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Monolithic dome

A monolithic dome (from Greek mono- and -lithic, meaning “one stone”) is a structure cast in a one-piece form. The form may be permanent or temporary and may or may not remain part of the finished structure. Monolithic domes are a form of monolithic architecture. History The igloo may be…

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Sagrario Church, Seville Cathedral

The Tabernacle of the Cathedral of Seville, is a religious temple of baroque style and Catholic worship that is located on Avenida de la Constitución. It is integrated into the large block formed by the Cathedral, whose parish services it administers, the Patio de los Naranjos and other annexed buildings.…

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Knives and Sword, China Sword and Scissors Museum

Knives are one of the oldest tools of mankind. For humans without carapace, claws and sharp tips, to survive in the jungle world of the jungle, the knife is their most important helper. The acquisition of food, the manufacture of utensils, and the maintenance of life are all inseparable from…

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EMESU

EMESU from Filipino Street Art Project, Metro Manila, Philippines The Filipino Street Art Project is a transmedia undertaking that celebrates the power of street art to communicate, empower, and encourage discussion about universal issues that affect us all.…

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São Paulo Art Biennial 2018

The São Paulo Art Biennial was founded in 1951 and has been held every two years since. It is the second oldest art biennial in the world after the Venice Biennale (in existence since 1895), which serves as its role model. Created in 1962, the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo…

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Indian Museum, Kolkata, India

The Indian Museum is the largest and oldest museum in India and has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings. It is the oldest and the largest multipurpose museum not only in the Indian subcontinent but also in the Asia-Pacific region of the world.…

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Museum of the Ara Pacis, Rome, Italy

The Ara Pacis Museum belongs to the System of Museums in the Municipality of Rome; it contains the Ara Pacis of Augustus, inaugurated on January 30, 9 BC. In 2006 it replaced the previous display case of the architect Vittorio Ballio Morpurgo, erected in the 1930s to protect the monument.…

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Review of Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris 2022, France

In conjunction with Wine Paris, Vinexpo Paris 2022 host an outstanding showcase for wine and spirits from France and various international regions. The edition of Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris 2021 has been postponed to 2022, from Monday 14th to Wednesday 16th February 2022 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles,…

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Rose color

Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel, on which it is at hue angle of 330 degrees. Color coordinates Hex triplet #FF007F RGB (r, g, b) (255, 0, 128) CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 100,…

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Travelling with high blood pressure

Every year, millions of people with high blood pressure travel for business, leisure and family functions. People with high blood pressure deal with all the issues other travelers contend with, but also others unique to their situations. In order to have as safe, comfortable and enjoyable a trip as possible,…

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Anthropocene

The anthropocene is a proposed epoch dating from the commencement of significant human impact on the Earth’s geology and ecosystems, including, but not limited to, anthropogenic climate change. As of August 2016, neither the International Commission on Stratigraphy nor the International Union of Geological Sciences has yet officially approved the…

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Romanticism in Poland

Romanticism in Poland, a literary, artistic and intellectual period in the evolution of Polish culture, began around 1820, coinciding with the publication of Adam Mickiewicz’s first poems in 1822. It ended with the suppression of the Polish-Lithuanian January 1863 Uprising against the Russian Empire in 1864. The latter event ushered…

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Aesthetic interpretation

An interpretation in philosophy of art, is an explanation of the meaning of some work of art. An aesthetic interpretation expresses a particular emotional or experiential understanding most often used in reference to a poem, or piece of literature, and may also apply to a work of visual art, or…

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National Center of Stage Costume, Moulins, France

Centre national du costume de scène (CNCS), is a French museum dedicated to stage costumes and sets. It was inaugurated on 1 July 2006 in Moulins, Allier by Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres the Minister of Culture, Pierre-André Périssol the mayor of Moulins and Christian Lacroix, dressmaker and board chairman. The…

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Hong Kong Book Fair 2019, China

The 30th Hong Kong Book Fair, as a highly regarded annual event, last from July 17-23 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) in Wan Chai. The seven-day Hong Kong Book Fair attracted close to 1 million visitors in 2019, giving members of the public the chance to…

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Portrait

A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot,…

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Abstract art

Abstract art applied in its strictest sense to forms of 20th-century Western art that reject representation and have no starting- or finishing-point in nature As distinct from processes of abstraction from nature or from objects (a recurring tendency across many cultures and periods that can be traced as far back…

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Chapel of the Holy Shroud, Royal Palace of Turin, Italy

The Chapel of the Holy Shroud or Guarini Chapel is an architectural work by the architect Guarino Guarini, built in Turin at the end of the 17th century, a masterpiece of the Italian Baroque. Above a rotunda entirely of black marble, with arches and pillars of beautiful and large proportions,…

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Impasto

Impasto is a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface in very thick layers, usually thick enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint can also be mixed right on the canvas. When dry, impasto provides texture; the paint appears to…

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Susa, Metropolitan city of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Susa is an Italian town of 6 232 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Turin in Piedmont. The city was founded at the confluence of the Dora Riparia river with the Cenischia stream in a strategic position for the control of the roads leading to the Mont Cenis and Monginevro…

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Conté Crayon

Conté Crayon, are a drawing medium composed of compressed powdered graphite or charcoal mixed with a wax or clay base, square in cross-section. Conté crayons had the advantage of being cost-effective to produce, and easy to manufacture in controlled grades of hardness. Conte’s pencil is a group of art materials…

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Postmodern picture book

Postmodern picture books are a specific genre of picture books. Characteristics of this unique type of book include non-linear narrative forms in storybooks, books that are “aware” of themselves as books and include self-referential elements, and what is known as metafiction. A classic example of this genre is David Macaulay’s…

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