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The phenomenon is commonly called autumn colours [2] or autumn foliage [3] in British English and fall colors, [4] fall foliage, or simply foliage [5] in American English. In some areas of Canada and the United States , " leaf peeping " tourism is a major contribution to economic activity.
Fall of Leaves (original French title: Chûte de feuilles), or Falling Autumn Leaves is a pair of paintings (in French pendants, i. e. counterparts) by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. They were executed during the two months at the end of 1888 that his artist friend Paul Gauguin spent with him at The Yellow House in Arles , France.
Three Worlds is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher first printed in December 1955.. Three Worlds depicts a large pool or lake during the autumn or winter months, the title referring to the three visible perspectives in the picture: the surface of the water on which leaves float, the world above the surface, observable by the water's reflection of a forest, and the world below ...
Autumn Leaves (1856) is a painting by John Everett Millais exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856. It was described by the critic John Ruskin as "the first instance of a perfectly painted twilight." [ 1 ] Millais's wife Effie wrote that he had intended to create a picture that was "full of beauty and without a subject".
A fall line (or fall zone) is the area where an upland region and a coastal plain meet and is noticeable especially where rivers cross it, with resulting rapids or waterfalls. The uplands are relatively hard crystalline basement rock , and the coastal plain is softer sedimentary rock . [ 1 ]
Sky and Water I is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher first printed in June 1938. The basis of this print is a regular division of the plane consisting of birds and fish . Both prints have the horizontal series of these elements —fitting into each other like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle —in the middle, transitional portion of ...
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Leaf peeping (momijigari) as an activity in Japan dates back to the Heian periodFall foliage in Japan usually occurs from late October to early December. [8] Leaf peeping in Japan has been a tradition since the Heian period; [9] [10] Anna Selby of The Daily Telegraph wrote that leaf peeping "is a concept embedded deep within Japanese culture", citing Shinto and Zen as examples. [11]