November 2009
Biography: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) was an American artist and designer best known for his work in the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic…
Art Deco: A Style of Elegance
Art Deco is one of the most celebrated artistic movements of the 20th century, blending tradition with innovation. Defined by its…
Mexico City Side Street
In the late 1970s many arterial roads were redesigned as ejes viales; high-volume one-way roads that cross, in theory, Mexico City…
Biography: Alphonse Osbert
Alphonse Osbert, a distinguished French Symbolist painter, was born on May 5, 1857, in Bordeaux, France. Throughout his artistic career, Osbert…
Swan on the Vltava
The Vltava river is 430.3 kilometres (267.4 mi) long. It drains an area 28,090 square kilometres (10,850 sq mi) in size. This includes over…
