Términos

Wooden two-wheeled vehicles with steering mechanisms; propelled by the rider pushing from the ground with each foot. The first two-wheeled rider-propelled machine was the draisienne, invented by Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun of Germany, in 1817. Denis Johnson of London purchased a draisienne and patented his model as a “pedestrian curricle.” Many buyers were members of the nobility, and caricaturists called the devices “dandy horses.”

Se refiere a la cultura de la nación moderna de Dinamarca o en general a las culturas que han ocupado el área del noreste de Europa, norte de Alemania. Se usa para referirse a menudo específicamente a las culturas de los daneses históricos, una rama escandinava de los Teutónicos. También se usa a veces para referirse a la cultura de todos los escandinavos que invadieron Inglaterra desde el siglo IX al siglo XI d.C.

Mid-20th century style of industrial and furniture design characterized by organic shapes, a lack of applied ornament, and extensive use of wood: often teak. Furniture in this style generally conforms to standards of construction, materials and proportion of traditional forms, though streamlined. The term is most often applied to furniture and industrial design such as tableware rather than to architecture, though it is also found in extended use.

Spits equipped with an adjustable hook or group of hooks suspended by a cord, the winding and unwinding of which provides the turning movement, assisted by two fly weights at the top of a metal stem.

See xinjian 心間.

Se refiere al estilo y cultura Neolítico denominada por el sitio en Danilo, Dalmacia en Croacia moderno. Algunos estudiosos creen que esta cultura y su estilo de cerámica pintado se relacionan más estrechamente con las culturas en las Islas de Aeolian, Capri y al sur de Italia que a las culturas balcánicas orientales contemporáneas.

General term for several currencies used in Denmark until 1875.

Daño físico a una cosa, como el deterioro de su valor o utilidad.

Dansaekhwa translates to ‘monochrome painting.' It refers to a loose constellation of mostly large abstract paintings done in white, black, brown, and other neutral colors made by [South] Korean artists from the 1960s to 1970s. Dansaekhwa artists used various methods to create their paintings, such as pushing paint, soaking canvas, dragging pencils, and ripping paper. While the style has been often linked with Western and Japanese modes of minimalism and abstraction, the associated artists emphasized their connection to Korean traditional arts and colours and a spiritual return to nature through the creation of infinite space.

Término de coleccionista para sillas X del Renacimiento italiano con ensambles cruzados solo en el frente y respaldo. Su nombre deriva de una asociación con el poeta del siglo XIV Dante, aunque es cuestionable que tales sillas fueran realmente usadas por él.

The prehistoric cultures of the regions surrounding the Danube river and beyond, particularly the agrarian societies in central and eastern Europe, from the Balkans to the Low Countries and the Paris Basin. In addition to establishing the distinctive pottery traditions of Linear Pottery culture, stroked pottery culture, and Rössen culture, the early phases of Danubian peoples cleared forests, cultivated fertile loess soils, kept domesticated cows, goats, pigs, sheep, and dogs.

Se refiere a los estilos y culturas que se desarrollaron a lo largo del río Danubio en Europa central, particularmente la cultura Neolítica prehistórica y los principados Medievales.
La cultura Neolítica es más comúnmente llamada "cultura LBK" o "Bandkeramik" por estudiosos modernos, aunque "Danubiano" era anteriormente el término más común.

Forma de arte interpretativa realizada en movimiento rítmico, creando diseños visuales por medio de una serie de poses y un trazado de modelos a través del espacio en a lo largo de unidades de tiempo medidos.