Over-The-Top Intimate Holidays

Taking an anniversary trip, regardless of the total years together, is the greatest way to re-commit to your relationship. An anniversary vacation promises to combine all aspects romance, whether you have been a couple for 5 years or 50. And that about those lovebirds who are almost at the forty-year mark? Different from a honeymoon where a couple

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Those Special Occasion Breaks

Trips and special occasions go hand in hand with festivity, good times and creating memories. So, why not consider visiting Santa’s workshop in Lapland, going away on an intimate break in Dubrovnik for Valentine’s Day, getting married in St. Lucia and honeymooning in Bora Bora? This list gives you some top spots to

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Anglo-Saxon Grounds During the Norman Conquest

The arrival of the Normans in the 2nd half of the 11th century irreparably improved The Anglo-Saxon lifestyle. The talent of the Normans exceeded the Anglo-Saxons' in architecture and agriculture at the time of the conquest. Nonetheless the Normans had to pacify the entire territory before they could concentrate on home life, domestic architecture,

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Greece: Cultural Sculpture

Even though most sculptors were remunerated by the temples to embellish the elaborate columns and archways with renderings of the gods, as the period came to a close, it became more common for sculptors to depict ordinary people as well because many of Greeks had begun to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred. Affluent individ

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"Primitive" Greek Art: Large Statuary

Archaic Greeks were well known for creating the first freestanding statuary; up until then, most carvings were constructed out of walls and pillars as reliefs. Kouros figures, statues of young, attractive male or female (kore) Greeks, made up the majority of the statues. The kouroi were considered by the Greeks to represent beauty and were sculpted

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