Sentences with phrase «by aristocratic families»
Built by an aristocratic family in 1830 and surrounded by lush, subtropical gardens, Belmond Villa Sant» Andrea...
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A certain number of Jews, principally those of aristocratic priestly families, accepted the situation, and tried, by a cautious subservience to the conquerors, to preserve such partial autonomy as Rome allowed, under their own leadership.
Furthermore, the birth spacing effects of breastfeeding, largely forgotten in our day and age, were well known in those times, and aristocratic families wanted to have many children, so that breastfeeding by the mother was definitely discouraged amongst the nobles.
And, historically at least, upper ranks in the RC church were filled by people from aristocratic families with a class distinction existing between them and others.
Still owned by the Van Loon family (who occasionally hold dinner parties in the ornate dining hall), each room offers a unique glimpse into the history and style of aristocratic Dutch residents.
For the three people who still haven't watched it, Downton Abbey was created by Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park) and follows the aristocratic Crawley family, led by the Count of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) and his aforementioned American wife, their daughters Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) and Lady Edith (Laura Carmichael) and dowager Countess Violet Crawley (Maggie Smith).
Born to an aristocratic English family, her early years were spent in a loving environment, that is until her father's obsession with alchemy and immortality gained by obtaining the Souls Blade drove him to an early grave.
The city had only recently stopped mourning the aristocratic Mrs. Astor when it became necessary to don the crêpe for my employer, Mrs. Armslow, who was connected by birth or marriage to the finest families in the city.
«Palazzo Forani is one of only five remaining of the fortifications of the medieval stone village of Casperia, Originally bought by the Maldura family in Napoleonic times, it was inherited by the aristocratic Forani family, who have left furnishings & layout almost as they were for centuries.
Several paintings by Dutch and Spanish artists portrayed many of these small pampered spaniels along with their aristocratic families.
Lake Como large four bedroom historical villa, is located on the western shores of Lake Como and is owned by a local aristocratic family since the XIX century.
The Villa was built by Cardinal Francesco Maria Machiavelli, uncle of Niccol Machiavelli thanks to the substantial commissions given him by Pope Urban VIII then sold by the Machiavellis in 1645 to the aristocratic family of the Marchesi Mazzei (who kept it until the mid 20th century).
The island was completely transformed by the aristocratic Borromeo family in the 16th and 17th centuries, and is now dominated by the sumptuous Borromean Palace.
Born to an aristocratic English family, her early years were spent in a loving environment, that is until her father's obsession with alchemy and immortality gained by obtaining the Souls Blade drove him to an early grave.
To Wander Determined by Toyin Ojih Odutola, Whitney Museum, New York, NY For her first solo museum exhibition in New York, Toyin Ojih Odutola presents an interconnected series of fictional portraits, chronicling the lives of two aristocratic Nigerian families.
The exhibition features «new drawings by Toyin Ojih Odutola that continues her exploration of the merger of two fictional aristocratic Nigerian families through the marriage of two men.
«Testing the Name» presents new drawings by Toyin Ojih Odutola that continue her exploration of the merger of two fictional aristocratic Nigerian families through the marriage of two men.
SCAD Museum of Art presents «Testing the Name,» an exhibition of new drawings by Toyin Ojih Odutola that continues her exploration of the merger of two fictional aristocratic Nigerian families through the marriage of two men.
Indeed, the subjects of these artworks range from members of important aristocratic families to humble servants, from clergymen to scientific personalities, as well as courtiers and comedians, thus providing an extensive overview of the aesthetic possibilities afforded by the art of portraiture.
For those unfamiliar, the Pareto Principle says, roughly, that 20 % of a distribution will typically account for 80 % of Y, i.e. in Pareto's Renaissance Italy, the principle accounted for the fact that 80 % of the land was held by just 20 % of the aristocratic families in Italy, at the time.