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Hague
The Hague (Dutch: Den Haag). The Hague is one of the largest cities in the Netherlands and it is the capital of South Holland province. It is also one of the five constituent parts of the Randstad metropolitan area - the other being ...
Hals
Frans Hals (1580, Antwerp - 1666, Haarlem) - a Dutch painter most famous for his portraits, especially his innovative techniques in painting group portraits. Apart from that he is hugely praised for his loose brushwork in which context he is considered to be the precursor of the Impressionists...
Hamlet
Hamlet - a village of a small size.
Hamon
Jean-Louis Hamon (May, 5, 1821, Plouha – May, 29, 1874, Saint-Raphael) - a French painter. He studied for some time under the tutorship of such Paris-based painters as Delaroche and Gleyre; his fame is basically rested upon the following works: "The Human Comedy" (1852), "Fifteen Minutes of Rabelais", "Old China Shop" (1860), "Night" (1868).
Handshake
Handshake - a form of expression of greeting, farewell or gratitude and other positive emotions of one person towards another person manifesting itself in taking and shaking their right hands.
Harness
Harness racing - is a special form of horse-racing in which the horses pull a specific cart and race in a specified gait. As usual they pull carts with two wheels that are called sulkies. However, races to saddle are still held from time to time.....
Harvest
Harvest - a crop of anything gathered after a growing season.
Haste
Haste - a state of urgency; a hurry, a rush.
Hawthorn
Hawthorn, or common hawthorn, or Crataegus monogyna - is a shrub of genus Crataegus, native to Europe, Africa and Asia. Among its characteristic features are: from 5 to 14 metres high; brown bark; sharp thorns; leaves, 2-4 cm long. Hawthorns bear edible berries of red colour called haws, from which jellies, wines and syrups are usually made.
Haze
Haze - non-transparent air in lower layers of atmosphere due to the accumulation of water vapours in it; light mist.
Hebert
Antoine Auguste Ernest Hebert (November, 3, 1817, Grenoble - December, 5, 1908, La Tronche) - a French painter referred to as one of the representatives of the Romanticism. Among his most famous works are the following: "Malaria" (d'Orsay Museum collection), "Ten Odalisques contemplating over Bosphorus" (1843), "Portrait of Leon Laurent-Pichat".
Hedge
Hedge - a number of shrubs, small trees or bushes that are sitted near each other organizing a fence or barrier.
Heilbuth
Ferdinand Heilbuth (1826 - 1889) was a French-German artist. He was born in Hamburg, Germany but ten years before his death he had gained a French citizenship. Heilbuth started his career ...
Helvoirt
Helvoirt - a Dutch village in North Brabant. It used to be a separate town up to 1996 when it was joined into the Haaren municipality. During 1871-1875 period Van Gogh's father, Theodorus van Gogh, worked here as a priest.
Herewith
Herewith - an adverb used in rather formal speech to denote that something has been done - said or sent - with the help of a certain thing or within a certain period of time or piece of writing. For example, it is used to speak about something enclosed to the letter; hereby, therewith.
Holland
Holland, another name of the Netherlands - a country in Northwestern Europe, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with capital in Amsterdam and main administrative centre in The Hague. People and language of the country ...
Holy
Holy - something having an absolute, almost religious excellence and purity; godly, saintly, sacred.
Holy Mark
Holy Mark, Mark the Evangelist - a Christian saint, martyr, one of the four Evangelists - alongside with Matthew, John and Luke. He is believed to be the first bishop of Alexandria and one of the founders of the church of Africa. His day is celebrated on the 25th of April and the lion is believed to be his symbol.
Huet
Paul Huet (1803 - 1869) - a French landscape painter, of Romanticism movement. Among his chief works are: "Trees in the Park at Saint-Cloud" (1820), "Light breaking through clouds", "Sunset over the sea", "A Bridge over the Touques near Trouville", "Hunter in the Forest of Fontainebleau".
Hugo Van der Goes
“Hugo Van der Goes” - painting by Belgian artist Emile Wauters created by him in 1872, full name of which reads "Madness of Hugo van der Goes". Hugo van der Goes himself (1440-1482) was a Flemish painter of the 15th century, one of the most influential painters of the time...
Huguenot
“The Huguenot" (1852) - painting by John Everett Millais, full name of which reads "A Huguenot, on St. Bartholomew's Day, Refusing to Shield Himself from Danger by Wearing the Roman Catholic Badge"...
Hyde Park
Hyde Park - is the world-famous park in the centre of London, one of the 8 Royal Parks, the other seven being Bushy Park, Green Park, Greenwich Park, Kensington Gardens, Regent's Park, Richmond Park, St. James's Park. Hyde Park is most ...
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