Art Nouveau is an international ornamental art style that characterized architecture, fine art and especially decorative arts across Europe and the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. The term ‘Art Nouveau’ – literally ‘New Art’ – was first used in the 1880s in the Belgian journal L’Art Moderne to describe the work … Read more
Renault is a major French automobile and motor carrier manufacturer Controlled by the French government, it is the country’s largest manufacturer and exporter of motor vehicles. The Renault corporation was founded on 25 February 1899 as Société Renault Frères by Louis Renault and his brothers Marcel and Fernand. Louis was a bright, aspiring young engineer … Read more
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of 42.195 kilometres (26 miles 385 yards). It can be run either as a road or off-road race. The marathon is the ultimate test of endurance. According to the popular view, runners hit “the wall” at about 20 miles, when their body’s energy reserves are … Read more
Henri Matisse French painter, sculptor, and graphic artist. Matisse is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso, as one of the artists who best helped to define the revolutionary developments in the visual arts throughout the opening decades of the twentieth century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture. His vast oeuvre encompassed painting, drawing, … Read more
A razor is a bladed tool primarily used in the removal of body hair through the act of shaving. Men have been shaving their facial hair pretty much since they first walked upright. In prehistoric times clam shells, shark teeth, and flint were sharpened and used to shave with. Drawings of such blades were found … Read more
Electronic music is a category of music that emerged in the 20th century in which music is created with electronic instruments. Electronic music is produced from a wide variety of sound resources—from sounds picked up by microphones to those produced by electronic oscillators (generating basic acoustical waveforms such as sine waves, square waves, and sawtooth … Read more
Honda is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It has been the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a production of 400 million by the end of 2019, as well as the world’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing … Read more
A mountain bike or mountain bicycle is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling. There are several different styles of mountain biking, usually defined by the terrain, and therefore the type of bicycles employed. Styles have evolved rapidly. Since the 1980s, mountain bikes have had anywhere from 7 to 36 speeds, with 1 to 3 chain-rings … Read more
Paul Gauguin, in full Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin was a French Post-Impressionist artist. The artist, whose work has been categorized as Post-Impressionist, Synthetist, and Symbolist, is particularly well known for his creative relationship with Vincent van Gogh as well as for his self-imposed exile in Tahiti, French Polynesia. His artistic experiments influenced many avant-garde developments in the … Read more