About 310 results for ‘Torch’
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Torch
A torch is a fire source, usually a rod-shaped piece of wood with a rag soaked in pitch and/or some other flammable material wrapped around one end. Torches were often supported in sconces by brackets high up on walls, to throw light over corridors in stone structures such as castles or crypts. This traditional use of the word lives on in the Olympic Torch, procession torches and the like. A torch carried in relay by cross-country runners is used to light the Olympic flame which burns without interruption until the end of the Games. These torches and relay tradition were introduced in 1936 Summer Olympics by Carl Diem, the chairman of the event because during the duration of the Ancient Olympic Games in Olympia, a sacred flame burns inside of the temple of Hera, kept in custody by her priestess. If a torch is made of sulfur mixed with lime, the fire will not diminish after being plunged into water. Such torches were used by the ancient Romans. Procession torches are made from coarse hessian rolled into a tube and soaked in wax. There is usually a wooden handle and a cardboard collar to deflect any wax droplets. They are an easy, safe and relatively cheap way to hold a flame aloft in a parade, or to provide illumination in any after-dark celebration. Juggling torches are often used as a prop in toss juggling: they can be flipped into the air in an end-over-end motion while being juggled, in the same manner as juggling clubs or juggling knives, but because of their sound and 'trail of flame', they can appear much more impressive to audiences. To a skilled juggler, there is only a slight chance of being burned, but they are still dangerous.
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Gallia / Pétrole / de / luxe
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Axe
- Flame
- Helmet
- Moustache
- Prehensility
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Designation:
- boîte
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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Scène de Crucifixion
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cage (enclosure)
- Christian cross
- Column
- Crown of thorns
- Crucifixion of Jesus
- Hammer
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Designation:
- plat (ovale)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- François Boucher
LES TROIS GRACES
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- Artist(s):
- Bon Boullogne
HERCULE COMBAT LES CENTAURES
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard
LE FEU AUX POUDRES
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LE PAPE NICOLAS V, EN 1449, SE FAIT OUVRIR LE CAVEAU DE S...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Francis of Assisi
- Pope Nicholas V
- Tomb
- Torch
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- Date:
- 17th century
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LA SALLE DE BAL
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Folk dance
- Individual
- Magic (paranormal)
- Musical instrument
- Park
- Pelvis
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- Date:
- 17th century
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MORT DE BISSON, ENSEIGNE DE VAISSEAU.5 NOVEMBRE 1827
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cannon
- Clothing
- Death
- Navy
- Officer (armed forces)
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Peter Paul Rubens
MARIAGE PAR PROCURATION DE MARIE DE MEDICIS ET DE HENRI I...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cardinal (Catholicism)
- Child
- Dog
- Dress
- Florence
- Marie de' Medici
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Peter Paul Rubens
Entrevue du roi et de Marie de Médicis à Lyon le 9 novemb...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Chariot
- City
- Cloud
- Henry IV of France
- Juno (mythology)
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Peter Paul Rubens
Le conseil des dieux
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Bow and arrow
- Chariot
- Cloud
- Cupid
- Juno (mythology)
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- Date:
- 17th century
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