From frozen ice caps to sweltering deserts, from the deepest oceans to high into the sky and everywhere in between – animals have amazing ways of moving around, eating, having babies, fighting and protecting themselves. Our dramatic Animal World gallery introduces the main themes of behaviour and interaction with the…
Piazza del Campidoglio is a monumental square located on the top of the Campidoglio hill in Rome. It rises on the Asylum, the depression located between the Arx and the Capitolium, the two summits of the Capitol, and beneath it is the Tabularium, visible from the Roman Forum. Despite an…
An invasive species is a species that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species), and that has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health. The criteria for invasive species has been controversial, as widely divergent…
Disaster tourism has been defined as the practice of visiting locations at which an environmental disaster, either natural or man-made, have occurred. Although a variety of disasters are the subject of subsequent disaster tourism, the most common disaster tourist sites are the areas surrounding volcanic eruptions. Opinions on the morality…
South Korean Architecture refers to any architectures in South Korea which includes architectures from Neolithic–7th century (B.C.E.), three-kingdoms of Korea, Goryeo, Joseon, Japanese occupation, Korean War, and modern architectures. Because of South Korea’s tumultuous history, construction and destruction has been repeated endlessly, resulting in an interesting melange of architectural styles…
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…
Sabancı University’s Sakıp Sabancı Museum is located in Emirgan, at one of Istanbul’s oldest settlements on the Bosphorus. In 1927, Prince Mehmed Ali Hasan of the Hidiv family of Egypt commissioned the Italian architect Edouard De Nari to build the villa, now the museum’s main building, and it was used…
The city of Paris has notable examples of architecture of every period from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It was the birthplace of the Gothic style, and has important monuments of the French Renaissance, the Classical revival, and flamboyant style of the reign of Napoleon III; the Belle…
The Sorbonne district is the 20th administrative district of Paris located in the 5th arrondissement, near the Luxembourg Gardens and the Sorbonne faculty on the Sainte-Geneviève mountain. This is the district of the great Parisian schools and prestigious institutes located within the Latin Quarter. Known for its student life, lively…
The Siam Society’s collection of research manuscripts, books, rare books, photos, micro-film, tapes, videos, maps and traditional manuscripts on palm leaf, and other documents constitute the first non-privately owned library in Thailand. The Siam Society library is noted for its outstanding rare books collection, most of which is related to…
The HOST vehicle (Human Oriented Sustainable Transport) is a prototype with all-electric drive and hybrid-series energy system , coordinator of a European project with plug-in function for electric charging from external. It is driven by electric wheel-motors (independent steering wheels up to 90 °), which make it able to move…
4-dimensional printing (4D printing; also known as 4D bioprinting, active origami, or shape-morphing systems) uses the same techniques of 3D printing through computer-programmed deposition of material in successive layers to create a three-dimensional object. However, 4D printing adds the dimension of transformation over time. It is therefore a type of…
Alampur is a town situated in Jogulamba Gadwal district, in the Indian state of Telangana. Alampur is the meeting point of the sacred rivers Tungabhadra and Krishna and is referred to as Dakshina Kashi (also Navabrahmeshwara Theertha) and the Western Gateway of Srisailam, the famous Shaivite pilgrim centre. The Sacredness…
Since the second millennium before the birth of Christ, which exist in the territory now known as Portugal, important buildings in the panorama of national architecture. Built before the arrival of the Romans, the Citânia de Briteiros in Guimarães is a good example of the native architecture, developed in the…
The Ema Gordon Klabin Cultural Foundation is an art museum located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Officially established in 1978, it is a not-for-profit private institution, legally declared as an organization of federal public interest. It was created by the Brazilian collector and philanthropist Ema Gordon Klabin (1907–1994),…
The Term Classicism referring to a web of ideas, attitudes and traditions derived from but not wholly dependent on a respect for and a close study of the literary and/or artistic activities of the ancient Greeks and Romans The aim of classicism, in all media, has been to construct an…
The museum included works from the collection of Dr. Jesús Pérez-Rosales that never had been exhibited in public, acquisitions by the Sitges Heritage Association since 2012 (Ramon Casas, Miquel Utrillo, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila, Artur Carbonell i Augustí Ferrer Pino) and donations from artist’s relatives (Pere Jou and Alfred Sisquella).…
Corte Vecchia regained its new prestige when in 1519 Isabella d’Este left the residence in the Castle and moved to the ground floor of this ancient sector of the Gonzaga palace, in the said widow’s apartment. Isabella’s apartment consisted of two wings now divided by the entrance to the Cortile…
There are two types of color mixing: Additive and Subtractive. In both cases, there are three primary colors, three secondary colors (colors made from 2 of the three primary colors in equal amounts), and one tertiary color made from all three primary colors. This point is a common source of…
ITU-R Recommendation BT.601, more commonly known by the abbreviations Rec. 601 or BT.601 (or its former name, CCIR 601) is a standard originally issued in 1982 by the CCIR (an organization which has since been renamed as the International Telecommunication Union – Radiocommunication sector) for encoding interlaced analog video signals…
Antonio Federighi (Siena, 1420-1425 – Siena, 1483) was an Italian sculptor and architect, considered one of the greatest artists of the Siena Renaissance and strongly inspired by ancient classical art. His training was, in all probability, in the workshop of Jacopo della Quercia. It was probably born in Siena around…
Calella is a village in the county of Maresme. It is known as the tourist capital of the Costa del Maresme and is characterized by being a cosmopolitan and cheerful city with a typical Mediterranean climate. Calella is a city with almost 700 years of history. It has been, and…
The gallery has an extensive collection of British Victorian art, including major works by Lord Frederic Leighton and Sir Edward John Poynter. It has smaller holdings of European art of the 15th to 18th centuries, including works by Peter Paul Rubens, Canaletto, Bronzino, Domenico Beccafumi, Giovanni Battista Moroni and Niccolò…
The Cloisters is a museum in Fort Tryon Park in Washington Heights, Upper Manhattan, New York City, specializing in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, with a focus on the Romanesque and Gothic periods. Governed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it contains a large collection of medieval art-works…
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Animal World, National Museum of Scotland
From frozen ice caps to sweltering deserts, from the deepest oceans to high into the sky and everywhere in between – animals have amazing ways of moving around, eating, having babies, fighting and protecting themselves. Our dramatic Animal World gallery introduces the main themes of behaviour and interaction with the…
Read moreCampidoglio Square, Capitoline Museums
Piazza del Campidoglio is a monumental square located on the top of the Campidoglio hill in Rome. It rises on the Asylum, the depression located between the Arx and the Capitolium, the two summits of the Capitol, and beneath it is the Tabularium, visible from the Roman Forum. Despite an…
Read moreInvasive species
An invasive species is a species that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species), and that has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health. The criteria for invasive species has been controversial, as widely divergent…
Read moreDisaster tourism
Disaster tourism has been defined as the practice of visiting locations at which an environmental disaster, either natural or man-made, have occurred. Although a variety of disasters are the subject of subsequent disaster tourism, the most common disaster tourist sites are the areas surrounding volcanic eruptions. Opinions on the morality…
Read moreArchitecture of South Korea
South Korean Architecture refers to any architectures in South Korea which includes architectures from Neolithic–7th century (B.C.E.), three-kingdoms of Korea, Goryeo, Joseon, Japanese occupation, Korean War, and modern architectures. Because of South Korea’s tumultuous history, construction and destruction has been repeated endlessly, resulting in an interesting melange of architectural styles…
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 moreSakıp Sabancı Museum Turkey
Sabancı University’s Sakıp Sabancı Museum is located in Emirgan, at one of Istanbul’s oldest settlements on the Bosphorus. In 1927, Prince Mehmed Ali Hasan of the Hidiv family of Egypt commissioned the Italian architect Edouard De Nari to build the villa, now the museum’s main building, and it was used…
Read moreModern architecture of Paris
The city of Paris has notable examples of architecture of every period from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It was the birthplace of the Gothic style, and has important monuments of the French Renaissance, the Classical revival, and flamboyant style of the reign of Napoleon III; the Belle…
Read moreGuide Tour of the Sorbonne district, Paris, France
The Sorbonne district is the 20th administrative district of Paris located in the 5th arrondissement, near the Luxembourg Gardens and the Sorbonne faculty on the Sainte-Geneviève mountain. This is the district of the great Parisian schools and prestigious institutes located within the Latin Quarter. Known for its student life, lively…
Read moreThe Siam Society Library, Kamthieng House Museum
The Siam Society’s collection of research manuscripts, books, rare books, photos, micro-film, tapes, videos, maps and traditional manuscripts on palm leaf, and other documents constitute the first non-privately owned library in Thailand. The Siam Society library is noted for its outstanding rare books collection, most of which is related to…
Read moreHuman Oriented Sustainable Transport
The HOST vehicle (Human Oriented Sustainable Transport) is a prototype with all-electric drive and hybrid-series energy system , coordinator of a European project with plug-in function for electric charging from external. It is driven by electric wheel-motors (independent steering wheels up to 90 °), which make it able to move…
Read moreFour-dimensional printing
4-dimensional printing (4D printing; also known as 4D bioprinting, active origami, or shape-morphing systems) uses the same techniques of 3D printing through computer-programmed deposition of material in successive layers to create a three-dimensional object. However, 4D printing adds the dimension of transformation over time. It is therefore a type of…
Read moreAlampur, Jogulamba Gadwal district
Alampur is a town situated in Jogulamba Gadwal district, in the Indian state of Telangana. Alampur is the meeting point of the sacred rivers Tungabhadra and Krishna and is referred to as Dakshina Kashi (also Navabrahmeshwara Theertha) and the Western Gateway of Srisailam, the famous Shaivite pilgrim centre. The Sacredness…
Read moreArchitecture history of Portugal
Since the second millennium before the birth of Christ, which exist in the territory now known as Portugal, important buildings in the panorama of national architecture. Built before the arrival of the Romans, the Citânia de Briteiros in Guimarães is a good example of the native architecture, developed in the…
Read moreEma Gordon Klabin Cultural Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil
The Ema Gordon Klabin Cultural Foundation is an art museum located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Officially established in 1978, it is a not-for-profit private institution, legally declared as an organization of federal public interest. It was created by the Brazilian collector and philanthropist Ema Gordon Klabin (1907–1994),…
Read moreClassicism
The Term Classicism referring to a web of ideas, attitudes and traditions derived from but not wholly dependent on a respect for and a close study of the literary and/or artistic activities of the ancient Greeks and Romans The aim of classicism, in all media, has been to construct an…
Read moreBaroque, Neoclassicism and Romanticism (17th-19th centuries), Maricel Museum
The museum included works from the collection of Dr. Jesús Pérez-Rosales that never had been exhibited in public, acquisitions by the Sitges Heritage Association since 2012 (Ramon Casas, Miquel Utrillo, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila, Artur Carbonell i Augustí Ferrer Pino) and donations from artist’s relatives (Pere Jou and Alfred Sisquella).…
Read moreIsabella d’Este Apartment in Ducal Palace Mantova, 360° Video, Mantova Urban Museum
Corte Vecchia regained its new prestige when in 1519 Isabella d’Este left the residence in the Castle and moved to the ground floor of this ancient sector of the Gonzaga palace, in the said widow’s apartment. Isabella’s apartment consisted of two wings now divided by the entrance to the Cortile…
Read moreColor mixing
There are two types of color mixing: Additive and Subtractive. In both cases, there are three primary colors, three secondary colors (colors made from 2 of the three primary colors in equal amounts), and one tertiary color made from all three primary colors. This point is a common source of…
Read moreRec. 601
ITU-R Recommendation BT.601, more commonly known by the abbreviations Rec. 601 or BT.601 (or its former name, CCIR 601) is a standard originally issued in 1982 by the CCIR (an organization which has since been renamed as the International Telecommunication Union – Radiocommunication sector) for encoding interlaced analog video signals…
Read moreAntonio Federighi
Antonio Federighi (Siena, 1420-1425 – Siena, 1483) was an Italian sculptor and architect, considered one of the greatest artists of the Siena Renaissance and strongly inspired by ancient classical art. His training was, in all probability, in the workshop of Jacopo della Quercia. It was probably born in Siena around…
Read moreCalella, Barcelona Metropolitan Area, Catalonia, Spain
Calella is a village in the county of Maresme. It is known as the tourist capital of the Costa del Maresme and is characterized by being a cosmopolitan and cheerful city with a typical Mediterranean climate. Calella is a city with almost 700 years of history. It has been, and…
Read moreWestern art, Art Gallery of New South Wales
The gallery has an extensive collection of British Victorian art, including major works by Lord Frederic Leighton and Sir Edward John Poynter. It has smaller holdings of European art of the 15th to 18th centuries, including works by Peter Paul Rubens, Canaletto, Bronzino, Domenico Beccafumi, Giovanni Battista Moroni and Niccolò…
Read moreThe Cloisters Museum, New York, United States
The Cloisters is a museum in Fort Tryon Park in Washington Heights, Upper Manhattan, New York City, specializing in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, with a focus on the Romanesque and Gothic periods. Governed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it contains a large collection of medieval art-works…
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