Términos

Término acuñado por el crítico de arte Li Xianting para referirse a una tendencia artística en China a finales de los ochenta y principios de los noventa, que concidió con la "Fiebre de Mao" y el creciente consumismo occidental en China.
Adoptando técnicas del pop art y un enfoque deconstruccionista, el pop político combinaba símbolos políticos de la era Mao (a menudo retratos de Mao) y símbolos de la cultura consumista occidental para crear una sensación de ironía y absurdo. Este movimiento refleja una compleja psicología social en China, enraizada en el "Complejo de Mao" y la lucha por superarlo.

Libros, generalmente para niños, en los cuales los elementos de un cuadro emergen hacia el lector cuando las páginas se abren o se tira de una lengüeta.

Generalmente, las partes traseras de embarcaciones de agua.

Popas en las que el borde inferior del espejo está por encima de la línea de flotación.

Textil plano de cualquier fibra o mezcla de fibras con nervaduras cruzadas que le dan una textura típica acanalada.

Lugar de comida de la antigua Roma que ofrecía predominantemente comida caliente, por lo general, sencilla y barata, y con frecuencia en establecimientos insalubres.

Targets meant to resemble birds, or made from stuffed birds, that are fixed to poles of various heights for use in the practice of archery.

Material textil africano de origen Ewe pero adaptado y modificado por otros pueblos, que ha sido tejido en un telar en piezas angostas para producir diseños muy contrastados. Ropa popular, es comercializada en torno a toda la región del delta del Níger.

In Pre-Colombian and current Central and South American cultures, containers, usually metal, to store small amounts of powdered lime used in chewing of coco leaves. Usually includes a receptacle, a lid, and a stick or pin used to place the lime in the mouth. Poporos may be decorative, indicative of social status, and thought to incorporate mystical powers.

In plaster, the appearance of small, cone-shaped holes up to a quarter inch in diameter; caused by the expansion of lime or foreign material and occurring between three months and up to one year after the plaster has set.

Literature intended for the general audience, rather than for specialists and not having the goal to attain critical acclaim.

Titles or names that are used for a work or other entity in popular culture, but are not the official or repository title or name.

Doctrina política y económica defendida por los populistas, incluida la representación de los intereses agrarios, la libre acuñación de la plata y el control gubernamental de los monopolios.

Genus containing around 35 species and several natural hybrids of rapid-growing but relatively short-lived trees deciduous trees native to the Northern Hemisphere.

Species of medium-sized tree with broad, rounded crown, native from Spain and Morocco through central Europe and central Asia. It has been widely planted in the United States and elsewhere. White poplar was first introduced to North America in 1748, and is now found in 43 contiguous states, even considered weedy or invasive in some areas.

Species of large tree that grows in swampy soils in the northern U.S. and Canada. It is often cultivated as a shade tree, attractive for fragrant buds thickly coated with an aromatic resin, which is also used to make cough syrups.

Species of tree native to Europe but introduced to North America. It has has deltoid leaves with woolly grayish undersides, accounting for its popular name. It is a close relative of the white poplar, P. alba. In many classifications, it is considered a hybrid of P. alba and the European aspen, P. tremula, having characteristics intermediate between the two.