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- Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and subjective experience...160 KB (18,559 words) - 21:06, 30 July 2024
- Cosmetics are composed of mixtures of chemical compounds derived from either natural sources or synthetically created ones. Cosmetics have various purposes...94 KB (10,391 words) - 05:12, 8 August 2024
- A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term brick denotes...59 KB (7,078 words) - 15:48, 17 June 2024
- A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without...35 KB (3,345 words) - 23:46, 5 August 2024
- Timber framing (German: Fachwerkbauweise) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures...91 KB (10,840 words) - 15:13, 18 May 2024
- A Bailey bridge is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge. It was developed in 1940–1941 by the British for military use during the Second World...28 KB (3,082 words) - 13:51, 2 August 2024
- In urban planning, zoning is a method in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into "zones", each of which has a set of regulations...85 KB (8,289 words) - 21:01, 9 June 2024
- Linear or point-projection perspective (from Latin perspicere 'to see through') is one of two types of graphical projection perspective in the graphic...35 KB (3,499 words) - 22:23, 21 July 2024
- A folk costume (also regional costume, national costume, traditional clothing, traditional garment or traditional regalia) expresses a national identity...73 KB (6,112 words) - 23:06, 2 August 2024
- 135 film, more popularly referred to as 35 mm film or 35 mm, is a format of photographic film with a film gauge of 35 mm (1.4 in) loaded into a standardized...24 KB (3,224 words) - 12:25, 8 July 2024
- A wetsuit is a garment worn to provide thermal protection while wet. It is usually made of foamed neoprene, and is worn by surfers, divers, windsurfers...56 KB (7,430 words) - 19:31, 2 August 2024
- A gravestone or tombstone is a marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave. A marker set at the head of the grave may be called a headstone. An...33 KB (3,638 words) - 12:42, 30 July 2024
- Body painting is a form of body art where artwork is painted directly onto the human skin. Unlike tattoos and other forms of body art, body painting is...31 KB (3,537 words) - 06:45, 22 May 2024
- Velvet is a type of woven fabric with a dense, even pile that gives it a distinctive soft feel. By extension, the word velvety means "smooth like velvet"...14 KB (1,711 words) - 10:37, 20 July 2024
- Semi-formal wear or half dress is a grouping of dress codes indicating the sort of clothes worn to events with a level of formality between informal wear...6 KB (665 words) - 06:07, 2 June 2023
- A diorama is a replica of a scene, typically a three-dimensional model either full-sized or miniature. Sometimes it is enclosed in a glass showcase for...37 KB (4,575 words) - 06:32, 9 June 2024
- Brocade (/broʊˈkeɪd/) is a class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in coloured silks and sometimes with gold and silver threads. The...10 KB (1,182 words) - 08:37, 26 July 2024
- In miniature wargaming, players enact simulated battles using scale models called miniature models, which can be anywhere from 2 to 54 mm in height, to...23 KB (2,282 words) - 03:53, 21 June 2024
- Underwater photography is the process of taking photographs while under water. It is usually done while scuba diving, but can be done while diving on surface...36 KB (4,481 words) - 22:57, 7 May 2024
- Gold leaf is gold that has been hammered into thin sheets (usually around 0.1 μm thick) by a process known as goldbeating, for use in gilding. Gold leaf...22 KB (2,619 words) - 12:30, 18 July 2024