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Beauties Of The Emperor
Beauty is an aesthetic characteristic. Beauty may also refer to: Science and mathematics * Beauty (quantum number) or bottomness, a flavour quantum number * Mathematical beauty, a mathematical philosophy Characters * Beauty (''Belle''), a central character in the fairy tale ''Beauty and the Beast'' and adaptations * Beauty, the main character in The Sleeping Beauty Quartet, a series of novels by Anne Rice (writing as A. N. Roquelaure) * Beauty, anime/manga series character from ''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'', see list of characters Film and television * Two 1965 films by Andy Warhol: ** '' Beauty No. 1'' ** ''Beauty No. 2'' * '' Beauty: In the Eyes of the Beheld'', a 2008 American documentary by Liza Figueroa Kravinsky * ''Beauty'' (2009 film), a Japanese film by Toshio Gotō * ''Beauty'' (2011 film), a South African film by Oliver Hermanus * ''Beauty'' (2022 film), an American film by Andrew Dosunmu * "Beauty" (''Once Upon a Time''), a 2017 television episode Literature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty
Beauty is commonly described as a feature of objects that makes these objects pleasurable to perceive. Such objects include landscapes, sunsets, humans and works of art. Beauty, together with art and taste, is the main subject of aesthetics, one of the major branches of philosophy. As a positive aesthetic value, it is contrasted with ugliness as its negative counterpart. Along with truth and goodness it is one of the transcendentals, which are often considered the three fundamental concepts of human understanding. One difficulty in understanding beauty is because it has both objective and subjective aspects: it is seen as a property of things but also as depending on the emotional response of observers. Because of its subjective side, beauty is said to be "in the eye of the beholder". It has been argued that the ability on the side of the subject needed to perceive and judge beauty, sometimes referred to as the "sense of taste", can be trained and that the verdicts of experts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherwood Smith
Sherwood Smith (born 1951) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer for young adult literature, young adults and adults. Smith is a Nebula Award finalist and a longtime writing group organizer and participant. Smith's works include the YA novel ''Crown Duel''. Smith also collaborated with Dave Trowbridge in writing the ''Exordium (book series), Exordium'' series and with Andre Norton in writing two of the books in the ''Solar Queen'' universe. In 2001, her short story "Mom and Dad at the Home Front" was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Smith's children's books have made it on many library Best Books lists. Her ''Wren's War'' was an Anne Spencer Lindbergh Honor Book, and it and ''The Spy Princess'' were Mythopoeic Awards, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award finalists. Biography Sherwood Smith was born May 28, 1951, in Glendale, California. On her website, Smith describes herself as a middle-aged woman who has been married for over thirty years. Besides writi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty Ngxongo
Beauty Batimbele Ngxongo (born 1953) is a South African master weaver of Zulu people, Zulu baskets. Her baskets have reached international fame. She lives in Hlabisa, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Biography Ngxongo wove doormats and table mats in her childhood. In the 1990s, a neighbor taught Ngxongo how to make intricate basket designs using local natural products (like grasses and Hyphaene coriacea, Ilala palm leaves). A single Zulu basket that holds water take months to complete. By 2012, she employed 13 women to help her workshop. Finding buyers can be difficult as plastic containers are so easily available. However, she has collaborated with two contemporary designers to create what they call the Hlabisa Bench. The bench's shape channels the profiles of the hills of Hlabisa, the village where Ngxongo and her fellow workers live. Her work can be found in museum collections including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the Samuel P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty McGowan
Frank Bernard "Beauty" McGowan (November 8, 1901 – May 6, 1982) was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder who appeared in 375 games over five seasons (1922–1923; 1928–1929; 1937) in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns and Boston Bees. The native of Branford, Connecticut, threw right-handed, batted left-handed, stood and weighed . McGowan spent the intervening seasons as a stalwart in minor league baseball. He played all or parts of 13 seasons in the top-level International League — largely with the minor league edition of the Baltimore Orioles, but also with the Newark Bears and Buffalo Bisons — and was a member of the inaugural class (1947) of the International League Hall of Fame. McGowan was a slugger in the minors, once hitting 37 home runs for the Orioles. After retiring from the field, he became a long-time scout for the Baltimore Orioles of the American League, the former St. Louis Browns franchise. He die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty Gonzalez
Christine Marie Luche Gonzalez-Crisologo (; born 28 May 1991), professionally known as Beauty Gonzalez, is a Filipina actress from Dumaguete City. Biography Beauty Gonzalez was born as Christine Marie Gonzalez in Dumaguete City to Carina Luche, a Spanish-Filipina who hails from Cebu and Manuel Gonzalez, a Spaniard. Her father was a former professional Jai Alai player in Manila. He had coconut and sugar cane farms in Pamplona, Negros Oriental. Her mother comes from a political family in Cebu. She has one older brother. She attended St. Louis - Don Bosco and then Silliman University for college. She later dropped out to join Pinoy Big Brother. Prior to joining Pinoy Big Brother, she was once chosen as one of Cebu's 12 Prettiest Teens, and she was crowned the Miss Teen Philippines - Central Visayas in 2006. Beauty gave birth to her daughter with Norman Crisologo in February 2016. They named her Olivia Ines. Beauty and Norman, an art curator, became engaged in March 2017, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty Dlulane
Beauty Nomvuzo Dlulane is a South African politician who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for the African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when ... since 2003. She is currently the Chairwoman of the Portfolio Committee on Sport & Recreation. References Living people Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa African National Congress politicians 21st-century South African women politicians 21st-century South African politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{EasternCape-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Need Of Love
''The Need of Love'' is the second studio album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in November 1971 by Warner Bros. Records. The album reached No. 35 on the ''Billboard'' Top Soul Albums chart. ''The Need of Love'' would be the band's final album for Warner Bros. until 1993's ''Millennium'' on Reprise Records. Overview ''The Need of Love'' was produced by Joe Wissert and recorded at Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood. Artists such as Jean Carne sang on the album. The track, "Everything Is Everything", is a cover of the Donny Hathaway song. Singles "I Think About Lovin' You" reached No. 44 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Soul Singles chart. Critical reception Al Rudis of The Chicago Sun Times wrote "Their second album, The Need of Love again displays some unusual music that might be called avant garde were it not so melodic and entrancing. The nine-member group mixes excellent jazzy instrumentals with harmony singing and chanting, some big band sounds and some free-form par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaye
Shaye was a Canadian pop group, consisting of singer-songwriters Kim Stockwood, Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean. MacLean left the group in 2007 and the band folded by 2009. The band is named after MacLean's sister who died in a car accident in 2002. Biography ''The Bridge'' Shaye's debut album '' The Bridge'' (produced by Bill Bell and Jay Joyce) was released in 2003 on EMI Canada. The album features songs by Ron Hynes, Sinéad Lohan and Crash Vegas. Support for the album included shows in Canada and Japan. "Happy Baby", the lead single, was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2004 Juno Awards. At the 2004 Canadian Radio Music Awards the group was named Best New Group in the mainstream adult contemporary radio category. Another single, "Beauty", followed in January 2005. ''Lake of Fire'' Their 2006 followup, '' Lake of Fire'' was released on EMI Canada. It was exclusively available on iTunes in November 2006, then released physically as a cardboard Digipak in February 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty And The Beat (Edan Album)
''Beauty and the Beat'' is the second studio album by American hip hop musician Edan. It was released via Lewis Recordings on March 29, 2005. It features guest appearances from Insight, Percee P, Mr. Lif, and Dagha. It peaked at number 40 on the UK Independent Albums Chart, as well as number 37 on the UK R&B Albums Chart. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Beauty and the Beat'' received an average score of 85, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Peter Macia of ''Pitchfork'' commented that "The gravity of Edan's lyrics and voice on ''Beauty and the Beat'' is perhaps its most surprising element" and " dan hasgone from a brainiac prankster to the Borges of rap." Nathan Rabin of ''The A.V. Club'' said, "the album's brevity is just another old-fashioned value from a rapper-producer-visionary who doesn't need a whole lot of space to make a big statement." Nick Follett of ''XLR8R'' cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swear (Alan Song)
"Swear" is a song recorded by Chinese singer Alan. "Swear" was written by Aico and Yuka Miyagawa and was produced by Kazuhito Kikuchi. The song was used as the theme song of Bourbon's Blanchul Mini Series commercial, in which Alan appears. The PV for the single was shot at Keisei Rose Garden. The B-side, "Beauty", was used as the commercial song for Yomeishu's Re:on Nutrition Drink Product. "Swear" was released as a truetone on September 17, 2009 and was released as a single on the Avex Trax label on November 4, 2009. "Swear" reached a peak of #35 on the weekly Oricon charts, and charted for three weeks. Promotion To promote the single, Alan appeared on ''Music Japan'' and sang "Swear". She also performed the song on ''Music Station is a Japanese music television program. Broadcasting live weekly on TV Asahi since October 24, 1986, it currently airs from 9PM-10PM on Fridays. The program is also colloquially known as , , and . The show is currently syndicated throughout th . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty (song)
"Beauty" is a song by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released as the second single and final single on their 1997 album ''Generation Swine''. The song charted at number 37 on the Mainstream rock Mainstream rock (also known as heritage rock) is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in the United States and Canada. Format background Mainstream rock stations represent the middle ground between classic rock and active rock ... charts. Charts References 1997 singles 1997 songs Mötley Crüe songs Songs written by Nikki Sixx Songs written by Scott Humphrey Songs written by Tommy Lee Elektra Records singles Industrial rock songs Alternative metal songs {{metal-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty?
''Beauty?'' is an album by Sound of the Blue Heart, released by Triple X Records Triple X Records was a Los Angeles-based record company started by three former employees of the bankrupt Greenworld Distribution: Dean Naleway, Peter Heur and Charley Brown. The label was known for "a fearlessly eclectic catalogue that broke away ... in 2006. Track listing #"Great Escape" #"Beauty?" #"Mad, Mad World" #"He's Forgotten How to Dream" #"River of Love" #"Love and It's Sorrow" #"I Cannot Look Away" #"Can't Get It Out of My Head" #"Elizabeth's Song" #"In an Empty Heart" #"Pantomime Clown" 2006 albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
