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Adam Weisweiler
Adam Weisweiler (c.1750 — after 1810) was a pre-eminent French master cabinetmaker (ébéniste) in the Louis XVI period, working in Paris.
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Agra
Agra is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Akbari Sarai
The Akbari Sarai (اکبری سرائے) is a large caravan inn ("sarai") that is located in Shahdara Bagh in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Alessandro Franchi (painter)
Alessandro Franchi (15 March 1838, Prato - 29 April 1914, Siena) was an Italian painter.
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Arabesque
The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined with other elements.
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Architecture of Lahore
The Architecture of Lahore reflects the history of Lahore and is remarkable for its variety and uniqueness.
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Ashford Black Marble
Ashford Black Marble is the name given to a dark limestone, quarried from mines near Ashford-in-the-Water, in Derbyshire, England.
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Badminton cabinet
The Badminton cabinet is a monumental piece of 18th-century furniture that twice set the record for most expensive piece of furniture ever sold.
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Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo
The Parish Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo (Basilica Parrocchiale Santa Maria del Popolo) is a titular church and a minor basilica in Rome run by the Augustinian order.
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Begum Akhtar
Akhtari Bai Faizabadi, also known as Begum Akhtar (Mustri Bai) (7 October 1914 – 30 October 1974), was a well-known Indian singer of Ghazal, Dadra, and Thumri genres of Hindustani classical music.
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Certosina
Certosina is a decorative art technique used widely in the Italian Renaissance period.
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Chini Ka Rauza
Chini ka Rauza is a funerary monument, rauza in Agra, India, containing the tomb of Allama Afzal Khan Mullah, a scholar and poet who was the Prime Minister of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.
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Culture of Uttar Pradesh
The Culture of Uttar Pradesh is an Indian Culture which has its roots in the Hindi and Urdu literature, music, fine arts, drama and cinema.
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David Roentgen
David Roentgen (1743 in HerrnhaagFebruary 12, 1807), was a famous German cabinetmaker of the eighteenth century, famed throughout Europe for his marquetry and his secret drawers and mechanical fittings.
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Diwan-i-Am (Red Fort)
The Diwan-i-Am, or Hall of Audience, is a room in the Red Fort of Delhi where the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658) and his successors received members of the general public and heard their grievances.
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Ferdinando Partini
Ferdinando Partini was an Italian painter who was active in the 1790s.
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Filippo Baldinucci
Filippo Baldinucci (1624 – 1 January 1697) was an Italian art historian and biographer.
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Funerary art
Funerary art is any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the dead.
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Giovanni Biliverti
Giovanni Biliverti (surname also written as Bilivelt and Bilivert or other variants) (Florence, 25 August 1585 – Florence, 16 July 1644) was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerism and early-Baroque period, active mainly in his adoptive city of Florence, as well as Rome.
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Giovanni Duprè
Giovanni Duprè (1 March 1817 – 10 January 1882) was an Italian sculptor, of distant French stock long settled in Tuscany, who developed a reputation second only to that of his contemporary Lorenzo Bartolini.
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Giuseppe Antonio Torricelli
Giuseppe Antonio Torricelli (1662–1719) was an Italian sculptor and gem-engraver of the late Baroque active in Florence, often using colorful and semi-precious pietra dura, a type of workmanship that became a specialty of Florence.
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Guillaume Beneman
Guillaume Beneman or Benneman (1750 - after 1811) was a prominent Parisian ébéniste, one of several of German extraction, working in the early neoclassical Louis XVI style, which was already fully developed when he arrived in Paris.
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Hammam (Red Fort)
The Hammam-e-Lal Qila (حمامِ لال قلعہ, हम्माम-ए-लाल क़िला) is the Turkish bath located in the Red Fort in Delhi and served as the bathing area of the Mughal Indian emperor.
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Hardstone
Hardstone is an unscientific term, mostly encountered in the decorative arts or archaeology, that has a similar meaning to semi-precious stones, or gemstones.
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Hardstone carving
Hardstone carving is a general term in art history and archaeology for the artistic carving of predominantly semi-precious stones (but also of gemstones), such as jade, rock crystal (clear quartz), agate, onyx, jasper, serpentine, or carnelian, and for an object made in this way.
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Hazarduari Palace
Hazarduari Palace (হাজার দুয়ারী রাজপ্রাসাদ), earlier known as the Bara Kothi, is located in the campus of Kila Nizamat in Murshidabad, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Humayun's Tomb
Humayun's tomb (Maqbaera e Humayun) is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun in Delhi, India.
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Ince and Mayhew
Ince and Mayhew were a partnership of furniture designers, upholsterers and cabinetmakers, founded and run by William Ince (1737–1804)and John Mayhew (1736–1811) in London, from 1759 to 1803; Mayhew continued alone in business until 1809.
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Inlay
Inlay covers a range of techniques in sculpture and the decorative arts for inserting pieces of contrasting, often coloured materials into depressions in a base object to form ornament or pictures that normally are flush with the matrix.
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Intarsia
Intarsia is a form of wood inlaying that is similar to marquetry.
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Islamic art
Islamic art encompasses the visual arts produced from the 7th century onward by people who lived within the territory that was inhabited by or ruled by culturally Islamic populations.
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Italian Baroque interior design
Italian Baroque interior design refers to high-style furnishing and interior decorating carried out in Italy during the Baroque period, which lasted from the early 17th to the mid-18th century.
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Italian Neoclassical interior design
Italian Neoclassical interior design refers to furnishing and interior decorating trends in Italy which occurred during the Neoclassical period (c. mid-18th century - early 19th century).
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Jacopo Ligozzi
Jacopo Ligozzi (1547–1627) was an Italian painter, illustrator, designer, and miniaturist.
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Jali
A jali or jaali, (Urdu: جالی Hindi:जाली jālī, meaning "net") is the term for a perforated stone or latticed screen, usually with an ornamental pattern constructed through the use of calligraphy and geometry.
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John Evelyn
John Evelyn, FRS (31 October 1620 – 27 February 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist.
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John Evelyn's cabinet
John Evelyn's cabinet is a highly decorated storage box in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
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Journeys in India
Journeys in India is a travel series focusing on the Indian subcontinent.
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Kimbolton Cabinet
The Kimbolton Cabinet is an ornate wooden cabinet on a stand.
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La Specola
The Museum of Zoology and Natural History, best known as La Specola, is an eclectic natural history museum in Florence, central Italy, located next to the Pitti Palace.
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Lahore Fort
The Lahore Fort (Punjabi and شاہی قلعہ: Shahi Qila, or "Royal Fort"), is a citadel in the city of Lahore, Pakistan.
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Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Bellini, Florence)
Lamentation over the Dead Christ is a c.1500 tempera on panel painting by Giovanni Bellini.
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Lapidary
A lapidary (lapidarist, lapidarius) is an artist or artisan who forms stone, minerals, or gemstones into decorative items such as cabochons, engraved gems (including cameos), and faceted designs.
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Leicester Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of St Martin, Leicester, usually known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in the English city of Leicester and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester.
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Lignereux
Lignereux is a French company, founded in 1787, which produces objets d'art.
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Lok Virsa Museum
Lok Virsa Museum (لوک ورثہ عجائب گھر), also known as the National Institute of Folk & Traditional Heritage, is a museum of history, art and culture in Islamabad, Pakistan, located on the Shakarparian Hills.
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Louvre
The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France.
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Mar-a-Lago
Mar-a-Lago is a resort and National Historic Landmark in Palm Beach, Florida, built from 1924 to 1927 by cereal-company heiress and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post.
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Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.
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Marquetry
Marquetry (also spelled as marqueterie; from the French marqueter, to varigate) is the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns, designs or pictures.
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Martin Carlin
Martin Carlin (ca 1730 – 1785) was a Parisian ébéniste, born at Freiburg, who was received master at Paris in 1766.
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Mathematics and architecture
Mathematics and architecture are related, since, as with other arts, architects use mathematics for several reasons.
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Monuments in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo
Monuments in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo are tombs and funerary monuments ranging from the 15th to the 19th centuries.
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Mosaic
A mosaic is a piece of art or image made from the assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials.
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Mughal architecture
Mughal architecture is the type of Indo-Islamic architecture developed by the Mughals in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries throughout the ever-changing extent of their empire in the Indian subcontinent.
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Musamman Burj (Agra Fort)
Musamman Burj also known as the Saman Burj or the Shah-burj, is an octagonal tower standing close to the Shah Jahan's private hall Diwan-e-Khas in Agra Fort.
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Mysore Palace
Ambavilas Palace, otherwise known as the Mysore Palace, is a historical palace and a royal residence at Mysore in the southern Karnataka state of India.
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Nagatinskaya
Nagatinskaya (Нагатинская) is a station of Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line of Moscow Metro.
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Naulakha Pavilion
The Naulakha Pavilion is a white marble personal chamber with a curvilinear roof, located beside the Sheesh Mahal courtyard, in the northern section of the Lahore Fort in Lahore, Pakistan.
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Nina Aleshina
Nina Alexandrovna Aleshina (Нина Александровна Алёшина; 1924–2012) was a Russian architect and head of the design department for the Moscow Metro for a decade.
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Noir Belge
Noir Belge (Belgian Black) is collective noun referring to black limestone found on several sites in Belgium.
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Nur Jahan
Nur Jahan (born Mehr-un-Nissa) (31 May 1577 – 17 December 1645) was the twentieth (and last) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir.
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Ognissanti, Florence
The chiesa di San Salvatore di Ognissanti or more simply chiesa di Ognissanti ("Church of All Saints"), is a Franciscan church located on the piazza of the same name in central Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
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Opificio delle pietre dure
The Opificio delle pietre dure, literally meaning Workshop of semi-precious stones, is a public institute of the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage based in Florence.
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Opus sectile
Opus sectile is an art technique popularized in the ancient and medieval Roman world where materials were cut and inlaid into walls and floors to make a picture or pattern.
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Origins and architecture of the Taj Mahal
The 'Taj Mahal' represents the finest and most sophisticated example of Mughal architecture.
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Phillip Sekaquaptewa
Phillip Sekaquaptewa (May 5, 1948 – January 21, 2003) was a Hopi artist and silversmith in Hopi silver overlay and stone inlay, featuring the lapidary genres of commesso and intarsia.
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Pietra
Pietra means "stone" in Italian language.
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Plasterwork
Plasterwork refers to construction or ornamentation done with plaster, such as a layer of plaster on an interior or exterior wall structure, or plaster decorative moldings on ceilings or walls.
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Poor Man's Bible
The term Poor Man's Bible has come into use in modern times to describe works of art within churches and cathedrals which either individually or collectively have been created to illustrate the teachings of the Bible for a largely illiterate population.
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Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque
Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque (Mosque of the Old Fort) is a mosque located inside the premises of Purana Qila (Old Fort) in Delhi, the capital of India.
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Richard III of England
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field.
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Samadhi of Ranjit Singh
The Samadhi of Ranjit Singh (رنجیت سنگھ دی سمادھی) is a 19th-century building in Lahore, Pakistan that houses the funerary urns of the Jat Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh (1780 - 1839).
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San Giovanni Battista, Livorno
San Giovanni Battista is a Baroque-Mannerist style, Roman Catholic church located at the crossing of Via San Giovanni and Via Carraia in central Livorno, region of Tuscany, Italy.
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San Michele Arcangelo, Volterra
The Church of San Michele Arcangelo (St Michele Archangel) is a 13th-century Romanesque church in Volterra, Italy.
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Santa Maria Assunta, Riccia
Santa Maria Assunta or the Chiesa dell’Assunta is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Riccia, Province of Campobasso in the region of Molise, Italy.
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Scagliola
Scagliola (from the Italian scaglia, meaning "chips") is a technique for producing stucco columns, sculptures and other architectural elements that resemble inlays in marble and semi-precious stones.
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Sheesh Mahal (Lahore Fort)
The Sheesh Mahal (شیش محل; “The Palace of Mirrors”) is located within the Shah Burj block in northern-western corner of Lahore Fort.
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St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Roman Catholic)
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Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal (meaning "Crown of the Palace") is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra.
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Tomb of Asif Khan
The Tomb of Asif Khan (مقبرہ آصف خان) is a 17th century mausoleum located in Shahdara Bagh, in the city of Lahore, Punjab.
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Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah
Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah (I'timād-ud-Daulah kā Maqbara) is a Mughal mausoleum in the city of Agra in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Tomb of Jahangir
The Tomb of Jahangir (مقبرہُ جہانگیر, جہانگير دا مقبرہ) is a 17th century mausoleum built for the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.
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Tomb of Nur Jahan
The Tomb of Nur Jahan (مقبرہ نورجہاں) is a 17th-century mausoleum in Lahore, Pakistan, that was built for the Mughal empress Nur Jahan.
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Tribuna of the Uffizi (painting)
The Tribuna of the Uffizi (1772–1778) by Johan Zoffany is a painting of the north-east section of the Tribuna room in the Uffizi in Florence, Italy.
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Tunbridge ware
Tunbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tonbridge and the spa town of Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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William Thomas Rawleigh
William Thomas Rawleigh (December 3, 1870 – January 23, 1951) was a businessman and politician in the state of Illinois.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietra_dura
