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Monday, April 11, 2011

Art ~ Qingming Festival

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Art ~ Qingming Festival

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingming_Festival

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingming_Festival#In_painting

The famous Qingming scroll by Zhang Zeduan is an ancient Chinese painting which portrays the scene of Kaifeng city, the capital of the Song Dynasty during a Qingming festival.

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Art ~ Qingming Festival ~ 01

Panorama of Along the River During the Qingming Festival,
12th century original by Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alongtheriver_QingMing.jpg
The Full Picture ~ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Alongtheriver_QingMing.jpg

Here's a sample...

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Art ~ Qingming Festival ~ 02

Panorama of Along the River During the Qingming Festival,
an 18th century remake of the 12th century original

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Along_the_River_7-119-3.jpg
The Full Picture ~ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Along_the_River_7-119-3.jpg

Here's a sample...

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Female Guitarist ~ Gabriella Quevedo

Fantastic guitarist.

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Female Guitarist ~ Gabriella Quevedo

http://gabriellaquevedomusic.flaunt.nu/

This is what she says about herself:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Gabriella9797

I'm Gabriella and I was born on january 12th 1997. I love to play the guitar :) I started to play the guitar in february 2009 and started with fingerstyle in november 2009. Sungha Jung is my idol and my inspiration. I like Tommy Emmanuel, Adam Rafferty, Tomi Paldanius, Ulli Boegershausen and Andy Mckee too. I want to become a professional fingerstyle guitarist.

Sample/s:

(Jerry Reed) Jerry's Breakdown - Gabriella Quevedo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH-YSYtVKio

(Guns N' Roses) Sweet Child O'Mine - Gabriella Quevedo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmLt_Yd5498

(Sungha Jung) Missing You - Gabriella Quevedo (2nd time)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcRANrY5E-c

(Abba) Mamma Mia - Gabriella Quevedo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqQ10RlCtK4

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Sungha Jung is her inspiration:

(Guns N' Roses) Sweet Child O'Mine - Sungha Jung

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUTXSql-o7o

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Perfume of Shalimar

Found this perfume in the song...
'On A Little Street In Singapore'...
and decided to do some research.

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Perfume of Shalimar

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Shalimar (perfume) ~ an excerpt from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalimar_(perfume)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Perfume_Shalimar.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Perfume_Shalimar.jpg

Shalimar is a women's fragrance originally created by Jacques Guerlain in 1921 as a classic soft amber (Oriental) parfum, and currently produced by Guerlain.

In 1925, it was then re-released in 1925 in a bottle designed by Raymond Guerlain and made by Cristalleries de Baccarat (bottle design # 597) and launched at the Decorative Arts Exhibition as an antidote against The Great Depression.

According to Elisabeth Barille, "while examining a sample of vanillin, Jacques Guerlain suddenly poured the entire contents into a nearby bottle of Jicky, just to see what would happen." The result: Shalimar. Jacques Guerlain was inspired by Mumtaz-Mahal, the woman for whom the Taj Mahal was built. The story of Indian Emperor Shah Jahan's love for Mumtaz-Mahal inspired Guerlain to create Shalimar, named after the Garden of Shalimar in Lahore, which had been built by the Emperor Shah Jehan (builder of the Taj Mahal) for his favourite wife, Mumtaz.

Shalimar means the 'Temple of Love' or 'Abode of Love' in Sanskrit. The fragrance contains Bergamot, Lemon, Jasmine, Rose, Iris, Incense, Opopanax, Tonka Bean, and Vanilla. It is considered to be an Oriental perfume which was popular during its conception. The top note of the fragrance is Bergamot. The middle notes are Iris and Opopanax. The base note is vanilla. more...

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