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Dragon Backbone Rice Terraces is located in Longsheng County, Guangxi of China. The construction of the terraces started in the Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368) and lasted till the early Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911). Now, the Dragon Backbone Rice Terraces covers an area of 66 square km.
A pair of gold earrings in form of a calabash. Qing dynasty, (1644—1911). Forbidden City museum
Пара золотых серёжек в форме тыквы-горлянки. Династия Цин (1644-1911). Музей Запретного Города
金累丝葫芦式耳坠。请时代(1644~1911)。故宫博物馆
Arhat, jade. Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Архат, нефрит. Династия Цин (1644-1911)
罗汉,玉。清代(1644-1911)
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🎼Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
🎵Mystery Sonata XV "Crowning of the Virgin Mary"
🎨Diego Velázquez (The Coronation of the Virgin)
💞🙏💞 grazie sempre Luz @LUZDELC61
"Au temps radieux
le bleu mauve de mon âme
autour de ton corps"
Matsuo Bashō (1644 - 1694)
🎨Kitagawa Utamaro (1753 - 1806)
Died #OnThisDay in 1660: #Spanish #Baroque #painter Diego #Velázquez (1599-1660)
#Portrait of #PhilipIV #KingofSpain (1601-65) in in Fraga, 1644
#DiegoVelázquez #SpanishArt #Portraiture #Habsburg #FelipeIV #SpanishRoyalty
#FrickCollection
August 6, 1660: Diego Velázquez, Spanish Baroque artist and leading court painter of King Phillip IV, dies.
One of the most influential artists of the 17th century, Velázquez's "Coronation of the Virgin" (1644) is one of the most beautiful examples of his work. 🎨
#OTD 1.7.1644: Die Seeschlacht auf der Kolberger Heide im Torstenssonkrieg, einem Teilkrieg des Dreißigjährigen Krieges zwischen Dänemark und Schweden, endet für beide Seite ohne Schiffsverluste. Eine schwedische Landung wird verhindert https://t.co/dEqC0iYaAh
Henrietta Anne, youngest child of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, favourite sister of Charles II, Duchesse d'Orléans, sister in law (and old flame) of Louis XIV, ancestress of Louis XVI and subject of my second book for @penswordbooks, was born in Exeter on this day in 1644.
#OTD #AlexandertheGreat died in 323bce. The painting from 1644 by Pietro da Cortona shows Alexander defeating Darius III at the battle of Issus which hangs in the Capitoline Museum #Rome
First, let’s talk about one of the oldest movement of asexual women (and lesbians): the Golden Orchid in South China. The Golden Orchid was a collection of organizations in South China that began during the Qing dynasty and existed from approximately 1644 to 1949.
''The coronation of the virgin'' by Diego Velázquez (1641-1644), at @museodelprado
Just think, in around 1644, in Oxford, after all that had happened to religion in Britain under the Tudors, there was an English painter at work producing Caravaggesque night scenes! And I write about him in the Sunday Times today! Stand up and cheer for William Dobson!
@studiotstella @Stargazer_KEA François de Nomé aka Monsu Desiderio (Metz, c. 1593-Nápoles, c. 1644)