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All Is Vanity (1892) Charles Allan Gilbert (September 3, 1873 – April 20, 1929), better known as C. Allan Gilbert, was an American illustrator. He is especially remembered for a widely published drawing (a memento mori or vanitas) titled All Is Vanity. The drawing employs a double image (or visual pun) in which the scene of a woman admiring ...
In astronomy, an analemma ( / ˌænəˈlɛmə /; from Ancient Greek ἀνάλημμα (analēmma) 'support') [ a] is a diagram showing the position of the Sun in the sky as seen from a fixed location on Earth at the same mean solar time, as that position varies over the course of a year. The diagram will resemble a figure eight.
Dressing table (ca. 1815–1830) The dressing table (also a vanity table or simply a vanity, [ 1] in Australian English, a duchess) is a table specifically designed for performing one's toilette (dressing, applying makeup and other personal grooming ), [ 2] intended for a bedroom or a boudoir. [ 3]
Audrey Kathleen Hepburn (née Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British [a] actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and was recognised as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema and was inducted into the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List.
A witch ball is a hollow sphere of glass. Historically, witch balls were hung in cottage windows in 17th and 18th century England to ward off evil spirits, witches, evil spells, ill fortune and bad spirits. [ 1] The witch ball holds great superstition with regard to warding off evil spirits in the English counties of East Sussex and West Sussex.
Home Improvement: Claire Danes, My So-Called Life: 1995–1996 Party of Five: Cybill: Jimmy Smits, NYPD Blue: Kelsey Grammer, Frasier: Jane Seymour, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Cybill Shepherd, Cybill: 1996–1997 The X-Files: 3rd Rock from the Sun: David Duchovny, The X-Files: John Lithgow, 3rd Rock from the Sun: Gillian Anderson, The X-Files ...
The Vanity Fair secret to great group photos that anyone can pull off. Lights, camera, action! Lights, camera, action! I’m a Photographer and Here Are My 3 Best Tips for Looking Good in Pictures
The Mapparium is a three-story-tall globe made of stained glass that is viewed from a 30-foot-long (9.1 m) bridge through its interior. As of August 2021, it is part of the "How Do You See the World?" exhibit of the Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, Massachusetts . Built in 1935 and based upon Rand McNally political maps published ...