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Medici porcelain — Works, Bottle, c. 1575–87, with pitted texture detail; Soft Paste Porcelain; OA 2734, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Medici porcelain was the first successful attempt in Europe to make imitations of Chinese porcelain, although it didn t managed to make… … Wikipedia
Medici porcelain — first European soft paste porcelain, made in Florence between about 1575 and 1587 in workshops under the patronage of Francis I (Francis (I)) (Francesco de Medici). It is thought that the body of Medici porcelain consists of glass, powdered rock … Universalium
Marie de' Medici cycle — The Marie de Medici Cycle is a series of twenty four paintings by Peter Paul Rubens commissioned by Marie de Medici, wife of Henry IV of France, for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. Rubens received the commission in the autumn of 1621. After… … Wikipedia
Bia de' Medici — Bianca de Medici, called Bia (ca. 1536 ndash; March 1 1542) was the illegitimate daughter of Cosimo I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, born before his first marriage.After her death of a fever at about the age of six, her father commissioned a… … Wikipedia
Flag of Spain — Infobox flag Name = Spain Article = Nickname = Rojigualda. Image size = 200px Use = 100100 Symbol = FIAV|normal Proportion = 2:3 Adoption = December 6, 1978 (current version, as established on the Spanish Constitution) Design = Three horizontal… … Wikipedia
clair de lune — |kla(a)rdəl|ün, ler noun (plural clair de lunes) Etymology: French, literally, moonlight 1. : a pale blue or green blue glaze used on porcelain; also : porcelain of this color … Useful english dictionary
puritan gray — noun Usage: sometimes capitalized P : a bluish gray that is less strong than clair de lune, greener and paler than average dusk (sense 3a), and paler than Medici blue … Useful english dictionary
painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in … Universalium
Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present. Like… … Universalium
Royal Entry — Entry of John II of France and his Queen into Paris after their Coronation at Reims in 1350, later manuscript illumination by Jean Fouquet. The Royal Entry, also known by various other names, including Triumphal Entry and Joyous Entry, embraced… … Wikipedia
