WebThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to theatre: . Theatre – the generic term for the performing arts and a collaborative form of fine art involving live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event (such as a story) through acting, singing, and/or dancing before a live audience in a specific place. . The …

WebThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Italy: . Italy is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe, located primarily upon the Italian Peninsula.It is where Ancient Rome originated as a small agricultural community about the 8th century BC, which spread over the course of centuries into the colossal Roman …

WebRenaissance music is traditionally understood to cover European music of the 15th and 16th centuries, later than the Renaissance era as it is understood in other disciplines. Rather than starting from the early 14th-century ars nova, the Trecento music was treated by musicology as a coda to Medieval music and the new era dated from the rise of triadic …

WebWallpaper is a material used in interior decoration to decorate the interior walls of domestic and public buildings.It is usually sold in rolls and is applied onto a wall using wallpaper paste.Wallpapers can come plain as "lining paper" (so that it can be painted or used to help cover uneven surfaces and minor wall defects thus giving a better surface), textured …

WebHistory (from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation') is the study and the documentation of the past. Events before the invention of writing systems are considered prehistory. " History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of …

WebThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to classical architecture: . Classical architecture – architecture of classical antiquity, that is, ancient Greek architecture and the architecture of ancient Rome.It also refers to the style or styles of architecture influenced by those. For example, most of the styles originating in post …

WebWhile the Tibetan plateau has been inhabited since pre-historic times, most of Tibet's history went unrecorded until the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism around the 6th century. Tibetan texts refer to the kingdom of Zhangzhung (c. 500 BCE – 625 CE) as the precursor of later Tibetan kingdoms and the originators of the Bon religion. While mythical accounts of early …

WebA necklace is an article of jewellery that is worn around the neck.Necklaces may have been one of the earliest types of adornment worn by humans. They often serve ceremonial, religious, magical, or funerary purposes and are also used as symbols of wealth and status, given that they are commonly made of precious metals and stones.. The main component …

WebRaffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (/ ˈ r æ f eɪ ə l /; US: / ˈ r æ f i ə l, ˈ r eɪ f i-/ or / ˌ r ɑː f aɪ ˈ ɛ l,-f i-/; March 28 or April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur.

WebThe Pietà (Italian: ; 1498–1499) is a key work of Italian Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, now in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.It is the first of a number of works of the same subject by the artist. The statue was commissioned for the French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères, who was the French ambassador in Rome.The sculpture, in …