In colorimetry and color theory, lightness, also known as value or tone, is a representation of variation in the perception of a color or color space’s brightness. It is one of the color appearance parameters of any color appearance model. Various color models have an explicit term for this property.…
Joseph von Führich, also known as Josef Ritter von Führich (February 9, 1800 – March 13, 1876), was a Bohemian-Austrian painter of religious themes (Nazarenes) and historians., belonging to the movement of the Nazarenes. Führich has been described as a Nazarene, a religious artist who helped to restore the ancient…
A design pattern is the re-usable form of a solution to a design problem. The idea was introduced by the architect Christopher Alexander and has been adapted for various other disciplines, most notably computer science. Software design patterns Software design patterns are proposals for general solutions that have been developed…
Le Rouret is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Le Rouret is an example of a typical Provençal village undergoing modern development: evidence of its agricultural present and past remains clear despite increased tourism, cultural activities and housing developments. Le Rouret is…
Cardinal is a vivid red, which may get its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals (although the color worn by cardinals is scarlet). Color coordinates Hex triplet #C41E3A RGB (r, g, b) (196, 30, 58) CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 85, 70, 23) HSV (h, s, v)…
A nomad (people without fixed habitation) is a member of a community of people without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from the same areas, including nomadic hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), and tinker or trader nomads. As of 1995, there were an estimated 30–40 million nomads in the…
In populated areas, travellers risk becoming the victim of property crimes, including pickpocketing and various common scams. Much as famished natives spotting a herd of stampeding buffalo on the North American plains in the 1800s would identify the hides as valuable for tentmaking, the meat as a tasty meal and…
Jean Fautrier (born on 16 May 1898 in Paris 8th and died on 21 July 1964 in Châtenay-Malabry) was a French painter, illustrator, printmaker, and sculptor. He was one of the most important practitioners of Tachisme. Jean Fautrier is, along with Jean Dubuffet, the most important representative of the current…
The tragedy of the commons is a term used in social science to describe a situation in a shared-resource system where individual users acting independently according to their own self-interest behave contrary to the common good of all users by depleting or spoiling that resource through their collective action. The…
Ecological art is an art genre and artistic practice that seeks to preserve, remediate and/or vitalize the life forms, resources and ecology of Earth, by applying the principles of ecosystems to living species and their habitats throughout the lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere, including wilderness, rural, suburban and urban locations.…
Anti-monumentalism (or Counter-monumentalism) is a philosophy in art that denies the presence of any imposing, authoritative social force in public spaces. It developed as an opposition to monumentalism whereby authorities (usually the state or dictator) establish monuments in public spaces to symbolize themselves or their ideology, and influence the historical…
The Chinese gallery now houses works of art from ancient China, dating from 3000 BC to c.900 BC, with Neolithic ceramics, sacred bronzes, and lacquered and terracotta ware that include over two hundred examples of burial art works from the Han and Tang periods. In the Chinese collection it can…
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Lightness
In colorimetry and color theory, lightness, also known as value or tone, is a representation of variation in the perception of a color or color space’s brightness. It is one of the color appearance parameters of any color appearance model. Various color models have an explicit term for this property.…
Read moreJoseph von Führich
Joseph von Führich, also known as Josef Ritter von Führich (February 9, 1800 – March 13, 1876), was a Bohemian-Austrian painter of religious themes (Nazarenes) and historians., belonging to the movement of the Nazarenes. Führich has been described as a Nazarene, a religious artist who helped to restore the ancient…
Read moreDesign pattern
A design pattern is the re-usable form of a solution to a design problem. The idea was introduced by the architect Christopher Alexander and has been adapted for various other disciplines, most notably computer science. Software design patterns Software design patterns are proposals for general solutions that have been developed…
Read moreLe Rouret, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Le Rouret is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Le Rouret is an example of a typical Provençal village undergoing modern development: evidence of its agricultural present and past remains clear despite increased tourism, cultural activities and housing developments. Le Rouret is…
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Cardinal is a vivid red, which may get its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals (although the color worn by cardinals is scarlet). Color coordinates Hex triplet #C41E3A RGB (r, g, b) (196, 30, 58) CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 85, 70, 23) HSV (h, s, v)…
Read moreNomad
A nomad (people without fixed habitation) is a member of a community of people without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from the same areas, including nomadic hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), and tinker or trader nomads. As of 1995, there were an estimated 30–40 million nomads in the…
Read moreGuidelines for preventing thieves in travel
In populated areas, travellers risk becoming the victim of property crimes, including pickpocketing and various common scams. Much as famished natives spotting a herd of stampeding buffalo on the North American plains in the 1800s would identify the hides as valuable for tentmaking, the meat as a tasty meal and…
Read moreJean Fautrier
Jean Fautrier (born on 16 May 1898 in Paris 8th and died on 21 July 1964 in Châtenay-Malabry) was a French painter, illustrator, printmaker, and sculptor. He was one of the most important practitioners of Tachisme. Jean Fautrier is, along with Jean Dubuffet, the most important representative of the current…
Read moreTragedy of the commons
The tragedy of the commons is a term used in social science to describe a situation in a shared-resource system where individual users acting independently according to their own self-interest behave contrary to the common good of all users by depleting or spoiling that resource through their collective action. The…
Read moreEcological art
Ecological art is an art genre and artistic practice that seeks to preserve, remediate and/or vitalize the life forms, resources and ecology of Earth, by applying the principles of ecosystems to living species and their habitats throughout the lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere, including wilderness, rural, suburban and urban locations.…
Read moreAnti-monumentalism
Anti-monumentalism (or Counter-monumentalism) is a philosophy in art that denies the presence of any imposing, authoritative social force in public spaces. It developed as an opposition to monumentalism whereby authorities (usually the state or dictator) establish monuments in public spaces to symbolize themselves or their ideology, and influence the historical…
Read moreChinese gallery, Oriental Art Museum in Turin
The Chinese gallery now houses works of art from ancient China, dating from 3000 BC to c.900 BC, with Neolithic ceramics, sacred bronzes, and lacquered and terracotta ware that include over two hundred examples of burial art works from the Han and Tang periods. In the Chinese collection it can…
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