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A silhouette (English: / ˌ s ɪ l u ˈ ɛ t /, [1] French:) is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject. The interior of a silhouette is featureless, and the silhouette is usually presented on a light background, usually ...
Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite Valley (c. 1937) by Ansel Adams. Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California is a black and white photograph taken by Ansel Adams, c. 1937. It is part of a series of natural landscapes photographs that Adams took from Inspiration Point, at Yosemite Valley, since the 1930s.
Young woman wearing a sun hat. A sun hat (also known as the floppy hat, harvest hat or field hat [1]) is any hat or headgear specifically designed to shade the face, neck and shoulders from direct sunlight, usually with a circumferentially-protruding semi-rigid brim that can range from small to large, but as a general guideline around 4 to 7 in (10 to 18 cm) in width.
The palette mainly comprised muted tones: white, grey, beige, light green, and soft pink, as well as black and flourishes of red. [1] [43] McQueen said he sought to make a collection that would be broadly palatable at retail, so he included stylish suits and "simple black dresses". [30] Many items had pintucks and ruffles. [44]
[29]: 312–330 During this period, the black gauze hats with a flat top and an ear at either side appeared and were popular for both men and women. [ 50 ] Although they had their own cultural identity, the Cao Wei (220–266 AD) and the Western Jin (266–316 AD) dynasties continued the cultural legacy of the Han dynasty.
A Winter Scene with Skaters near a Castle is an oil-on-oak painting undertaken between 1608 and 1609 by the Dutch artist Hendrick Avercamp. [1]As with a number of Avercamp's works, the picture is part of the Flemish tradition of painting "the harmony of human activity and the cycle of nature". [2]
Influenced by the work of art historian Charles Moffett and curated by Eliza Rathbone, Impressionists in Winter was sponsored by J.P. Morgan & Co. and opened in 1998 at The Phillips Collection art museum in Washington, D.C. In 1999, the exhibition appeared at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and the Brooklyn Museum in New ...
The scene has been frequently parodied and referenced in popular culture, complete with the screeching violin sound effects (such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, among many others). [253] [254] 78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene, a documentary on its production by Alexandre O. Philippe, was released on October 13