INFORMATIVE: HOW to DISTINGUISH TWO POPULAR ARCHITECTURAL STYLE of the PAST

IN medieval Europe originated two main styles of architecture: Romanesque and Gothic. What is their origin? What are the distinguishing features and similarities of the two areas? What is the function of the building carrying these styles?
Despite the fact that many architectural works of the Gothic and the romance was destroyed by civil wars,...

Spanish artist Vicente Romero Redondo - was born in Madrid in 1956. From early childhood I dreamed to paint. In 1982 he received a diploma with honors, faculty of fine art" San-Фернандо", the most prestigious art school in Spain.

In the late 80-ых the artist and his wife settled in the Costa Brava, choosing bright and quiet place for my Studio, creativity and inspiration. With the move began a new phase in his creative life. The beauty of the Mediterranean, beautiful landscape,...

History of Tsarskoye Selo, or rather the area around the rivers Narva, Neva and Luga, known from the Novgorod Chronicles. The region of the Neva river was of strategic importance for local residents, there were important trade routes, which has long been a bone of contention for the Germans, Swedes and Russians.After the victory over the Swedes first, what did Peter I, who sought by all means to bring backward Russia to Europe, was the establishment of the new capital Санкт-Петербурга.
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КОМПОЗИТОР ЛЮДВИГ ВАН БЕТХОВЕН

Говорят, что чувство истинного вдохновения ведомо лишь тем, кто постиг цену истинному страданию. А страданий в жизни Людвига ван Бетховена было предостаточно. Не оттого ли его музыка так божественна и пронизана таким испепеляющим накалом...

CONTEMPORARY REALISMValery Shilyaev painter, marine painter, portraitist, was born June 29, 1948 in the village of Sharanga Kirov region. Studied at Chelyabinsk-65 in the city school for design office specializing in artistic processing of metal.the Website of the artist: http://www.shilaev.info/Baltic squallBrig in the oceanBrig Diomede. White sailsBay Herderthe Death of the frigate -Диана- b. Shimoda 1854Blue waveOn the edge...Neighborhood TransformationTidethe First wintering in the Gulf...