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Postmodern feminism

Postmodern feminism is an approach to feminist theory that incorporates postmodern and post-structuralist theory, seeing itself as moving beyond the modernist polarities of liberal feminism and radical feminism. Feminism has been seen as having an affinity to postmodern philosophy through a shared interest in speech acts. Origins and theory Butler…

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Petite Montagne, Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

The Petite Montagne is an ancient community of communes French, located south of the department of Jura and the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Located at the foot of the Haut Jura Natural Park and near exceptional lakes, the Petite Montagne offers unspoiled nature and a variety of landscapes: lakes, waterfalls, remote, belvederes,…

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Modernism

Modernism is a philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among the factors that shaped modernism were the development of modern industrial societies and the rapid growth of cities, followed then…

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The story of scissors, China Sword and Scissors Museum

The knife is mainly used for cutting, cutting, cutting, cutting, and it is inconvenient for cutting soft things such as cotton and silk. When people use two knives to cut relative to each other in practice, scissors are produced. Unlike a knife that is unilaterally applied, a scissors is a…

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Review of Fuorisalone, Milan Design Week 2018, Italy

Fuorisalone and Milan design week takes place at venues across Milan from April 17 to 22 2018. Milan Design Week, undisputed star of one of the most important events related to the world of design and architecture at international level. The Fuorisalone animated the Milan Design Week, enhancing, once again,…

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Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Japanese: 福岡アジア美術館,FAAM) is an art museum operated by Fukuoka City on the 7th floor and the 8th floor of Hakata Ribari, Fukuoka City Fukuoka City No. 3 No. 1 Shimokawabata-cho. It opened on March 6, 1999 (Heisei 19). Due to its geographical and historical characteristics,…

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Ecovillage

An ecovillage is a traditional or intentional community with the goal of becoming more socially, culturally, economically, and ecologically sustainable. It is consciously designed through locally owned, participatory processes to regenerate and restore its social and natural environments. Most range from a population of 50 to 250 individuals, although some…

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Architecture of Lebanon

The architecture of Lebanon embodies the historical, cultural and religious influences that have shaped Lebanon’s built environment. It has been influenced by the Phoenicians, Romans, Byzantines, Umayyads, Crusaders, Mamluks, Ottomans and French. Additionally, Lebanon is home to impressive examples of modern and contemporary architecture. Architecturally notable structures in Lebanon include…

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Hong Kong CENTRESTAGE 2019 Designers’ Collection, China

CENTRESTAGE is Asia’s premier fashion event, organised annually by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), offering a promotion platform for fashion brands and designers to showcase their talent, at the same time helping to strengthen Hong Kong’s position as one of Asia’s fashion capitals. CENTRESTAGE to provide a comprehensive…

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Baroque, Neoclassicism and Romanticism (17th-19th centuries), Maricel Museum

The museum included works from the collection of Dr. Jesús Pérez-Rosales that never had been exhibited in public, acquisitions by the Sitges Heritage Association since 2012 (Ramon Casas, Miquel Utrillo, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila, Artur Carbonell i Augustí Ferrer Pino) ​​and donations from artist’s relatives (Pere Jou and Alfred Sisquella).…

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Isfahani style

The “Esfahani” or “Isfahani style” (شیوه معماری اصفهانی) is a style (sabk) of architecture when categorizing Iranian architecture development in history. Landmarks of this style span through the Safavid, Afsharid, Zand, and Qajar dynasties starting from the 16th century to the early 20th century. The Isfahani style is the last…

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Architecture of Ireland

The architecture of the Republic of Ireland is one of the most visible features in the Irish countryside – with remains from all eras since the Stone Age abounding. Ireland is famous for its ruined and intact Norman and Anglo-Irish castles, small whitewashed thatched cottages and Georgian urban buildings. What…

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Travel Guide of Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Trieste located in the northeast of Italy, is the capital of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. Trieste was once a very influential and powerful centre of politics, literature, music, art and culture under Austrian-Hungarian dominion. Beautiful and cultured, Trieste is Italy’s most cosmopolitan city. There are still echoes…

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Street poster art

Street poster art is a kind of graffiti, more specifically categorized as “street art”. Posters are usually handmade or printed graphics on thin paper. It can be understood as an art piece that is installed on the streets as opposed to in a gallery or museum, but by some it…

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Gaudenzio Ferrari

Gaudenzio Ferrari (Valduggia, between 1475 and 1480 – Milan, January 31, 1546) was a Northern Italian painter and sculptor of the Renaissance.He is a very long-awaited Gaudenzio Milanese painter, very practical and expeditious, who made many works for Milan, and especially a friar of the Passion, a beautiful Cenacle who…

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Challenges to Food security

Food security exists when all people have, at all times, the physical, social and economic opportunity to obtain sufficient, healthy and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and preferences for a healthy and active life” is the formal definition of the concept of food security by the Committee on…

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Art criticism

Art criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual art. Art critics usually criticise art in the context of aesthetics or the theory of beauty. A goal of art criticism is the pursuit of a rational basis for art appreciation but it is questionable whether such criticism can transcend prevailing…

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Northern Europe still life in seventeenth century

Prominent Academicians of the early 17th century, such as Andrea Sacchi, felt that genre and still-life painting did not carry the “gravitas” merited for painting to be considered great. An influential formulation of 1667 by André Félibien, a historiographer, architect and theoretician of French classicism became the classic statement of…

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A.C.C

A.C.C from SAM Street Art Museum, Torino, Italy Since 2012, SAM has involved more than 70 street artists (and many citizens) in a collective and self-financed action for urban regeneration of Turin former zoo (Ignazio Michelotti park) and some areas of the municipalities of Bergolo and Levice (CN)…a process of…

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Guide Tour of Main Street, U.S.A., Disneyland Paris, France

The fairytale journey of Disneyland begins at Main Street, U.S.A. Main Street, USA is the gateway to theme parks based on the concept of Disneyland. It is a street in a small American town at the beginning of the 20th century, inspired by the town of Marceline where Walt Disney…

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Feminist art

Feminist art is a category of art associated with the late 1960s and 1970s feminist movement. The goal and expectations a feminist artist tends to create, is to convey a conversation that is linked from the viewer of the work to the artist themselves. By highlighting the societal and political…

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Department of Sculptures, Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The sculpture department is one of the eight departments of the Louvre Museum. It houses one of the most important collections of sculptures in the world, and the richest collection of French works. The sculpture department houses more than 6,000 works, including the world’s largest collection of French sculpture. In…

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Twin towns cultural tourism

Sister cities or twin towns are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties. The modern concept of town twinning, conceived after the Second World War in…

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Melbourne Museum, Carlton, Australia

Museum Victoria is the largest public museums organisation in Australia. It cares for Victoria’s scientific and cultural collections and provides visitor access, activities and events at four venues: Melbourne Museum including IMAX, Immigration Museum, Scienceworks and the Royal Exhibition Building. Museums Victoria is an organisation which operates three major state-owned…

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