French Baroque architecture, sometimes called French classicism, was a style of architecture during the reigns of Louis XIII (1610–43), Louis XIV (1643–1715) and Louis XV (1715–74). It was preceded by the French Renaissance and Mannerism styles, and was followed in the second half of the 18th century by Neo-classicism. The…
WOOL will have a regular event programme related to urban art. Each event will include the creation of a piece in the urban space. The public will be able to follow the process live. Apart from the intervention, the artists will also carry out parallel activities, such as workshops or…
The main approaches to climate protection, on the one hand, are to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases released in energy production and in the consumption of energy in industrial and agricultural production, in transport and in private households. These include, in particular, the gradual phasing out of the use…
The architecture of the Renaissance is that phase of European architecture, and Italian in particular, which developed at the beginning of the fifteenth century in Florence, mainly thanks to the work of some artists and intellectuals such as Filippo Brunelleschi and Leon Battista Alberti. Among the political and cultural factors…
The Sanxingdui Museum is located in the northeast corner of the ruins of Sanxingdui, which is at the bank of Duck River in the west of Guanghan City, Sichuan Province, known as a famous historical and cultural city. It is 38 kilometers north from Chengdu and 26 kilometers south from…
In traditional Persian architecture, a kucheh or koocheh (Persian: کوچه), is a narrow especially designed alley. Remnants of it are still seen in modern Iran and regional countries. Before modernization, Persia’s old city fabric was composed of these narrow winding streets, often made with high walls of adobe and brick,…
The Costa Brava is the Girona coast that begins at the rock of Sa Palomera (Blanes) and ends at the border with France, in the municipality of Portbou; its length is more than 200 km. It is bordered on the north by the Roussillon Red Coast, which is its geographical…
Garden tourism is a type of niche tourism involving visits or travel to botanical gardens and places which are significant in the history of gardening. Garden tourists often travel individually in countries with which they are familiar but often prefer to join organized garden tours in countries where they might…
Singapore Art Museum welcomes you back to our annual family-friendly exhibition with Imaginarium: Into the Space of Time. Through the eyes of 10 contemporary artists around the world, this year’s Imaginarium takes a closer look at the concept of time, and the tales and theories that shape our memories and…
Fashion Museum of the City of Paris in the Palais Galliera, is a French museum located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, dedicated to the art and history of clothing and haute couture. The Fashion Museum was inaugurated in 1977. It brings the history of fashion to life during prestigious…
The mitigation of climate change or energy saving is the action that consists of reducing the intensity of the radiative forcing in order to reduce the potential effects of global warming. Mitigation is distinguished from adaptation, which involves acting to minimize the effects of global warming . Very often, mitigation…
Sino-Portuguese architecture (Chinese: 中葡建築, Thai: สถาปัตยกรรมจีน-โปรตุเกส or ชิโนโปรตุกีส) is a hybrid architecture style incorporating Chinese and the Portuguese architecture styles. The style was traditionally common in wealthy urban centers where Chinese settlers lived in southern China and the Malay Peninsula, with a myriad of examples found across present day Peninsular…
In-flight entertainment (IFE) refers to the entertainment available to aircraft passengers during a flight. In 1936, the airship Hindenburg offered passengers a piano, lounge, dining room, smoking room, and bar during the 2 1/2 day flight between Europe and America. After the Second World War, IFE was delivered in the…
In the visual arts a cityscape (urban landscape) is an artistic representation, such as a painting, drawing, print or photograph, of the physical aspects of a city or urban area. It is the urban equivalent of a landscape. Townscape is roughly synonymous with cityscape, though it implies the same difference…
The LA Auto Show 2019 returns November 22 – December 1, at the LA Convention Center. The LA Auto Show continues to be one of the biggest annual gatherings in Los Angeles. The ten jam-packed days will have more than 1,000 vehicles on display and will include test drives, never-before-seen…
Nathdwara Painting refers to a painting tradition and school of artists that emerged in Nathdwara, a town in Rajsamand district in the Western state of Rajasthan in India. Nathdwara paintings are of different sub-styles of which Pichhwai paintings are the most popular. The word Pichwai derives from the Sanskrit words…
In architecture, visibility graph analysis (VGA) is a method of analysing the inter-visibility connections within buildings or urban networks. Visibility graph analysis was developed from the architectural theory of space syntax by Turner et al. (2001), and is applied through construction of a visibility graph within the open space of…
Mie Prefectural Art Museum (三重県立美術館) opened in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, in 1982. The collection has a particular emphasis on yōga. Mie Prefectural Art Museum (Mie architectural art museum) is a museum in Tsu city, Mie prefecture. It opened in 1982 as the first full-scale museum in Chubu and Tokai…
The Port of Long Beach is a container port in the United States, which adjoins Port of Los Angeles. The Port of Long Beach is the premier U.S. gateway for trans-Pacific trade and a trailblazer in innovative goods movement, safety, environmental stewardship and sustainability. The Port of Long Beach is…
A close coherence between home and collections, between rooms and works of art contained in it: this is the backbone of the rigorous collection and living project that the brothers Fausto and Giuseppe Bagatti Valsecchi pursued in their home, inspired by the mansions of the sixteenth century Lombard. For their…
Inhotim’s gardens are unique, with rare beauty and landscaping that exploits all the aesthetic possibilities of the botanical collection. In addition to contemplation, the gardens are a field for floristic studies, cataloging of new botanical species, conservation in situ (their environment) and ex situ (outside their environment) and environmental education…
The Haute-Savoie is a French department belonging to the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie is an economic and tourist region, due to its geographical border location and its presence in the Alps. It is bordered on the west by the Ain, on the south by Savoy, on the north by the canton…
Varberg’s urban history dates back to the Middle Ages. The oldest buildings that exist as more than ruins are on Varbergs fortress. In the city itself are the oldest buildings from the 17th century, when the city was moved several times and partially or partially burned or burned by hostile…
Gardone Riviera is an Italian town in the province of Brescia in Lombardy. It is one of the main tourist resorts of Lake Garda, characterized by its “Central European” typicality. Gardone Riviera is history, culture, and nature, merged into a perfect union. The city is full of magnificent historic buildings,…
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French Baroque architecture
French Baroque architecture, sometimes called French classicism, was a style of architecture during the reigns of Louis XIII (1610–43), Louis XIV (1643–1715) and Louis XV (1715–74). It was preceded by the French Renaissance and Mannerism styles, and was followed in the second half of the 18th century by Neo-classicism. The…
Read moreWOOL Covilhã Urban Art Festival, Lisbon Covilhã , Portugal
WOOL will have a regular event programme related to urban art. Each event will include the creation of a piece in the urban space. The public will be able to follow the process live. Apart from the intervention, the artists will also carry out parallel activities, such as workshops or…
Read moreClimate change mitigation methods
The main approaches to climate protection, on the one hand, are to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases released in energy production and in the consumption of energy in industrial and agricultural production, in transport and in private households. These include, in particular, the gradual phasing out of the use…
Read moreItalian Renaissance architecture
The architecture of the Renaissance is that phase of European architecture, and Italian in particular, which developed at the beginning of the fifteenth century in Florence, mainly thanks to the work of some artists and intellectuals such as Filippo Brunelleschi and Leon Battista Alberti. Among the political and cultural factors…
Read moreSanxingdui Museum, Guanghan, China
The Sanxingdui Museum is located in the northeast corner of the ruins of Sanxingdui, which is at the bank of Duck River in the west of Guanghan City, Sichuan Province, known as a famous historical and cultural city. It is 38 kilometers north from Chengdu and 26 kilometers south from…
Read moreKucheh
In traditional Persian architecture, a kucheh or koocheh (Persian: کوچه), is a narrow especially designed alley. Remnants of it are still seen in modern Iran and regional countries. Before modernization, Persia’s old city fabric was composed of these narrow winding streets, often made with high walls of adobe and brick,…
Read moreCosta Brava Travel Guide, Catalonia, Spain
The Costa Brava is the Girona coast that begins at the rock of Sa Palomera (Blanes) and ends at the border with France, in the municipality of Portbou; its length is more than 200 km. It is bordered on the north by the Roussillon Red Coast, which is its geographical…
Read moreGarden tourism
Garden tourism is a type of niche tourism involving visits or travel to botanical gardens and places which are significant in the history of gardening. Garden tourists often travel individually in countries with which they are familiar but often prefer to join organized garden tours in countries where they might…
Read moreImaginarium 2018: Into the Space of Time, Singapore Art Museum
Singapore Art Museum welcomes you back to our annual family-friendly exhibition with Imaginarium: Into the Space of Time. Through the eyes of 10 contemporary artists around the world, this year’s Imaginarium takes a closer look at the concept of time, and the tales and theories that shape our memories and…
Read moreGuide Tour of Palais Galliera, Fashion Museum of the City of Paris, France
Fashion Museum of the City of Paris in the Palais Galliera, is a French museum located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, dedicated to the art and history of clothing and haute couture. The Fashion Museum was inaugurated in 1977. It brings the history of fashion to life during prestigious…
Read moreClimate change mitigation policy
The mitigation of climate change or energy saving is the action that consists of reducing the intensity of the radiative forcing in order to reduce the potential effects of global warming. Mitigation is distinguished from adaptation, which involves acting to minimize the effects of global warming . Very often, mitigation…
Read moreSino-Portuguese architecture
Sino-Portuguese architecture (Chinese: 中葡建築, Thai: สถาปัตยกรรมจีน-โปรตุเกส or ชิโนโปรตุกีส) is a hybrid architecture style incorporating Chinese and the Portuguese architecture styles. The style was traditionally common in wealthy urban centers where Chinese settlers lived in southern China and the Malay Peninsula, with a myriad of examples found across present day Peninsular…
Read moreIn-flight entertainment
In-flight entertainment (IFE) refers to the entertainment available to aircraft passengers during a flight. In 1936, the airship Hindenburg offered passengers a piano, lounge, dining room, smoking room, and bar during the 2 1/2 day flight between Europe and America. After the Second World War, IFE was delivered in the…
Read moreCityscape art
In the visual arts a cityscape (urban landscape) is an artistic representation, such as a painting, drawing, print or photograph, of the physical aspects of a city or urban area. It is the urban equivalent of a landscape. Townscape is roughly synonymous with cityscape, though it implies the same difference…
Read moreReview of LA Auto Show 2019, Los Angeles, United States
The LA Auto Show 2019 returns November 22 – December 1, at the LA Convention Center. The LA Auto Show continues to be one of the biggest annual gatherings in Los Angeles. The ten jam-packed days will have more than 1,000 vehicles on display and will include test drives, never-before-seen…
Read moreNathdwara Painting
Nathdwara Painting refers to a painting tradition and school of artists that emerged in Nathdwara, a town in Rajsamand district in the Western state of Rajasthan in India. Nathdwara paintings are of different sub-styles of which Pichhwai paintings are the most popular. The word Pichwai derives from the Sanskrit words…
Read moreVisibility graph analysis
In architecture, visibility graph analysis (VGA) is a method of analysing the inter-visibility connections within buildings or urban networks. Visibility graph analysis was developed from the architectural theory of space syntax by Turner et al. (2001), and is applied through construction of a visibility graph within the open space of…
Read moreMie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu-shi, Japan
Mie Prefectural Art Museum (三重県立美術館) opened in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, in 1982. The collection has a particular emphasis on yōga. Mie Prefectural Art Museum (Mie architectural art museum) is a museum in Tsu city, Mie prefecture. It opened in 1982 as the first full-scale museum in Chubu and Tokai…
Read morePort of Long Beach, California, United States
The Port of Long Beach is a container port in the United States, which adjoins Port of Los Angeles. The Port of Long Beach is the premier U.S. gateway for trans-Pacific trade and a trailblazer in innovative goods movement, safety, environmental stewardship and sustainability. The Port of Long Beach is…
Read moreEastern rooms, Bagatti Valsecchi Museum
A close coherence between home and collections, between rooms and works of art contained in it: this is the backbone of the rigorous collection and living project that the brothers Fausto and Giuseppe Bagatti Valsecchi pursued in their home, inspired by the mansions of the sixteenth century Lombard. For their…
Read moreBotanical Garden, 360° Video, Inhotim Institute
Inhotim’s gardens are unique, with rare beauty and landscaping that exploits all the aesthetic possibilities of the botanical collection. In addition to contemplation, the gardens are a field for floristic studies, cataloging of new botanical species, conservation in situ (their environment) and ex situ (outside their environment) and environmental education…
Read moreHaute-Savoie Travel Guide, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
The Haute-Savoie is a French department belonging to the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie is an economic and tourist region, due to its geographical border location and its presence in the Alps. It is bordered on the west by the Ain, on the south by Savoy, on the north by the canton…
Read moreArchitecture in Varberg
Varberg’s urban history dates back to the Middle Ages. The oldest buildings that exist as more than ruins are on Varbergs fortress. In the city itself are the oldest buildings from the 17th century, when the city was moved several times and partially or partially burned or burned by hostile…
Read moreTravel Guide of Gardone Riviera, Lombardy, Italy
Gardone Riviera is an Italian town in the province of Brescia in Lombardy. It is one of the main tourist resorts of Lake Garda, characterized by its “Central European” typicality. Gardone Riviera is history, culture, and nature, merged into a perfect union. The city is full of magnificent historic buildings,…
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