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www .dmns .org. The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is a municipal natural history and science museum in Denver, Colorado. It is a resource for informal science education in the Rocky Mountain region. A variety of exhibitions, programs, and activities help museum visitors learn about the natural history of Colorado, Earth, and the universe.
Nocturne (painting) In art, a 'nocturne' its broader sense distinguishes paintings of a night scene, [3] or night-piece, such as Rembrandt 's The Night Watch, or the German Romantic Caspar David Friedrich 's Two Men Contemplating the Moon of 1819. In America, James Abbott McNeill Whistler titled works thus to distinguish those paintings with a ...
Nocturnes, L 98 (also known as Trois Nocturnes or Three Nocturnes) is an impressionist orchestral composition in three movements by the French composer Claude Debussy, who wrote it between 1892 and 1899. It is based on poems from Poèmes anciens et romanesques ( Henri de Régnier, 1890).
In attempting to paint aesthetic, picturesque images, Whistler often overlooked the daily struggles lived by the lower class. Under the Arches, Gustave Doré, in London: A Pilgrimage. Whistler often named his series along musical lines and the atmospheric nature of his Nocturne series stems from his view of color as a composition.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler RBA ( / ˈwɪslər /; July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He eschewed sentimentality and moral allusion in painting and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake".
Jengu, Sawabantu and Duala water spirits. Nyambe, Bantu Supreme deity and god of the sun. Nzambi, Bakongo Sky Father and god of the sun. Nzambici, Bakongo Sky Mother and goddess of the moon and earth. Simbi, Bakongo nature spirits of the water and forest.
English: Diorama depicts Cheyennes in the 1860s along Coal Creek, 20 miles east of Denver, during autumn. Located in the North American Indian Cultures Exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
English: Right portion of the 'Botswana' diorama, located in a Third-Level Wildlife Hall at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, showcasing Plains Zebras and a Steenbok Date 29 July 2017, 15:40:11