2016年11月13日星期日

Quartz crystal, prime, roseate, rosé, engraved crystal rose bowl, celebratory, public arts

British Museum 新增了 3 張相片。

This spectacular crystal skull was originally believed to have been made by the Aztecs, but its story is complex. The first clue that revealed its true identity was found when it went for scientific analysis. Machine-made cut marks were found in the highly polished surface of the teeth. So, if it were from Mexico, it must have been made after the arrival of the Spanish in 1519. Further tests revealed the quartz was extracted in the 19th century from Brazil or Madagascar – far beyond ancient Aztec trading links. The Museum acquired the skull from New York jewellers Tiffany & Co. in 1898 http://ow.ly/JCuC305VkTe

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Each year since 1988 the Circle has presented the Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, voted for by all members of the Circle. The award takes the form of an engraved crystal rose bowl presented at a celebratory luncheon. The 2008 winner was Peter Brook.

And while patrons prepare for celebratory cocktail parties with prime bridge views, the lights will also be visible, for free.

“The great thing about public arts is it does not cost anything to see,” Mr. Baume said. “There are no tickets for admission, it is there for everybody.”

One of Dave and Jeanette's exhibits - a bowl of mixed, cluster flowered miniatures

winning for them, The Crystal Rose Bowl Award

rosé

IT began seemingly as a brief flirtation more than five years ago, this American affection, if not passion, for rosé wines. It was something new, something different. Fashion magazines and other arbiters of cool zeroed in on rosé like a rising hemline and anointed it the “It” wine.

rosé

n.
A light pink wine made from purple grapes, with the skins being removed from the juice during fermentation as soon as the desired color has been attained.

[French (vin) rosé, pink (wine), from Old French, from rose, rose. See rose¹.]

roseate

Syllabification: (ro·se·ate)

Pronunciation: /ˈrōzēət, -ˌāt/

adjective

1rose-colored:the early, roseate light
used in names of birds with partly pink plumage, e.g., roseate tern, roseate spoonbill.

2optimistic; promising good fortune:his letters home give a very good, although somewhat too roseate, idea of how he lived

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin roseus 'rosy' (from rosa 'rose') + -ate²

Definition of crystal

noun

1a piece of a homogeneous solid substance having a natural geometrically regular form with symmetrically arranged plane faces.
Chemistry any solid consisting of a symmetrical, ordered, three-dimensional aggregation of atoms or molecules.
Electronics a crystalline piece of semiconductor used as an oscillator or transducer.
a clear transparent mineral, especially quartz.
a piece of crystalline substance believed to have healing powers.

2 (also crystal glass) highly transparent glass with a high refractive index: [as modifier]:a crystal chandelier
articles made of crystal glass:a collection of crystal
the glass over a watch face.

adjective

clear and transparent like crystal:the clean crystal waters of the lake

Phrases

crystal clear: completely transparent and unclouded.; unambiguous; easily understood:the house rules are crystal clear

Origin:

late Old English (denoting ice or a mineral resembling it), from Old French cristal, from Latin crystallum, from Greek krustallos 'ice, crystal'. The chemistry sense dates from the early 17th century

1 : a mineral consisting of silicon dioxide occurring in colorless and transparent or colored hexagonal crystals or in crystalline masses. 2 : a quartz crystal that when placed in an electric field oscillates at a constant frequency and is used to control devices which require precise regulation quartz

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