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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Cloisonnism" is a style of post-Impressionist painting with bold and flat forms separated by dark contours. The term was coined by critic Edouard Dujardin on occasion of the Salon des Independants, in March 1888. Artists Emile Bernard, Louis Anquetin, Paul Gauguin, Paul Serusier, and others started painting in this style in the late 19th century. The name evokes the technique of cloisonne, where wires (cloisons or "compartments") are soldered to the body of the piece, filled with powdered glass, and then fired. Many of the same painters also described their works as Synthetism a closely related movement. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...
ISBN: 978-6-1325-1088-4
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cloisonne is an ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects, in recent centuries using vitreous enamel, and in older periods also inlays of cut gemstones, glass, and other materials. The resulting objects can also be called cloisonne. The decoration is formed by first adding compartments (cloisons in French) to the metal object by soldering or glueing silver or gold wires or thin strips placed on their edges. These remain visible in the finished piece, separating the different compartments of the enamel or inlays, which are often of several colors. Cloisonne enamel objects are worked on with enamel powder...
ISBN: 978-6-1306-9866-9
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In film, television, still photography and the comic strip medium a close-up tightly frames a person or an object. Close-ups are one of the standard shots used regularly with medium shots and long shots. Close-ups display the most detail, but they do not include the broader scene. Moving in to a close-up or away from a close-up is a common type of zooming. Close-ups are used in many ways, for many reasons. Close-ups are often used as cutaways from a more distant shot to show detail, such as characters' emotions, or some intricate activity with their hands. Close cuts to characters' faces are used far more often in television than in movies; they are especially common in soap operas. For a director to deliberately avoid close-ups may...
ISBN: 978-6-1308-2329-0
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A clothing- optional bike ride is a cycling event in which nudity is permitted or expected. There are many clothing-optional cycling events around the world. Some rides are political, recreational, artistic or a unique combination. Some are used to promote topfreedom, a social movement to accord women and girls the right to be topless in public where men and boys have that right. Body art (such as body painting) are common forms of creative expression, as well as costumes, art bikes, portable sound reinforcement systems (such as public address systems/bullhorns, and boomboxes), musical instruments as well as other types of noisemakers. Данное издание не является...
ISBN: 978-6-1327-9743-8
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The clothing used in the ancient world strongly reflects the technologies that these peoples mastered. Archaeology plays a significant role in documenting this aspect of ancient life, for fabric fibres, and leathers sometimes are well-preserved through time. In many cultures the clothing worn was indicative of the social status achieved by various members of their society. In Ancient Egypt, flax was the textile in almost exclusive use. Wool was known, but considered impure as animal fibres were considered taboo, and could only be used for coats (they were forbidden in temples and sanctuaries). People of lower class wore only the loincloth (or schenti) that was common to all. Shoes were the same...
ISBN: 978-6-1328-7557-0
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Cloud Strife is a fictional character and the main protagonist in Square's (now Square Enix's) role-playing game Final Fantasy VII and several of its sequels and spin-offs. His original design was created by Final Fantasy VII character designer Tetsuya Nomura. Cloud's appearance is marked by spikey blonde hair, striking blue eyes, dark clothing and his Buster Sword, which previously belonged to his friend Zack Fair. Cloud is voiced by Takahiro Sakurai in Japanese, and in English by Steve Burton. In Final Fantasy VII, Cloud is a mercenary and self-proclaimed ex-member of SOLDIER, a select, genetically augmented military unit operating under the defacto world government and megacorporation Shinra Electric Power Company. Fighting against...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cloudscape photography is photography of clouds or sky.An early cloudscape photographer, Belgian photographer Leonard Misonne (1870-1943), was noted for his black and white photographs of heavy skies and dark clouds.In the early to middle 20th century, American photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) created a series of photographs of clouds, called "equivalents" (1925-1931). According to an essay on the series at the Phillips Collection website, "A symbolist aesthetic underlies...
ISBN: 978-6-1331-7540-2
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Cobra Records was an independent record label that operated from 1956 to 1959. The label was important for launching the recording careers of Chicago blues artists Otis Rush, Magic Sam, and Buddy Guy and "signaled the arrival of a new generation of [blues] artists and a new sound ... to be called the West Side Sound." Cobra Records was started on Chicago's West Side in 1956 by Eli Toscano (a record store and television-repair shop owner) and Howard Bedno. When his previous record label, Abco Records, failed to generate much interest, Toscano approached Willie Dixon about working for Cobra. Dissatisfied with his arrangement with Chess Records, Dixon joined Cobra. There he served in many capacities, including talent scout, producer,...
ISBN: 978-6-1308-1843-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nicole Natalie Austin (born March 17, 1979), commonly known as Coco Marie, Coco-T, and Coco, is an American actress, dancer, glamour model and web personality. She is best known for her marriage to rapper/actor Ice-T. Nicole was born in Palos Verdes, California. Her parents were actors who met on the set of Bonanza. She also has a younger sister Kristy Williams and a younger brother. As a small child, her brother would mispronounce his sister's name, saying "Cole Cole" or "Co-co" in place of "Nicole". Eventually family and friends also began addressing Nicole as Coco. The family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico when she was 10. She grew up as a tomboy, riding quads and playing football....
ISBN: 978-6-1340-7896-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A coif is a close fitting cap that covers the top, back, and sides of the head. Coifs were worn by all classes in England and Scotland from the Middle Ages to the early seventeenth century (and later as an old-fashioned cap for countrywomen and young children). Tudor (later Stewart in Scotland) and earlier coifs are usually made of unadorned white linen and tie under the chin. In the Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras, coifs were frequently decorated with blackwork embroidery and lace edging. Coifs were also worn by an extinct senior grade of English lawyer, the Serjeant-at-Law. A United States law school honor society, the Order of the Coif, is named after this use of the coif. The religious...
ISBN: 978-6-1341-6552-5
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. La coiffure est l'art d'arranger les cheveux, eventuellement de modifier leur aspect exterieur. Cet art implique differents types d’interventions : couper les cheveux, les friser ou les defriser, les tresser, les teindre, les decolorer, les poudrer, les enduire de substances variees, leur adjoindre de faux cheveux (sous la forme d'une perruque ou d'un postiche ou rallonge capillaire qui consiste a garder les vrais cheveux et a seulement allonger la longueur ) ou les ornementer de facons plus ou moins sophistiques selon les cultures et les civilisations. Данное издание не является...
ISBN: 978-6-1337-1993-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Coin magic is a general term for magical performances employing one or more coins which are manipulated to deceive and baffle the audience. Because coins are small, much coin magic is considered close-up magic or table magic, as the audience must be close to the performer to see the effects. Though stage conjurers generally do not use coin effects, magicians sometimes perform coin manipulations on stage using large coins. In another type of performance setting, a close-up coin magician (or 'coin worker') will use a large video projector so the audience can scrutinize the magic. Coin magic is generally considered harder to master than other close-up techniques such as card magic, and is one of...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-5421-3
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Coin de table est une peinture de Henri Fantin-Latour presentee au Salon de 1872. Ce tableau est le troisieme d'une serie de quatre portraits de groupe : les deux premiers, Hommage a Delacroix (1864) et Un atelier aux Batignolles (1870), rassemblent les peintres qu'il admire ; le quatrieme, Autour du piano (1885), rassemble des musiciens. Avec Coin de table, l'artiste peint des poetes de son epoque. Il desirait realiser un Hommage a Baudelaire, un tableau avec les grands poetes de l'epoque (Victor Hugo, Leconte de Lisle, Theodore de Banville etc.), sous un portrait de Baudelaire dont c'etait le cinquantenaire de la naissance (1821-1867), mais ces personnalites refusent de poser. Il doit donc se...
ISBN: 978-6-1339-1531-2
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Cokie Roberts (born December 27, 1943) is an American Emmy Award-winning journalist and bestselling author. She is a contributing senior news analyst for National Public Radio as well as a regular roundtable analyst for the current This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Roberts also works as a political commentator for ABC News, serving as an on-air analyst for the network. Roberts, along with her husband, Steven V. Roberts, writes a weekly column syndicated by United Media in newspapers around the United States. She serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations and was appointed by President George W. Bush to his Council on Service and Civic Participation. Данное издание не является...
ISBN: 978-6-1306-5576-1
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Colab is the commonly used abbreviation of the New York City artists' group Collaborative Projects, which was formed after a series of open meetings between artists of various disciplines. Colab came together as a collective in 1977, and initially received an NEA Workshop Grant through Center for New Art Activities, Inc., a small not-for-profit formed in 1974. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1328-9041-2
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Colin Steele McRae, MBE (5 August 1968 – 15 September 2007) was a Scottish rally driver born in Lanark. The son of five-time British Rally Champion Jimmy McRae and brother of rally driver Alister McRae, Colin McRae was the 1991 and 1992 British Rally Champion and, in 1995, became the first Briton and the youngest to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title. McRae's outstanding performance on the Subaru World Rally Team enabled the team to win the World Rally Championship Constructors' title three times in succession in 1995, 1996 and 1997. After a four year spell with the Ford World Rallye Sport team, which saw McRae win nine events, he moved to Citroen World Rally Team in 2003 where, despite not winning an event, he helped them...
ISBN: 978-6-1302-0863-9
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Colin Brake (born 1962) is an English television writer and script editor best known for his work for the BBC on programs such as Bugs and EastEnders. He has also written spin-offs from the BBC series Doctor Who. He currently lives and works in Leicester. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1337-8445-1
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an Academy Award nominated and BAFTA award winning English film, television, and stage actor. Firth first gained wide public attention, especially in the United Kingdom, for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaption of Pride and Prejudice. He subsequently achieved film stardom with the international box-office success of Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), where he co-starred with Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant. On February 2, 2010, he received an Academy Award nomination for his work in A Single Man, for which he won the BAFTA for Best Actor. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...
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This book depicts the struggles of the oppressed even when they are liberated, for regardless of what they do, they ironically become the very thing they ran away from or paradoxically flourish from the remnants of a past detested to make an identity worth living for. Collage of Dualism attempts to tackle this ubiquitous issue existing in a society where foreign and local cultures collide and pre-existing notions about one another confuses the two about their roles as who they are and the parts they should be playing – because where cultures and rights are concerned even religion cannot define the role of an individual in and out of a society. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...
ISBN: 978-3-6392-5109-8
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The "Colonel Bogey March" is a popular march that was written in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts (1881–1945), a British military bandmaster who was director of music for the Royal Marines at Plymouth. Since at that time service personnel were not encouraged to have professional lives outside the armed forces, Ricketts published "Colonel Bogey" and his other compositions under the pseudonym Kenneth Alford. Supposedly, the tune was inspired by a military man and golfer who whistled a characteristic two-note phrase (a descending minor third interval) instead of shouting "Fore!". It is this descending interval which begins each line of the melody. Bogey is a golfing term meaning one over par. Edwardian golfers in North America often...
ISBN: 978-6-1307-9159-9
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Color correction by using color gels, or filters, is a process used in stage lighting, photography, television, cinematography and other disciplines, the intention of which is to alter the overall color of the light; typically the light color is measured on a scale known as color temperature, as well as along a green–magenta axis orthogonal to the color temperature axis.Without color correction gels, a scene may have a mix of various colors. Applying color correction gels in front of light sources can alter the color of the various light sources to match. Mixed lighting can produce an undesirable aesthetic when displayed on a television or in a theatre.Conversely, gels may also be used to make a scene appear more natural by simulating...
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Color analysis, also called skin tone color matching or color seasons, is the process of finding colors of clothing and makeup to match a person's complexion, eye color, and hair color. It is often used as an aid to wardrobe planning and style consulting. Color analysis is the process of determining the colors that best suit an individual's natural coloring. There are several means of analysing personal coloring. The most well-known is "seasonal" color analysis, which places individual coloring into four general categories: Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn. "Winters" and "Summers" have cool coloring. Some clues that a person has cool coloring might include ash tones in the hair, grey-blue eyes and pinkish undertones to the skin....
ISBN: 978-6-1306-7021-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In colorimetry and color theory, colorfulness, chroma, and saturation are related but distinct concepts referring to the perceived intensity of a specific color. Colorfulness is the difference between a color against gray. Chroma is the colorfulness relative to the brightness of another color which appears white under similar viewing conditions. Saturation is the colorfulness of a color relative to its own brightness. Though this general concept is intuitive, terms such as chroma, saturation, purity, and intensity are often used without great precision, and even when well-defined depend greatly on the specific color model in use. A highly colorful stimulus is vivid and intense, while a less...
ISBN: 978-6-1338-6352-1
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Color Field. Spray painting, Acrylic paint, Modern art, Abstract art, Hard- edge painting, Lyrical Abstraction, Washington Color School. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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