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Genre of performing arts involving light popular songs, commonly of a satirical or topical nature, often together with a play or stage performance of a light and amusing character, often with other entertainments such a juggling, mime, etc. Particularly popular in the USA from the mid-1890s until the early 1930s.

Blocks of stone that close the intersection of arches at the apex of a vault, such as a ribbed vault; may be covered by a round, decorative boss.

Úsese para describir obras producidas por el grupo étnico africano del mismo nombre que habita Madagascar.

Residential areas within a larger town or city, more or less cohered into integral communities having their own shops and other facilities, and other distinguishing characteristics.

Cantidades físicas que tienen magnitud y dirección.

Literatura sagrada en forma de una colección de poemas o himnos compuestos en sánscrito arcaico y conocido por las personas indo-europeo parlantes que entraron a India durante el 2 milenio antes de Cristo. El corpus de la literatura Védica incluye los Samhitas, los Brahmanas, los Aranyakas y los Upanishads, y se cree que derivaron de revelaciones divinas. Los Vedas fueron preservados oralmente por mucho tiempo, posiblemente con manuscritos tempranos hoy perdidos para asistir a la memoria. Varias de estas obras aún son recitadas con sutilezas de entonación y ritmo que se han heredado desde los tiempos tempranos de la religión Védica en India.

Área, generalmente cerrada al público, dispuesta aparte para el desarrollo de la caza o la pesca, y donde está permitida algún tipo de cacería.

In Indian architecture, a upapīṭha-type.

Period and culture that flourished in India ca. 1500 BCE-ca. 500 BCE, developing due to an influx of nomadic and pastoral peoples who spoke Indo-European languages and followed the early religion of Vedism.

Balaustradas o pasamanos que encierran un objeto sagrado o lugares de culto en estructuras religiosas índicos.

Religion with ancient origins that revolves primarily around the ideologies, mythic visions, and rituals contained in the Vedas, a compilation of religious literature. Vedism is based on the religious ideas and expressions of the Indo-Europeans who gradually entered the valley of the Indus River in successive waves in the second millennium BCE.

Úsese para vistas topográficas, especialmente pinturas o estampas italianas del siglo XVIII, usualmente de ciudades.

Escenas concebidas realistamente pero cuyos elementos son completamente imaginarios. Diferente de "capricho", en que los edificios representados de manera exacta son agrupados en una disposición arbitraria e imaginaria. Usar especialmente en referencia a pinturas y estampas italianas del siglo XVIII.

Landscape and view painters who specialized in "vedute," which are largely factual topographical views, especially 18th-century Italian paintings, drawings, or prints of cities.

Type of ferry known in the Netherlands, operating on rails at the bottom of a canal or other shallow body of water. Comprises a platform on wheels elevated above the water level.

Receptacles for storing raw vegetables.

The hard nut or seed of several types of palm tree which resembles ivory in hardness and appearance and serves as a substitute. Vegetable ivory is used for small, carved, ornamental items such as buttons and figurines.

Paper that is treated and embossed to simulate the appearance of true parchment derived from the skin of animals. Vegetable parchment is a tough translucent paper made from slightly beaten chemical wood pulp and/or cotton fibers. The fiber sheet is immersed in acid baths of diminishing strength to render it semi-transparent. Vegetable parchment is resistant to grease and solvents and has high wet strength. It may be coated on one side with silica to produce a smooth, nonabsorbent printing surface, often used for offset lithography or silk-screen printing.

Plants that are cultivated for food, typically restricted to the edible parts of a herbaceous plant (such as leaves, stems, or roots) that are traditionally served as a savory course of a meal.