Origamic architecture is a form of kirigami that involves the three-dimensional reproduction of architecture and monuments, on various scales, using cut-out and folded paper, usually thin paperboard. Visually, these creations are comparable to intricate ‘pop-ups’, indeed, some works are deliberately engineered to possess ‘pop-up’-like properties. However, origamic architecture tends to…
Utrecht Caravaggism refers to those Baroque artists, all distinctly influenced by the art of Caravaggio, who were active mostly in the Dutch city of Utrecht during the first part of the seventeenth century. Caravaggio had no known pupils or collaborators, but in the two or three decades after his death…
Post-anarchism or postanarchism is an anarchist philosophy that employs post-structuralist and postmodernist approaches (the term post-structuralist anarchism is used as well, so as not to suggest having moved beyond anarchism). Post-anarchism is not a single coherent theory, but rather refers to the combined works of any number of post-modernists and…
The Renaissance sculpture is framed in the period between the early decades of the fifteenth and the middle of the fifteenth century or so. The sculpture was, also in the Renaissance period, a state-of-the- art art, which often acted as a trailblazer to painting and other artistic forms. Among the…
Brutalist architecture appeared in Belgium in 1960 and developed throughout the 1960s and 1970s, in parallel with functionalist architecture, derived as it did from modernism. History The brutalist architecture is characterized by facades of uncoated “raw concrete” whose surfaces often have a texture inherited from the formwork 1, the concrete…
Jasper Francis Cropsey (Rosseville, 18 February 1823 – Hastings-on-Hudson, June 22, 1900), was an important American landscape artist of the Hudson River School. Throughout her life, Cropsey maintained her interest in Architecture and she had a remarkable influence on her style. This appears more evident in the care with which…
Maltese Baroque architecture is the form of Baroque architecture that developed in Malta during the 17th and 18th centuries, when the islands were under the rule of the Order of St. John. The Baroque style was introduced in Malta in the early 17th century, possibly by the Bolognese engineer Bontadino…
Side passage plan architecture is an architectural style. The Spencer Buford House and the Dr. Urban Owen House are historic houses in Tennessee that are examples of this style. Spencer Buford House The Spencer Buford House is a property in Thompsons Station, Tennessee, United States, that was listed on the…
Art Cologne is the world’s oldest and longest running fair for 20th and 21st century fine art. More and more renowned galleries participate in the fair again. But the fair not only succeeded in bringing back the big name art dealers, but also strengthend its relevance for presenting and supporting…
The Round Cabinet is a small and precious space, created inside the north-west Roman tower, is a key point of the apartment set up in the middle of the century for the first Royal Madame of Savoy, Maria Cristina di France. The dense selection of portraits of the Savoy and…
Gray is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is a color “without color.” It is the color of a cloud-covered sky, of ash and of lead. The first recorded use of grey as a color name in the…
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure. These cylindrical carbon molecules have unusual properties, which are valuable for nanotechnology, electronics, optics and other fields of materials science and technology. Owing to the material’s exceptional strength and stiffness, nanotubes have been constructed with length-to-diameter ratio of up…
Metabolism (Japanese: 新陳代謝) was a post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth. It had its first international exposure during CIAM’s 1959 meeting and its ideas were tentatively tested by students from Kenzo Tange’s MIT studio. During the preparation for the 1960…
Vicenza is an Italian city in Veneto, the city is a destination for cultural tourism. Vicenza is a thriving and cosmopolitan city, with a rich history and culture, and many museums, art galleries, piazzas, villas, churches and elegant Renaissance palazzi. Vicenza is a sort of stage where life marries art…
Travelling around Switzerland by train is a great option, the way of travelling that is as exciting as it is relaxing. Switzerland is the country in Europe where rail travel is the busiest, the whole of contury is covered by a frequent, punctual and efficient integrated train network that’s really…
Salone del Mobile Milano, the world’s largest and most important furniture fair, is the key event of Milan design week 2019. Last from the 9th till the 14th of April at ArchDaily, Salone del Mobile Milano offer the platform explore cutting-edge innovations and intricate Italian craftsmanship exhibited, exchange ideas and…
A story of destruction and humanity Liberté, égalité, fraternité (iberty, equality, fraternity) – the values perpetuated by the French revolution – attracted many immigrants – many of them Jews – to come to France in order to ensure a better future for their children. Many immigrants settled in the Marais…
A heterogeneous mass of consumers arose during the first half of the nineteenth century, something never previously seen in Austrian cultural history. With the effects of the Industrial Revolution and the growing cultural, social, and economic strength of the middle class, it became both possible and necessary to produce differentiated…
Virtue is moral excellence. A virtue is a trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting collective and individual greatness. In other words, it is a behavior that…
Pompidou Centre is a multidisciplinary establishment born from the will of President Georges Pompidou, a great lover of modern art, to create in the heart of Paris an original cultural institution entirely dedicated to modern and contemporary creation where the visual arts would rub shoulders with books, drawing, music, performing…
The Chamber of the Scrutinio (Italian: Sala dello Scrutinio). This immense room is in the wing of the Doge’s Palace built between the 1520s and 1540s during the dogate of Francesco Foscari (1423-57). It was initially intended to house the precious manuscripts left to the Republic by Petrarch and Bessarione…
At the Thai National Pavilion, the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture has invited Kamol Tassananchalee to welcome visitors to reflect upon the theme of the 56th Biennale di Venezia, “All the Worlds Futures” This is the seventh la Biennale di Venezia in which Thailand has participated as a country.…
The Tarxien Temples are an archaeological complex in Tarxien, Malta. They date to approximately 3150 BC. The site was accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 along with the other Megalithic temples on the island of Malta. The Tarxien Temples site consists of a complex of four megalithic…
Japan is known for its upscale department stores (デパート depāto), the nicest of which feature beautiful interior architectural ornamentation and still employ uniformed women to operate the elevators while informing customers where to find items. Depāto typically have a food court and groceries in the basement, while the roof often…
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Origamic architecture
Origamic architecture is a form of kirigami that involves the three-dimensional reproduction of architecture and monuments, on various scales, using cut-out and folded paper, usually thin paperboard. Visually, these creations are comparable to intricate ‘pop-ups’, indeed, some works are deliberately engineered to possess ‘pop-up’-like properties. However, origamic architecture tends to…
Read moreUtrecht Caravaggism
Utrecht Caravaggism refers to those Baroque artists, all distinctly influenced by the art of Caravaggio, who were active mostly in the Dutch city of Utrecht during the first part of the seventeenth century. Caravaggio had no known pupils or collaborators, but in the two or three decades after his death…
Read morePost-anarchism
Post-anarchism or postanarchism is an anarchist philosophy that employs post-structuralist and postmodernist approaches (the term post-structuralist anarchism is used as well, so as not to suggest having moved beyond anarchism). Post-anarchism is not a single coherent theory, but rather refers to the combined works of any number of post-modernists and…
Read moreItalian Renaissance Sculptor
The Renaissance sculpture is framed in the period between the early decades of the fifteenth and the middle of the fifteenth century or so. The sculpture was, also in the Renaissance period, a state-of-the- art art, which often acted as a trailblazer to painting and other artistic forms. Among the…
Read moreBrutalist architecture in Belgium
Brutalist architecture appeared in Belgium in 1960 and developed throughout the 1960s and 1970s, in parallel with functionalist architecture, derived as it did from modernism. History The brutalist architecture is characterized by facades of uncoated “raw concrete” whose surfaces often have a texture inherited from the formwork 1, the concrete…
Read moreJasper Francis Cropsey
Jasper Francis Cropsey (Rosseville, 18 February 1823 – Hastings-on-Hudson, June 22, 1900), was an important American landscape artist of the Hudson River School. Throughout her life, Cropsey maintained her interest in Architecture and she had a remarkable influence on her style. This appears more evident in the care with which…
Read moreMaltese Baroque architecture
Maltese Baroque architecture is the form of Baroque architecture that developed in Malta during the 17th and 18th centuries, when the islands were under the rule of the Order of St. John. The Baroque style was introduced in Malta in the early 17th century, possibly by the Bolognese engineer Bontadino…
Read moreSide passage plan architecture
Side passage plan architecture is an architectural style. The Spencer Buford House and the Dr. Urban Owen House are historic houses in Tennessee that are examples of this style. Spencer Buford House The Spencer Buford House is a property in Thompsons Station, Tennessee, United States, that was listed on the…
Read moreReview of Art Cologne 2010-2013
Art Cologne is the world’s oldest and longest running fair for 20th and 21st century fine art. More and more renowned galleries participate in the fair again. But the fair not only succeeded in bringing back the big name art dealers, but also strengthend its relevance for presenting and supporting…
Read moreMiniature Portrait Collection, Madama Palace
The Round Cabinet is a small and precious space, created inside the north-west Roman tower, is a key point of the apartment set up in the middle of the century for the first Royal Madame of Savoy, Maria Cristina di France. The dense selection of portraits of the Savoy and…
Read moreGray Color in history and art
Gray is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is a color “without color.” It is the color of a cloud-covered sky, of ash and of lead. The first recorded use of grey as a color name in the…
Read moreCarbon nanotube
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure. These cylindrical carbon molecules have unusual properties, which are valuable for nanotechnology, electronics, optics and other fields of materials science and technology. Owing to the material’s exceptional strength and stiffness, nanotubes have been constructed with length-to-diameter ratio of up…
Read moreMetabolism in architecture
Metabolism (Japanese: 新陳代謝) was a post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth. It had its first international exposure during CIAM’s 1959 meeting and its ideas were tentatively tested by students from Kenzo Tange’s MIT studio. During the preparation for the 1960…
Read moreTravel Guide of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Vicenza is an Italian city in Veneto, the city is a destination for cultural tourism. Vicenza is a thriving and cosmopolitan city, with a rich history and culture, and many museums, art galleries, piazzas, villas, churches and elegant Renaissance palazzi. Vicenza is a sort of stage where life marries art…
Read moreGuide of Swiss Railway Tourism
Travelling around Switzerland by train is a great option, the way of travelling that is as exciting as it is relaxing. Switzerland is the country in Europe where rail travel is the busiest, the whole of contury is covered by a frequent, punctual and efficient integrated train network that’s really…
Read moreReview of Salone del Mobile, Milan Design Week 2019, Italy
Salone del Mobile Milano, the world’s largest and most important furniture fair, is the key event of Milan design week 2019. Last from the 9th till the 14th of April at ArchDaily, Salone del Mobile Milano offer the platform explore cutting-edge innovations and intricate Italian craftsmanship exhibited, exchange ideas and…
Read moreThe fate of the children of the Marais, Yad Vashem
A story of destruction and humanity Liberté, égalité, fraternité (iberty, equality, fraternity) – the values perpetuated by the French revolution – attracted many immigrants – many of them Jews – to come to France in order to ensure a better future for their children. Many immigrants settled in the Marais…
Read moreEmpire Style Biedermeier Collection, Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna
A heterogeneous mass of consumers arose during the first half of the nineteenth century, something never previously seen in Austrian cultural history. With the effects of the Industrial Revolution and the growing cultural, social, and economic strength of the middle class, it became both possible and necessary to produce differentiated…
Read moreVirtue
Virtue is moral excellence. A virtue is a trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting collective and individual greatness. In other words, it is a behavior that…
Read moreGuide Tour of Pompidou Centre, Paris, France
Pompidou Centre is a multidisciplinary establishment born from the will of President Georges Pompidou, a great lover of modern art, to create in the heart of Paris an original cultural institution entirely dedicated to modern and contemporary creation where the visual arts would rub shoulders with books, drawing, music, performing…
Read moreChamber of the Scrutinio, Doge’s Palace
The Chamber of the Scrutinio (Italian: Sala dello Scrutinio). This immense room is in the wing of the Doge’s Palace built between the 1520s and 1540s during the dogate of Francesco Foscari (1423-57). It was initially intended to house the precious manuscripts left to the Republic by Petrarch and Bessarione…
Read moreKamol Tassananchalee: Earth, Air, Fire & Water, Thailand Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015
At the Thai National Pavilion, the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture has invited Kamol Tassananchalee to welcome visitors to reflect upon the theme of the 56th Biennale di Venezia, “All the Worlds Futures” This is the seventh la Biennale di Venezia in which Thailand has participated as a country.…
Read moreTarxien Temples, Malta
The Tarxien Temples are an archaeological complex in Tarxien, Malta. They date to approximately 3150 BC. The site was accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 along with the other Megalithic temples on the island of Malta. The Tarxien Temples site consists of a complex of four megalithic…
Read moreShopping tourism in Japan
Japan is known for its upscale department stores (デパート depāto), the nicest of which feature beautiful interior architectural ornamentation and still employ uniformed women to operate the elevators while informing customers where to find items. Depāto typically have a food court and groceries in the basement, while the roof often…
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