3D optical data storage is any form of optical data storage in which information can be recorded or read with three-dimensional resolution (as opposed to the two-dimensional resolution afforded, for example, by CD). This innovation has the potential to provide petabyte-level mass storage on DVD-sized discs (120 mm). Data recording…
Zellige (Arabic: الزليج; also zelige or zellij) is mosaic tilework made from individually chiseled geometric tiles set into a plaster base. This form of Islamic art is one of the main characteristics of Moroccan architecture. It consists of geometrically patterned mosaics, used to ornament walls, ceilings, fountains, floors, pools and…
Moldovenesc style or Moldavian architectural style is a type of architecture developed in Moldavia during the 14th through 19th centuries. The period of maximum flowering of this style was in the period of Stephen III of Moldavia. The Moldavian monasteries which belongs to the UNESCO heritage are made in this…
FCO from Bogota 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…
A dome is an architectural element that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. The precise definition has been a matter of controversy. There are also a wide variety of forms and specialized terms to describe them. A dome can rest upon a rotunda or drum, and can be…
Color symbolism in art and anthropology refers to the use of color as a symbol in various cultures. There is great diversity in the use of colors and their associations between cultures and even within the same culture in different time periods. The same color may have very different associations…
Cabinetmaker Pietro Piffetti (Turin 1701–1777), a pivotal figure in the history of furniture and ornaments in Italy, whose inlays in ivory, tortoise, metals and precious woods have brought the production of Piedmont cabinetmaking at the top of eighteenth-century European art. In conjunction with the exhibition on cabinet making at the…
The 20-pair colour code is a colour code used in Australia to identify individual conductors in a kind of electrical telecommunication wiring for indoor use, known as twisted pair cables. The colours are applied to the insulation that covers each conductor. The first colour is chosen from one group of…
A color term (or color name) is a word or phrase that refers to a specific color. The color term may refer to human perception of that color (which is affected by visual context) which is usually defined according to the Munsell color system, or to an underlying physical property…
The methanol economy is a suggested future economy in which methanol and dimethyl ether replace fossil fuels as a means of energy storage, ground transportation fuel, and raw material for synthetic hydrocarbons and their products. It offers an alternative to the proposed hydrogen economy or ethanol economy. In the 1990s,…
In 1897 King Gojong(1863~1907) formally renamed the Joseon Dynasty to the Korean Empire and declared himself Emperor, in order to assert the nation’s sovereignty amid encroachment from neighboring imperialist powers. He reconstructed Hwangudan, the imperial Altar of Heaven. Since the formation of the empire, Emperor Gojong accelerated national efforts to…
Dark tourism (also black tourism or grief tourism) has been defined as tourism involving travel to places historically associated with death and tragedy. More recently, it was suggested that the concept should also include reasons tourists visit that site, since the site’s attributes alone may not make a visitor a…
Gdynia is a young city, so it has no buildings representing architectural styles such as Gothic, Renaissance or Baroque. Shaped in the interwar period, Śródmieście has many preserved or rebuilt buildings. They are examples of modernism like the PLO office building. Modernism was characterized by white elevations of buildings, which…
Harapase Architecture or the Indus Valley Civilization Architecture is the architecture of the ancient people who lived in the Indus Valley roughly from 3300 BC to 1300 BC. The Harapas were quite advanced for their time, especially in architecture. The Indus Valley Civilization (QLI) was a civilization of the Bronze…
China engraved plate printing exhibition area of 526 square meters, displaying 135 pieces of cultural relics. The exhibits on display at the exhibition are divided into 9 categories, namely jade carvings, stone carvings, brick carvings, lacquer carvings, bones, ivory carvings, bamboo carvings, porcelain carvings, nuclear carvings and wood carvings, Ancient…
Travellers may encounter animal pests that they are not familiar with in their home regions. Pests can spoil food, cause irritation, or in a worse case cause allergic reactions, spread venom, or transmit infections. Infectious diseases themselves, or dangerous animals that can injure or kill people by force, do not…
Urban exploration (often shortened as UE, urbex and sometimes known as roof-and-tunnel hacking) is the exploration of man-made structures, usually abandoned ruins or not usually seen components of the man-made environment. Photography and historical interest/documentation are heavily featured in the hobby and, although it may sometimes involve trespassing onto private…
Rococo architecture entered Portugal through the north, while Lisbon, due to the court pomp, remained in the Baroque. It’s an architecture that follows the international taste in decoration, and, as a result of the contrast between dark granite and white walls, has a clearly Portuguese profile. The decoration is naturalist,…
Gorizia is a town and comune in northeastern Italy, in the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia and a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce. Due to its…
Saint Paul de Vence is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. One of the oldest medieval towns on the French Riviera, it is well known for its modern and contemporary art museums and galleries such as the Fondation Maeght which is located…
Ei-Q (瑛九 Real name 杉田秀夫 April 28, 1911 – March 10, 1960) is a Japanese artist who worked in a variety of media, including painting, printmaking, photography. There are many avant-garde works, abstract works (abstract paintings). Ei-Q famous as a Urawa painter. Ei-Q was influenced by the Surrealist aesthetic and…
Córdoba city, capital of Muslim Spain, is the main city in a territory located in the centre of Andalusia. Córdoba is known worldwide for its famous and breathtaking Mosque-Cathedral, Cordoba is a city rich in history, architecture and Spanish charm. It has a monumental historic center declared World Heritage and…
Chorweiler is the northernmost district of Cologne. The city district includes the districts of Blumenberg, Chorweiler, Esch / Auweiler, Fühlingen, Heimersdorf, Lindweiler, Merkenich (with Rheinkassel, Langel and Kasselberg), Pesch, Roggendorf / Thenhoven, Seeberg, Volkhoven / Weiler and Worringen. Due to its peripheral location – the actual district of Chorweiler is…
Cerise is a deep to vivid reddish pink. Color coordinates Hex triplet #DE3163 RGB (r, g, b) (222, 49, 99) CMYK (c, m, y, k) (7, 95, 46, 0) HSV (h, s, v) (343°, 78%, 87%) Etymology The colour or name comes from the French word “cerise”, meaning cherry in…
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3D optical data storage
3D optical data storage is any form of optical data storage in which information can be recorded or read with three-dimensional resolution (as opposed to the two-dimensional resolution afforded, for example, by CD). This innovation has the potential to provide petabyte-level mass storage on DVD-sized discs (120 mm). Data recording…
Read moreZellige
Zellige (Arabic: الزليج; also zelige or zellij) is mosaic tilework made from individually chiseled geometric tiles set into a plaster base. This form of Islamic art is one of the main characteristics of Moroccan architecture. It consists of geometrically patterned mosaics, used to ornament walls, ceilings, fountains, floors, pools and…
Read moreMoldavian style
Moldovenesc style or Moldavian architectural style is a type of architecture developed in Moldavia during the 14th through 19th centuries. The period of maximum flowering of this style was in the period of Stephen III of Moldavia. The Moldavian monasteries which belongs to the UNESCO heritage are made in this…
Read moreFCO
FCO from Bogota 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 moreHistory of dome
A dome is an architectural element that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. The precise definition has been a matter of controversy. There are also a wide variety of forms and specialized terms to describe them. A dome can rest upon a rotunda or drum, and can be…
Read moreColor symbolism
Color symbolism in art and anthropology refers to the use of color as a symbol in various cultures. There is great diversity in the use of colors and their associations between cultures and even within the same culture in different time periods. The same color may have very different associations…
Read morePietro Piffetti, the Cabinetmaker of His Majesty, Madama Palace
Cabinetmaker Pietro Piffetti (Turin 1701–1777), a pivotal figure in the history of furniture and ornaments in Italy, whose inlays in ivory, tortoise, metals and precious woods have brought the production of Piedmont cabinetmaking at the top of eighteenth-century European art. In conjunction with the exhibition on cabinet making at the…
Read more20-pair colour code Australia
The 20-pair colour code is a colour code used in Australia to identify individual conductors in a kind of electrical telecommunication wiring for indoor use, known as twisted pair cables. The colours are applied to the insulation that covers each conductor. The first colour is chosen from one group of…
Read moreColor term
A color term (or color name) is a word or phrase that refers to a specific color. The color term may refer to human perception of that color (which is affected by visual context) which is usually defined according to the Munsell color system, or to an underlying physical property…
Read moreMethanol economy
The methanol economy is a suggested future economy in which methanol and dimethyl ether replace fossil fuels as a means of energy storage, ground transportation fuel, and raw material for synthetic hydrocarbons and their products. It offers an alternative to the proposed hydrogen economy or ethanol economy. In the 1990s,…
Read moreKorean Empire, National Palace Museum of Korea
In 1897 King Gojong(1863~1907) formally renamed the Joseon Dynasty to the Korean Empire and declared himself Emperor, in order to assert the nation’s sovereignty amid encroachment from neighboring imperialist powers. He reconstructed Hwangudan, the imperial Altar of Heaven. Since the formation of the empire, Emperor Gojong accelerated national efforts to…
Read moreDark tourism
Dark tourism (also black tourism or grief tourism) has been defined as tourism involving travel to places historically associated with death and tragedy. More recently, it was suggested that the concept should also include reasons tourists visit that site, since the site’s attributes alone may not make a visitor a…
Read moreGdynia Architecture
Gdynia is a young city, so it has no buildings representing architectural styles such as Gothic, Renaissance or Baroque. Shaped in the interwar period, Śródmieście has many preserved or rebuilt buildings. They are examples of modernism like the PLO office building. Modernism was characterized by white elevations of buildings, which…
Read moreHarappan architecture
Harapase Architecture or the Indus Valley Civilization Architecture is the architecture of the ancient people who lived in the Indus Valley roughly from 3300 BC to 1300 BC. The Harapas were quite advanced for their time, especially in architecture. The Indus Valley Civilization (QLI) was a civilization of the Bronze…
Read moreChina engraving printing exhibition, Yangzhou Museum
China engraved plate printing exhibition area of 526 square meters, displaying 135 pieces of cultural relics. The exhibits on display at the exhibition are divided into 9 categories, namely jade carvings, stone carvings, brick carvings, lacquer carvings, bones, ivory carvings, bamboo carvings, porcelain carvings, nuclear carvings and wood carvings, Ancient…
Read morePests in travel
Travellers may encounter animal pests that they are not familiar with in their home regions. Pests can spoil food, cause irritation, or in a worse case cause allergic reactions, spread venom, or transmit infections. Infectious diseases themselves, or dangerous animals that can injure or kill people by force, do not…
Read moreUrban exploration
Urban exploration (often shortened as UE, urbex and sometimes known as roof-and-tunnel hacking) is the exploration of man-made structures, usually abandoned ruins or not usually seen components of the man-made environment. Photography and historical interest/documentation are heavily featured in the hobby and, although it may sometimes involve trespassing onto private…
Read moreRococo architecture in Portugal
Rococo architecture entered Portugal through the north, while Lisbon, due to the court pomp, remained in the Baroque. It’s an architecture that follows the international taste in decoration, and, as a result of the contrast between dark granite and white walls, has a clearly Portuguese profile. The decoration is naturalist,…
Read moreTravel Guide of Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Gorizia is a town and comune in northeastern Italy, in the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia and a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce. Due to its…
Read moreSaint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Saint Paul de Vence is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. One of the oldest medieval towns on the French Riviera, it is well known for its modern and contemporary art museums and galleries such as the Fondation Maeght which is located…
Read moreEi-Q
Ei-Q (瑛九 Real name 杉田秀夫 April 28, 1911 – March 10, 1960) is a Japanese artist who worked in a variety of media, including painting, printmaking, photography. There are many avant-garde works, abstract works (abstract paintings). Ei-Q famous as a Urawa painter. Ei-Q was influenced by the Surrealist aesthetic and…
Read moreTravel Guide of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Córdoba city, capital of Muslim Spain, is the main city in a territory located in the centre of Andalusia. Córdoba is known worldwide for its famous and breathtaking Mosque-Cathedral, Cordoba is a city rich in history, architecture and Spanish charm. It has a monumental historic center declared World Heritage and…
Read moreChorweiler district, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Chorweiler is the northernmost district of Cologne. The city district includes the districts of Blumenberg, Chorweiler, Esch / Auweiler, Fühlingen, Heimersdorf, Lindweiler, Merkenich (with Rheinkassel, Langel and Kasselberg), Pesch, Roggendorf / Thenhoven, Seeberg, Volkhoven / Weiler and Worringen. Due to its peripheral location – the actual district of Chorweiler is…
Read moreCerise color
Cerise is a deep to vivid reddish pink. Color coordinates Hex triplet #DE3163 RGB (r, g, b) (222, 49, 99) CMYK (c, m, y, k) (7, 95, 46, 0) HSV (h, s, v) (343°, 78%, 87%) Etymology The colour or name comes from the French word “cerise”, meaning cherry in…
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