The National Pavilion United Arab Emirates’ exhibition, 1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, in the 56th International Art Exhibition, received over 500,000 visitors. 1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates was a retrospective on contemporary art exhibitions in the Emirates over the last 40 years.…
The National Museum of Korea is the flagship museum of Korean history and art in South Korea and is the cultural organization that represents Korea. Since its establishment in 1945, the museum has been committed to various studies and research activities in the fields of archaeology, history, and art, continuously…
Batik, which contains an artistic element, a handicraft worked by women since the beginning of time using simple tools, such as the canting tulis or waxing pen, and natural dyes deriving from plant life. In the form of a fast-growing industrial activity, batik has subsequently, and in a massive way,…
Ashlar is finely dressed (cut, worked) masonry, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared or the masonry built of such stone. It is the finest stone masonry unit, generally cuboid, mentioned by Vitruvius as opus isodomum, or less frequently trapezoidal. Precisely cut “on all faces adjacent to…
An interpersonal relationship is a strong, deep, or close association or acquaintance between two or more people that may range in duration from brief to enduring. This association may be based on inference, love, solidarity, regular business interactions, or some other type of social commitment. Interpersonal relationships are formed in…
Solar powered flashlights or solar powered torches are flashlights powered by solar energy stored in rechargeable batteries. Most of these flashlights use light-emitting diodes lamps since they have lower energy consumption compared to incandescent light bulbs. Features Solar powered flashlights vary in features and capabilities. A typical solar flashlight can…
Hannu Martti Matias Aiha (born 1952) Finnish artist who is best known as sculptor. His sculptures feature features from calligraphic structures, and he works both in plaster, wood and metal. Martti Aiha’s works mostly curiosity about shared and used spaces. The artist is moved especially by the play of meaning…
The Polish Cathedral architectural style is a North American genre of Catholic church architecture found throughout the Great Lakes and Middle Atlantic regions as well as in parts of New England. These monumentally grand churches are not necessarily cathedrals, defined as seats of bishops or of their dioceses. Polish Cathedral…
Surveillance Art is the use of technology intended to record human behavior in a way that offers commentary on the process of surveillance or the technology used to surveil. Surveillance Art manifests itself in many different forms, from short films to architecture, but all have been shown to provide some…
The Hong Kong International Licensing Show and the Asian Licensing Conference, as Asia’s biggest flagship licensing events, showcasing licensed products and services, sharing licensing success stories and bringing participants up to date on the latest market trends, is an important platforms for global licensors and brands to explore new business…
The School of Ferrara was a group of painters which flourished in the Duchy of Ferrara during the Renaissance. Ferrara was ruled by the Este family, well known for its patronage of the arts. Patronage was extended with the ascent of Ercole d’Este I in 1470, and the family continued…
The adoption in northern Europe, mainly Germany and the Netherlands, of the artistic ideals of the Italian Renaissance The prime mover was the German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) who travelled twice to Italy to discover the ‘secrets’ of the Italian masters, especially the mathematical principles of perspecitve and proportion Dürer’s…
The National Constitution Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution devoted to explaining the United States Constitution. Located on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the center serves as an interactive museum and a national town hall for constitutional dialogue, regularly hosting government leaders, journalists, scholars, and celebrities for public discussions, including…
Chromophobia (also known as chromatophobia or chrematophobia) is a persistent, irrational fear of, or aversion to, colors and is usually a conditioned response. While actual clinical phobias to color are rare, colors can elicit hormonal responses and psychological reactions. Chromophobia may also refer to an aversion of use of color…
The American Craftsman style, or the American Arts and Crafts movement, is an American domestic architectural, interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts style and lifestyle philosophy that began in the last years of the 19th century. As a comprehensive design and art movement it remained popular into…
Gentile di Niccolò di Giovanni di Massio detto Gentile da Fabriano (Fabriano, circa 1370 – Rome, September 1427)was an Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic painter style. He worked in various places in central Italy, mostly in Tuscany. His best-known works are his Adoration of the…
Dragestil (“Dragon Style”) is a style of design and architecture that originated in Norway and was widely used principally between 1880 and 1910. It is a variant of the more embracing National Romantic style and an expression of Romantic nationalism. History The foremost sources of inspiration for the Dragestil style…
Ecopoetry is poetry with a strong ecological emphasis or message. Many poets, poems and books of poems have expressed ecological concerns; but only recently has the term ecopoetry gained use. There is now, in English-speaking poetry, a recognisable subgenre of ecopoetry. Prior to the term, a number of poems had…
The Rhine River spans Central Europe and Western Europe, A journey along its banks is very varied. At 1236 km, the Rhine is the longest river with a navigable length of 844 kilometers. The Rhine River flows through or along the borders of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France and The…
Fritz Fabian was born in 1874 in Berlin. Fabian was an architect, who was deported to Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia. After the war, he married Lilli Lehmann in Switzerland in 1947. In 1957, Lilly and Fritz regained German citizenship. He died in 1967 in Switzerland. Fritz Fabian was born on 20…
Victimless Leather – a prototype of a stitch-less jacket, grown from cell cultures into a layer of tissue supported by a coat shaped polymer layer. This is a sub-project of the Tissue Culture & Art Project where the artists are growing a leather jacket without killing any animals. Growing the…
A 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…
In 1881, Booker T. Washington arrived in Alabama and started building Tuskegee Institute both in reputation and literally brick by brick. He recruited the best and the brightest to come and teach here including George Washington Carver who arrived in 1896. Carver’s innovations in agriculture, especially with peanuts, expanded Tuskegee’s…
Spa architecture (German: Kurarchitektur) is the name given to buildings that provide facilities for relaxation, recuperation and health treatment in spas. The architecture of these buildings is called “spa architecture” even though it is not a uniform architectural style, but a collective term for a genre of buildings with a…
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1980-Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, UAE Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015
The National Pavilion United Arab Emirates’ exhibition, 1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, in the 56th International Art Exhibition, received over 500,000 visitors. 1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates was a retrospective on contemporary art exhibitions in the Emirates over the last 40 years.…
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The National Museum of Korea is the flagship museum of Korean history and art in South Korea and is the cultural organization that represents Korea. Since its establishment in 1945, the museum has been committed to various studies and research activities in the fields of archaeology, history, and art, continuously…
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Batik, which contains an artistic element, a handicraft worked by women since the beginning of time using simple tools, such as the canting tulis or waxing pen, and natural dyes deriving from plant life. In the form of a fast-growing industrial activity, batik has subsequently, and in a massive way,…
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Ashlar is finely dressed (cut, worked) masonry, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared or the masonry built of such stone. It is the finest stone masonry unit, generally cuboid, mentioned by Vitruvius as opus isodomum, or less frequently trapezoidal. Precisely cut “on all faces adjacent to…
Read moreInterpersonal relationship
An interpersonal relationship is a strong, deep, or close association or acquaintance between two or more people that may range in duration from brief to enduring. This association may be based on inference, love, solidarity, regular business interactions, or some other type of social commitment. Interpersonal relationships are formed in…
Read moreSolar-powered flashlight
Solar powered flashlights or solar powered torches are flashlights powered by solar energy stored in rechargeable batteries. Most of these flashlights use light-emitting diodes lamps since they have lower energy consumption compared to incandescent light bulbs. Features Solar powered flashlights vary in features and capabilities. A typical solar flashlight can…
Read moreMartti Aiha
Hannu Martti Matias Aiha (born 1952) Finnish artist who is best known as sculptor. His sculptures feature features from calligraphic structures, and he works both in plaster, wood and metal. Martti Aiha’s works mostly curiosity about shared and used spaces. The artist is moved especially by the play of meaning…
Read morePolish Cathedral style
The Polish Cathedral architectural style is a North American genre of Catholic church architecture found throughout the Great Lakes and Middle Atlantic regions as well as in parts of New England. These monumentally grand churches are not necessarily cathedrals, defined as seats of bishops or of their dioceses. Polish Cathedral…
Read moreSurveillance art
Surveillance Art is the use of technology intended to record human behavior in a way that offers commentary on the process of surveillance or the technology used to surveil. Surveillance Art manifests itself in many different forms, from short films to architecture, but all have been shown to provide some…
Read moreReview of Hong Kong International Licensing Show 2011-2012, China
The Hong Kong International Licensing Show and the Asian Licensing Conference, as Asia’s biggest flagship licensing events, showcasing licensed products and services, sharing licensing success stories and bringing participants up to date on the latest market trends, is an important platforms for global licensors and brands to explore new business…
Read moreSchool of Ferrara
The School of Ferrara was a group of painters which flourished in the Duchy of Ferrara during the Renaissance. Ferrara was ruled by the Este family, well known for its patronage of the arts. Patronage was extended with the ascent of Ercole d’Este I in 1470, and the family continued…
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The adoption in northern Europe, mainly Germany and the Netherlands, of the artistic ideals of the Italian Renaissance The prime mover was the German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) who travelled twice to Italy to discover the ‘secrets’ of the Italian masters, especially the mathematical principles of perspecitve and proportion Dürer’s…
Read moreNational Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States
The National Constitution Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution devoted to explaining the United States Constitution. Located on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the center serves as an interactive museum and a national town hall for constitutional dialogue, regularly hosting government leaders, journalists, scholars, and celebrities for public discussions, including…
Read moreChromophobia
Chromophobia (also known as chromatophobia or chrematophobia) is a persistent, irrational fear of, or aversion to, colors and is usually a conditioned response. While actual clinical phobias to color are rare, colors can elicit hormonal responses and psychological reactions. Chromophobia may also refer to an aversion of use of color…
Read moreAmerican Craftsman
The American Craftsman style, or the American Arts and Crafts movement, is an American domestic architectural, interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts style and lifestyle philosophy that began in the last years of the 19th century. As a comprehensive design and art movement it remained popular into…
Read moreGentile da Fabriano
Gentile di Niccolò di Giovanni di Massio detto Gentile da Fabriano (Fabriano, circa 1370 – Rome, September 1427)was an Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic painter style. He worked in various places in central Italy, mostly in Tuscany. His best-known works are his Adoration of the…
Read moreDragestil
Dragestil (“Dragon Style”) is a style of design and architecture that originated in Norway and was widely used principally between 1880 and 1910. It is a variant of the more embracing National Romantic style and an expression of Romantic nationalism. History The foremost sources of inspiration for the Dragestil style…
Read moreEcopoetry
Ecopoetry is poetry with a strong ecological emphasis or message. Many poets, poems and books of poems have expressed ecological concerns; but only recently has the term ecopoetry gained use. There is now, in English-speaking poetry, a recognisable subgenre of ecopoetry. Prior to the term, a number of poems had…
Read moreRhine River Cruises Tourism Guide
The Rhine River spans Central Europe and Western Europe, A journey along its banks is very varied. At 1236 km, the Rhine is the longest river with a navigable length of 844 kilometers. The Rhine River flows through or along the borders of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France and The…
Read moreFritz Fabian
Fritz Fabian was born in 1874 in Berlin. Fabian was an architect, who was deported to Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia. After the war, he married Lilli Lehmann in Switzerland in 1947. In 1957, Lilly and Fritz regained German citizenship. He died in 1967 in Switzerland. Fritz Fabian was born on 20…
Read moreVictimless Leather
Victimless Leather – a prototype of a stitch-less jacket, grown from cell cultures into a layer of tissue supported by a coat shaped polymer layer. This is a sub-project of the Tissue Culture & Art Project where the artists are growing a leather jacket without killing any animals. Growing the…
Read moreGarrison in architecture
A 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 moreTuskegee Institute National Historic Site, United States
In 1881, Booker T. Washington arrived in Alabama and started building Tuskegee Institute both in reputation and literally brick by brick. He recruited the best and the brightest to come and teach here including George Washington Carver who arrived in 1896. Carver’s innovations in agriculture, especially with peanuts, expanded Tuskegee’s…
Read moreSpa architecture
Spa architecture (German: Kurarchitektur) is the name given to buildings that provide facilities for relaxation, recuperation and health treatment in spas. The architecture of these buildings is called “spa architecture” even though it is not a uniform architectural style, but a collective term for a genre of buildings with a…
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