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Pinterest is an American image sharing and social media service designed to enable saving and discovery of information (specifically "ideas") [6] like recipes, home, style, motivation, and inspiration on the internet using images and, on a smaller scale, animated GIFs and videos, [7] in the form of pinboards. [8]
His art works are mainly large-scale pieces, and can reach eight feet tall in height. [better source needed] The titles he selects are personal, and reference a special part of his life. Aside from lithography, Pacheco creates woodcuts and linocuts. His main subject matter is animals, animal studies, and animals that are non-native to Cuba.
Photo-referencing in visual art is the practice of creating art based on a photograph. Art produced through this technique is said to be photo-referenced . The method is widely used by artists, either in their daily work, as part of their training , or to improve their artistic eye.
Furniture refers to objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., stools, chairs, and sofas ), eating ( tables ), storing items, working, and sleeping (e.g., beds and hammocks ). Furniture is also used to hold objects at a convenient height for work (as horizontal surfaces above the ground, such as tables and desks ...
A bestselling 2003 novel by Dan Brown, adapted and released as a major motion picture in 2006, The Da Vinci Code revolves around a conspiracy based on elements of Leonardo's Last Supper and other works. A preface to the novel claims that depictions of artworks, secret societies and rites described within the novel are factual.
Modern furniture refers to furniture produced from the late 19th century through the present that is influenced by modernism. Post- World War II ideals of cutting excess, commodification, and practicality of materials in design heavily influenced the aesthetic of the furniture. It was a tremendous departure from all furniture design that had ...
English furniture. English furniture has developed largely in line with styles in the rest of northern Europe, but has been interpreted in a distinctive fashion. There were significant regional differences in style, for example between the North Country and the West Country. Salisbury and Norwich were prominent early centres of furniture ...
The art nouveau school produced chairs of simplicity. The Arts and Crafts movement produced heavy, straight lined, minimally ornamented chairs. One of the most famous of those chairs is the Michael Thonet bentwood No. 14 chair (bistro chair), created in 1859. It has revolutionized the industry and is still being produced today.
Bas relief of a seraph carrying a hot coal on the walls of the Jerusalem International YMCA. A seraph ( / ˈsɛrəf /, "snake, from flaming one, meaning a venomous snake “; pl.: seraphim / ˈsɛrəfɪm /) [a] is a celestial or heavenly being originating in Ancient Judaism. The term plays a role in subsequent Judaism, Christianity, and Islam .
Livestreaming, live-streaming, or live streaming is the streaming of video or audio in real time or near real time. While often referred to simply as streaming, the real time nature of livestreaming differentiates it from other forms of streamed media, such as video-on-demand, vlogs, and YouTube videos. Livestreaming services encompass a wide ...