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edit   The Arts Portal Apollo The arts are a vast subdivision of culture, composed of many creative endeavors and disciplines. It is a broader term than "art", which as a description of a field usually means only the visual arts. The arts encompass visual arts, literary arts and the performing arts – music, theatre, dance and film, among others. This list is by no means comprehensive, but only meant to introduce the concept of the arts. More about The arts... edit   Featured article Cloud Gate, a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor, is the centerpiece of the AT&T Plaza in Millennium Park within the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture and AT&T Plaza are located on top of Park Grill, between the Chase Promenade and McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink. Constructed between 2004 and 2006, the sculpture is nicknamed "The Bean" because of its legume-like shape. Made up of 168 stainless steel plates welded together, its highly polished exterior has no visible seams. It is 33 feet by 66 feet by 42 feet (10 m × 20 m × 13 m), and weighs 110 short tons (99.8 t; 98.2 long tons). Kapoor's design was inspired by liquid mercury and the sculpture's surface reflects and distorts the city's skyline. Visitors are able to walk around and under Cloud Gate's 12-foot (3.7 m) high arch. On the underside is the omphalos, a concave chamber that warps and multiplies reflections. The sculpture builds on many of Kapoor's artistic themes, and is popular with tourists as a photo-taking opportunity for its unique reflective properties. edit   Featured picture A portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni, the daughter in law of Giovanni Tornabuoni. She was a member of the Albizzi family, who were rivals of the Medici and Alberti families, and were at the centre of Florentine oligarchy starting from 1382 in the reaction that followed the Ciompi revolt. However, after Cosimo de' Medici returned from exile in 1434 (arranged by Rinaldo degli Albizzi) and regained power, he in turn exiled all but one of the Albizzis from Florence. This painting was done around 1490, long after the Albizzis' fall from grace. edit   Did you know... ... that the Chase Promenade (pictured) hosted a month long Museum of Modern Ice exhibit of abstract art on a 95 by 12 feet (29 by 3.7 m) wall of ice called Paintings Below Zero? ... that Christopher Smart's Hymns for the Amusement of Children were finished by the author while in debtors prison and that he died before he ever received notice that the work was a success? ... that critical reception to Hogarth's Sigismunda mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo was so harsh the artist was forced to remove the painting from exhibition? edit   In this month 3 February 1869 – Edwin Booth's Booth's Theatre opened with Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet 19 February 1704 – Ichikawa Danjūrō I (pictured), an early and influential kabuki actor, was stabbed and killed onstage by fellow actor Ikushima Hanroku 24 February 1607 – L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, which premiered over four hundred years ago, is the earliest operatic work that is still performed today 27 February 1877 – Premiere of Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky received poor reviews More anniversaries... edit   News January 12: Valuable paintings stolen from Greek gallery December 1: A portrait of Scotland: Gallery reopens after £17.6 million renovation November 22: Historic Scottish island castle wins the lottery Arts on Wikinews edit   Featured biography Pierre Rossier was a pioneering Swiss photographer whose albumen photographs, which include stereographs and cartes-de-visite, comprise portraits, cityscapes and landscapes. He was commissioned by the London firm of Negretti and Zambra to travel to Asia and document the progress of the Anglo-French troops in the Second Opium War and, although he failed to join that military expedition, he remained in Asia for several years, producing the first commercial photographs of China, the Philippines, Japan and Siam (now Thailand). He was the first professional photographer in Japan, where he trained Ueno Hikoma, Maeda Genzō, Horie Kuwajirō, as well as lesser known members of the first generation of Japanese photographers. In Switzerland he established photographic studios in Fribourg and Einsiedeln, and he also produced images elsewhere in the country. Rossier is an important figure in the early history of photography not only because of his own images, but also because of the critical impact of his teaching in the early days of Japanese photography. edit   Featured audio Kyrie eleison An example of Kyrie eleison being performed as a Gregorian chant, directed by Fr. Dariusz Smolarek SAC. edit   Categories ► Arts ► Arts portal ► Arts by culture ► Arts by place ► Arts-related lists ► Aesthetics ► Arts genres by country or nationality ► Arts awards ► Censorship in the arts ► Crafts ► Creative works ► Arts districts ► Arts events ► Literature ► Men and the arts ► Arts occupations ► Arts organizations ► Arts portals ► Performing arts ► Spirituality and the arts ► Arts venues ► Visual arts ► Women and the arts ► Works about the arts ► Wikipedia books on arts ► Art stubs edit   WikiProjects Parent project Arts Descendant projects Aesthetics Architecture Books Novels Dance Films Horror Literature Magic Martial Arts Music Albums Classical music Composers Guitar Musicians Music Venues Opera Gilbert and Sullivan Richard Wagner Poetry Television Theatre Elizabethan theatre Musical theatre Visual arts Animation Anime and manga Contemporary art Comics Graffiti Graphic design Fashion Photography Public art What are WikiProjects? edit   Selected quote edit   Subportals Architecture Animation Anime and Manga Books Comedy Comics Culture Dance Design Film Fashion Literature Music Musical theatre Opera Philosophy Photography Poetry Radio Technology Television Theatre Video games Visual arts Writing edit   Things you can do Check the recent changes page for improvements, other changes, and vandalism to these articles Article requests: Requests articles (arts and entertainment) Deletion discussions: Listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Arts Expand: check Art stubs to expand Notability: Articles with notability concerns, listed at WikiProject Notability Requested pictures: Arts topics, requested pictures edit   Associated Wikimedia What are portals? 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