An ambulacrum is an architectural term for the atrium, courtyard, or parvise in front of a basilica that is surrounded by arcades or colonnades, often containing a fountain, and is surrounded by trees. It can also refer to any walking path specifically created with trees. Source From Wikipedia…
The Jura Sudis an ancient community of communes French, located in the department of Jura and the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Jura Sud is the land of children with many activities to do with the family. Holidays are the perfect time to spend time together and share many activities and experiences. Jura…
Elmo from Green Villain, Jersey City, United States Green Villain is a small group of social entrepreneurs and creatives that in the past few years have developed a diverse portfolio of projects and partnerships. Our regional mural program encompasses over 22 sites across Jersey City, New York City, Brooklyn and…
The Doge’s Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The Doge’s Palace is a building that stands in the monumental area of Piazza San Marco, in the San Marco district, between…
The Ashcan School, also called the Ash Can School, was an artistic movement in the United States during the early 20th century that is best known for works portraying scenes of daily life in New York, often in the city’s poorer neighborhoods. The most famous artists working in this style…
The Wings of Liberation museum (Historia Park – Museum Bevrijdende Vleugels) is not an ordinary war time museum, it is a museum about liberation. It is located in the woodlands between Best and Son, not only because of the beautiful surroundings but also because of the historic importance of this…
Amazon is one of the colors of Jungle green. The first recorded use of amazon as a color name in English was in 1924. Color coordinates Hex triplet #3B7A57 RGB (r, g, b) (59, 122, 87) CMYK (c, m, y, k) (80, 31, 75, 17) HSV (h, s, v) (147°,…
Elmo from Green Villain, Jersey City, United States Green Villain is a small group of social entrepreneurs and creatives that in the past few years have developed a diverse portfolio of projects and partnerships. Our regional mural program encompasses over 22 sites across Jersey City, New York City, Brooklyn and…
The University of Winnipeg Archives preserves and provides access to the records of the University of Winnipeg, as well as aspects of Manitoba history relevant to research at the University of Winnipeg, including social justice and human rights. The University Archives was established by resolution of the Board of Regents,…
Norwegian romantic nationalism (Norwegian: Nasjonalromantikken) was a movement in Norway between 1840 and 1867 in art, literature, and popular culture that emphasized the aesthetics of Norwegian nature and the uniqueness of the Norwegian national identity. A subject of much study and debate in Norway, it was characterized by nostalgia. National…
The Bezold–Brücke shift is a change in hue perception as light intensity changes. As intensity increases, spectral colors shift more towards blue (if below 500 nm) or yellow (if above 500 nm). At lower intensities, the red/green axis dominates. This effect is a problem for simple HSV-style color models, which…
Le Grau-du-Roi is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It is in part thanks to the Rhône that the municipality of Grau du Roi was born. The term “grau” comes from the Latin “gradus” which means passage. Indeed, in the 16th century, following bad weather, the river…
Fode from Bogotá Street Art, Colombia BOGOTÁ STEET ART is a group formed in 2009 by four of the most renowned urban artists in the country’s capital: Lesivo, Dj Lu, Junkie and Guache. All of them with more than eight years of experience and active practice around the realization of…
Museum of Natural History of Venice (Italian: Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia) is a museum of natural history housed in Fondaco dei Turchi, located on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy. Its collections relate mainly to the natural history of the Venetian lagoon that surrounds the city. Today it is…
The rustic architecture in Switzerland refers to methods traditional to building of houses rustic in Switzerland that differ according to the geographical location where one can distinguish the Swiss plateau, the Jura and the Alps. History The peasant house is the main building of the farm which also includes farm…
The matrilineal tradition of the Khasi community of Meghalaya, India that has influenced the culture and arts of this region. The Khasi, who number about 1 million in India’s north-eastern state of Meghalaya, carry on the matrilineal tradition. The youngest daughter inherits, children take their mother’s surname, and once married,…
The Trajan’s Forum, also remembered as Forum Ulpium in some sources, is the largest and most monumental of the Imperial Forum of Rome, the last in chronological order. Built by the emperor Trajan with the spoils of war obtained from the conquest of Dacia, and inaugurated, according to the Ostian…
Italian renaissance domes were designed during the Renaissance period of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy. Beginning in Florence, the style spread to Rome and Venice and made the combination of dome, drum, and barrel vaults standard structural forms. Notable architects during the Italian renaissance were Filippo Brunelleschi, builder…
“Pictures from an exhibition. Stefano Arienti interprets art in Mantua in the twentieth century” is an installation imagined by Stefano Arienti, from Mantua, one of the most important contemporary Italian artists, as a tribute to the city and the art of Mantua of the twentieth century. From 23 April to…
Black and white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, and hyphenated black-and-white when used as an adjective, is any of several monochrome forms in visual arts. Black-and-white images are not usually starkly contrasted black and white. They combine black and white in a continuum producing a range of shades of gray.…
The architecture of Mongolia is largely based on traditional dwellings, such as the yurt (Mongolian: гэр, ger) and the tent. During the 16th and 17th centuries, lamaseries were built throughout the country as temples which were later enlarged to accommodate a growing number of worshipers. Mongolian architects designed their temples…
The South Asia gallery houses collections from three major cultural geographic areas: Gandhara, India and Indochina. Gandhara This collection includes artifacts from the Buddhist-inspired artistic production of Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, from the 2nd century BC to the 5th century. Gandhara is the geographical term for an area between Afghanistan…
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…
Turin is an Italian municipality, fourth Italian municipality by population and capita city of the Piedmont region. A city with a two-thousand-year history, it was probably founded near its current position, around the third century BC, by the Taurini, then transformed into a Roman colony by Augustus with the name…
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Ambulacrum
An ambulacrum is an architectural term for the atrium, courtyard, or parvise in front of a basilica that is surrounded by arcades or colonnades, often containing a fountain, and is surrounded by trees. It can also refer to any walking path specifically created with trees. Source From Wikipedia…
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The Jura Sudis an ancient community of communes French, located in the department of Jura and the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Jura Sud is the land of children with many activities to do with the family. Holidays are the perfect time to spend time together and share many activities and experiences. Jura…
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Elmo from Green Villain, Jersey City, United States Green Villain is a small group of social entrepreneurs and creatives that in the past few years have developed a diverse portfolio of projects and partnerships. Our regional mural program encompasses over 22 sites across Jersey City, New York City, Brooklyn and…
Read moreDoge’s Palace, Venice, Italy
The Doge’s Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The Doge’s Palace is a building that stands in the monumental area of Piazza San Marco, in the San Marco district, between…
Read moreAshcan School
The Ashcan School, also called the Ash Can School, was an artistic movement in the United States during the early 20th century that is best known for works portraying scenes of daily life in New York, often in the city’s poorer neighborhoods. The most famous artists working in this style…
Read moreWings of Liberation Museum, Best, Netherlands
The Wings of Liberation museum (Historia Park – Museum Bevrijdende Vleugels) is not an ordinary war time museum, it is a museum about liberation. It is located in the woodlands between Best and Son, not only because of the beautiful surroundings but also because of the historic importance of this…
Read moreAmazon color
Amazon is one of the colors of Jungle green. The first recorded use of amazon as a color name in English was in 1924. Color coordinates Hex triplet #3B7A57 RGB (r, g, b) (59, 122, 87) CMYK (c, m, y, k) (80, 31, 75, 17) HSV (h, s, v) (147°,…
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Elmo from Green Villain, Jersey City, United States Green Villain is a small group of social entrepreneurs and creatives that in the past few years have developed a diverse portfolio of projects and partnerships. Our regional mural program encompasses over 22 sites across Jersey City, New York City, Brooklyn and…
Read moreUniversity of Winnipeg Archives, Canada
The University of Winnipeg Archives preserves and provides access to the records of the University of Winnipeg, as well as aspects of Manitoba history relevant to research at the University of Winnipeg, including social justice and human rights. The University Archives was established by resolution of the Board of Regents,…
Read moreNational Romanticism in Norway
Norwegian romantic nationalism (Norwegian: Nasjonalromantikken) was a movement in Norway between 1840 and 1867 in art, literature, and popular culture that emphasized the aesthetics of Norwegian nature and the uniqueness of the Norwegian national identity. A subject of much study and debate in Norway, it was characterized by nostalgia. National…
Read moreBezold–Brücke shift
The Bezold–Brücke shift is a change in hue perception as light intensity changes. As intensity increases, spectral colors shift more towards blue (if below 500 nm) or yellow (if above 500 nm). At lower intensities, the red/green axis dominates. This effect is a problem for simple HSV-style color models, which…
Read moreLe Grau-du-Roi, Gard, Occitania, France
Le Grau-du-Roi is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It is in part thanks to the Rhône that the municipality of Grau du Roi was born. The term “grau” comes from the Latin “gradus” which means passage. Indeed, in the 16th century, following bad weather, the river…
Read moreFode
Fode from Bogotá Street Art, Colombia BOGOTÁ STEET ART is a group formed in 2009 by four of the most renowned urban artists in the country’s capital: Lesivo, Dj Lu, Junkie and Guache. All of them with more than eight years of experience and active practice around the realization of…
Read moreMuseum of Natural History of Venice, Italy
Museum of Natural History of Venice (Italian: Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia) is a museum of natural history housed in Fondaco dei Turchi, located on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy. Its collections relate mainly to the natural history of the Venetian lagoon that surrounds the city. Today it is…
Read moreRustic architecture in Switzerland
The rustic architecture in Switzerland refers to methods traditional to building of houses rustic in Switzerland that differ according to the geographical location where one can distinguish the Swiss plateau, the Jura and the Alps. History The peasant house is the main building of the farm which also includes farm…
Read moreKhasi Women Wisdom, Worldview Impact Foundation
The matrilineal tradition of the Khasi community of Meghalaya, India that has influenced the culture and arts of this region. The Khasi, who number about 1 million in India’s north-eastern state of Meghalaya, carry on the matrilineal tradition. The youngest daughter inherits, children take their mother’s surname, and once married,…
Read moreArchaeological Area, Trajan’s Markets Museum of the Imperial Forums
The Trajan’s Forum, also remembered as Forum Ulpium in some sources, is the largest and most monumental of the Imperial Forum of Rome, the last in chronological order. Built by the emperor Trajan with the spoils of war obtained from the conquest of Dacia, and inaugurated, according to the Ostian…
Read moreHistory of Italian Renaissance domes
Italian renaissance domes were designed during the Renaissance period of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy. Beginning in Florence, the style spread to Rome and Venice and made the combination of dome, drum, and barrel vaults standard structural forms. Notable architects during the Italian renaissance were Filippo Brunelleschi, builder…
Read moreStefano Arienti interprets art in Mantua in 20th century, Palazzo Te
“Pictures from an exhibition. Stefano Arienti interprets art in Mantua in the twentieth century” is an installation imagined by Stefano Arienti, from Mantua, one of the most important contemporary Italian artists, as a tribute to the city and the art of Mantua of the twentieth century. From 23 April to…
Read moreBlack and white
Black and white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, and hyphenated black-and-white when used as an adjective, is any of several monochrome forms in visual arts. Black-and-white images are not usually starkly contrasted black and white. They combine black and white in a continuum producing a range of shades of gray.…
Read moreArchitecture of Mongolia
The architecture of Mongolia is largely based on traditional dwellings, such as the yurt (Mongolian: гэр, ger) and the tent. During the 16th and 17th centuries, lamaseries were built throughout the country as temples which were later enlarged to accommodate a growing number of worshipers. Mongolian architects designed their temples…
Read moreSouth Asia and Southeast Asia gallery, Oriental Art Museum in Turin
The South Asia gallery houses collections from three major cultural geographic areas: Gandhara, India and Indochina. Gandhara This collection includes artifacts from the Buddhist-inspired artistic production of Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, from the 2nd century BC to the 5th century. Gandhara is the geographical term for an area between Afghanistan…
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 moreHistorical Theme Route in Turin City, Italy
Turin is an Italian municipality, fourth Italian municipality by population and capita city of the Piedmont region. A city with a two-thousand-year history, it was probably founded near its current position, around the third century BC, by the Taurini, then transformed into a Roman colony by Augustus with the name…
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