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2 days ago · The name Golden Horde is a partial calque of Russian Золотая Орда (Zolotáya Ordá), itself supposedly a partial calque of Turkic Altan Orda. Золотая (Zolotáya) was translated to 'Golden', while Орда (Ordá) was transliterated to 'Horde'.
5 days ago · The western khans had a capital at Sarai on the lower Volga while the eastern khans had capitals or winter camps on the Syr Darya, especially Sighnaq. Most rulers of the Eastern half are poorly documented, and historiography still largely relies on the treatment by Hammer-Purgstall 1840, who had access to what are now considered unreliable ...
6 days ago · Henri Matisse. Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (French: [ɑ̃ʁi emil bənwa matis]; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.
3 days ago · An Arbitrary Colourist, Van Gogh, Poets & Lovers Exhibition at the National Gallery, 14 September 2024 – 19 January 2025, press preview 11 September; Catalogue of the exhibition, Cornelia Homburg, featuring the essay ‘Art of the Future’; reviewed by Leslie … Continue reading →
Aug 28, 2024 · Pointillism, in painting, the practice of applying small strokes or dots of color to a surface so that from a distance they visually blend together. The technique is associated with its inventor, Georges Seurat, in such works as A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884 (1884/86) and Bathers at Asnières.
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1 day ago · Marija Eleonora. Religija. rimskokatoliška (1652-1689) luteranska (1626-1652) Kristina (18. december 1626 – 19. april 1689), je bila edini preživeli otrok kralja Gustava Adolfa Švedskega in njegove žene Marije Eleonore Brandenburške; kot švedska kraljica [note 1] je vladala od 1632 vse do svoje odpovedi 1654. [7]
6 days ago · September 2024. Erica von Scheel war Schülerin von Henry van de Velde und später selbst als Lehrerin an der Kunstgewerbeschule Weimar tätig. Ihrem Mentor blieb sie ein Leben lang verbunden. Einige ihrer Werke sind heute Teil der Sammlungen der Direktion Museen der Klassik Stiftung Weimar. Antje Neumann über die vielseitig begabte Künstlerin.
