanish Renaissance architecture is accessed through a curved corridor, the Chapter House of the Cathedral, whose construction lasted from the mid-16th century until its completion with the intervention of the architect Hernán Ruiz II and ending it Asensio de Maeda.…
Read moreThe Great Hall, Cau Ferrat Museum
On entering the Great Hall, visitors seeing it for the first time are usually struck with the same sensation as when entering a sacred precinct. Indeed, Rusiñol arranged everything in such a way that the Great Hall would resemble a temple of art. The height of the magnificent coffered ceiling,…
Read moreThe art of Takeshi Koya, Mie Prefectural Museum of Art
Takeshi Koya (甲谷 武 1945-) is a contemporary artist from Ise City, Mie Prefecture. Kotani, who studied art by himself, began exhibiting at the Main Art Exhibition in the 1970s and later at the Modern Art Association Exhibition (1973). Since the 1980’s, he has been exhibiting at contemporary Japanese art…
Read moreBelum Caves
The Belum Caves is the largest and longest cave system open to the public on the Indian subcontinent, known for its speleothems, such as stalactite and stalagmite formations. The Belum Caves have long passages, galleries, spacious caverns with fresh water and siphons. This natural underground cave system was formed over…
Read moreSustainable tourism guide
The sustainable tourism is a moral conscience to tourism and one of three forms that make up the responsible tourism. It respects the principles of sustainable development: preservation of the environment, social progress, economic development. It promotes the involvement of the inhabitants of the region in the discovery of its…
Read moreGallery of Presidents, São Bento Palace
In the Gallery of Presidents, which gives access to the Office of the President of the Assembly of the Republic, are the portraits of the President of the Constituent Assembly, Henrique de Barros, by Pedro Girão (1997), and the 12 former Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic, Vasco da…
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