art. DIGITAL COLLECTION provides virtual gallery of high-resolution artwork images from the State Hermitage Museum. ABOUT THE MUSEUM provides information about project performing in the museum, exhibition complex, and museum building. A WORD FROM THE DIRECTORS provides interview with the director, GOROD.
1.2. About the Hermitage Museum
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and work (parks, games)
Esthetic—immersion in cultural experiences (art, nature)
Passive entertainment occurs when people simply absorb an experience through their senses without much participation; this occurs when viewing a performance, listening to music, or reading.
Educational entertainment requires the active engagement of the person’s mind, the type of involvement that
Even though some saw the development of a luxury product as useless, silk provided such a preference among high society that the rules in China used silk to differentiate themselves. For hundreds years, the right to wear silk was reserved for the emperor and the highest dignitaries. Later, it gradually extended to other classes of both Chinese and European societies.
Meaning of silk was not jus
and surf the Friends lists
Promoted itself as a tool to help people connect
Service closed in 2000
Reason for failure?
2003 - MySpace
Former Friendster users shifted to MySpace
more open in member acceptance
took the form of blogging site
often used for promotion of culture events especially for Indie-bands
Was the most visited website in the U.S. until 2008 but currently in d