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The White Shoal Light is the only "barber pole" lighthouse in the United States, [57] [58] and has been used in Michigan's "Save our Lights" license plate. [59] However, black and white helical daymarks do appear on other lights, such as Cape Hatteras Light [60] and St. Augustine Light.
Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs (lit. ' Decorative Arts '), [1] is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), [2] and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s.
Chinese character Qi (气), Spring and Autumn period The clouds physical characteristics (being wispy and vaporous in nature) were associated with the Taoist concept of qi (气; 氣), especially yuanqi, [3]: 133 and the cosmological forces at work; [1] [note 4] i.e. the yuanqi was the origins of the Heavens and Earth, and all things were created from the interaction between the yin and yang.
The Black and White Minstrel Show is a British light entertainment show on BBC prime-time television that ran from 1958 to 1978. The weekly variety show presented traditional American minstrel and country songs, as well as show tunes and music hall numbers, lavishly costumed and often presented with cast members in blackface .
A leather belt with the black sun symbol as belt buckle. The item is from the 2010s. In the late 20th century, the Black Sun symbol became widely used by neo-fascist, neo-Nazi, [9] the far-right and white nationalists. The symbol often appears on extremist flags, t-shirts, posters, websites and in extremist publications associated with such groups.
On one hand, the name "meander" recalls the twisting and turning path of the Maeander River in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) that is typical of river pathways.On another hand, as Karl Kerenyi pointed out, "the meander is the figure of a labyrinth in linear form".
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Daniel A. Carp joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -19.4 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a grand excess of ornament. The Victorian era is known for its interpretation and eclectic revival of historic styles mixed with the introduction of Asian and Middle Eastern influences in furniture, fittings, and interior decoration.