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Thomas Ender

Thomas Ender (born November 3, 1793 in Vienna and died on September 28, 1875 in this same city), is an Austrian landscape painter and watercolorist. It is the twin brother of Johann Ender and the uncle of Eduard Ender, both painters. Thomas Ender was born as the son of the…

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Chapels on both sides, Church of Saint Roch in Lisbon

Church of Saint Roch was the first Jesuit church to be designed in the “church-auditorium” style, specifically for preaching. It has several chapels, mainly in the Baroque style of the early 17th century, the most notable being that of São João Baptista, from the 18th century, an initial project by…

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Marcantonio Franceschini

Marcantonio Franceschini (Bologna, April 5, 1648 – December 24, 1729), was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mostly in his native Bologna. He was the father and teacher of Giacomo Franceschini. Born in Bologna by Giacomo Franceschini and Giulia Maffei, at 17 he became a student of the…

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Hall of Columns, Montemartini power plant

This large hall takes its name from the numerous pillars of reinforced cement which once supported the three boilers in the Boiler Hall on the floor above. Several hoppers are also visible in the ceiling, similar to the truncated-pyramidical funnels, which were filled with the cinders from the coal used…

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Xanadu Houses

The Xanadu Houses were a series of experimental homes built to showcase examples of computers and automation in the home in the United States. The architectural project began in 1979, and during the early 1980s three houses were built in different parts of the US: one each in Kissimmee, Florida;…

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Influences of Surrealism

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic precision, created strange creatures from everyday objects, and developed painting techniques that allowed the unconscious to express itself. Its aim was to…

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Rungis International Market, Val-de-Marne, France

The Marché International de Rungis is the principal market of Paris,, intended to supply professionals from the entire region, mainly for food and horticultural products, located in the commune of Rungis, in the southern suburbs. The Rungis International Market, with an area of 234 hectares, is a real ecosystem serving…

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Speech recognition

Speech recognition is the inter-disciplinary sub-field of computational linguistics that develops methodologies and technologies that enables the recognition and translation of spoken language into text by computers. It is also known as automatic speech recognition (ASR), computer speech recognition or speech to text (STT). It incorporates knowledge and research in…

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Pieter Aertsen

Pieter Aertsen (Amsterdam, 1508 – 3 June 1575), called Lange Pier (“Tall Pete”) because of his height, was a Dutch painter in the style of Northern Mannerism He is credited with the invention of the monumental genre scene, which combines still life and genre painting and often also includes a…

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Passport

A passport is a travel document, usually issued by a country’s government, that certifies the identity and nationality of its holder primarily for the purpose of international travel. Standard passports may contain information such as the holder’s name, place and date of birth, photograph, signature, and other identifying information. Many…

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