Modern architecture or modernist architecture is a term applied to a group of styles of architecture which emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II. It was based upon new technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel and reinforced concrete;…
Die Brücke (The Bridge) was a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905. Die Brücke is now considered an important representative of Expressionism and a pioneer of classical modernism. Founding members were Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Later members were Emil Nolde,…
The Panthéon is a monument in the Latin Quarter of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, atop the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the centre of the Place du Panthéon, which was named after it. It was conceived by Louis XV as a grand neo-classical church honouring St. Geneviève, the…
First class is a travel class on some passenger airliners intended to be more luxurious than business class, premium economy, and economy class. On a passenger jetliner, first class usually refers to a limited number (rarely more than 20) of seats or cabins toward the front of the aircraft which…
Zojoji is a Buddhist temple of the Jodo sect located at 4-chome, Shiba Park, Minato-ku, Tokyo. The mountain is Sanenzan. It is called Sanenzan Kodo-in Temple Zojoji. Zojoji is famous for his relationship with Tokugawa, the ruler of Japan during the Edo period, and six of Tokugawa Shoguns are buried…
The Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville, renamed Le BHV Marais in 2013, is a multi-specialty department store on rue de Rivoli in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, facing the Hôtel de Ville. Located in the heart of the historic Marais district, Le BHV Marais remains the emblematic store. Le BHV…
Punk visual art is artwork associated with the punk subculture. It often graces punk rock album covers, flyers for punk concerts, punk zines and punk websites. It is also sometimes showcased in art galleries and exhibition spaces. The main aesthetic of punk visual art seems to be to either shock,…
The decoration of the Igreja de São Roque is the result of several phases of activity throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, reflecting the ideals of either the Society of Jesus or, as in the case of the chapels, the respective brotherhoods or confraternities. It was born of the Catholic…
First class is a travel class on some passenger airliners intended to be more luxurious than business class, premium economy, and economy class. On a passenger jetliner, first class usually refers to a limited number (rarely more than 20) of seats or cabins toward the front of the aircraft which…
Beaux-Arts architecture was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century. It drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism, but also incorporated Gothic, and Renaissance elements, and used modern materials, such as iron and glass.…
Menton is “The Lemon Festival Capital of the World”. Located in Alpes-Maritimes, France, but next to the border of Italy, it is in many ways more Italian than French. It has its own microclimate, generally milder than the rest of the French Riviera, and became in the late nineteenth century…
The Smithsonian Institution Building, located near the National Mall in Washington, DC behind the National Museum of African Art and the Sackler Gallery, houses the Smithsonian Institution’s administrative offices and information center The building is constructed of Seneca red sandstone in the faux Norman style (a 12th-century combination of late…
China Guzhen International Lighting Fair is based on the Guzhen of “China’s Lighting Capital”, based on the source of the industry, backed by the Guzhen’s over 100 billion lighting production and trade industrial cluster, integrating the superior resources of the lighting industry, and adopting the innovation of exhibition and store…
An illustrative exhibit on the first practicing lady doctor of India Dr. Rakhmabai Bhikaji was a pioneer in the field of medicine and women’s rights in the 19th century. Her efforts to be granted the right to choose was instrumental in raising the age of consent for women in 1891.…
MoMu (Mode Museum) is the fashion museum of the Province of Antwerp, Belgium. Founded on 21 September 2002, the museum collects, conserves, studies and exhibits Belgian fashion. The museum is specifically focusing on Belgian contemporary fashion designers due to the arisen of a group of Antwerp-trained fashion designers during the…
Yangzhou Museum (Chinese: 扬州博物馆) is the biggest museum in Yangzhou, an ancient city in Jiangsu Province of China It is located in front of the Mingyue Lake (“Bright Moon Lake”) on Yangzhou’ West Wenchang Road, about 4 km west of downtown Yangzhou and Slender West Lake Yangzhou Museum is housed…
Neoclassicism is a movement in architecture, design and the arts which was dominant in France between about 1760 to 1830. It emerged as a reaction to the frivolity and excessive ornament of the baroque and rococo styles. In architecture it featured sobriety, straight lines, and forms, such as the pediment…
Interest in the Architecture of Las Vegas began in the late 1960s, when in 1967 architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown travelled to the city accompanied by students in order to study its architecture. They wrote, with Steven Izenour, a report in 1972 on the subject entitled Learning From…
The Museum of Prints and Drawings (Kupferstichkabinett) is a prints museum in Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Berlin State Museums, and is located in the Kulturforum on Potsdamer Platz. It is the largest museum of graphic arts in Germany and also one of the four most important collections…
A pilgrimage church (German: Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims. Pilgrimage churches are often located by the graves of saints, or hold portraits to which miraculous properties are…
The Jewish Museum in Prague (Czech: Židovské muzeum v Praze) is a museum of Jewish heritage in the Czech Republic. The Jewish Museum in Prague is one of the oldest and continually existing Jewish museums in the world. Its collection of Judaica is one of the largest in the world,…
The BMA has one of the best collections of American art in the world, with works spanning from the colonial era to the late 20th century. The exhibit contains paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts. The museum has several works of art from the Baltimore area, including portraiture by Charles Willson…
Active design is a set of building and planning principles that promote physical activity. Active design in a building, landscape or city design integrates physical activity into the occupants’ everyday routines, such as walking to the store or making a photocopy. Active design involves urban planners, architects, transportation engineers, public…
Heliopolis style is an early 20th-century architectural style developed in the new suburb of Heliopolis in eastern Cairo, Egypt. The Belgian Cairo Electric Railways and Heliopolis Oases Company, responsible for planning and developing the new suburb, created the new style to implement an exclusive distinctiveness to the design of its…
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Pre-war modern architecture
Modern architecture or modernist architecture is a term applied to a group of styles of architecture which emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II. It was based upon new technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel and reinforced concrete;…
Read moreDie Brücke
Die Brücke (The Bridge) was a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905. Die Brücke is now considered an important representative of Expressionism and a pioneer of classical modernism. Founding members were Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Later members were Emil Nolde,…
Read moreGuide Tour of Panthéon, Paris, France
The Panthéon is a monument in the Latin Quarter of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, atop the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the centre of the Place du Panthéon, which was named after it. It was conceived by Louis XV as a grand neo-classical church honouring St. Geneviève, the…
Read moreFirst class in aviation
First class is a travel class on some passenger airliners intended to be more luxurious than business class, premium economy, and economy class. On a passenger jetliner, first class usually refers to a limited number (rarely more than 20) of seats or cabins toward the front of the aircraft which…
Read moreZojoji, Tokyo, Japan
Zojoji is a Buddhist temple of the Jodo sect located at 4-chome, Shiba Park, Minato-ku, Tokyo. The mountain is Sanenzan. It is called Sanenzan Kodo-in Temple Zojoji. Zojoji is famous for his relationship with Tokugawa, the ruler of Japan during the Edo period, and six of Tokugawa Shoguns are buried…
Read moreGuide Tour of Le BHV Marais, Paris, France
The Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville, renamed Le BHV Marais in 2013, is a multi-specialty department store on rue de Rivoli in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, facing the Hôtel de Ville. Located in the heart of the historic Marais district, Le BHV Marais remains the emblematic store. Le BHV…
Read morePunk visual art
Punk visual art is artwork associated with the punk subculture. It often graces punk rock album covers, flyers for punk concerts, punk zines and punk websites. It is also sometimes showcased in art galleries and exhibition spaces. The main aesthetic of punk visual art seems to be to either shock,…
Read moreGeneral Decoration, Church of Saint Roch in Lisbon
The decoration of the Igreja de São Roque is the result of several phases of activity throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, reflecting the ideals of either the Society of Jesus or, as in the case of the chapels, the respective brotherhoods or confraternities. It was born of the Catholic…
Read moreFirst class in aviation
First class is a travel class on some passenger airliners intended to be more luxurious than business class, premium economy, and economy class. On a passenger jetliner, first class usually refers to a limited number (rarely more than 20) of seats or cabins toward the front of the aircraft which…
Read moreBeaux-Arts architecture
Beaux-Arts architecture was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century. It drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism, but also incorporated Gothic, and Renaissance elements, and used modern materials, such as iron and glass.…
Read moreTravel Guide of Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Menton is “The Lemon Festival Capital of the World”. Located in Alpes-Maritimes, France, but next to the border of Italy, it is in many ways more Italian than French. It has its own microclimate, generally milder than the rest of the French Riviera, and became in the late nineteenth century…
Read moreSmithsonian Institution Building, The Castle, Washington, DC, United States
The Smithsonian Institution Building, located near the National Mall in Washington, DC behind the National Museum of African Art and the Sackler Gallery, houses the Smithsonian Institution’s administrative offices and information center The building is constructed of Seneca red sandstone in the faux Norman style (a 12th-century combination of late…
Read more2018 China Guzhen International Lighting Fair, Zhongshan, China
China Guzhen International Lighting Fair is based on the Guzhen of “China’s Lighting Capital”, based on the source of the industry, backed by the Guzhen’s over 100 billion lighting production and trade industrial cluster, integrating the superior resources of the lighting industry, and adopting the innovation of exhibition and store…
Read moreDr. Rakhmabai, the first practicing lady doctor of India, Zubaan
An illustrative exhibit on the first practicing lady doctor of India Dr. Rakhmabai Bhikaji was a pioneer in the field of medicine and women’s rights in the 19th century. Her efforts to be granted the right to choose was instrumental in raising the age of consent for women in 1891.…
Read moreFashion Museum Antwerp, Belgium
MoMu (Mode Museum) is the fashion museum of the Province of Antwerp, Belgium. Founded on 21 September 2002, the museum collects, conserves, studies and exhibits Belgian fashion. The museum is specifically focusing on Belgian contemporary fashion designers due to the arisen of a group of Antwerp-trained fashion designers during the…
Read moreYangzhou Museum, China
Yangzhou Museum (Chinese: 扬州博物馆) is the biggest museum in Yangzhou, an ancient city in Jiangsu Province of China It is located in front of the Mingyue Lake (“Bright Moon Lake”) on Yangzhou’ West Wenchang Road, about 4 km west of downtown Yangzhou and Slender West Lake Yangzhou Museum is housed…
Read moreNeoclassicism in France
Neoclassicism is a movement in architecture, design and the arts which was dominant in France between about 1760 to 1830. It emerged as a reaction to the frivolity and excessive ornament of the baroque and rococo styles. In architecture it featured sobriety, straight lines, and forms, such as the pediment…
Read moreArchitecture of Las Vegas
Interest in the Architecture of Las Vegas began in the late 1960s, when in 1967 architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown travelled to the city accompanied by students in order to study its architecture. They wrote, with Steven Izenour, a report in 1972 on the subject entitled Learning From…
Read moreMuseum of Prints and Drawings, Berlin, Germany
The Museum of Prints and Drawings (Kupferstichkabinett) is a prints museum in Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Berlin State Museums, and is located in the Kulturforum on Potsdamer Platz. It is the largest museum of graphic arts in Germany and also one of the four most important collections…
Read morePilgrimage church
A pilgrimage church (German: Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims. Pilgrimage churches are often located by the graves of saints, or hold portraits to which miraculous properties are…
Read moreJewish Museum in Prague, Czech Republic
The Jewish Museum in Prague (Czech: Židovské muzeum v Praze) is a museum of Jewish heritage in the Czech Republic. The Jewish Museum in Prague is one of the oldest and continually existing Jewish museums in the world. Its collection of Judaica is one of the largest in the world,…
Read moreAmerican Art, Baltimore Museum of Art
The BMA has one of the best collections of American art in the world, with works spanning from the colonial era to the late 20th century. The exhibit contains paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts. The museum has several works of art from the Baltimore area, including portraiture by Charles Willson…
Read moreActive Design
Active design is a set of building and planning principles that promote physical activity. Active design in a building, landscape or city design integrates physical activity into the occupants’ everyday routines, such as walking to the store or making a photocopy. Active design involves urban planners, architects, transportation engineers, public…
Read moreHeliopolis style
Heliopolis style is an early 20th-century architectural style developed in the new suburb of Heliopolis in eastern Cairo, Egypt. The Belgian Cairo Electric Railways and Heliopolis Oases Company, responsible for planning and developing the new suburb, created the new style to implement an exclusive distinctiveness to the design of its…
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