Came glasswork are windows in which the individual flat glass pieces are framed by U- and H-shaped lead rods and soldered together along the edges. Before it was possible to produce larger glass surfaces, rung and lead glass windows were the only way to glaze larger wall openings. Today they…
Popular prints is a term for printed images of generally low artistic quality which were sold cheaply in Europe and later the New World from the 15th to 18th centuries, often with text as well as images. They were some of the earliest examples of mass media. After about 1800,…
All-over painting refers to the non-differential treatment of the surface of a work of two-dimensional art, for instance a painting. This concept is most popularly thought of as emerging in relation to the so-called “drip” paintings of Jackson Pollock and the “automatic writing” or “abstract calligraphy” of Mark Tobey in…
Czech Cubism (referred to more generally as Cubo-Expressionism) was an avant-garde art movement of Czech proponents of Cubism, active mostly in Prague from 1912 to 1914. Prague was perhaps the most important center for Cubism outside Paris before the start of World War One. Czech Cubists distinguish their work through…
The Chrysler Museum of Art is one of America’s most distinguished mid-sized art museums, with a nationally recognized collection of more than 30,000 objects, including one of the great glass collections in America. The core of the Chrysler’s collection comes from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., an avid art collector who…
The Markets of Trajan are an archaeological complex of uniqueness in Rome, perhaps even worldwide. They represent an area that has experienced the evolution of the city from the imperial age to today; an area that has been constantly recycled and transformed. The markets once the strategic administrative centre of…
The Venice Carnival 2014 last from February 15 to March 4. The romantic water city sometimes covered by dense fog, full of stories and mysteries. This most magical of cities fills with a mass of masked party-goers, posing and preening, dancing and philandering, in a slightly surreal re-invention of a…
Indians have mainly worn clothing made up of locally grown cotton. India was the one of the first places where cotton was cultivated and used even as early as 2500 BC during the Harappan era. The remnants of the ancient Indian clothing can be found in the figurines discovered from…
Philippine literature is literature associated with the Philippines from prehistory, through its colonial legacies, and on to the present. Pre-Hispanic Philippine literature was actually epics passed on from generation to generation, originally through an oral tradition. However, wealthy families, especially in Mindanao, were able to keep transcribed copies of these…
Telesis or “planned progress” was a concept and neologism coined by the American sociologist Lester Frank Ward (often referred to as the “father of American sociology”), in the late 19th century to describe directed social advancement via education and the scientific method. The term has since been adopted as the…
The Suzhou Museum (Chinese:苏州博物馆) is a museum of ancient Chinese art, ancient Chinese paintings, calligraphy, and handmade crafts, situated in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. Admission is free. The Suzhou Folk Museum is located in the Bei family ancestral temple near Lion Grove Garden, the Folk Branch of Suzhou Museum is the…
Sculpture Park La Palomba, located beside the SS7 highway in the Basilicata region in the South of Italy, abstract sculptures occupy a site on the ancient archeological grounds in Matera. Known as “La Palomba” Sculpture Park, the public garden sprawls over six hectares of an obsolete tufa stone quarry typical…
The Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Preston Free Public Library is a Grade I listed museum building in Preston. The Harris Museum & Art Gallery is a Preston City Council Service. The Harris has enriched the lives of our visitors and the local community by creating links between people, collections…
The town of Sant Adria de Besos is a municipality in the county of Barcelonès within the metropolitan area of Barcelona. Sant Adrià de Besòs (3.87 km2) is the municipality located at the mouth of the river Besòs, between the municipalities of Barcelona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet and Badalona, with…
Located on the campus of West Texas A&M University in Canyon, TX, the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum is the largest history museum in Texas, with more than 285,000 square feet—and over two million artifacts—dedicated to preserving this area’s past. PPHM offers visitors a chance to step into panhandle history with special…
The Young British Artists, or YBAs—also referred to as Brit artists and Britart—is the name given to a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London, in 1988. Many of the first generation of YBA artists graduated from the BA Fine Art course at Goldsmiths,…
Théoule-sur-Mer is a French commune located at the southeast end of the department of Alpes-Maritimes in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. The town is located east of the Esterel massif which it is located in the foothills, and west of the Bay of Cannes. It is part of the agglomeration of…
The Carnival of Venice, rich in history, traditions and enchanting suggestions, is a rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the baroque atmosphere of a city full of charm. Venice is full of celebrations that drag the visitor into a kaleidoscope of emotions. The ancient Venetian palaces, architectural jewels, host luxurious…
Does earning money while living in new and exciting surroundings sound appealing to you? Accepting employment overseas can offer both a cultural experience of living abroad and the possibility of new job skills. More people than ever are working abroad, so if you like the concept, consider what options are…
Sir Jacob Epstein KBE (10 November 1880 – 19 August 1959) was a British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British citizen in 1911 He often produced controversial works which challenged taboos on what was…
The Renaissance banquet is an art form that combines the taste of the show with music and the table. “A magnificent feast, all shade, dream, chimera, fiction, metaphor and allegory.” (Christopher of Messisbugo, Banchetti, Composers of food and general apparatus, Ferrara, 1549) It is a representation of power that is…
A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro, or ball pen, is a pen that dispenses ink over a metal ball at its point, i.e. over a “ball point”. The metal commonly used is steel, brass, or tungsten carbide. It was conceived and developed as a cleaner and more reliable…
The postmodernist school in criminology applies postmodernism to the study of crime and criminals. It is based on an understanding of “criminality” as a product of the use of power to limit the behaviour of those individuals excluded from power, but who try to overcome social inequality and behave in…
The Venice Carnival 2010 last from February 6 to 16. The Venice carnival is the most anticipated event of the year in Venice: ten days of masquerade, shows, music, games and colors. The city goes crazy and fills with a cheering crowd. In the living room of Piazza San Marco…
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Came glasswork
Came glasswork are windows in which the individual flat glass pieces are framed by U- and H-shaped lead rods and soldered together along the edges. Before it was possible to produce larger glass surfaces, rung and lead glass windows were the only way to glaze larger wall openings. Today they…
Read morePopular print
Popular prints is a term for printed images of generally low artistic quality which were sold cheaply in Europe and later the New World from the 15th to 18th centuries, often with text as well as images. They were some of the earliest examples of mass media. After about 1800,…
Read moreAll-over painting
All-over painting refers to the non-differential treatment of the surface of a work of two-dimensional art, for instance a painting. This concept is most popularly thought of as emerging in relation to the so-called “drip” paintings of Jackson Pollock and the “automatic writing” or “abstract calligraphy” of Mark Tobey in…
Read moreCzech Cubism
Czech Cubism (referred to more generally as Cubo-Expressionism) was an avant-garde art movement of Czech proponents of Cubism, active mostly in Prague from 1912 to 1914. Prague was perhaps the most important center for Cubism outside Paris before the start of World War One. Czech Cubists distinguish their work through…
Read moreChrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, United States
The Chrysler Museum of Art is one of America’s most distinguished mid-sized art museums, with a nationally recognized collection of more than 30,000 objects, including one of the great glass collections in America. The core of the Chrysler’s collection comes from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., an avid art collector who…
Read moreTrajan’s Markets Museum of the Imperial Forums, Rome, Italy
The Markets of Trajan are an archaeological complex of uniqueness in Rome, perhaps even worldwide. They represent an area that has experienced the evolution of the city from the imperial age to today; an area that has been constantly recycled and transformed. The markets once the strategic administrative centre of…
Read moreReview of Venice Carnival 2014, Italy
The Venice Carnival 2014 last from February 15 to March 4. The romantic water city sometimes covered by dense fog, full of stories and mysteries. This most magical of cities fills with a mass of masked party-goers, posing and preening, dancing and philandering, in a slightly surreal re-invention of a…
Read moreHistory of clothing in India
Indians have mainly worn clothing made up of locally grown cotton. India was the one of the first places where cotton was cultivated and used even as early as 2500 BC during the Harappan era. The remnants of the ancient Indian clothing can be found in the figurines discovered from…
Read morePhilippine literature
Philippine literature is literature associated with the Philippines from prehistory, through its colonial legacies, and on to the present. Pre-Hispanic Philippine literature was actually epics passed on from generation to generation, originally through an oral tradition. However, wealthy families, especially in Mindanao, were able to keep transcribed copies of these…
Read moreTelesis
Telesis or “planned progress” was a concept and neologism coined by the American sociologist Lester Frank Ward (often referred to as the “father of American sociology”), in the late 19th century to describe directed social advancement via education and the scientific method. The term has since been adopted as the…
Read moreSuzhou Museum, Suzhou Shi, China
The Suzhou Museum (Chinese:苏州博物馆) is a museum of ancient Chinese art, ancient Chinese paintings, calligraphy, and handmade crafts, situated in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. Admission is free. The Suzhou Folk Museum is located in the Bei family ancestral temple near Lion Grove Garden, the Folk Branch of Suzhou Museum is the…
Read moreSculpture Park La Palomba, Matera, Italy
Sculpture Park La Palomba, located beside the SS7 highway in the Basilicata region in the South of Italy, abstract sculptures occupy a site on the ancient archeological grounds in Matera. Known as “La Palomba” Sculpture Park, the public garden sprawls over six hectares of an obsolete tufa stone quarry typical…
Read moreHarris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, United Kingdom
The Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Preston Free Public Library is a Grade I listed museum building in Preston. The Harris Museum & Art Gallery is a Preston City Council Service. The Harris has enriched the lives of our visitors and the local community by creating links between people, collections…
Read moreSant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelonès, Catalonia, Spain
The town of Sant Adria de Besos is a municipality in the county of Barcelonès within the metropolitan area of Barcelona. Sant Adrià de Besòs (3.87 km2) is the municipality located at the mouth of the river Besòs, between the municipalities of Barcelona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet and Badalona, with…
Read morePanhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, United States
Located on the campus of West Texas A&M University in Canyon, TX, the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum is the largest history museum in Texas, with more than 285,000 square feet—and over two million artifacts—dedicated to preserving this area’s past. PPHM offers visitors a chance to step into panhandle history with special…
Read moreYoung British Artists 1980 – 2010
The Young British Artists, or YBAs—also referred to as Brit artists and Britart—is the name given to a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London, in 1988. Many of the first generation of YBA artists graduated from the BA Fine Art course at Goldsmiths,…
Read moreThéoule-sur-Mer, French Riviera
Théoule-sur-Mer is a French commune located at the southeast end of the department of Alpes-Maritimes in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. The town is located east of the Esterel massif which it is located in the foothills, and west of the Bay of Cannes. It is part of the agglomeration of…
Read moreMasks and Costume in the Carnival of Venice
The Carnival of Venice, rich in history, traditions and enchanting suggestions, is a rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the baroque atmosphere of a city full of charm. Venice is full of celebrations that drag the visitor into a kaleidoscope of emotions. The ancient Venetian palaces, architectural jewels, host luxurious…
Read moreWorking abroad guide
Does earning money while living in new and exciting surroundings sound appealing to you? Accepting employment overseas can offer both a cultural experience of living abroad and the possibility of new job skills. More people than ever are working abroad, so if you like the concept, consider what options are…
Read moreJacob Epstein
Sir Jacob Epstein KBE (10 November 1880 – 19 August 1959) was a British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British citizen in 1911 He often produced controversial works which challenged taboos on what was…
Read moreRenaissance banquet
The Renaissance banquet is an art form that combines the taste of the show with music and the table. “A magnificent feast, all shade, dream, chimera, fiction, metaphor and allegory.” (Christopher of Messisbugo, Banchetti, Composers of food and general apparatus, Ferrara, 1549) It is a representation of power that is…
Read moreBallpoint pen
A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro, or ball pen, is a pen that dispenses ink over a metal ball at its point, i.e. over a “ball point”. The metal commonly used is steel, brass, or tungsten carbide. It was conceived and developed as a cleaner and more reliable…
Read morePostmodernist school criminology
The postmodernist school in criminology applies postmodernism to the study of crime and criminals. It is based on an understanding of “criminality” as a product of the use of power to limit the behaviour of those individuals excluded from power, but who try to overcome social inequality and behave in…
Read moreReview of Venice Carnival 2010, Italy
The Venice Carnival 2010 last from February 6 to 16. The Venice carnival is the most anticipated event of the year in Venice: ten days of masquerade, shows, music, games and colors. The city goes crazy and fills with a cheering crowd. In the living room of Piazza San Marco…
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