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Virginija
Virginija is a Lithuanian feminine given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa .... People bearing the name Virginija include: * Virginija Juršienė (born 1950), Lithuanian ceramic artist. * Virginija Kalinauskaitė (born 1957), Lithuanian graphic artist References {{given name Lithuanian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginija Juršienė
Virginija Jasiūnaitė-Juršienė (born 16 July 1950 Biržai) is a Lithuanian ceramic artist. Life She grew up in Vilnius, and graduated from M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art in sculpture, in 1974. She studied from the Lithuanian Institute of Art. From 1976 to 1996, she was Vilnius Painting Factory artist, and member of the Lithuanian Artists' Association. Works Ceramic Works ("Aliens" in 1986, "Delay" in 1987, Meadow town "in 1996," Colourful portrait of 2004, "Women of nowhere" in 2005) post-modern in direction, characterized by conceptuality, experimentation. Creator of assemblages, objects, installations ("unstable" in 2001, "The book – Inversion" in 2003, "Class" in 2004) She participated in the Global Applied Arts Competition Kanadzava 1999. Her works are in the collection of the Lithuanian Art Museum, National Museum of Fine Arts, Čiurlionis, and Lithuanian National Museum. Solo exhibitions *1981 creative exhibition gallery in Erfurt, Germany *Creative Exhibition 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginija Kalinauskaitė
Virginija Kalinauskaitė (born 27 January 1957, in Panevėžys) is a Lithuanian graphic artist. Biography In 1983, she graduated from the Lithuanian Institute of Art. Since 2001, she was Vilnius Graphic Art Centre and Gallery director. She is a member of the Lithuanian Artists' Association. Works Her work is etchings. They are characterized by virtuoso painting, subtle gray shadings, flamboyance ("Landscape with hay haystack" 1986, "Rose," "The Journey" "Circles," all in 1989, "Women" in 1994, "Two riders," 1999 on). He also creates aquatint, linocut free cutting behavior ("Rain," "Gypsy," both in 1984) Nuliejo watercolors. Since 1984 participates in exhibitions in Lithuania (the individual in Vilnius in 1986, 1990, in Panevezys in 1999, Panevezys Civic Art Gallery 2009) and abroad (international bookplate exhibition in Paris in 1990), Istanbul, Turkey. Illustrated books * Ramutė Skučaitė. ''Wood Gifts'' 1985 * Julia Švabaitė-Gyliene. ''Gabriuko records'' in 1993 * Emilia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia (given Name)
Virginia is a Germanic and Romance Grammatical gender#Personal names, feminine given name derived from the Ancient Roman family name ''Verginia gens, Verginius'' or ''Virginius'', a name widely assumed to derive from the Latin language, Latin word wiktionary:virgo, virgo, meaning ''"maiden"'' or "''virgin''." According to legend, Verginia, Virginia was a Roman girl who was killed by her father in order to save her from seduction by the corrupt government official Appius Claudius Crassus. The name was the 34th most common name for American women and girls, according to the census of 1990. It was the 545th most popular name given to baby girls born in the United States in 2007. Virginia Dare was the first child born to England, English parents in North America. Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter that prompted the famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial in the September 21, 1897 edition of the ''New York Sun''. The most famous Virginia is probably the English modernist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginijus
Virginijus is a Lithuanian masculine given name. The feminine given form is Virginija. People bearing the name Virginijus include: *Virginijus Baltušnikas (born 1968), Lithuanian football player *Virginijus Pikturna (born 1961), Lithuanian politician *Virginijus Praškevičius (born 1974), Lithuanian basketball player *Virginijus Šeškus (born 1967), Lithuanian basketball coach *Virginijus Šikšnys (born 1956), Lithuanian biochemist *Virginijus Sinkevičius Virginijus Sinkevičius (born 4 November 1990) is a Lithuanian politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries in the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen since 2019. He previously ... (born 1990), Lithuanian politician Lithuanian masculine given names {{Given-name-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, Monarchy of Lithuania, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Language
Lithuanian ( ) is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the official language of Lithuania and one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.8 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 200,000 speakers elsewhere. Lithuanian is closely related to the neighbouring Latvian language. It is written in a Latin script. It is said to be the most conservative of the existing Indo-European languages, retaining features of the Proto-Indo-European language that had disappeared through development from other descendant languages. History Among Indo-European languages, Lithuanian is conservative in some aspects of its grammar and phonology, retaining archaic features otherwise found only in ancient languages such as Sanskrit (particularly its early form, Vedic Sanskrit) or Ancient Greek. For this reason, it is an important source for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Language
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italy (geographical region), Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Even after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, fall of Western Rome, Latin remained the common language of international communication, science, scholarship and academia in Europe until well into the 18th century, when other regional vernaculars (including its own descendants, the Romance languages) supplanted it in common academic and political usage, and it eventually became a dead language in the modern linguistic definition. Latin is a fusional language, highly inflected language, with three distinct grammatical gender, genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), six or seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Feminine Given Names
Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jews, sometimes used to mean Mitnagdim See also * List of Lithuanians This is a list of Lithuanians, both people of Lithuanian descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania. In a case when a person was born in the territory of former Grand Duchy of Lithuania and not in the territory of modern ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
