The Musée des Confluences is a museum of natural history, anthropology, societies and civilizations located in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Heir to the Guimet Natural History Museum in Lyon, it is housed in a deconstructivist style building of the Coop Himmelb (l) au de 2014 architecture firm, in the La Confluence…
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is “the only major museum in the world solely dedicated” to celebrating women’s achievements in the visual, performing, and literary arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since opening its doors in 1987,…
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The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) is the ninth oldest and eighth largest encyclopedic art museum in the United States. The permanent collection comprises over 54,000 works, including African, American, Asian, and European pieces. The Indianapolis Museum of Art is located on a 152-acre campus of lush gardens, historic homes,…
The Buttes Chaumont area is located the 19th arrondissements of Paris. The Buttes Chaumont area is a cosmopolitan district, mixing the Old French bohemianism and also the Parisian cosmopolitanism. The Buttes Chaumont area of Paris is in the north of the city, and is a peaceful, green and family-friendly refuge.…
This article refers to Taxation in Afghanistan. In the early 1980s, direct taxes accounted for about 15% of government revenues. The share provided by indirect taxes declined from 42% to 30%, as revenues from natural gas and state enterprises played an increasing role in government finance. Tax collection, never an…
The Casa Mila, also known as ” La Pedrera ” building is a modernist located in Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona, in the corner of the street Provence. It was the last civil work designed by Antoni Gaudí and was built between 1906 and 1912. It was commissioned by the…
The etymology of the term anti-genre borrows its semantic form the terms anti- meaning against and genre, (French “kind,” related to the English “gender”) A genre may be defined “only by those of its charac teristics that have differentiating value,” as a bundle of distinctive traits defined in opposition to…
The Architecture of Lahore reflects the history of Lahore and is remarkable for its variety and uniqueness. There are buildings left from the centuries ago rule of the Mughal Dynasty, the Sikh Empire, as well as from the era of the British Raj, whose style is a mixture of Victorian…
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Museum of Confluences, Lyon, France
The Musée des Confluences is a museum of natural history, anthropology, societies and civilizations located in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Heir to the Guimet Natural History Museum in Lyon, it is housed in a deconstructivist style building of the Coop Himmelb (l) au de 2014 architecture firm, in the La Confluence…
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The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is “the only major museum in the world solely dedicated” to celebrating women’s achievements in the visual, performing, and literary arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since opening its doors in 1987,…
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The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) is the ninth oldest and eighth largest encyclopedic art museum in the United States. The permanent collection comprises over 54,000 works, including African, American, Asian, and European pieces. The Indianapolis Museum of Art is located on a 152-acre campus of lush gardens, historic homes,…
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The Buttes Chaumont area is located the 19th arrondissements of Paris. The Buttes Chaumont area is a cosmopolitan district, mixing the Old French bohemianism and also the Parisian cosmopolitanism. The Buttes Chaumont area of Paris is in the north of the city, and is a peaceful, green and family-friendly refuge.…
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The Casa Mila, also known as ” La Pedrera ” building is a modernist located in Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona, in the corner of the street Provence. It was the last civil work designed by Antoni Gaudí and was built between 1906 and 1912. It was commissioned by the…
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The etymology of the term anti-genre borrows its semantic form the terms anti- meaning against and genre, (French “kind,” related to the English “gender”) A genre may be defined “only by those of its charac teristics that have differentiating value,” as a bundle of distinctive traits defined in opposition to…
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The Architecture of Lahore reflects the history of Lahore and is remarkable for its variety and uniqueness. There are buildings left from the centuries ago rule of the Mughal Dynasty, the Sikh Empire, as well as from the era of the British Raj, whose style is a mixture of Victorian…
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