Pixar Pier and Paradise Gardens Park are themed lands at Disney California Adventure, based on that of Victorian boardwalks that were once found along the coast of California. Despite its name and the presence of a nearby man-made lake, Pixar Pier is not actually a pier, but a waterside area…
Read moreLa Tour-de-Peilz is a town and municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud. Located in the heart of the Vaud Riviera, La Tour-de-Peilz is a town of nearly 12,000 inhabitants leaning against the Prealps, with its feet in the water. It benefits from a privileged environment and offers its…
Read moreIn social science, a social relation or social interaction is any relationship between two or more individuals. Social relations derived from individual agency form the basis of social structure and the basic object for analysis by social scientists. Fundamental inquiries into the nature of social relations feature in the work…
Read moreThe Dome ended with adaptations to the Ortiz de Castro project. Inside, the Assumption of the Virgin was also represented (Rafael Ximeno y Planes, 1810). The dome that exists today, is the work of Manuel Tolsá, and octagonal drum, raised to the center of the cruise, on four columns and…
Read moreAmerican Regionalism is an American realist modern art movement that included paintings, murals, lithographs, and illustrations depicting realistic scenes of rural and small-town America primarily in the Midwest and Deep South. It arose in the 1930s as a response to the Great Depression, and ended in the 1940s due to…
Read moreThe Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. This beautiful museum, founded in 1888, invites you to discover Northern Europe’s largest collection of Ancient Mediterranean art and visit the leading collection of French Impressionist paintings in Denmark. Primarily a sculpture museum as indicated by the name, the…
Read moreA housing cooperative, co-op, or housing company (especially in Finland), is a legal entity, usually a cooperative or a corporation, which owns real estate, consisting of one or more residential buildings; it is one type of housing tenure. Housing cooperatives are a distinctive form of home ownership that have many…
Read moreThe discover of craftsmanship in Florence is a very rich experience, which will guide you through the intricate streets of the center to the shops of Oltrarno, to discover historical traditions and now rare crafts. From leather goods to goldsmiths, passing through bookbinders and, of course, gastronomy, craftsmanship in Florence…
Read moreA garrison is an architectural style of house, typically two stories with the second story overhanging in the front. The traditional ornamentation is four carved drops (pineapple, strawberry or acorn shape) below the overhang. Garrisons usually have an exterior chimney at the end. Older versions have casement windows with small…
Read moreThe Grand Gallery is a set of three highly decorated reception rooms, dedicated to the celebration of the political and military successes of Louis XIV, and used for important ceremonies, celebrations and receptions. The hall of mirrors The Hall of Mirrors (French: Grande Galerie or Galerie des Glaces) is the…
Read moreBuddhist tools are special items different from everyday items used in Buddhist rituals, or decorative items used by priests and other priests. It is also called a tool, a legal instrument. Horyuji dedicated more than 300 precious Temple treasures to the Imperial family in 1878 (Meiji 11), and was awarded…
Read moreRussian neoclassical revival was a trend in Russian culture, mostly pronounced in architecture, that briefly replaced eclecticism and Art Nouveau as the leading architectural style between the Revolution of 1905 and the outbreak of World War I, coexisting with the Silver Age of Russian Poetry. It is characterized by merger…
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