Heraldic+ornaments
71Royal Danish (Fabergé egg) — The Royal Danish egg (also known as the Danish Jubilee egg) is a jewelled enameled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1903, for Nicholas II of Russia, who presented the egg to his mother, the… …
72lepidopteran — /lep i dop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. lepidopterous. n. 2. a lepidopterous insect. [1850 55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any of the more than 100,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: scaly wing ): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The… …
73stained glass — stained glass, adj. glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, esp. by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades, etc. [1785 95] *… …
74stage design — Aesthetic composition of a dramatic production as created by lighting, scenery, costumes, and sound. While elements such as painted screens and wheeled platforms were used in the Greek theatre of the 4th century BC, most innovations in stage… …
75art and architecture, Iranian — ▪ ancient art Introduction the art and architecture of ancient Iranian civilizations. Any reservation about attributing to Iran primary status among the countries contributing to the art of the ancient Middle East must be associated… …
76Lace — • The two earliest known specimens of lace worked linen albs are that of St. Francis, preserved at St. Clare s convent, Assisi, and the alb of Pope Boniface VIII, now in the treasury of the Sistine Chapel Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …
77Chalkidian pottery — Animal on the back of a neck amphora by the Group of the Leipzig Amphora, circa 560/540 BC. Paris: Louvre. Chalcidian pottery is an important style of black figure Greek vase painting. The style s name is derived from the occasional presence of… …
78Cycladic vase painting — was a regional style of Greek vase painting, produced in the Cycladic islands. Especially in its early and middle phases, the Geometric vase painting of the Cyclades was strongly influenced by Attic vase painting. In the late Geometric phase,… …
79Het Loo Palace — Paleis Het Loo The cour d honneur and the palace front General information Type Palace …
80Medici lions — This article is about the sculptures of lions with spheres. For the heraldic symbol of Florence, see Marzocco. Vacca s lion …
