JangleJangle or jingle-jangle is a sound characterized by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars (particularly 12-strings) played in a droning chordal style (by strumming or…View analysis →
CumbiaCumbia refers to a number of musical rhythms and folk dance traditions of Latin America, generally involving musical and cultural elements from American Indigenous peoples…View analysis →
MillbankMillbank is an area of central London in the City of Westminster. Millbank is located by the River Thames, east of Pimlico and south of Westminster. Millbank is known as the…View analysis →
KomuzThe komuz or qomuz (Kyrgyz: комуз Kyrgyz pronunciation: , Turkish: Kopuz, Azerbaijani: Qopuz) is an ancient fretless string instrument used in Central Asian music, related to…View analysis →
Visual arts educationVisual arts education is the area of learning that is based upon visual art forms such as—drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking. Within these forms of art may be designs in…View analysis →
CholoCholo (Spanish pronunciation: ) was a racial category used in 18th-century Spanish America to refer to people who were three-quarters Amerindian by descent and one-quarter…View analysis →
QuodlibetA quodlibet (/ˈkwɒdlɪbɛt/; Latin for "whatever you wish" from quod, "what" and libet, "pleases") is a musical composition that combines several different melodies—usually popular…View analysis →
MisnagdimMisnagdim (מתנגדים, "Opponents"; Sephardi pronunciation: Mitnagdim; singular misnaged / mitnaged) was a religious movement among the Jews of Eastern Europe which resisted the…View analysis →
SensoriumA sensorium (pl.: sensoria) is the apparatus of an organism's perception considered as a whole. It is the "seat of sensation" where it experiences, perceives and interprets the…View analysis →
Regency architectureRegency architecture encompasses classical buildings built in the United Kingdom during the Regency era in the early 19th century when George IV was Prince Regent, and also to…View analysis →
PlenaPlena is a genre of music and dance native to Puerto Rico. First played by Afro–Puerto Ricans, the genre has African roots.View analysis →
Rob DickinsRob Dickins CBE (born July 1950, East Ham, London) is a British music industry executive, who currently holds a number of trustee and consultant positions in music and the arts…View analysis →
MultiphonicA multiphonic is an extended technique on a monophonic musical instrument (one that generally produces only one note at a time) in which several notes are produced at once. This…View analysis →
Tap danceTap dance (or tap) is a form of dance in which the dancers use sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion; it is often accompanied by music. Tap dancing can…View analysis →
Stick-fightingStick-fighting, stickfighting, or stick fighting, is a variety of martial arts which use blunt, hand-held "sticks" for fighting, most typically a simple, non-lethal, wooden staff…View analysis →
MedjayMedjay (Egyptian mḏꜣ.j, a nisba of mḏꜣ) was a demonym used in various ways throughout ancient Egyptian history to refer initially to a nomadic group from Nubia and later as a…View analysis →
R8000The R8000 is a microprocessor chipset developed by MIPS Technologies, Inc. (MTI), Toshiba, and Weitek. It was the first implementation of the MIPS IV instruction set…View analysis →
Marian exilesThe Marian exiles were English Protestants who fled to continental Europe during the 1553–1558 reign of the Catholic monarchs Queen Mary I and King Philip. They settled chiefly…View analysis →
ShingekiShingeki (新劇; literally "new drama") was a leading form of theatre in Japan that was based on modern realism. Born in the early years of the 20th century, it sought to be similar…View analysis →
Barberini familyThe House of Barberini is a family of the Italian nobility that rose to prominence in the 17th century Rome. Their influence peaked with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini…View analysis →
Post-expressionismPost-expressionism is a term coined by the German art critic Franz Roh to describe a variety of movements in the post-war art world which were influenced by expressionism but…View analysis →
HexDHexD is an Internet microgenre of electronic music and style of audio mixing that emerged in the late 2010s to early 2020s. The term "hexD" was originally coined by the music…View analysis →
RocailleRocaille (US: /roʊˈkaɪ, rɒˈkaɪ/ ro(h)-KY, French: ) was a French style of elaborate design that appeared in furniture and interior decoration during the early reign of Louis XV…View analysis →
TarabTarab (Arabic: طرب, lit. 'enchantment') is a concept of Arab culture that refers both to a heightened state of consciousness, an intensely pleasant experience or an intense state…View analysis →
GrooveriderRaymond Bingham (born 16 April 1967 in Streatham, London, England), better known as Grooverider, is a British drum and bass DJ. He and DJ partner Fabio are regarded as…View analysis →
Maple Leaf RagThe "Maple Leaf Rag" (copyright registered on September 18, 1899) is an early ragtime musical piece composed for piano by Scott Joplin. It was one of Joplin's early works…View analysis →
Compasso d'OroThe Compasso d'Oro (Italian pronunciation: [komˈpasso ˈdɔːro]; 'Golden Compass') is an industrial design award which originated in Italy in 1954. Initially sponsored by Milanese…View analysis →
ContrappostoContrapposto (Italian pronunciation: [kontrapˈposto] 'counterpoise'), in the visual arts, is a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot, so that its shoulders…View analysis →
HydroprojectHydroproject (Russian: Институт «Гидропроект», Gidroproekt) is a Russian hydrotechnical design firm. Based in Moscow, it has a number of branches around the country. Its main…View analysis →
IconologyIconology is a method of interpretation in cultural history and the history of the visual arts used by Aby Warburg, Erwin Panofsky and their followers that uncovers the cultural…View analysis →
Primitive Methodist ChurchThe Primitive Methodist Church is an active Methodist Christian denomination. It originated in early 19th-century England as a revivalist movement within Wesleyan Methodism…View analysis →
DidacticismDidacticism is a philosophy that emphasises instructional and informative qualities in literature, art, and design. In art, design, architecture, and landscape, didacticism is a…View analysis →
DombraThe dombra, also known as the dombyra (Kazakh: домбыра, dombyra; Persian: دمبوره, dambūra), is a long-necked, plucked lute used in the traditional music of the Kazakhs, Hazaras…View analysis →
YlvisYlvis (Norwegian pronunciation: ) are a Norwegian comedy duo consisting of brothers Vegard and Bård Ylvisåker. They debuted as professional variety artists in 2000 and have…View analysis →
Zenit (rocket family)Zenit (Ukrainian: Зеніт, Russian: Зени́т; meaning Zenith) was a family of space launch vehicles designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnipro, Ukraine, which was then part of…View analysis →
KorenizatsiiaKorenizatsiia (Russian: коренизация, romanized: korenizatsiya, pronounced [kərʲɪnʲɪˈzatsɨjə]; transl. "indigenization" or "nativization") was an early policy of the Soviet Union…View analysis →
