Light-on-dark color scheme is a color scheme that uses light-colored text on a dark background and is often discussed in terms of computer user interface design. Originally, computer user interface images were formed on CRTs. The phosphor was normally a very dark color, and lit up brightly when the electron…
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heavens is the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. It is situated atop the former Aztec sacred precinct near the Templo Mayor on the northern side of the Plaza de la Constitución (Zócalo) in Downtown Mexico…
Health care in the Philippines varies with private, public and barangay health centers (many in rural municipalities). Most of the national burden of health care is taken up by private health providers. Overview The Ministry of Health, or the Department of Health, provides national health policies and standards. The provision…
Voiron is a French commune located in the ninth district of the department of Isère in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and, formerly, attached to the former province of Dauphiné. An important town in the Middle Ages, Voiron retains traces of this period still visible today: the Saint-Pierre church (built in 752),…
2018 October Global Sources Electronics festival, held at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo. Held in two phases, Consumer Electronics and Mobile Electronics, and with more than 7,500 booths of the latest electronics products, it is the largest electronics sourcing show in the world. Global Sources Electronics is bigger than ever this October,…
A video synthesizer is a device that electronically creates a video signal. A video synthesizer is able to generate a variety of visual material without camera input through the use of internal video pattern generators. It can also accept and “clean up and enhance” or “distort” live television camera imagery.…
Historical architecture in Hungary is a concise name of architectural trends dominating Hungary from the 1860s to the early 1900s. As the earlier-used ” eclectic architecture” means, historian architects choose from different elements of the ages, forming neo-styles. The most characteristic is the use of elements of Renaissance, Baroque, Gothic…
The word magnificence comes from the Latin “magnum facere”, which means to do something great. The Latin word draws on the Greek “megaloprépeia”. This noun conveys the meaning of doing something great which is fitting or seemly to the circumstance. Magnificence is a philosophical, aesthetic and socio-economic notion deeply rooted…
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is a stable crystalline compound formed from cadmium and tellurium. It is mainly used as the semiconducting material in cadmium telluride photovoltaics and an infrared optical window. It is usually sandwiched with cadmium sulfide to form a p-n junction solar PV cell. Typically, CdTe PV cells use…
Art of Living explores European art and sty;e from the medieval period to the mid-19 century. Art doesn’t just belong in galleries though, so wander up to Design for Living on Level 5 to discover ideas that shaped a century of design, from the Great Exhibition to the Festival of…
Armenian architecture comprises architectural works with an aesthetic or historical connection to the Armenian people. It is difficult to situate this architectural style within precise geographical or chronological limits, but many of its monuments were created in the regions of historical Armenia, the Armenian Highlands. The greatest achievement of Armenian…
The 13th Hong Kong Mega Showcase was held from December 24 to 27, 2015 in Hall 3 of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in Wanchai. The annual Christmas to the large-scale indoor shopping carnival, with four elements of eating, drinking, playing and fun are all in one, which…
The international trade fair for the decoration, design and lifestyle sector, Maison&Objet 2019 ran from September 6 – 10, at the Villepinte Exhibition Centre in Paris. The show marked by dynamic international business, confirming the attractiveness of inspiring events. Maison&Objet’s capacity to attract the crowds is primarily down to its…
The National Palace Museum of Korea is a national museum of South Korea located in Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, houses a magnificent collection of art and objects from the palaces of the Joseon Dynasty, representing the majesty and dignity of the 500-year history of the Joseon Dynasty. The Museum seeks to…
The 56th international art exhibition, entitled All the World’s Futures , directed by Okwui Enwezor and organized by the Venice Biennale chaired by Paolo Baratta, also celebrates the 120th year since the first exhibition in 1895. The exhibition is, as always, staged in the two main historical sites, the Giardini…
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,…
IDEA Architecture (previously known as IDEA Architectural) is a BIM CAD software for architects and designers, built on top of IntelliCAD by 4M Software company. IDEA’s BIM structure, provides a smart model shaping and high design accuracy, directly applied to the real 3D building model. All the building elements (i.e.…
The water footprint shows the extent of water use in relation to consumption by people. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of fresh water used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the…
Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture and applied art, especially the decorative arts, that was most popular between 1890 and 1910. A reaction to the academic art of the 19th century, it was inspired by natural forms and structures, particularly the curved lines of plants and flowers.…
The Festa del Redentore, the most famous traditional festival in Venice, celebrated on the third Sunday of July every year to commemorate the end of the plague epidemic of 1575-1577. The fireworks display of the 2019 edition will be a hymn to the moon, to the sky, to space and…
The house-museum of Aleksandr Ivanovich Gertsen is a museum dedicated to the activities of the writer Alexander Herzen. Located in Moscow at 27 Sivtsev Vrazhek Lane, it is a branch of the State Literary Museum. The exposition is located in a wooden mansion in the Empire style, built in the…
The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historic library in Milan, Italy, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian art gallery. Named after Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, it was founded in 1609 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, whose agents scoured Western Europe and even Greece and Syria for books and manuscripts.…
Health care in the Philippines varies with private, public and barangay health centers (many in rural municipalities). Most of the national burden of health care is taken up by private health providers. Overview The Ministry of Health, or the Department of Health, provides national health policies and standards. The provision…
1850s fashion in Western and Western-influenced clothing is characterized by an increase in the width of women’s skirts supported by crinolines or hoops, and the beginnings of dress reform. Masculine styles began to originate more in London, while female fashions originated almost exclusively in Paris. General trends: Silhouette This round…
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Light-on-dark color scheme
Light-on-dark color scheme is a color scheme that uses light-colored text on a dark background and is often discussed in terms of computer user interface design. Originally, computer user interface images were formed on CRTs. The phosphor was normally a very dark color, and lit up brightly when the electron…
Read moreHistory of Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heavens is the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. It is situated atop the former Aztec sacred precinct near the Templo Mayor on the northern side of the Plaza de la Constitución (Zócalo) in Downtown Mexico…
Read moreHealth in the Philippines
Health care in the Philippines varies with private, public and barangay health centers (many in rural municipalities). Most of the national burden of health care is taken up by private health providers. Overview The Ministry of Health, or the Department of Health, provides national health policies and standards. The provision…
Read moreVoiron, Isere, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Voiron is a French commune located in the ninth district of the department of Isère in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and, formerly, attached to the former province of Dauphiné. An important town in the Middle Ages, Voiron retains traces of this period still visible today: the Saint-Pierre church (built in 752),…
Read more2018 October Global Sources Consumer Electronics show and Mobile Electronics show, Hong Kong, China
2018 October Global Sources Electronics festival, held at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo. Held in two phases, Consumer Electronics and Mobile Electronics, and with more than 7,500 booths of the latest electronics products, it is the largest electronics sourcing show in the world. Global Sources Electronics is bigger than ever this October,…
Read moreVideo synthesizer
A video synthesizer is a device that electronically creates a video signal. A video synthesizer is able to generate a variety of visual material without camera input through the use of internal video pattern generators. It can also accept and “clean up and enhance” or “distort” live television camera imagery.…
Read moreHistorical architecture in Hungary
Historical architecture in Hungary is a concise name of architectural trends dominating Hungary from the 1860s to the early 1900s. As the earlier-used ” eclectic architecture” means, historian architects choose from different elements of the ages, forming neo-styles. The most characteristic is the use of elements of Renaissance, Baroque, Gothic…
Read moreMagnificence
The word magnificence comes from the Latin “magnum facere”, which means to do something great. The Latin word draws on the Greek “megaloprépeia”. This noun conveys the meaning of doing something great which is fitting or seemly to the circumstance. Magnificence is a philosophical, aesthetic and socio-economic notion deeply rooted…
Read moreCadmium telluride
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is a stable crystalline compound formed from cadmium and tellurium. It is mainly used as the semiconducting material in cadmium telluride photovoltaics and an infrared optical window. It is usually sandwiched with cadmium sulfide to form a p-n junction solar PV cell. Typically, CdTe PV cells use…
Read moreArt of Living, National Museum of Scotland
Art of Living explores European art and sty;e from the medieval period to the mid-19 century. Art doesn’t just belong in galleries though, so wander up to Design for Living on Level 5 to discover ideas that shaped a century of design, from the Great Exhibition to the Festival of…
Read moreArmenian architecture
Armenian architecture comprises architectural works with an aesthetic or historical connection to the Armenian people. It is difficult to situate this architectural style within precise geographical or chronological limits, but many of its monuments were created in the regions of historical Armenia, the Armenian Highlands. The greatest achievement of Armenian…
Read moreHong Kong Mega Showcase and Food Festival 2015 Winter, China
The 13th Hong Kong Mega Showcase was held from December 24 to 27, 2015 in Hall 3 of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in Wanchai. The annual Christmas to the large-scale indoor shopping carnival, with four elements of eating, drinking, playing and fun are all in one, which…
Read moreReview of Maison & Objet September 2019 and Paris Design Week 2019, France
The international trade fair for the decoration, design and lifestyle sector, Maison&Objet 2019 ran from September 6 – 10, at the Villepinte Exhibition Centre in Paris. The show marked by dynamic international business, confirming the attractiveness of inspiring events. Maison&Objet’s capacity to attract the crowds is primarily down to its…
Read moreNational Palace Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
The National Palace Museum of Korea is a national museum of South Korea located in Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, houses a magnificent collection of art and objects from the palaces of the Joseon Dynasty, representing the majesty and dignity of the 500-year history of the Joseon Dynasty. The Museum seeks to…
Read moreSecond Part of Exhibition in Arsenale, Venice Biennale 2015
The 56th international art exhibition, entitled All the World’s Futures , directed by Okwui Enwezor and organized by the Venice Biennale chaired by Paolo Baratta, also celebrates the 120th year since the first exhibition in 1895. The exhibition is, as always, staged in the two main historical sites, the Giardini…
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 moreIDEA Architectural
IDEA Architecture (previously known as IDEA Architectural) is a BIM CAD software for architects and designers, built on top of IntelliCAD by 4M Software company. IDEA’s BIM structure, provides a smart model shaping and high design accuracy, directly applied to the real 3D building model. All the building elements (i.e.…
Read moreWater footprint
The water footprint shows the extent of water use in relation to consumption by people. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of fresh water used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the…
Read moreArt Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture and applied art, especially the decorative arts, that was most popular between 1890 and 1910. A reaction to the academic art of the 19th century, it was inspired by natural forms and structures, particularly the curved lines of plants and flowers.…
Read moreVenice Feast of the Redeemer 2019, Italy
The Festa del Redentore, the most famous traditional festival in Venice, celebrated on the third Sunday of July every year to commemorate the end of the plague epidemic of 1575-1577. The fireworks display of the 2019 edition will be a hymn to the moon, to the sky, to space and…
Read moreHouse-Museum of A.I. Herzen, Moscow, Russia
The house-museum of Aleksandr Ivanovich Gertsen is a museum dedicated to the activities of the writer Alexander Herzen. Located in Moscow at 27 Sivtsev Vrazhek Lane, it is a branch of the State Literary Museum. The exposition is located in a wooden mansion in the Empire style, built in the…
Read moreAmbrosian Library, Milan, Italy
The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historic library in Milan, Italy, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian art gallery. Named after Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, it was founded in 1609 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, whose agents scoured Western Europe and even Greece and Syria for books and manuscripts.…
Read moreHealth in the Philippines
Health care in the Philippines varies with private, public and barangay health centers (many in rural municipalities). Most of the national burden of health care is taken up by private health providers. Overview The Ministry of Health, or the Department of Health, provides national health policies and standards. The provision…
Read moreWestern fashion history 1850s
1850s fashion in Western and Western-influenced clothing is characterized by an increase in the width of women’s skirts supported by crinolines or hoops, and the beginnings of dress reform. Masculine styles began to originate more in London, while female fashions originated almost exclusively in Paris. General trends: Silhouette This round…
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