Virginia Museum of Fine Arts houses one of the most significant public collections of decorative arts in the French Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles, spanning the years 1895 through 1935. Highlights include lamps by Louis Comfort Tiffany, American and British Arts and Crafts objects by major architects and designers,…
Thanjavur painting is a classical South Indian painting style, which was inaugurated from the town of Thanjavur (anglicized as Tanjore) and spread across the adjoining and geographically contiguous Tamil country. The art form draws its immediate resources and inspiration from way back about 1600 AD, a period when the Nayakas…
Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey is a designated World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire, England. The site, which has an area of 323 hectares (800 acres) features an 18th-century landscaped garden, some of the largest Cistercian ruins in Europe, a Jacobean mansion and a Victorian church…
Design concept related to the theme of Busan Biennale 2016; Hybridizing Earth, Discussing Multitude, is derived from ‘annual ring’ found on stem or root of trees. Annual ring has different shape depending on rate of growth, but eventually has one line in common like cultural development. Various cultures are developed…
Indies Empire style (Dutch: Indische Empire stijl) is an architectural style that flourished in the colonial Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) between the middle of the 18th century and the end of the 19th century. The style is an imitation of neoclassical Empire Style which was popular in mid-19th-century France.…
Bristol Byzantine is a variety of Byzantine Revival architecture that was popular in the city of Bristol from about 1850 to 1880. Many buildings in the style have been destroyed or demolished, but notable surviving examples include the Colston Hall, the Granary on Welsh Back, the Carriage Works, on Stokes…
Ernst Ferdinand Oehme (Apr 23, 1797 – Apr 10, 1855 in Dresden) was a German Romantic painter and illustrator who specialized in moody landscapes with architectural elements. He originally attended the Friedrichstadt teacher training college and worked as an assistant to a “Torschreiber” (a combination gate keeper and tax collector).…
Sculpture Park La Palomba, located beside the SS7 highway in the Basilicata region in the South of Italy, abstract sculptures occupy a site on the ancient archeological grounds in Matera. Known as “La Palomba” Sculpture Park, the public garden sprawls over six hectares of an obsolete tufa stone quarry typical…
The Architecture of Uttar Pradesh is renowned for its variety of various religious monuments. The architecture of Uttar Pradesh is mainly developed by Islamic Architecture. It includes palaces, fortresses, buildings and various mausoleums. After falling under Muslim rule in the 12th century, many Hindu temples were destroyed and their mosques…
Malijai is a French commune, located in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. Farmers in the town are engaged in mixed farming or raising sheep. The cultivation of the olive tree has been practiced in the town for centuries, while being limited to certain slopes. An aggregates…
Art Cologne brings together 200 leading international galleries from over 20 countries presenting a broad offering of modern and contemporary works in all price segments and movements by more than 2,000 artists. ART COLOGNE presents art lovers and collectors with the most varied offering segments, including the GALLERIES section with…
Reenactment is an activity where people recreate or commemorate historical epochs and events through dramatization, costumes, props, staging, and/or authentic environments. Live-action roleplaying, shortened LARP, can have contemporary or fictional settings, but is often based on historical periods. Here people are improvising and immersing in their role, rather than playing…
An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video games and films. Depending on the purpose, illustration may be expressive, stylised, realistic or highly technical. Technical and scientific…
New possibilities opened up by the concept of four-dimensional space (and difficulties involved in trying to visualize it) helped inspire many modern artists in the first half of the twentieth century. Early Cubists, Surrealists, Futurists, and abstract artists took ideas from higher-dimensional mathematics and used them to radically advance their…
Many of Mexico’s older architectural structures, including entire sections of Pre-Hispanic and colonial cities, have been designated World Heritage sites for their historical and artistic significance. The country has the largest number of sites declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in the Americas. Prehispanic Period Important archaeological finds of the…
A religious image is a work of visual art that is representational and has a religious purpose, subject or connection. All major historical religions have made some use of religious images, although their use is strictly controlled and often controversial in many religions, especially Abrahamic ones. General terms associated with…
The 45th Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair, together with Hong Kong Baby Products Fair and the Hong Kong International Stationery Fair, held together from January 6 to 9. The four fairs will create abundant crossover business opportunities among participants from various sectors. The show featuring close to 3,000 global…
Color blindness, also known as color vision deficiency, is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color. Color blindness can make some educational activities difficult. Buying fruit, picking clothing, and reading traffic lights can be more challenging, for example. Problems, however, are generally minor and most people adapt.…
Altermodern, a portmanteau word defined by Nicolas Bourriaud, is an attempt at contextualizing art made in today’s global context as a reaction against standardisation and commercialism. It is also the title of the Tate Britain’s fourth Triennial exhibition curated by Bourriaud. Background Altermodern became one more step in overcoming postmodernism,…
Public interest design is a human-centered and participatory design practice that places emphasis on the “triple bottom line” of sustainable design that includes ecological, economic, and social issues and on designing products, structures, and systems that address issues such as economic development and the preservation of the environment. Starting in…
Östermalm is a district area in Stockholm’s inner city with 70,779 inhabitants (2014). It includes the districts of Östermalm (except for a smaller part at Roslagstull), Hjorthagen, Gärdet, Djurgården and Norra Djurgården. Östermalm’s district area with associated district committee and district administration was established in connection with the district reform…
There are many infectious diseases that can pose a hazard to travellers who may not be familiar with them and their risks, because they are rare or absent in their home countries. This article is a basic introduction to some of these hazards of travel, how to avoid them, and…
Taltabull (Barcelona, 1888-1964), pianist, composer, arranger, orchestrator, director, critic and musical educator, is a leading figure in the Catalan music school – and in particular in the field of composition – in a few moments as gray and difficult as those after the Spanish Civil War. He is a teacher…
A semiconductor material has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, like copper, gold, etc. and an insulator, such as glass. Their resistance decreases as their temperature increases, which is behaviour opposite to that of a metal. Their conducting properties may be altered in useful ways by…
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Art Nouveau & Art Deco, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts houses one of the most significant public collections of decorative arts in the French Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles, spanning the years 1895 through 1935. Highlights include lamps by Louis Comfort Tiffany, American and British Arts and Crafts objects by major architects and designers,…
Read moreThanjavur painting
Thanjavur painting is a classical South Indian painting style, which was inaugurated from the town of Thanjavur (anglicized as Tanjore) and spread across the adjoining and geographically contiguous Tamil country. The art form draws its immediate resources and inspiration from way back about 1600 AD, a period when the Nayakas…
Read moreStudley Royal Park, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey is a designated World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire, England. The site, which has an area of 323 hectares (800 acres) features an 18th-century landscaped garden, some of the largest Cistercian ruins in Europe, a Jacobean mansion and a Victorian church…
Read moreBusan Biennale 2016, Project 2, Hybridizing Earth, Discussing Multitude
Design concept related to the theme of Busan Biennale 2016; Hybridizing Earth, Discussing Multitude, is derived from ‘annual ring’ found on stem or root of trees. Annual ring has different shape depending on rate of growth, but eventually has one line in common like cultural development. Various cultures are developed…
Read moreIndies Empire style
Indies Empire style (Dutch: Indische Empire stijl) is an architectural style that flourished in the colonial Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) between the middle of the 18th century and the end of the 19th century. The style is an imitation of neoclassical Empire Style which was popular in mid-19th-century France.…
Read moreBristol Byzantine
Bristol Byzantine is a variety of Byzantine Revival architecture that was popular in the city of Bristol from about 1850 to 1880. Many buildings in the style have been destroyed or demolished, but notable surviving examples include the Colston Hall, the Granary on Welsh Back, the Carriage Works, on Stokes…
Read moreErnst Ferdinand Oehme
Ernst Ferdinand Oehme (Apr 23, 1797 – Apr 10, 1855 in Dresden) was a German Romantic painter and illustrator who specialized in moody landscapes with architectural elements. He originally attended the Friedrichstadt teacher training college and worked as an assistant to a “Torschreiber” (a combination gate keeper and tax collector).…
Read moreSculpture Park La Palomba, Matera, Italy
Sculpture Park La Palomba, located beside the SS7 highway in the Basilicata region in the South of Italy, abstract sculptures occupy a site on the ancient archeological grounds in Matera. Known as “La Palomba” Sculpture Park, the public garden sprawls over six hectares of an obsolete tufa stone quarry typical…
Read moreArchitecture of Uttar Pradesh
The Architecture of Uttar Pradesh is renowned for its variety of various religious monuments. The architecture of Uttar Pradesh is mainly developed by Islamic Architecture. It includes palaces, fortresses, buildings and various mausoleums. After falling under Muslim rule in the 12th century, many Hindu temples were destroyed and their mosques…
Read moreMalijai, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
Malijai is a French commune, located in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. Farmers in the town are engaged in mixed farming or raising sheep. The cultivation of the olive tree has been practiced in the town for centuries, while being limited to certain slopes. An aggregates…
Read moreReview of Art Cologne 2016-2017
Art Cologne brings together 200 leading international galleries from over 20 countries presenting a broad offering of modern and contemporary works in all price segments and movements by more than 2,000 artists. ART COLOGNE presents art lovers and collectors with the most varied offering segments, including the GALLERIES section with…
Read moreHistorical reenactment and Live-action roleplaying game in Travel
Reenactment is an activity where people recreate or commemorate historical epochs and events through dramatization, costumes, props, staging, and/or authentic environments. Live-action roleplaying, shortened LARP, can have contemporary or fictional settings, but is often based on historical periods. Here people are improvising and immersing in their role, rather than playing…
Read moreIllustration
An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video games and films. Depending on the purpose, illustration may be expressive, stylised, realistic or highly technical. Technical and scientific…
Read moreFourth dimension in art
New possibilities opened up by the concept of four-dimensional space (and difficulties involved in trying to visualize it) helped inspire many modern artists in the first half of the twentieth century. Early Cubists, Surrealists, Futurists, and abstract artists took ideas from higher-dimensional mathematics and used them to radically advance their…
Read moreArchitecture of Mexico
Many of Mexico’s older architectural structures, including entire sections of Pre-Hispanic and colonial cities, have been designated World Heritage sites for their historical and artistic significance. The country has the largest number of sites declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in the Americas. Prehispanic Period Important archaeological finds of the…
Read moreReligious image
A religious image is a work of visual art that is representational and has a religious purpose, subject or connection. All major historical religions have made some use of religious images, although their use is strictly controlled and often controversial in many religions, especially Abrahamic ones. General terms associated with…
Read moreReview of Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair 2019, China
The 45th Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair, together with Hong Kong Baby Products Fair and the Hong Kong International Stationery Fair, held together from January 6 to 9. The four fairs will create abundant crossover business opportunities among participants from various sectors. The show featuring close to 3,000 global…
Read moreColor blindness
Color blindness, also known as color vision deficiency, is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color. Color blindness can make some educational activities difficult. Buying fruit, picking clothing, and reading traffic lights can be more challenging, for example. Problems, however, are generally minor and most people adapt.…
Read moreAltermodern
Altermodern, a portmanteau word defined by Nicolas Bourriaud, is an attempt at contextualizing art made in today’s global context as a reaction against standardisation and commercialism. It is also the title of the Tate Britain’s fourth Triennial exhibition curated by Bourriaud. Background Altermodern became one more step in overcoming postmodernism,…
Read morePublic interest design
Public interest design is a human-centered and participatory design practice that places emphasis on the “triple bottom line” of sustainable design that includes ecological, economic, and social issues and on designing products, structures, and systems that address issues such as economic development and the preservation of the environment. Starting in…
Read moreÖstermalm’s district area, Stockholm, Sweden
Östermalm is a district area in Stockholm’s inner city with 70,779 inhabitants (2014). It includes the districts of Östermalm (except for a smaller part at Roslagstull), Hjorthagen, Gärdet, Djurgården and Norra Djurgården. Östermalm’s district area with associated district committee and district administration was established in connection with the district reform…
Read moreInfectious diseases in travel
There are many infectious diseases that can pose a hazard to travellers who may not be familiar with them and their risks, because they are rare or absent in their home countries. This article is a basic introduction to some of these hazards of travel, how to avoid them, and…
Read moreCristòfor Taltabull and the four elements, Library of Catalonia
Taltabull (Barcelona, 1888-1964), pianist, composer, arranger, orchestrator, director, critic and musical educator, is a leading figure in the Catalan music school – and in particular in the field of composition – in a few moments as gray and difficult as those after the Spanish Civil War. He is a teacher…
Read moreSemiconductor
A semiconductor material has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, like copper, gold, etc. and an insulator, such as glass. Their resistance decreases as their temperature increases, which is behaviour opposite to that of a metal. Their conducting properties may be altered in useful ways by…
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