by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
A full orchestral music composition with several movements, typically in four including one sonata; a composition of several elements which represents and builds on a central theme, motif or idea, repeating it in whole and in part, re-inventing and re-interpreting it...
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
The use of symbols to convey ideas, specific characteristic or qualities. For example, when used in textile design, the acanthus leaf, typical of the corinthian column, classical stone carving and architecture, is symbolic of the ancient Mediterranean civilizations....
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
The physical representation of something abstract, such as a meaning or ownership; also codes and language that send messages to those who needed to know long before the written word. Across the centuries, in literature, art and music, symbols or symbolic language has...
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
An adjective meaning from the woods, or even referring to the spirit of the woods–an idyllic rural ideal, where all is wonderful, close to the best of nature. A log hut in woodlands can be described as a sylvan retreat....
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
A fine cotton organdie, tulle or muslin woven with small motifs or patterns on a bobinette machine Although Switzerland does not grow cotton, the textile industry in Switzerland is its oldest and from its advent right up until today, the Swiss have concentrated on...
