342 résultats pour "muséum"

• Republic of Singapore - country.

  Singaporeans of Chinese and Indian ancestry live in small, nuclear families. Housing favors smaller families, as most units consist of small apartments in high-risebuildings. Western clothing is common, and foods reflect the Chinese, Malay, and Indian origins of the people. D Social Issues Since Singapore became an independent state in 1965, government policies have brought orderliness and efficiency to the country. Examples are supplanting slum andsquatter areas with high-rise public housing p...

• United Arab Emirates - country.

  III PEOPLE Most people living in the UAE (known as Emiris) are Arabs, a large majority of whom are city and town dwellers. A small number are nomadic (having no permanent home). The population has grown dramatically since the mid-1960s, largely due to the influx of oil workers to the country. Four-fifths of the UAE’s inhabitants areforeign workers and their families. The UAE also has a very youthful population, due to the large numbers of young foreign workers, a cultural preference for larg...

• Pakistan - geographie.

  3.3 Religion Fast 100 Prozent der Bevölkerung bekennen sich zum Islam, rund 90 Prozent davon sind sunnitische, der Rest schiitische Muslime. Hindus und Christen bilden religiöseMinderheiten. Daneben gibt es Sikhs, Parsen und eine kleine Zahl Buddhisten. Die Verfassung definiert Pakistan als islamische Nation; seit den Verfassungsänderungen von1986 und 1991 ist die islamische Scharia oberste Rechtsquelle. Die Verfassung garantiert jedoch Glaubensfreiheit. 3.3. 1 Feiertage Weltliche Feiertage si...

• Ukraine - geographie.

  Die meisten Ukrainer sind Christen und gehören der ukrainisch-orthodoxen Kirche an, die in drei Patriarchate gespalten ist. Viele ukrainische Bewohner der westlichenLandesteile sowie die meisten Ungarn und Polen sind Angehörige der katholischen Kirche. Darüber hinaus gibt es jüdische, protestantische und muslimische Minderheiten. 3.3. 1 Feiertage Weihnachten ist der wichtigste Feiertag. Er wird am 25. Dezember von Katholiken und am 7. Januar von orthodoxen Christen begangen. Heute, nachdem dieR...

• Argentinien - geographie.

  3 BEVÖLKERUNG Argentinien hat 40,7 Millionen Einwohner (2008). Die Bevölkerungsdichte beträgt etwa 15 Personen pro Quadratkilometer. Rund 90 Prozent der Bevölkerung sind Weiße,vor allem europäischer Abkunft. Zahlenmäßig fallen besonders Argentinier italienischer Herkunft (36 Prozent) und spanischer Herkunft (29 Prozent) ins Gewicht. Rund500 000 Argentinier sind deutscher Abstammung. Im Gegensatz zu den meisten lateinamerikanischen Ländern leben in Argentinien wenige Mestizen (Mischlinge zwische...

• Türkei - geographie.

  Mauswiesel, Tigeriltis und Fischotter. Die Paarhuferfauna ist durch Wildschwein, Reh, Rothirsch und Bezoarziege repräsentiert. Greifvögel sind u. a. mit zahlreichenAdlerarten (See-, Stein-, Kaiser-, Schell-, Schrei-, Zwerg- und Schlangenadler) sowie Geiern (Bart-, Mönchs-, Gänse- und Schmutzgeier) vertreten. BemerkenswerteGroßvögel feuchter Gebiete sind Reiher (Nacht-, Kuh-, Rallen-, Seiden-, Silber-, Purpur- und Graureiher), Rosa- und Krauskopfpelikan, Rosaflamingo, Löffler, Sichler, Weiß-und S...

• Azerbaijan - country.

  second most important industrial center after Baku. A Ethnic Groups Azerbaijan, including the autonomous exclave of Naxçivan, is populated mostly by ethnic Azerbaijanis, who are also known as Azeris. The ethnic composition of thecountry changed due to a civil war between the government of Azerbaijan and Armenian secessionists in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. Beginning in 1988, when thepeople of Nagorno-Karabakh unilaterally decided to secede from Azerbaijan, nearly the entire Azerbaijani popula...

• Kyrgyzstan - country.

  are Bishkek, the capital, located on the Chu River in the far north; and Osh, located in the Fergana Valley. A Ethnic Groups Ethnic Kyrgyz make up about 65 percent of the population of Kyrgyzstan. Uzbeks, who live primarily in the Fergana Valley, constitute about 14 percent of thepopulation. Russians, who live principally in Bishkek and other industrial centers, make up about 13 percent of the population. Other ethnic groups include Hui (ChineseMuslims, also known as Dungans), Ukrainians, Uygur...

• Solomon R.

• Daniel Libeskind - KUNSTLER.

• Renoir, Pierre-Auguste - vie et oeuvre du peintre.

  Renoir (Pierre-Auguste), Portrait de l'actrice Jeanne Samary Ce portrait de cette célébrité de la Comédie-française, Jeanne Samary, a été réalisé pour le Salon de Paris de 1879. Les jeux de lumière évoqués par la touche fondue de Renoir mettent envaleur les reflets nacrés de la robe de bal de la jeune actrice, représentée en pied dans un intérieur bourgeois. Les couleurs chaudes de l'arrière-plan répondent aux nuances de la chevelure dumodèle, tandis que le cadre, coupé dans la partie gauche, s...

• Louvre.

• mythologique, peinture1PRÉSENTATIONmythologique, peinture, en peinture, terme désignant les oeuvres s'inspirant du récit de la vie des dieux, héros et personnages appartenant aux mythologies des différentes cultures.

  Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY Dans l’art grec, la vie des dieux et des héros mythologiques inspire l’ornementation des vases attiques. Au travers d’une esthétique très stylisée, tout aussi codifiée que celle des Égyptiens, se trouvent décrits les moments forts de l’existence des dieux. Cependant des épisodes d’une plus grande variété sont relatés. Les mythes grecs, dans lesquels dieux et humains ne cessent de se côtoyer au gré des récits, favorisent en outre une figuration plus proche de la r...

• Berlin

• Los Angeles - geographie.

• Los Angeles - geography.

  (2006 population, 472,494), located east of the Port of Los Angeles. The city of Compton (95,701) is located north of Long Beach, on the east side of the AlamedaCorridor. On the other side of the corridor are the cities of Torrance (142,350) and Inglewood (114,914). Northwest of Inglewood and west of downtown Los Angeles are the wealthy and fashionable Santa Monica (88,050) and Beverly Hills (34,979). Both cities are enclaves:Santa Monica is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles to the north, ea...

• Los Angeles - geography.

  (2006 population, 472,494), located east of the Port of Los Angeles. The city of Compton (95,701) is located north of Long Beach, on the east side of the AlamedaCorridor. On the other side of the corridor are the cities of Torrance (142,350) and Inglewood (114,914). Northwest of Inglewood and west of downtown Los Angeles are the wealthy and fashionable Santa Monica (88,050) and Beverly Hills (34,979). Both cities are enclaves:Santa Monica is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles to the north, ea...

• Fondée au XVIIe siècle sur la côte atlantique, symbole de

  Enfin, les habitants en provenance de l'Amérique latine représentent 11 % de la population de l'agglomération et le nombre des Chinois est en augmentation sensible. Complétez votre recherche en consultant : Les corrélats Bartholdi Frédéric Auguste Hudson Hudson Henry Indépendance américaine (guerre de l') Iroquois Verrazano (Giovanni da) Les livres New York - la Liberté éclairant le monde, page 3422, volume 6 New York - l'Empire State Building, page 3423, volume 6 La configuration...

• Arp, Jean - sculpture.

  papiers déchirés. Son refus catégorique de la ligne droite lui fait aborder la sculpture en ronde-bosse et l’amène à redéfinir son mode de travail. Pour Jean Arp ce passage d’un travail sur des reliefs en trois dimensions s’établit dorénavant par une recherche de forme dans un processus de condensation, de pétrification qu’il nomme à partir de 1929, « concrétion ». Pour Jean Arp, les courbes existent naturellement, les formes sont internes et ne demandent qu’à être révélées par l’artiste. Pend...

• Montréal - geography.

  requires children of immigrants to be educated in French. As a result, French-language schools became increasingly multiethnic. With four universities, Montréal is one of the leading centers of higher education in Canada. There are two English-language institutions: McGill University (1821) andConcordia University (1974). Their French-language counterparts are the Université de Montréal (1876) and the University of Québec at Montréal (1969). Both private andstate universities are funded by the p...

• cubisme - peinture.

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• cubisme - sculpture.

  Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. Tous droits réservés.

• Bildhauerkunst.

  und Darstellungen menschlicher Körper in ruhenden Positionen als Deckelfiguren von Sarkophagen und Urnen. Gleichzeitig entstanden Bronzeplastiken wie dieKapitolinische Wölfin (etwa 500 v. Chr., Museo Capitolino, Rom), die später zum Wahrzeichen Roms wurde. Die Römer waren begeisterte Sammler und Imitatoren griechischer Skulpturen; so verdankt ihnen die heutige Altertumswissenschaft wichtige Erkenntnisse über verlorengegangene griechische Originalkunstwerke. Ihr Beitrag zur Kunst der Bildhauere...

• fauvisme - peinture.

  L’année 1906 marque l’apogée du fauvisme. Tandis qu’Henri Matisse entreprend un voyage en Algérie et achève l’une de ses œuvres majeures, la Joie de vivre (1905-1906, The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvanie), André Derain effectue sur les conseils du marchand de tableaux Ambroise Vollard, l’un des plus grands acheteurs de toiles fauves, un voyage à Londres au cours duquel il réalise près d’une trentaine de peintures ( Pont de Westminster , 1906, Musée d’Orsay). Au cours de la même anné...

• Dickens

• Denver - geography.

  Denver is the center of professional sports in the Rocky Mountain region. Major league teams are the Denver Broncos (football), Colorado Rockies (baseball), DenverNuggets (basketball), and Colorado Avalanche (ice hockey). Coors Field (opened in 1995) is the home of the Colorado Rockies. The Broncos began play at the newlyconstructed Invesco Field at Mile High in 2001, and the Nuggets and Avalanche play at the Pepsi Center. The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo, one of thelargest such shows i...

• italien, art - beaux-arts.

  2.2. 1 L’architecture Le style architectural gothique, venu du nord de l’Europe, est perceptible dans quelques abbayes cisterciennes achevées au début du XIIIe siècle, telles que Fossanova, près de Rome (consacrée en 1208), et San Galgano, près de Sienne (v. 1218). L’introduction de ce nouveau style en Toscane — via l’abbaye de San Galgano — se traduit par la construction de deux célèbres églises gothiques à Florence, Santa Maria Novella (1246) et Santa Croce (1294-1295). Ces églises ont d...

• Washington, D.

  structures built according to L’Enfant’s plan. During the War of 1812, British troops set fire to the White House, destroying its interior. President James Madison and hisfamily lived in the Octagon while the White House was being rebuilt. South of the Federal Triangle is the Mall, a narrow park stretching roughly 1.6 km (1 mi) from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. Although the Mall officially endsat 14th Street, landscaped greenery extends to the Potomac. The Washington Monument, whose m...

• Boston - geography.

  The neighborhoods of Allston and Brighton occupy the northwest corner of the city to the west of Fenway. The Allston-Brighton area is bordered to the east, north, andwest by the Charles River and to the south by the Massachusetts Turnpike and the town of Brookline. It is an industrial and residential neighborhood that is also thelocation of Boston College and Harvard University Business School. Boston has been unsuccessful in annexing Brookline, the birthplace of U.S. president John F.Kennedy an...

• Folk Art I INTRODUCTION Carved Native American Figure This figure of a Native American trapper was carved from a single pine log (about 1850-1890).

  that young Native American women were taught to weave by Ursuline nuns. The overall spirit of French-Canadian folk art is colorful, happy, and, at the same time,devout. B Anglo-Canadian Folk Art The English tradition in the Maritime provinces is strong in the decoration of utilitarian objects, in graining, marbling, and incising, and in ship carvings (both figureheadsand stern-board decorations). The emigration to Canada of many New Englanders during and after the American Revolution led to int...

• Hercules (mythology) I INTRODUCTION Pollaiuolo's Hercules et Antaeus In a wrestling match, Hercules triumphed over the mighty giant Antaeus, who received his strength from his mother, the Earth goddess Gaia.

  Pollaiuolo’s Hercules and the HydraAmong his 12 labors, the mythological hero Hercules had to kill the nine-headed Hydra. Each time Hercules cut off onehead, two more grew in its place. Hercules solved the problem by, as soon as he cut off one head, burning with a torchthe spot where it had been to stop its regrowth. Hercules and the Hydra (about 1460, Uffizi, Florence, Italy) was paintedby Italian artist Antonio Pollaiuolo. Hercules is shown wearing the skin of the Nemean lion, which he had kil...

• Greek Art and Architecture - USA History.

  The struggle between these two city-states and their allies ultimately led to the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), which Sparta won. Despite this conflict, the 5th century, often called the Classical period, is usually considered the culmination of Greek art, architecture, and drama, with its highest achievements being the Temple ofZeus at Olympia, the Parthenon in Athens, and the plays of Athenian dramatists Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. The 4th century, or Late Classical p...

• Grèce antique, art de la.

  4 PÉRIODE ARCHAÏQUE (V. 625-480 AV. J.-C.) Après l'apprentissage des premiers temps, la période archaïque correspond à l'essor et à la maturation qui préparent l'accomplissement de l'époque classique. Les monuments se multiplient dans les grands sanctuaires de Grèce, mais également en Grèce de l'Est, où l'Ionie développe une civilisation brillante, et dans les prospères colonies occidentales. L'art d'Athènes reflète un certain luxe à l'époque du tyran Pisistrate, que dissipent l'instauration...

• Grèce antique, art de la - arts décoratifs.

  4 PÉRIODE ARCHAÏQUE (V. 625-480 AV. J.-C.) Après l'apprentissage des premiers temps, la période archaïque correspond à l'essor et à la maturation qui préparent l'accomplissement de l'époque classique. Les monuments se multiplient dans les grands sanctuaires de Grèce, mais également en Grèce de l'Est, où l'Ionie développe une civilisation brillante, et dans les prospères colonies occidentales. L'art d'Athènes reflète un certain luxe à l'époque du tyran Pisistrate, que dissipent l'instauration...

• Grèce antique, art de la - beaux-arts.

  4 PÉRIODE ARCHAÏQUE (V. 625-480 AV. J.-C.) Après l'apprentissage des premiers temps, la période archaïque correspond à l'essor et à la maturation qui préparent l'accomplissement de l'époque classique. Les monuments se multiplient dans les grands sanctuaires de Grèce, mais également en Grèce de l'Est, où l'Ionie développe une civilisation brillante, et dans les prospères colonies occidentales. L'art d'Athènes reflète un certain luxe à l'époque du tyran Pisistrate, que dissipent l'instauration...

• Edward BLEIBERG 1985-1986, « Historical Texts as Political Propaganda During the New Kingdom », BES 7, 5-14.

  J. F. BORGHOUTS 1978, Ancient Egyptian MagicalTexts.Translated, Leyde. 1986, Nieuwjaar inhet oude Egypte, Leyde. Giuseppe BOTTI 1967, L'archivio demoticodaDeir el-Medineh, CatalogoMuseoEgiziodiTorino, I,1, Florence. Pierre DUBOURGUET 1964, L'artcopte, PetitPalais, Paris,17juin-15 septembre 1964,Paris. 1968a, Histoires etLégendes del'Égypte mystérieuse, Tchou. 1968b, L'artcopte, A.Michel. 1973, L'artégyptien, DescléedeBrouwer. R. P.BOVIER-LAPIERRE H.GAUTHIER &P. JOUGUET 1932, Précisdel'histoire d...

• Detroit - geography.

  Automobile industrialist Henry Ford was born near Dearborn, Michigan, in 1863. Ford built his first automobile in 1893 and establishedhis own manufacturing company ten years later. The Ford Company headquarters are in Dearborn, as is the Henry Ford Museum,shown here, which tells of the transition of the United States from an agricultural to an industrial society, a change in which Fordplayed a central part.Townsend P. Dickinson/Photo Researchers, Inc. The Detroit city center also houses one of t...

• Nova Scotia - Geography.

  summer. Nova Scotia receives an average of more than 1,140 mm (45 in) of rain annually, with the Atlantic shore receiving 1,400 mm (55 in) or more. Most of the provincereceives about 1,900 mm (about 70 in) of snow, and considerable winter precipitation comes in the form of rain or ice storms. The average temperature in January, thecoldest month, is generally about -4°C (about 25°F) near the coast and somewhat colder toward the interior. The average temperature in July, the hottest month, isabout...

• Nova Scotia - Canadian History.

  summer. Nova Scotia receives an average of more than 1,140 mm (45 in) of rain annually, with the Atlantic shore receiving 1,400 mm (55 in) or more. Most of the provincereceives about 1,900 mm (about 70 in) of snow, and considerable winter precipitation comes in the form of rain or ice storms. The average temperature in January, thecoldest month, is generally about -4°C (about 25°F) near the coast and somewhat colder toward the interior. The average temperature in July, the hottest month, isabout...

• New Mexico - geography.

  New Mexico’s major river is the Río Grande, originating in southern Colorado, and flowing southward for 760 km (470 mi) through the state. Between the San LuisValley and Española Valley the river flows in a deep canyon known as the Río Grande Gorge; then, below White Rock Canyon, it flows through several valleys containingagricultural land. Most of the water of the Río Grande is used to irrigate these valleys. The Río Grande’s waterflow in New Mexico is extremely low. One of the major tributarie...

• New Mexico - USA History.

  New Mexico’s major river is the Río Grande, originating in southern Colorado, and flowing southward for 760 km (470 mi) through the state. Between the San LuisValley and Española Valley the river flows in a deep canyon known as the Río Grande Gorge; then, below White Rock Canyon, it flows through several valleys containingagricultural land. Most of the water of the Río Grande is used to irrigate these valleys. The Río Grande’s waterflow in New Mexico is extremely low. One of the major tributarie...

• Ecuador - country.

  F Natural Resources Ecuador’s main mineral wealth is in petroleum. Other mineral resources of the country include gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc. Forests cover 38.3 percent of thecountry. G Plants and Animals Along the northern part of the Ecuador coast, and within the inner portion of the southern coast, tropical jungles abound. In some places the jungles extend up theslopes of the Andes as wet, mossy forests. Dense forests cover both flanks of the Cordilleras, as well as the Oriente, u...

• Grèce antique, art de la - beaux-arts.

  Jusqu'aux environs de 320 av. J.-C., l'architecture, la peinture et la sculpture de grand format ont un caractère public, que leur destination soit religieuse ou civile. Toutefois, les monuments funéraires privés peuvent relever du grand art, et les arts décoratifs jouent un rôle important dans la sphère privée. Une famille ordinaire possède plusieurs vases de terre cuite peinte de belle facture ; les plus riches, de la vaisselle de bronze et des miroirs souvent décorés. Vases grecs Découvert...

• Kansas City (Missouri) - geography.

  vicinity of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church is where many Italian immigrants settled. The West Side, bordering the Armourdale industrial district, is a Hispanic area. Blackneighborhoods comprise a large area south of downtown, and the neighborhoods east of the central business district have been mainly black for generations. An extensivearea of black and mixed race neighborhoods borders the central business district of Kansas City, Kansas. Many neighborhoods in northeastern Kansas City are inhab...

• Maine - geography.

  temperatures range from 17° to 21°C (62° to 70°F) with the southern interior being the warmest and the east coast and north the coolest. However, daytime summertemperatures may reach the lower 30°s C (lower 90°s F), and temperatures in winter have fallen as low as -44°C (-48°F) in the interior. D2 Precipitation Precipitation (rainfall and snowfall) in Maine is evenly distributed throughout the year. Most areas receive from 860 to 1,020 mm (34 to 40 in) yearly, although parts ofthe coast are som...

• Maine - USA History.

  temperatures range from 17° to 21°C (62° to 70°F) with the southern interior being the warmest and the east coast and north the coolest. However, daytime summertemperatures may reach the lower 30°s C (lower 90°s F), and temperatures in winter have fallen as low as -44°C (-48°F) in the interior. D2 Precipitation Precipitation (rainfall and snowfall) in Maine is evenly distributed throughout the year. Most areas receive from 860 to 1,020 mm (34 to 40 in) yearly, although parts ofthe coast are som...

• Alberta - Geography.

  C Climate Except for the mountain areas, summers throughout the province are quite warm. Winters are long and extremely cold. In July, average daily temperatures range fromabout 16°C (about 60°F) along the northern boundary to about 21°C (about 70°F) in the south. In the extreme southeastern section of the province, temperatures of43°C (110°F) have been recorded. In January, average daily temperatures range from about -14°C (about 6°F) at Grande Prairie to about -9°C (about 16°F) atCalgary. Tem...

• Alberta - Canadian History.

  C Climate Except for the mountain areas, summers throughout the province are quite warm. Winters are long and extremely cold. In July, average daily temperatures range fromabout 16°C (about 60°F) along the northern boundary to about 21°C (about 70°F) in the south. In the extreme southeastern section of the province, temperatures of43°C (110°F) have been recorded. In January, average daily temperatures range from about -14°C (about 6°F) at Grande Prairie to about -9°C (about 16°F) atCalgary. Tem...

• Philip C.

• Las Vegas (Nevada) - geography.

  way for the Paiute people. In the late 1820s early Spanish explorers searching for water discovered an oasis in the region that now contains the city. They named theoasis “Las Vegas,” Spanish for “the meadows.” These expanses of wetlands, once irrigated by artesian waters carried under pressure from the nearby mountain ranges,were a main draw to southern Nevada until the 1940s. Las Vegas was an important stop along the Old Spanish Trail between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and southern California for m...