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                                 Mona Lisa

 Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 American film that was produced by Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures in association with Red Om Films Productions, directed by Mike Newell, written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal, and starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Julia Stiles. The title is a reference to the Mona Lisa, the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, and the song of the same name, originally performed by Nat King Cole, which was covered by Seal for the movie. This was the first time a female actress had been paid a 20 million pay day by directors, a feat till today has only been achieved by two others.
Mona Lisa Smile tells the story of Katherine Ann Watson (played by Julia Roberts), a teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school who leaves her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles to teach "History of Art" at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, United States in 1953.
Upon arriving at Wellesley, Watson is initially caught out by the confident students who have already studied the syllabus and know everything she has prepared to teach them. Throughout the day, she learns of the faculty's initial reluctance to hire her, eventually relenting due to the lack of any alternative candidates. Watson moves in with speech/elocution/poise teacher, Nancy Abbey (Marcia Gay Harden) and the school nurse, Amanda Armstrong (Juliet Stevenson), who warn Watson to watch out for herself. The next day, Watson returns with renewed confidence, surprising her students with modern art not included in the syllabus and challenging their attitudes towards art, including the question "What makes it good or bad and who decides?" The modern art produces curious debate among the students, but is fiercely challenged by one of the students, Betty Warren (Kirsten Dunst).

                                 

                       Meister_von_Mileseva_

The work of art depicted in this image and the reproduction thereof are in the public domain worldwide. The reproduction is part of a collection of reproductions compiled by The Yorck Project. The compilation copyright is held by Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft mbH and licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.       

Artist	Meister von Mileseva
Title	Deutsch: Fresken in der Kirche von Mileseva, Szene: Höllenfahrt Christi English: Fresco in the monastery church of Mileseva, Scene: Resurrection of Christ
Date	Deutsch: um 1235 English: c. 1235
Medium	Deutsch: Fresko English: Fresco
Current location	Deutsch: Kirche von Mileseva English: Church at Mileseva
	Deutsch: Milesev (Jugoslawien) English: Milesev (Yugoslavia)
Notes	Deutsch: Serbo-byzantinische Werkstatt
Source/Photographer	The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

          

                             Chen Hongshou  



Chen Hongshou (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Chén Hóngshòu; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Hung-shou); 1598-1652 was a Chinese painter of late Ming Dynasty.
A native of Zhuji, ZheJiang province, was a painter of the Ming dynasty. His style name was Zhanghou ( His pseudonyms were Laolian (, Fuchi ( Yunmenseng (, Huichi ), Chiheshang () and Huiseng^[1]. He once trained under Lan Ying, and was skilled in painting peculiar human figures, landscapes, flower-and-bird. He utilized plump, profound brushwork and precise color, creating a unique style. He always painted illustrations and made tapestry portraits.His two masterpieces," Shui Hu Ye Zi" (水浒叶子) and "Bo Gu Ye Zi", were the rare examples among the Ming and the Qing dynasties. He was very famous at that time, called "Chen in South and Cui in North", together with Cui Zizhong. He also was skilled in calligraphy,poetry and prose.



                                

                               Honfleur - Le peintre

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                               Ferapontov

  Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related mural painting types, done on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Italian word affresco [afˈfresːko] which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes were often made during the Renaissance and other early time periods.

                          

                              

                  Linh Chi paintings collection

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Linh Chi is a Vietnamese artist born in 1921. He specialised in silk paintings and he used the theme of ethnic minorities in many of his works.

Linh Chi is a Vietnamese artist born in 1921. He specialised in sk paintings and he used the theme of ethnic minorities in many of his works.           

                                                

 Famous Artistic Oil Paintings - Original

 

Oil painting

Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil — especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body and gloss. Other oils occasionally used include poppyseed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil. These oils confer various properties to the oil paint, such as less yellowing or different drying times. Certain differences are also visible in the sheen of the paints depending on the oil. Painters often use different oils in the same painting depending on specific pigments and effects desired. The paints themselves also develop a particular consistency depending on the medium.

Although oil paint was first used for the Buddhist Paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western Afghanistan sometime between the fifth and ninth centuries, it did not gain popularity until the 15th century. Its practice may have migrated westward during the Middle Ages. Oil paint eventually became the principal medium used for creating artworks as its advantages became widely known. The transition began with Early Netherlandish painting in northern Europe, and by the height of the Renaissance oil painting techniques had almost completely replaced tempera paints in the majority of Europe.

LANDSCAPE

Paintings

                         ABSTRACT PAINTINGS:

                                                                 

ANIMALS Paintings 

WONDERFUL NATURES

                                                                               
                                                                 
                                                                Hopetoun Falls


Hopetoun Falls is located five kilometres east of Beech Forest, Victoria, Australia.
Much attention has been given to preserving the natural characteristics of Hopetoun Falls, Australia, while allowing ample access for visitors.
The falls have a large set of well-built and maintained stairs that lead down a natural patio to a villu patafo very close to the foot of the waterfall. Hopetoun Falls plunges 30 m in a rectangular shape.
Hopetoun Falls is right off Apollo Roadd about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the Beauchamp Falls turnoff and roughly 20 kilometres (12 mi) or so northwest of the coastal town of Apollo Bay

 

Bachalpsee or Bachse

Bachalpsee or Bachse is a lake with an area of 8.06 ha (19.9 acres) close to the First (which can be reached with a cable car) above Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The lake, located at an elevation of 2,265 m (7,431 ft), is split by a natural dam, the smaller part of the lake being 6 m (20 ft) lower.

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                                                                 Iguazu waterfalls

Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls (Portuguese: Cataratas do Iguaçu [kataˈɾatɐz du iɡwaˈsu]; Spanish: Cataratas del Iguazú [kataˈɾataz ðel iɣwaˈsu]; Guarani: Chororo Yguasu [ɕoɾoɾo ɨɣʷasu]) are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian State of Paraná and the Argentine Province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River starts at the city of Curitiba and runs for the most part of the course in Brazil and at the end at the border of Brazil and Argentina.

                                     Leblon

Leblon (named after a French plantation owner, Le Blond, who owned this area) is an affluent neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, just west of Ipanema, another neighborhood in that city. In the north it is bordered by Gávea, and in the west by a towering hill called "Dois Irmãos", which translates as "two brothers", because of its split peak.
It's very much like Ipanema but even more exclusive, being the home of very rich, affluent and famous people. The beach is a bit quieter and relaxed than the hip and trendy beach of Ipanema. Sometimes bathing is not recommended by the authorities, especially after rainy days.
The neighborhood has the highest land prices of Brazil and Latin America. Consequently, the many beautiful houses in the neighborhood were torn down to make way for high-rise apartments. Very few houses remain in Leblon. Most of Leblon's charm was destroyed with the destruction of its houses, which also occurred in Ipanema and Copacabana.

                              
                            riparian woodland,

A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. Riparian is also the proper nomenclature for one of the fifteen terrestrial biomes of the earth. Plant habitats and communities along the river margins and banks are called riparian vegetation, characterized by hydrophilic plants. Riparian zones are significant in ecology, environmental management, and civil engineering because of their role in soil conservation, their habitat biodiversity, and the influence they have on fauna and aquatic ecosystems, including grassland, woodland, wetland or even non-vegetative. In some regions the terms riparian woodland, riparian forest, riparian buffer zone, or riparian strip are used to characterize a riparian zone. The word "riparian" is derived from Latin ripa, meaning river bank. The riparian is an important feature of a wetland because it allows us to gain an insight of its health. 






                                  PART 2

                

PART 3

BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS

                                                                         flower:

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plantsMagnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower). Some flowers produce diaspores without fertilization (parthenocarpy). Flowers contain sporangia and are the site where gametophytes develop. Flowers give rise to fruit and seeds. Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals, so as to cause them to be vectors for the transfer of pollen. (plants of the division

In addition to facilitating the reproduction of flowering plants, flowers have long been admired and used by humans to beautify their environment but also as objects of romance, ritual, religion, medicine and as a source of food.

                               

 Rose

A rose is a perennial plant of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in a number of colours from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe, North America, and northwest Africa. Species, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and fragrance. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach 7 meters in height. Species from different parts of the world easily hybridize, which has given rise to the many types of garden roses. ^[1]
The name rose comes from French, itself from Latin, rosa, which was borrowed from Oscan, from Greek ρόδιόν rhodion (Aeolic υρόδιόν wrodion), from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎼𐎭𐎡 wurdi "flower" (cf. Avest. warda, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr).^[2][3]
The leaves are borne alternately on the stem. In most species they are 5–15 centimetres long, pinnate, with (3–) 5–9 (–13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets usually have a serrated margin, and often a few small prickles on the underside of the stem. Most roses are deciduous but a few (particularly from South east Asia) are evergreen or nearly so.

Pink roses in full bloom

The flowers of most species have five petals, with the exception of Rosa sericea, which usually has only four. Each petal is divided into two distinct lobes and is usually white or pink, though in a few species yellow or red. Beneath the petals are five sepals (or in the case of some Rosa sericea, four). These may be long enough to be visible when viewed from above and appear as green points alternating with the rounded petals. The ovary is inferior, developing below the petals and sepals. Roses are insect-pollinated in nature.

                                                               

                           

                                                                       
                                                      ^LILIUM

Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere. They comprise a genus of about 110 species in the lily family (Liliaceae).

They are important as large showy flowering garden plants.^[1] Additionally, they are important culturally and in literature in much of the world. Some species are sometimes grown or harvested for the edible bulbs.

The species in this genus are the true lilies. Many other plants exist with "lily" in the common English name, some of which are quite unrelated to the true lilies.

The range of lilies in the Old World extends across much of Europe, across most of Asia to Japan, south to the Nilgiri mountains in India, and to the Philippines. In the New World they extend from southern Canada through much of the United States.
They are commonly adapted to either woodland habitats, often montane, or sometimes to grassland habitats. A few can survive in marshland and epiphytes are known in southeast Asia (including L. arboricola). In general they prefer moderately acidic or lime-free soils.

                                                                       ORCHIDS





Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the Orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. It is currently believed to be the second largest family of flowering plants (only the Asteraceae is larger), with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species, found in 880 genera.^[1][2] The number of orchid species equals more than twice the number of bird species, and about four times the number of mammal species. It also encompasses about 6–11% of all seed plants.^[3]Bulbophyllum (2,000 species), Epidendrum (1,500 species), Dendrobium (1,400 species) and Pleurothallis (1,000 species). The largest genera are
The family also includes Vanilla (the genus of the vanilla plant), Orchis (type genus) and many commonly cultivated plants such as Phalaenopsis and Cattleya. Moreover, since the introduction of tropical species in the 19th century, horticulturists have produced more than 100,000 hybrids and cultivars.
The complex mechanisms which orchids evolve to achieve cross-pollination were investigated by Charles Darwin and described in his 1862 book Fertilisation of Orchids.

Etymology

The name comes from the Greek "órkhis", literally meaning "testicle", because its root has a similar shape.^[4][5] The term was introduced in 1845 by John Lindley in "School Botany".[ 

Orchidaceae are cosmopolitan, occurring in almost every habitat apart from glaciers. The great majority are to be found in the tropics, mostly Asia, South America and Central America, but they are also found above the Arctic Circle, in southern Patagonia, and even two species of Nematoceras on Macquarie Island, close to Antarctica.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                            Sampaguita.

 

Jasminum sambac (syn. Nyctanthes sambac) is a species of jasmine native to southwestern, southern, and southeastern Asia. It is the national flower of the Philippines, where it is known as Sampaguita.
Other common names include Arabian Jasmine (English), Full (فل) (Arabic), Bel/Beli (বেলীফুল, Bengali), Mogra (Hindi and Marathi), Sampaguita (Spanish), Mallikā (Sanskrit),Juhi Mahli (ଜୁହି ମହ୍ଲି) in Oriya. Kampupot, Melati putih (Malay and Indonesian Language), Kampupot (Tagalog), Mallepuvvu (Telugu), Mallikaipu (Tamil), dundu Mallige (Kannada), Kaliyan (Urdu), Motiya / موتیا in Punjabi and PikakeHawaiian). The botanic name sambac is derived from a misapplication of the Sanskrit name champaka, which refers to the fragrant flowered shrub Michelia champaca. (
It is an evergreen vine or shrub reaching up to 1-3 m tall. The leaves are ovate, 4-12.5 cm long and 2-7.5 cm broad. The phyllotaxy is opposite or in whorls of three, simple (not pinnate, like most other jasmines). The flowers bloom all throughout the year and are produced in clusters of 3-12 together. They are strongly scented, with a white corolla 2-3 cm diameter with 5-9 lobes. The flowers open at night, and close in the morning. Sampaguitas do not bear seeds and the plant is cultivated solely by cuttings. The fruit is a purple-black berry 1 cm in diameter.
The sweet, heady fragrance of the Sampaguita is its distinct feature. It is widely grown throughout the tropics as an ornamental plant and for its strongly scented flowers. Numerous cultivars currently exist.
Sampaguita is also used in folk medicine. It is used traditionally for the alleviation of ailments such as headaches, fever, cough, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. The roots are used to treat wounds and snake bites. The leaves and the flowers have antipyretic and decongestant properties.