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Heracles and Geryon on an Attic black-figured amphora with a thick layer of transparent gloss, c.540 BCE, now in the Munich State Collection of Antiquities. Black-figure pottery painting, also known as the black-figure style or black-figure ceramic ( Ancient Greek: μελανόμορφα, romanized :melanómorpha ), is one of the styles of ...
Annual. Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ( Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, lit. 'the Day of the Festival of Patrick'), is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick ( c.385 – c. 461 ), the foremost patron saint of Ireland . Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian ...
In color theory, a shade is a pure color mixed with black. It decreases its lightness while nearly conserving its chromaticity. Strictly speaking, a "shade of black" is always a pure black itself and a "tint of black" would be a neutral gray. In practice, many off-black colors possess a hue and a colorfulness (also called saturation).
St. Patrick's Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It is the seat of the Archbishop of New York as well as a parish church . The cathedral occupies a city block bounded by Fifth Avenue , Madison Avenue , 50th Street , and 51st Street , directly across from Rockefeller Center .
Saint Patrick's Saltire is a red saltire on a white field. It is used in the insignia of the Order of Saint Patrick, established in 1783, [4] and after the Acts of Union 1800 it was combined with the Saint George's Cross of England and the Saint Andrew's Cross of Scotland to form the Union Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
In fact, the idea about the supposed lesson doesn't show up until 1726, when an Irish minister and amateur botanist wrote about the Irish custom of wearing shamrocks on St. Patrick's Day, says ...
Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick ( Latin: Patricius; Irish: Pádraig [ˈpˠɑːɾˠɪɟ] or [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ]; Welsh: Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints being Brigid of Kildare and Columba.
Patrick Nagel. Patrick Nagel (November 25, 1945 – February 4, 1984) was an American artist and illustrator. He created popular illustrations on board, paper, and canvas, most of which emphasize the female form in a distinctive style, descended from Art Deco and pop art. He produced many illustrations for Playboy magazine.