The exhibition “Shells, corals, butterflies”, with a space of 350 square meters, about 2 thousand invertebrates. The revitalization project of the exhibition aimed to preserve and disseminate the collections and processes linked to recent research in the areas of Entomology (science that studies insects) and Invertebrates, highlighting the most relevant…
Newa architecture is an indigenous style of architecture used by the Newari people in the Kathmandu valley in Nepal. It is a style used in buildings ranging from stupas and chaitya monastery buildings to courtyard structures and distinctive houses. The style is marked by striking brick work and a unique…
A module (Latin modulus, a measure) is a term that was in use among Roman architects, corresponding to the semidiameter of the column at its base. The term was first set forth by Vitruvius (book iv.3), and was employed by architects in the Italian Renaissance to determine the relative proportions…
Constructivist architecture was a form of Modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. It combined advanced technology and engineering with an avowedly Communist social purpose. Although it was divided into several competing factions, the movement produced many pioneering projects and finished buildings, before…
Swiss chalet style (German: Schweizerstil, Norwegian: Sveitserstil) is an architectural style of Late Historicism, originally inspired by rural chalets in Switzerland and the Alpine (mountainous) regions of Central Europe. The style refers to traditional building designs characterised by widely projecting roofs and facades richly decorated with wooden balconies and carved…
The Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia, created in 1932, has a collection of over 134,000 copies. The fund is the result of a long process of acquisition, donation, legacy or deposit, which began in the first half of the nineteenth century and still continues. The coin collection consists of nearly 100,000…
Sydney, the largest city in Australia, has much to offer families with children. Sydney is the Harbour City. It is the largest, oldest and most cosmopolitan city in Australia with an enviable reputation as one of the world’s most beautiful and liveable cities. Brimming with history, nature, culture, art, fashion,…
Fort Saint Elmo (Maltese: Forti Sant’Iermu) is a star fort in Valletta, Malta. It stands on the seaward shore of the Sciberras Peninsula that divides Marsamxett Harbour from Grand Harbour, and commands the entrances to both harbours along with Fort Tigné and Fort Ricasoli. It is best known for its…
A sketch (drawing) is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not usually intended as a finished work. A sketch may serve a number of purposes: it might record something that the artist sees, it might record or develop an idea for later use or it might be used as…
The Château de Talcy is a historical building in Talcy, Loir-et-Cher, France. It lies to the north of the Loire River, in the Loire Valley, known for its 16th-century châteaux. From a fortification in existence in the 13th Century additional wings were added in the 1620s. Modernised in the 18th…
Telesis or “planned progress” was a concept and neologism coined by the American sociologist Lester Frank Ward (often referred to as the “father of American sociology”), in the late 19th century to describe directed social advancement via education and the scientific method. The term has since been adopted as the…
In architecture, a “wedding-cake style” is an informal reference to buildings with many distinct tiers, each set back from the one below, resulting in a shape like a wedding cake, and may also apply to buildings that are richly ornamented, as if made in sugar icing. In Italy, the Monument…
The Youth Curator Program, founded in 2014, is the annual academic project of the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, which aims to explore the significance of the exhibition today and the new possibilities for curating. The 5th “Qing Ce Plan” in 2018 received a total of 61 effective programs during…
Every year when Paris enters the Christmas season, the whole city is filled with the Christmas atmosphere. Countless Christmas decorations cover the City of Light, especially in some famous spots. During this period, more than ten Christmas markets will appear in the city, selling Christmas-themed or special items. At the…
Art Deco, sometimes referred to as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I. Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, cars, movie theatres, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects such as radios and vacuum…
Iranian architecture or Persian architecture (Persian:مهرازى ایرانی) is the architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Its history dates back to at least 5,000 BC with characteristic examples distributed over a vast area from Turkey and Iraq to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan,…
The Adobe RGB (1998) color space is an RGB color space developed by Adobe Systems, Inc. in 1998. It was designed to encompass most of the colors achievable on CMYK color printers, but by using RGB primary colors on a device such as a computer display. The Adobe RGB (1998)…
Colourful and diverse, street food is one of those travel experiences one can find in cities and towns all around the world. It’s generally convenient and cheap, but its appeal goes far beyond that. Street food can be simple yet utterly delicious, and it’s often a great way to sample…
ArchiMate (originally from Architecture-Animate) is an open and independent enterprise architecture modeling language to support the description, analysis and visualization of architecture within and across business domains in an unambiguous way. ArchiMate is a technical standard from The Open Group and is based on the concepts of the IEEE 1471…
Tolkien tourism is a phenomenon of fans of The Lord of the Rings fictional universe travelling to sites of film- and book-related significance. It is especially notable in New Zealand, site of the movie trilogy by Peter Jackson, where it is credited as having raised the annual tourism numbers. Origins…
Rafting and white water rafting are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water. This is often done on whitewater or different degrees of rough water. Dealing with risk and the need for teamwork is often a part of the experience.…
Paleoart (also spelled palaeoart, paleo-art, or paleo art) is any original artistic work that attempts to reconstruct or depict prehistoric life according to the current knowledge and scientific evidence at the moment of creating the artwork. The term paleoart was introduced in the late 1980s by Mark Hallett for art…
Postminimalism is an art term coined (as post-minimalism) by Robert Pincus-Witten in 1971 used in various artistic fields for work which is influenced by, or attempts to develop and go beyond, the aesthetic of minimalism. The expression is used specifically in relation to music and the visual arts, but can…
Romantic music is a period of Western classical music that began in the late 18th or early 19th century. It is related to Romanticism, the European artistic and literary movement that arose in the second half of the 18th century, and Romantic music in particular dominated the Romantic movement in…
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Shells, Corals, Butterflies, Brazil National Museum (Digital Restoration)
The exhibition “Shells, corals, butterflies”, with a space of 350 square meters, about 2 thousand invertebrates. The revitalization project of the exhibition aimed to preserve and disseminate the collections and processes linked to recent research in the areas of Entomology (science that studies insects) and Invertebrates, highlighting the most relevant…
Read moreNewa architecture
Newa architecture is an indigenous style of architecture used by the Newari people in the Kathmandu valley in Nepal. It is a style used in buildings ranging from stupas and chaitya monastery buildings to courtyard structures and distinctive houses. The style is marked by striking brick work and a unique…
Read moreVitruvian module
A module (Latin modulus, a measure) is a term that was in use among Roman architects, corresponding to the semidiameter of the column at its base. The term was first set forth by Vitruvius (book iv.3), and was employed by architects in the Italian Renaissance to determine the relative proportions…
Read moreConstructivist architecture
Constructivist architecture was a form of Modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. It combined advanced technology and engineering with an avowedly Communist social purpose. Although it was divided into several competing factions, the movement produced many pioneering projects and finished buildings, before…
Read moreSwiss chalet style
Swiss chalet style (German: Schweizerstil, Norwegian: Sveitserstil) is an architectural style of Late Historicism, originally inspired by rural chalets in Switzerland and the Alpine (mountainous) regions of Central Europe. The style refers to traditional building designs characterised by widely projecting roofs and facades richly decorated with wooden balconies and carved…
Read moreNumismatic Collection, National Art Museum of Catalonia
The Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia, created in 1932, has a collection of over 134,000 copies. The fund is the result of a long process of acquisition, donation, legacy or deposit, which began in the first half of the nineteenth century and still continues. The coin collection consists of nearly 100,000…
Read moreSydney tourism with children
Sydney, the largest city in Australia, has much to offer families with children. Sydney is the Harbour City. It is the largest, oldest and most cosmopolitan city in Australia with an enviable reputation as one of the world’s most beautiful and liveable cities. Brimming with history, nature, culture, art, fashion,…
Read moreFort Saint Elmo, Valletta, Malta
Fort Saint Elmo (Maltese: Forti Sant’Iermu) is a star fort in Valletta, Malta. It stands on the seaward shore of the Sciberras Peninsula that divides Marsamxett Harbour from Grand Harbour, and commands the entrances to both harbours along with Fort Tigné and Fort Ricasoli. It is best known for its…
Read moreSketch Drawing
A sketch (drawing) is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not usually intended as a finished work. A sketch may serve a number of purposes: it might record something that the artist sees, it might record or develop an idea for later use or it might be used as…
Read moreChâteau de Talcy, France
The Château de Talcy is a historical building in Talcy, Loir-et-Cher, France. It lies to the north of the Loire River, in the Loire Valley, known for its 16th-century châteaux. From a fortification in existence in the 13th Century additional wings were added in the 1620s. Modernised in the 18th…
Read moreTelesis
Telesis or “planned progress” was a concept and neologism coined by the American sociologist Lester Frank Ward (often referred to as the “father of American sociology”), in the late 19th century to describe directed social advancement via education and the scientific method. The term has since been adopted as the…
Read moreWedding-cake style
In architecture, a “wedding-cake style” is an informal reference to buildings with many distinct tiers, each set back from the one below, resulting in a shape like a wedding cake, and may also apply to buildings that are richly ornamented, as if made in sugar icing. In Italy, the Monument…
Read moreYouth Curator Program 2018, Power Station of Art
The Youth Curator Program, founded in 2014, is the annual academic project of the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, which aims to explore the significance of the exhibition today and the new possibilities for curating. The 5th “Qing Ce Plan” in 2018 received a total of 61 effective programs during…
Read moreLook back of 2021 Christmas season in Paris
Every year when Paris enters the Christmas season, the whole city is filled with the Christmas atmosphere. Countless Christmas decorations cover the City of Light, especially in some famous spots. During this period, more than ten Christmas markets will appear in the city, selling Christmas-themed or special items. At the…
Read moreInfluences of Art Deco
Art Deco, sometimes referred to as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I. Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, cars, movie theatres, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects such as radios and vacuum…
Read moreArchitecture of Iran
Iranian architecture or Persian architecture (Persian:مهرازى ایرانی) is the architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Its history dates back to at least 5,000 BC with characteristic examples distributed over a vast area from Turkey and Iraq to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan,…
Read moreAdobe RGB color space
The Adobe RGB (1998) color space is an RGB color space developed by Adobe Systems, Inc. in 1998. It was designed to encompass most of the colors achievable on CMYK color printers, but by using RGB primary colors on a device such as a computer display. The Adobe RGB (1998)…
Read moreList of street food
Colourful and diverse, street food is one of those travel experiences one can find in cities and towns all around the world. It’s generally convenient and cheap, but its appeal goes far beyond that. Street food can be simple yet utterly delicious, and it’s often a great way to sample…
Read moreArchiMate
ArchiMate (originally from Architecture-Animate) is an open and independent enterprise architecture modeling language to support the description, analysis and visualization of architecture within and across business domains in an unambiguous way. ArchiMate is a technical standard from The Open Group and is based on the concepts of the IEEE 1471…
Read moreTolkien tourism
Tolkien tourism is a phenomenon of fans of The Lord of the Rings fictional universe travelling to sites of film- and book-related significance. It is especially notable in New Zealand, site of the movie trilogy by Peter Jackson, where it is credited as having raised the annual tourism numbers. Origins…
Read moreRafting
Rafting and white water rafting are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water. This is often done on whitewater or different degrees of rough water. Dealing with risk and the need for teamwork is often a part of the experience.…
Read morePaleoart
Paleoart (also spelled palaeoart, paleo-art, or paleo art) is any original artistic work that attempts to reconstruct or depict prehistoric life according to the current knowledge and scientific evidence at the moment of creating the artwork. The term paleoart was introduced in the late 1980s by Mark Hallett for art…
Read morePostminimalism
Postminimalism is an art term coined (as post-minimalism) by Robert Pincus-Witten in 1971 used in various artistic fields for work which is influenced by, or attempts to develop and go beyond, the aesthetic of minimalism. The expression is used specifically in relation to music and the visual arts, but can…
Read moreRomantic music
Romantic music is a period of Western classical music that began in the late 18th or early 19th century. It is related to Romanticism, the European artistic and literary movement that arose in the second half of the 18th century, and Romantic music in particular dominated the Romantic movement in…
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