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 Wikinfo | Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Romania (formerly and wrongly sometimes spelled Rumania and Roumania) is a country in southeastern Europe.
The modern Romania was born when the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia merged in 1859, and became independent in 1881.
Romania reached an agreement with the IMF in August for a US $547 million loan, but release of the second tranche was postponed in October because of unresolved private sector lending requirements and differences over budgetary spending.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Romania   (863 words)

  
 Art Oasis Romania
In the Fall of 2002, 9 children, ages 13-18, were chosen for their natural artistic ability and a desire to participate in the Art Oasis painting class.
Art Oasis has given them a place to paint, to grow, to be safe and to feel loved.
At first I thought there will be a certain distance kept between the children from the orphanage and the teachers, but in time I realized we are a team and a family that’s even better than the usual ones and I really don’t want us to ever be apart.
www.artoasis.info   (192 words)

  
 ICL - Romania - Constitution
Romania fosters and develops peaceful relations with all the states, and in this context, good neighborly relations, based on the principles and other generally recognized provisions of international law.
(2) The decrees issued by the President of Romania in the exercise of his powers, as provided for under Article 91 (1) and (2), 92 (2) and (3), 93 (1), and 94 (a), (b) and (d) shall be countersigned by the Prime Minister.
(4) In case the President of Romania demands reconsideration of the law passed according to Paragraph (3), the debate thereon shall be carried in the joint session of both Chambers.
www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/ro00000_.html   (10035 words)

  
 Art History Romania- History of Art Romania - Art History Romania in Ottoman Empire - Ottoman Art History
Carol's main objective in foreign policy (shared by the majority of Liberal and Conservative leaders) was to make Romania a regional power and an indispensable ally of the Great Powers in maintaining international stability, thereby guaranteeing his kingdom's security and vital interests.
Also, Romania's adherence to the Triple Alliance was under constant strain because of friction with Germany's partner, Austria-Hungary.
To achieve this goal, Budapest restricted the use of the Romanian language in education and public affairs and diminished the autonomy of the Orthodox and Uniate churches-the principal Romanian cultural bulwarks.
www.easterncorner.com /Romania.htm   (1850 words)

  
 The "foreignness" of classical modern art in Romania Art Bulletin, The - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Romania's modern art differs from that of other Balkan countries where modernism was a principal vehicle for the development and expression of national identity.(3) Relative to Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Serbia, Romania was unburdened with defining for the nation its unique history and enduring values.
Roughly contemporaneous with the union of the two Danubian Principalities in 1861,(5) art academies were established in the capitals of Iasi (also known as Jassy, in Moldavia) and Bucharest (Wallachia) in 1860 and 1864, respectively.
Returning to Romania in 1887, he introduced pleinairism and inspired scores of imitators, many of whom emulated his lightness of touch, suppleness of forms, use of long brushstrokes, and mastery of color.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0422/is_3_80/ai_54073947   (688 words)

  
 The National Museum of Art of Romania
The local collectors were driven by a strong interest in the national art, also because few of them had the financial resources to "compete" with King Carol I, who acquired entire lots of old master paintings.
The ground floor housed the first known work of Romanian art, beginning with the frescoes and the icons from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
In time, the structure of the National Museum of Art of Romania was augmented by the creation of several new departments: Decorative art (1978), Oriental art (1990) and Contemporary art (1994).
www.artonstamps.org /Art-Gallery/Museums/Bucharest/Palace/palace.htm   (730 words)

  
 Romania Arts — Romanian Art Including Glass, Vases, Crafts
Romania Arts hold a place of reverence in the world of fine craft art.
Marrying influences from Rome to Constantinople, the arts of Romania have produced a devotion to vivid color and creative ethnic design.
The world is a fortunate beneficiary of the culture of Romania arts.
www.globalartisanshowcase.com /catalog/country.php?CountryID=7   (122 words)

  
 ARTMARGINS - Iliana Pintilie - Problems in Transit:Romanian performance art
The demise of the communist system in Romania in 1989 exposed a political, social and economic crisis that had been hidden for decades.
This is not to say that Romanian performance art of the 1990s looked justlike its underground predecessor from the 1960s and 70s.
Performance art, in Romaniaand elsewhere, attempts to establish a viable dialogue through the mediumof the artist's body.
www.artmargins.com /content/feature/pintilie.html   (1845 words)

  
 F Newsmagazine December 2003
Although Westerners take for granted the linear progress of contemporary art, in Romania this history was lacking due to an extremely repressive and conservative political climate, which lasted until 1989.
As a result, the majority of the people working within the arts and the humanities were forced to study, practice, or research topics and ideas that were not contemporary, or that would otherwise critique the regime itself.
In the art academy it used to be four years before ‘89, and then after the change it was six years, and then now its four years again.
www.artic.edu /webspaces/fnews/2003-dec/page18.shtml   (3538 words)

  
 The CODART List - Dutch and Flemish art in Romania - Museums with Dutch art and Flemish art
Attended reception, concert and dinner in National Museum of Art of Romania on 14 March.
Funded reception, concert and dinner in National Museum of Art of Romania during study trip, to which diplomats, art historians, cultural functionaries and heads of Dutch firms in Bucharest were invited.
Sponsored lighting fixtures and brochure for exhibition in National Museum of Art of Romania, held on occasion of CODART VIER: Netherlandish painters in public and private collections in Romania: a study case exhibition.
www.codart.nl /?page_id=63   (2493 words)

  
 Romania - Country Profile
art, culture, people, environment, geography, history, economy and its government.
Discover Romania: accommodation, hotels, attractions, festivals, events, tourist boards, biking, skiing, hiking, climbing, cruising, diving, tours and much more.
History of Romania and the Romanians, by Ion Calafeteanu.
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/romania.htm   (607 words)

  
 Art Bulletin | College Art Association
The present study offers an analysis of the aesthetic, ethnic, and social contexts that resulted in a singular history of modern art in Romania, one that would play a decisive role in the evolution of modern art in the West.
This look at a previously unexamined exhibition of modern French art held in Berlin in 1937 contributes a new perspective on the Socialist government of Léon Blum and sheds new light on the Nazi reception of non-German modern art.
The College Art Association supports all practitioners and interpreters of visual art and culture, including artists and scholars, who join together to cultivate the ongoing understanding of art as a fundamental form of human expression.
www.collegeart.org /artbulletin/3_1998.html   (781 words)

  
 Romania, Countries, Museums, Visual Arts, Performing Arts at World Wide Arts Resources
The Art Museums subcategories lead you to art museums, collections museum exhibitions, and archives around the world.
The Museum of The Romanian Peasant is part of the large family of European Museums for Folk Arts and Traditions.
The Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization "ASTRA" Sibiu is the most elaborate scientific-documentary and technical collection and archives (pictures, photos, films) dealing with pre-industrial folk technology in Romania (mills, sheep-fold, fishery, folk art: interior decoration of the...
wwar.com /categories/Museums/Countries/Romania   (155 words)

  
 Obituaries Art in America - Find Articles
From 1974 to '78, she served as chair of the art history department, again the first woman to hold such a position at Yale.
She served as president of CAA from 1972 to '74 and, in 1992-93, was a Kress professor at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Kermit S. Champa, 64, art historian and critic, died July 22 in Providence, R.I., of lung cancer.
In her writings on craft during that period, which saw a significant erosion of the traditional boundaries between the fields of fine art and craft, she focused on artists concerned with formal qualities and creative expression rather than with traditional skills and techniques.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1248/is_9_92/ai_n6249084   (887 words)

  
 The National Museum of Art of Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Romania's leading art museum was founded in 1948 to house the former Royal Collection along with those of various other museums in the country's capital.
The aim of the museum is to provide a comprehensive view on Romanian art from the early Middle Ages to the present, in as broad an European context as possible.
Temporarily closed for major reconstruction works, the museum operates several branches which give visitors a fair idea of the variety and scope of the collections.
www.itcnet.ro /museum/museum.html   (122 words)

  
 Art and Music - Culture - Romania - Europe
Romanian art, like Romanian literature, reached its peak during the 19th century.
Between 1945 and 1989 Romanian art was dominated by socialist realism, a school of art that was officially sponsored by the Communist government, and through which socialist ideals were promoted and advanced.
A notable contribution to modern concepts of 20th-century art was the work of Romanian-born French sculptor Constantin Brancusi.
www.countriesquest.com /europe/romania/culture/art_and_music.htm   (132 words)

  
 Copyright Notice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The following images are the property and copyright (©) of the National Museum of Art of Romania, all rights reserved.
You may not reproduce, alter or transmit any artwork in the exhibit without the written permission of the National Museum of Art of Romania.
Any reproduction without permission will be seen as a violation of the National Museum of Art of Romania's copyright, and will be pursued.
art.museum.ro   (67 words)

  
 National Museum of Art of Romania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Museum of Art of Romania (Romanian: Muzeul Naţional de Artă al României) is located in the former royal palace in the center of Bucharest, Romania, completed in 1937.
It features notable collections of medieval and modern Romanian art, as well as the international collection assembled by the Romanian royal family.
The museum was damaged during the 1989 Romanian Revolution that led to the downfall of Nicolae Ceauşescu.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Museum_of_Art_of_Romania   (276 words)

  
 A R T M a r g i n s   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Before 1989, art in Romania was only "national." Socialist realism was depicting anything but the real.
I have escaped serving "the country." In the same way, "the country" is freed from having to take care of me. I think I manage better than the country.
The paradox is that I escape ethnicity inside (in the East) but I am obliged to have a bit of it for outside consumption (for export to the West).
www.artmargins.com /content/roundtable/perjovschi.html   (228 words)

  
 Crafts of Romania, Folk Art - Official Travel and Tourism Information
In the "Merry Cemetery" of Sapanta, in Northern Romania, carved wooden crosses are painted traditional blue and embellished with fanciful borders, renderings of the deceased and often anecdotes of their lives.
Textile weaving is the most widespread craft in Romania, handed down from generation to generation, using distinctive family patterns along with those specific to different districts.
folk arts - Our vision of the world is one where people can overcome geographic, social, technological and economic barriers and fully participate in the beauty of folk arts.
www.romaniatourism.com /crafts.html   (1311 words)

  
 Romania and Ukraine - Newsletter 12, Center for Jewish Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A team of researchers from the Center of Jewish Art and the Jewish University of St. Petersburg, recently returned from an expedition to Romania and the Ukraine with exciting reports of a wealth of discoveries.
Of particular interest were their findings in Romania where they came across synagogues containing high quality artistry in wooden aronot kodesh (Torah Arks) and wall paintings.
Of particular interest were the fine parochot (Torah curtains), and Torah crowns, pointers and rimonim (Torah Finials), some of which are characteristic of the local style.
www.hum.huji.ac.il /cja/NL12-romania-ukraine.htm   (784 words)

  
 gobelin tapestry needlework art gallery (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tapestries art, originally were used in churches and palaces, where they were hung on the walls.
The gobelin "art industry" it was founded in the middle of 15th century by Jean Gobelin.
In the 20th century, after a long period of regress, the old tapestry art again through a spectacular turning point in its evolution being present as a decorative element in painting art, jewellery baskets, ornament pillows, framed in fancy works.
www.art-gobelin.ro.cob-web.org:8888   (529 words)

  
 Folk Art
The folk art of Romania is rooted in region's distant and tumultuous past.
The rooms in the houses of Romanian peasants are decorated with hand-woven fabrics, embroidered scarves, rugs, table cloths and satchels made from home-spun wool, raw silk, cotton or flax yarn.
The extraordinary craftsmanship of Romania's woodworkers is best seen in their buildings.
romania-europe.tripod.com /folkart.html   (566 words)

  
 Romania, Countries, Artists, Visual Arts, Performing Arts at World Wide Arts Resources
Art Studio for artists and art students from Romania with Original Art at Great Prices.
Young female artist currently exposing in Venice(Italy), 17 years old, attending the romanian highschool of fine arts of Bucharest.The works on the romanian art site are oil paintings, watercolors, prints, drawings, tempera, and mixed media.
I'm studing arts in Romania, specialized in ceramics.In my spare time, I also create gafics and paintings in watercolor, oil color and mixed media.I don't have a style of my own yet, but I'm very...
wwar.com /categories/Artists/Countries/Romania/index1.html   (659 words)

  
 National Art Museum in Bucharest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
National Art Museum is the most representative art gallery in Romania and is hosted in the former Royal Palace.
Art Museum Palace is situated center of Bucharest (Revolution Square).
The Palace displays in its four storey an extensive collection of European Art and Romanian Art.
romania.8k.com /bucharest/art-museum   (110 words)

  
 Art & Culture for Romania
Modern Architecture in Romania, 1920-1940 - Modern Architecture in Romania, 1920-1940 - Text-only description of how the modern movement was expressed in Romanian architecture from Romania - Encyclopedic Survey.
The Dominus Art Gallery - The Dominus Art Gallery - It is the only Art Gallery in Romania which has published Quotations of Romanian Contemporary Artists.
The National Museum of Art of Romania - The National Museum of Art of Romania - Comprehensive view of Romanian art from the early Middle Ages to the present.
www.escapeartist.com /romania/art.html   (610 words)

  
 Virtual Library: Museums in Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Museums and Collections in Romania - on-line national database (753 records and 800 images); searchable either by museum main profile or location (county, locality).
Collections of art, archaeology, history, ethnography, science and technology - four museums in one.
This page is maintained by CIMEC - Institute for Cultural Memory, in Bucharest, Romania, as a part of Virtual Library maintained by Jonathan Bowen.
icom.museum /vlmp/romania.html   (432 words)

  
 Center for Jewish Art Newsletter 12   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This past year, the Center has also published an informative and attractive volume of Jewish Art on modern Jewish art of Eastern Europe, and conducted an intensive Jewish Art seminar in St. Petersburg.
Unfortunately, we have had to cut back on some of the Center's other planned projects as well as in the number of student researchers, because we are in dire need of funds to provide scholarships, i.e.
If we are forced to make further cuts in the number of students, this will seriously endanger the Center's ability to carry out emergency expeditions to record Jewish art at risk, and proceed with the Index's computerization project and publish.
www.hum.huji.ac.il /CJA/NL12.htm   (466 words)

  
 Michael I of Romania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael was born in the Foişor Castle, Sinaia, Romania, the son of the then-Crown Prince Carol and Princess Elena, and grandson of the then-reigning King Ferdinand I of the Romanians.
In August 1944 as the Soviet armed forces approached Romania's eastern border, Michael joined with pro-Allied politicians which included the Communists in staging a coup d'état against Antonescu, whom he placed under arrest and who was given by Lt. General Sanatescu (the new Prime Minister) to the Communists.
In 1997 and 2002 he toured Western Europe, lobbying for Romania's admission into NATO and the European Union, and was received by heads of state and government officials.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_I_of_Romania   (2576 words)

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