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Neoclassical architecture - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_architectureNeoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France.It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing styles of architecture in most of Europe for the previous two centuries, Renaissance architecture and Baroque architecture, already …
Visual cortex - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_cortexThe primary visual cortex is the most studied visual area in the brain. In mammals, it is located in the posterior pole of the occipital lobe and is the simplest, earliest cortical visual area. It is highly specialized for processing information about static and moving objects and is excellent in pattern recognition. [clarification needed]The primary visual cortex, which is defined by its ...
Central Stadium (Yekaterinburg) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Stadium_(Yekaterinburg)Central Stadium was built in 1957. Earlier on this territory of the city also was a sports facilities: from 1900 - the Velodrome sponsored by merchant Kamaletdin Agafurov, from 1928 - Regional Stadium, and from 1936 - the stadium "Metallurg of the East". Following the demolition and reconstruction of the stadium in the 1950s due to Fire safety regulations, the new stadium …
House of the Temple - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_the_TempleThe temple was designed by architect John Russell Pope, who modeled it after the tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The building was dedicated four years later on October 18, 1915. The building's design was widely praised by contemporary architects, and it won Pope the Gold Medal of the Architectural League of New …
Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander...Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Ива́нов; July 28 (July 16 ), 1806 – July 15 (July 3 [OS]), 1858) was a Russian painter who adhered to the waning tradition of Neoclassicism but found little sympathy with his …
French fashion - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fashionFashion prints. The association of France with fashion and style (la mode) is widely credited as beginning during the reign of Louis XIV when the luxury goods industries in France came increasingly under royal control and the French royal court became, arguably, the arbiter of taste and style in Europe.The rise in prominence of French fashion was linked to the creation of the …
Art History: Neoclassicism and Romanticism
https://design.tutsplus.com/articles/art-history...Jul 17, 2017 · Neoclassicism and Romanticism competed side by side, bringing creatives together to express emotion as well as a love for the classics. While Neoclassical art was more rooted in paying homage to classical Greco-Roman art, the Romantic era placed the emphasis on encapsulating emotions like fear and horror in visual form.
Transcendentalism - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TranscendentalismTranscendentalism is a philosophical movement that developed in the late 1820s and 1830s in New England. A core belief is in the inherent goodness of people and nature, and while society and its institutions have corrupted the purity of the individual, people are at their best when truly "self-reliant" and independent.Transcendentalists saw divine experience inherent in the …
History of architecture - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_architectureNeoclassicism was a fundamental investigation of the very bases of architectural form and meaning. In the 1750s, an alliance between archaeological exploration and architectural theory started, which will continue in the 19th century. Marc-Antoine Laugier wrote in 1753 that 'Architecture owes all that is perfect to the Greeks'.
Piano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No._3_(Prokofiev)Composition and performances. Prokofiev began his work on the concerto as early as 1913 when he wrote a theme with variations which he then set aside. Although he revisited the sketches in 1916–17, he did not fully devote himself to the project until 1921 when he was spending the summer in Brittany.. Prokofiev himself played the solo part at the premiere on 16 December …
Grande Odalisque - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_OdalisqueGrande Odalisque, also known as Une Odalisque or La Grande Odalisque, is an oil painting of 1814 by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres depicting an odalisque, or concubine.Ingres' contemporaries considered the work to signify Ingres' break from Neoclassicism, indicating a shift toward exotic Romanticism.. Grande Odalisque attracted wide criticism when it was first …