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In order to depict the scene in the interior of the Monplaisir Palace, Ge specially visited Peterhof, from where, in his own words, "in his mind, in his memory, he brought back the whole background of the painting Peter and Alexei, with the fireplace, with cornices, with four paintings of the Dutch school, with chairs, with the floor and lighting".
The drill hall was one of the largest column-free indoor spaces in New York City when completed; [89] The New York Times said the room was among the largest such spaces in the United States. [90] The hall was designed similarly to a train shed [ 17 ] [ 58 ] and is the oldest balloon shed in the U.S., as well as one of the first American balloon ...
The new art movement had its roots in Britain, in the floral designs of William Morris, and in the Arts and Crafts movement founded by the pupils of Morris. Early prototypes of the style include the Red House with interiors by Morris and architecture by Philip Webb (1859), and the lavish Peacock Room by James Abbott McNeill Whistler .
The Hotel Chelsea (also known as the Chelsea Hotel and the Chelsea) is a hotel at 222 West 23rd Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.Built between 1883 and 1884, the hotel was designed by Philip Hubert in a style described variously as Queen Anne Revival and Victorian Gothic.
The Oval Office has become associated in Americans' minds with the presidency itself through memorable images, such as a young John F. Kennedy, Jr. peering through the front panel of his father's desk, President Richard Nixon speaking by telephone with the Apollo 11 astronauts during their moonwalk, and Amy Carter bringing her Siamese cat Misty Malarky Ying Yang to brighten her father ...
The Semitic sound value of Qôp was /q/ (voiceless uvular stop), and the form of the letter could have been based on the eye of a needle, a knot, or even a monkey with its tail hanging down.
The contemporary, if provincial, Carolean style was the selected choice of design. Nevertheless, the new house was fitted with the latest innovations, such as sash windows for the principal rooms, and followed the latest thinking on house-planning, in seeking to separate those parts of the building that were for the use of the family from the ...
Bird's eye view of Nymphenburg Palace and Park, miniature by Maximilian de Geer, around 1730. The 1662 birth of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria of the Wittelsbach family was the occasion to consider the construction of a palatial residence and garden for the young mother, Electoress Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, in between the villages of Neuhausen and Obermenzing.