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The word chandelier was first known in the English language in the sense as used today in 1736, borrowed from the word in French that means a candleholder. It may have been derived from chandelle meaning "tallow candle", [4] or chandelabre in Old French and candēlābrum in Latin, and ultimately from candēla meaning "candle".
The V&A Rotunda Chandelier (often known as V&A Chandelier and originally called Ice Blue and Spring Green Chandelier) is a glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly. It hangs under the glass rotunda at the entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, London. Considered to be an artwork as much as a source of light, it was installed in ...
The menorah (/ m ə ˈ n ɔː r ə /; Hebrew: מְנוֹרָה mənōrā, pronounced) is a seven-branched candelabrum that is described in the Hebrew Bible and in later ancient sources as having been used in the Tabernacle and in the Temple in Jerusalem.
Shutterstock, Inc. is an American provider of stock photography, stock footage, stock music, and editing tools; [4] it is headquartered in New York. [5] Founded in 2002 by programmer and photographer Jon Oringer, [6] Shutterstock maintains a library of around 200 million royalty-free stock photos, [7] vector graphics, and illustrations, [8] with around 10 million video clips and music tracks ...
The history of electric light is well documented, [11] and with the developments in lighting technology the profession of lighting developed alongside it. The development of high-efficiency, low-cost fluorescent lamps led to a reliance on electric light and a uniform blanket approach to lighting, but the energy crisis of the 1970s required more design consideration and reinvigorated the use of ...
The large (partly damaged) chandelier, popularly attributed to Yaghmorasan, is also visible on the right. The floor plan of the mosque is approximately 50 by 60 meters (160 by 200 feet) deep. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] Although the mosque is designed for a typical rectangular floor plan, the northwestern corner of the mosque is truncated because of the ...
4.10 Illustrations. 5 Outside Islamic art. Toggle Outside Islamic art subsection. 5.1 In Western culture. 5.2 Influence on the sciences. 6 Notes. 7 References. 8 ...
The chandelier, floating about four metres above the marble floor, is composed of eight curved segments, thereby conforming to the octagonal shape of the Palatine chapel. The circle of the wheel chandelier symbolises the city wall of the New Jerusalem. The stylised city wall of the chandelier contains eight large and eight small gate towers ...