The cuisine of Gironès and Pla de l’Estany is about the food and drinks typical of Girona cuisine and Lake Banyoles. Until recently, these two counties formed a county, the Gironès, created in 1940. This county is therefore the result of the union of lands of the Empordà la Selva…
Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian polymath. Galileo is a central figure in the transition from natural philosophy to modern science and in the transformation of the scientific Renaissance into a scientific revolution. Galileo studied speed and velocity, gravity and free fall, the principle…
The 56th International Art Exhibition entitled All the World’s Futures, organized by la Biennale di Venezia 2015 at the Giardini della Biennale and at the Arsenale. 89 National Participations will be exhibiting in the historical Pavilions at the Giardini, at the Arsenale and in the city of Venice. The countries…
The architecture of Vancouver and the Metro Vancouver area holds a combination of modern architectural styles, ranging from the 20th century Edwardian style, to the 21st century modernist style and beyond. Initially, the city’s architects embraced styles and ideas developed in Europe and the United States with only limited local…
Lenyadri (Marathi: लेण्याद्री, Leṇyādri), sometimes called Ganesa Lena, represents a series of about 30 rock-cut Buddhist caves, located about 5km north of Junnar in Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Other caves surrounding the city of Junnar are: Manmodi caves, Shivneri caves and Tulja caves. Cave 7, originally…
The Musée d’Orsay is a museum in Paris, multidisciplinary museum exhibiting the richest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings in the world in the former Gare d’Orsay in Paris. Its collections present Western art from 1848 to 1914, in all its diversity: painting, sculpture, decorative arts, graphic art, photography, architecture,…
The architecture of Penang reflects the 171 years of British presence on the island, coalescing with local, Chinese, Indian, Islamic and other elements to create a unique and distinctive brand of architecture. Along with Malacca, Penang is an architectural gem of Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Unlike Singapore, also a Straits…
The Huelva Museum, formerly called the Provincial Museum of Huelva, is an institution whose headquarters is in the Alameda Sundheim of the city of Huelva (Spain) in a building, inaugurated on October 12, 1973, with 3000 m² and divided in Three floors, basement and small garden area. Its endowment is…
In naming his fictional island ‘Utopia’, writer Thomas More conjoined the Greek words for ‘good place’ and ‘no place’ – a reminder that the idealised society he conjured was fundamentally phantasmal. And yet, the search and yearning for Utopia is a ceaseless humanist endeavor. Predicated on possibility and hope, utopian…
Explore the rich collection of 20th century fashion highlights at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin Worth, Vionnet, Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Versace: The “who’s who” of seminal fashion designers has been convened at the Berliner Kunstgewerbemuseum. Couture clothing, from designers such as Jacques Doucet, Coco Chanel and Paul Poiret began…
Algorithmic art, also known as algorithm art or computer-generated art, is art, mostly visual art, of which the design is generated by an algorithm Algorithmic artists are sometimes called algorists. Algorithmic art, is a subset of generative art (generated by an autonomous system) and is related to systems art (influenced…
The National Constitution Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution devoted to explaining the United States Constitution. Located on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the center serves as an interactive museum and a national town hall for constitutional dialogue, regularly hosting government leaders, journalists, scholars, and celebrities for public discussions, including…
The South Australian Museum has been committed to making Australia’s natural and cultural heritage accessible, engaging and fun for over 150 years. It is a place where families can learn and grow together. Today the Museum is one of the most visited museums in Australia and holds collections of national…
Jan Adam Kruseman (Feb 12, 1804 – Mar 17, 1862), was a 19th-century portrait painter from the Northern Netherlands. He was born to a prominent family that would produce several well-known artists. In 1819, at the age of fifteen, he went to Amsterdam, and enrolled at the Tekenacademie, where he…
Environmental sculpture is sculpture that creates or alters the environment for the viewer, as opposed to presenting itself figurally or monumentally before the viewer. A frequent trait of larger environmental sculptures is that one can actually enter or pass through the sculpture and be partially or completely surrounded by it.…
Museum of the coffee machine (MuMAC) is an exhibition space dedicated to the history, technology, design and culture of machine espresso from the bar. Via P. Neruda is located in Binasco, in the province of Milan. Conceived by the Cimbali Group to celebrate its 100 years of activity, the MuMAC…
Music of the Philippines include musical performance arts in the Philippines or by Filipinos composed in various genres and styles. The compositions are often a mixture of different Asian, Spanish, Latin American, American, and indigenous influences. The Philippines music are a mix of European, American and native sounds. Influenced by…
Crimson is a strong, red color, inclining to purple. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between black and rose. Color coordinates Hex…
The Grand Canal night tour is a charming and romantic travel route that everyone should experience. The Grand Canal is a channel in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. Flanked along its entire length by magnificent buildings, most of the centuries between the…
Transportation is a concern of every traveler, whether planning how to reach a destination or trying to hail a taxi. Numerous transportation options exist, ranging from one-way trips in a first-class jet to budget accommodation on a freighter. Choosing your vehicle On some routes, many different vehicles can be considered.…
Shin-hanga was an art movement in early 20th-century Japan, during the Taishō and Shōwa periods, that revitalized traditional ukiyo-e art rooted in the Edo and Meiji periods It maintained the traditional ukiyo-e collaborative system where the artist, carver, printer, and publisher engaged in division of labor, as opposed to the…
Brutalist architecture appeared in Belgium in 1960 and developed throughout the 1960s and 1970s, in parallel with functionalist architecture, derived as it did from modernism. History The brutalist architecture is characterized by facades of uncoated “raw concrete” whose surfaces often have a texture inherited from the formwork 1, the concrete…
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is a themed area inspired by the Star Wars franchise, located in Disneyland Park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is set within the Star Wars universe, in the Black Spire Outpost village on the remote frontier planet of Batuu. Attractions…
The talking statues of Rome provided an outlet for a form of anonymous political expression in Rome. Criticisms in the form of poems or witticisms were posted on well-known statues in Rome, as an early instance of bulletin board. It began in the 16th century and continues to the present…
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Gastronomy of the Girona, Catalonia, Spain
The cuisine of Gironès and Pla de l’Estany is about the food and drinks typical of Girona cuisine and Lake Banyoles. Until recently, these two counties formed a county, the Gironès, created in 1940. This county is therefore the result of the union of lands of the Empordà la Selva…
Read moreGalileo Galilei Astronomy revolution, From San Marco to the Moon, Italian Youth Committee UNESCO
Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian polymath. Galileo is a central figure in the transition from natural philosophy to modern science and in the transformation of the scientific Renaissance into a scientific revolution. Galileo studied speed and velocity, gravity and free fall, the principle…
Read moreFirst Part in Central Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015
The 56th International Art Exhibition entitled All the World’s Futures, organized by la Biennale di Venezia 2015 at the Giardini della Biennale and at the Arsenale. 89 National Participations will be exhibiting in the historical Pavilions at the Giardini, at the Arsenale and in the city of Venice. The countries…
Read moreArchitecture of Vancouver
The architecture of Vancouver and the Metro Vancouver area holds a combination of modern architectural styles, ranging from the 20th century Edwardian style, to the 21st century modernist style and beyond. Initially, the city’s architects embraced styles and ideas developed in Europe and the United States with only limited local…
Read moreLenyadri
Lenyadri (Marathi: लेण्याद्री, Leṇyādri), sometimes called Ganesa Lena, represents a series of about 30 rock-cut Buddhist caves, located about 5km north of Junnar in Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Other caves surrounding the city of Junnar are: Manmodi caves, Shivneri caves and Tulja caves. Cave 7, originally…
Read moreGuide Tour of Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France
The Musée d’Orsay is a museum in Paris, multidisciplinary museum exhibiting the richest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings in the world in the former Gare d’Orsay in Paris. Its collections present Western art from 1848 to 1914, in all its diversity: painting, sculpture, decorative arts, graphic art, photography, architecture,…
Read moreArchitecture of Penang
The architecture of Penang reflects the 171 years of British presence on the island, coalescing with local, Chinese, Indian, Islamic and other elements to create a unique and distinctive brand of architecture. Along with Malacca, Penang is an architectural gem of Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Unlike Singapore, also a Straits…
Read moreMuseo de Huelva, Spain
The Huelva Museum, formerly called the Provincial Museum of Huelva, is an institution whose headquarters is in the Alameda Sundheim of the city of Huelva (Spain) in a building, inaugurated on October 12, 1973, with 3000 m² and divided in Three floors, basement and small garden area. Its endowment is…
Read moreAfter Utopia: Revisiting the Ideal in Asian Contemporary Art, Singapore Art Museum
In naming his fictional island ‘Utopia’, writer Thomas More conjoined the Greek words for ‘good place’ and ‘no place’ – a reminder that the idealised society he conjured was fundamentally phantasmal. And yet, the search and yearning for Utopia is a ceaseless humanist endeavor. Predicated on possibility and hope, utopian…
Read moreFashion and Style of the 20th Century, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin
Explore the rich collection of 20th century fashion highlights at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin Worth, Vionnet, Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Versace: The “who’s who” of seminal fashion designers has been convened at the Berliner Kunstgewerbemuseum. Couture clothing, from designers such as Jacques Doucet, Coco Chanel and Paul Poiret began…
Read moreAlgorithmic art
Algorithmic art, also known as algorithm art or computer-generated art, is art, mostly visual art, of which the design is generated by an algorithm Algorithmic artists are sometimes called algorists. Algorithmic art, is a subset of generative art (generated by an autonomous system) and is related to systems art (influenced…
Read moreNational Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States
The National Constitution Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution devoted to explaining the United States Constitution. Located on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the center serves as an interactive museum and a national town hall for constitutional dialogue, regularly hosting government leaders, journalists, scholars, and celebrities for public discussions, including…
Read moreSouth Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia
The South Australian Museum has been committed to making Australia’s natural and cultural heritage accessible, engaging and fun for over 150 years. It is a place where families can learn and grow together. Today the Museum is one of the most visited museums in Australia and holds collections of national…
Read moreJan Adam Kruseman
Jan Adam Kruseman (Feb 12, 1804 – Mar 17, 1862), was a 19th-century portrait painter from the Northern Netherlands. He was born to a prominent family that would produce several well-known artists. In 1819, at the age of fifteen, he went to Amsterdam, and enrolled at the Tekenacademie, where he…
Read moreEnvironmental sculpture
Environmental sculpture is sculpture that creates or alters the environment for the viewer, as opposed to presenting itself figurally or monumentally before the viewer. A frequent trait of larger environmental sculptures is that one can actually enter or pass through the sculpture and be partially or completely surrounded by it.…
Read moreMuseum of the coffee machine, Milan, Italy
Museum of the coffee machine (MuMAC) is an exhibition space dedicated to the history, technology, design and culture of machine espresso from the bar. Via P. Neruda is located in Binasco, in the province of Milan. Conceived by the Cimbali Group to celebrate its 100 years of activity, the MuMAC…
Read moreMusic of the Philippines
Music of the Philippines include musical performance arts in the Philippines or by Filipinos composed in various genres and styles. The compositions are often a mixture of different Asian, Spanish, Latin American, American, and indigenous influences. The Philippines music are a mix of European, American and native sounds. Influenced by…
Read moreCrimson
Crimson is a strong, red color, inclining to purple. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between black and rose. Color coordinates Hex…
Read moreNight tour of Venice Grand Canal, Italy
The Grand Canal night tour is a charming and romantic travel route that everyone should experience. The Grand Canal is a channel in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. Flanked along its entire length by magnificent buildings, most of the centuries between the…
Read moreTravel transportation guide
Transportation is a concern of every traveler, whether planning how to reach a destination or trying to hail a taxi. Numerous transportation options exist, ranging from one-way trips in a first-class jet to budget accommodation on a freighter. Choosing your vehicle On some routes, many different vehicles can be considered.…
Read moreShin-hanga 1910 – 1960
Shin-hanga was an art movement in early 20th-century Japan, during the Taishō and Shōwa periods, that revitalized traditional ukiyo-e art rooted in the Edo and Meiji periods It maintained the traditional ukiyo-e collaborative system where the artist, carver, printer, and publisher engaged in division of labor, as opposed to the…
Read moreBrutalist architecture in Belgium
Brutalist architecture appeared in Belgium in 1960 and developed throughout the 1960s and 1970s, in parallel with functionalist architecture, derived as it did from modernism. History The brutalist architecture is characterized by facades of uncoated “raw concrete” whose surfaces often have a texture inherited from the formwork 1, the concrete…
Read moreGuide Tour of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Disneyland Park, California, United States
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is a themed area inspired by the Star Wars franchise, located in Disneyland Park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is set within the Star Wars universe, in the Black Spire Outpost village on the remote frontier planet of Batuu. Attractions…
Read morePasquino and talking statues of Rome, Italian Youth Committee UNESCO
The talking statues of Rome provided an outlet for a form of anonymous political expression in Rome. Criticisms in the form of poems or witticisms were posted on well-known statues in Rome, as an early instance of bulletin board. It began in the 16th century and continues to the present…
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