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Vastu shastra

Vastu shastra (vāstu śāstra) is a traditional Hindu system of architecture which literally translates to “science of architecture.” These are texts found on the Indian subcontinent that describe principles of design, layout, measurements, ground preparation, space arrangement and spatial geometry. Vastu Shastras incorporate traditional Hindu and in some cases Buddhist…

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Amalaka

An amalaka, is a segmented or notched stone disk, usually with ridges on the rim, that sits on the top of a Hindu temple’s shikhara or main tower. According to one interpretation, the amalaka represents a lotus, and thus the symbolic seat for the deity below. Another interpretation is that…

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Airports in Japan

Airport of Japan (日本の空港), will talk about airports in Japan, grouped by classification and sorted by location. Overview Based on the airport law, the airport in Japan is classified according to the functions the airport plays and the installation and management entities, and the basic facilities (runway, taxiway, landing zone,…

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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, India

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (translation: ‘king Shivaji museum’), abbreviated CSMVS and formerly named the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, is the main museum in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was founded in the early years of the 20th century by prominent citizens of Mumbai, with the help of…

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Neoclassical fashion of women in 1785–1795

Fashion between 1785–1795, Inclusion in the Louis XVI style fashion and the Neoclassical fashion. Affected by Marie Antoinette, costumes in court become more luxurious. Simultaneously, the Neoclassical fashion developed,as an idealized and orderly and inherently worthy model for the arts to follow. Fashion between 1785–1795 in Western culture became simpler…

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Architecture of Haiti

Haiti’s most famous monuments are the Sans-Souci Palace and the Citadelle Laferrière, inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1982. Situated in the Northern Massif de la Hotte, in one of Haiti’s National Parks, the structures date from the early 19th century. The buildings were among the first to be…

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Swiss Rural Tourism, Guide Tour of small towns and villages in Switzerland

Switzerland is one great big picture postcard, while the towns in Switzerland offer a compelling mix of cultural diversity and influence, Switzerland’s magical villages is a paradise of breathtaking scenery and epic natural beauty, from snow-capped mountains and pristine lakes to flower meadows and fairytale castles, its alpine and lakeside…

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Local food

Local food (local food movement or locavore) is a movement of people who prefer to eat foods which are grown or farmed relatively close to the places of sale and preparation. Local food movements aim to connect food producers and food consumers in the same geographic region, in order to…

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Jay Flow

Jay Flow from Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, South Korea Jay Flow have been fond of scribbles from a child and had a very strong interest in special things more than in beautiful ones. An evolutionary form of scribbles aims for recording moments of memory as graffiti. Stimulated and influenced…

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Trois Crayons

Trois crayons refers to a drawing technique using three colors of chalk: red (sanguine), black, and white. The paper used may be a mid-tone such as grey, blue, or tan. The drawing technique with three pencils uses three pencils on paper: black chalk, blood, and white chalk. The paper used…

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Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares de Sevilla, Spain

The Museum of Arts and Popular Customs of the city of Seville, (Spain), is located in the Parque de María Luisa, within Plaza de América, popularly called “parque de las palomas”. On the other side of the square is the Archaeological Museum. It was the Pavilion of Ancient Art of…

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Populuxe

Populuxe was a consumer culture and aesthetic in the United States popular in the 1950s and 1960s. The term comes from a combination of popular and luxury. The work of various artists, designers, graphic designers, furniture designers, interior designers and architects is associated with the movement. It is associated with…

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Architecture of Havana

Due to Havana’s almost five hundred-year existence, the city boasts some of the most diverse styles of architecture in the world, from castles built in the late 16th century to modernist present-day high-rises. The present condition of many buildings in Havana has deteriorated since the 1959 Revolution. Numerous collapses have…

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Snorkeling tourism

Snorkeling is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped tube called a snorkel, and usually fins. In cooler waters, a wetsuit may also be worn. Use of this equipment allows the snorkeler to observe underwater attractions for extended…

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Skull art

Indigenous Mexican art celebrates the skeleton and uses it as a regular motif. The use of skulls and skeletons in art originated before the Conquest: The Aztecs excelled in stone sculptures and created striking carvings of their Gods. Coatlicue, the Goddess of earth and death, was portrayed with a necklace…

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Islamic calligraphy

Islamic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting and calligraphy, based upon the alphabet in the lands sharing a common Islamic cultural heritage. It includes Arabic Calligraphy, Ottoman, and Persian calligraphy. It is known in Arabic as khatt Islami (خط اسلامي), meaning Islamic line, design, or construction. The development of…

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Purple in history and art

Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red. It is similar to violet, but unlike violet, which is a spectral color with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light, purple is a composite color made by combining red and blue. According to surveys in Europe and the…

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Liberty in Catania

With liberty in Catania we mean the dominant architectural style in the city of Etna in the first decade of the twentieth century, although very contaminated by eclecticism. Historical background The transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century in Europe was characterized by a fervent renewal of artistic expressions…

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Architecture of Puerto Rico

The architecture of Puerto Rico demonstrates a broad variety of traditions, styles and national influences accumulated over four centuries of Spanish rule, and a century of American rule. Spanish colonial architecture, Ibero-Islamic, art deco, post-modern, and many other architectural forms are visible throughout the island. From town to town, there…

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Audio and video interfaces and connectors

Audio connectors and video connectors are electrical connectors (or optical connectors) – plugs and sockets – for carrying audio signal and video signal. Audio interfaces and video interfaces define physical parameters and interpretation of signals. For digital audio and digital video, this can be thought of as defining the physical…

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Ecopoetry

Ecopoetry is poetry with a strong ecological emphasis or message. Many poets, poems and books of poems have expressed ecological concerns; but only recently has the term ecopoetry gained use. There is now, in English-speaking poetry, a recognisable subgenre of ecopoetry. Prior to the term, a number of poems had…

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