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Folly (other)
A folly is a decorative building. The term was also once used for a circular plantation or tree ring. Folly most often also refers to: * Foolishness, the lack of wisdom * Folly fort, a military fort built on water near a shore Folly may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Folly (allegory), a common allegorical figure in medieval morality plays and in allegorical artwork through the Renaissance * Folly (band), a band from Sussex, New Jersey * ''Folly'', an 1886 statue by Edward Onslow Ford * ''Folly'', a 1994 novel by Susan Minot Places New Zealand * Folly Island, New Zealand, in the Campbell Island group United States * Folly, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Folly (Staunton, Virginia), a historic plantation house * Folly Island, a barrier island near Charleston, South Carolina Rivers in England * Folly Brook, Barnet, London * Folly Brook, a tributary of the River Frome, Bristol * Folly Brook, a tributary of the River Clun, Shropshire Other uses * Folly (c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folly
In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of usual garden buildings. Eighteenth-century English landscape gardening and French landscape gardening often featured mock Roman temples, symbolising classical virtues. Other 18th-century garden follies represented Chinese temples, Egyptian pyramids, ruined medieval castles or abbeys, or Tatar tents, to represent different continents or historical eras. Sometimes they represented rustic villages, mills, and cottages to symbolise rural virtues. Many follies, particularly during times of famine, such as the Great Famine in Ireland, were built as a form of poor relief, to provide employment for peasants and unemployed artisans. In English, the term began as "a popular name for any costly structure considered to have shown folly in the builder", the ''Oxford English Dictionary' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folly Island
Folly Island is a barrier island in the Atlantic Ocean near Charleston, South Carolina. It is one of the Sea Islands and is within the boundaries of Charleston County, South Carolina. During the American Civil War, the island served as a major staging area for troops of the Union Army that were attacking Confederate forces in the Charleston region. The largest settlement on Folly Island is Folly Beach. Demographics History The name Folly comes from an Old English term meaning "dense foliage." When Europeans first landed on the island in the early 1600s, they discovered a Native American tribe called the Bohickets. It is unclear what happened to them after the land was deeded to William Rivers in 1696. Pirates were known to sail along the South Carolina coast and the many inlets, sounds, bays formed by barrier islands and sea islands like Folly Island. Two of the most memorable were Edward Teach, known as Black Beard, and Stede Bonnet. For a time, Folly Island was known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follies (other)
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Follies or Folies may refer to: * Folies Bergère, building in Paris * ''Follies'', 1971 musical with score by Stephen Sondheim * ''Ziegfeld Follies'', 1907–1931 series of elaborate theatrical revues See also * Farley's Follies * Foley (other) * Folie (other) * Folly (other) A folly is a decorative building. The term was also once used for a circular plantation or tree ring. Folly most often also refers to: * Foolishness, the lack of wisdom * Folly fort, a military fort built on water near a shore Folly may also ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folie (other)
__NOTOC__ Folie or Folies may refer to: Places * Condé-Folie, commune in the Picardie region of France * Fains-la-Folie, commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in north-central France * Folies, commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France * Forêt-la-Folie, commune in the Haute-Normandie region of northern France * Hubert-Folie, commune in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France. * La Folie, commune in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France Film and television * '' À la folie'', 1994 film by Diane Kurys * "Folie a Deux" (The X-Files), 19th episode of season 5 of television series ''The X-Files'' * La Folie du Docteur Tube, 1915 short silent experimental film directed by Abel Gance * La folie du doute, 1920 French silent film directed by René Leprince Music * "À la folie ou pas du tout", Belgian entry in the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest * '' Absinthe: La Folie Verte'', 2001 concept album by Blood Axis and Les Joyaux De La Princesse * Folie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seward's Folly
The Alaska Purchase (russian: Продажа Аляски, Prodazha Alyaski, Sale of Alaska) was the United States' acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire. Alaska was formally transferred to the United States on October 18, 1867, through a treaty ratified by the United States Senate. Russia had established a presence in North America during the first half of the 18th century, but few Russians ever settled in Alaska. In the aftermath of the Crimean War, Russian Tsar Alexander II began exploring the possibility of selling Alaska, which would be difficult to defend in any future war from being conquered by Russia's archrival, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Following the end of the American Civil War, U.S. Secretary of State William Seward entered into negotiations with Russian minister Eduard de Stoeckl for the purchase of Alaska. Seward and Stoeckl agreed to a treaty on March 30, 1867, and the treaty was ratified by the United States Senate by a wide margin. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoann Folly
Yoann Folly (born 6 June 1985) is a retired footballer. His previous clubs include St. Étienne in France, Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth Argyle in England and Aberdeen in Scotland. Born in France, he represented Togo at international level. A series of poor health and injuries eventually lead to Folly's premature retirement in 2012, aged 27. Club career Southampton Folly was brought to England in 2003 by then Southampton manager Gordon Strachan who paid St. Étienne £250,000 to secure his signature. After numerous managerial changes at Southampton, Folly struggled to get in the team and loan spells at Nottingham Forest (where he scored his first goal in English football against QPR in the FA Cup) and Preston North End followed. Folly was signed on loan by Sheffield Wednesday in January 2006 to ease injury problems as the then manager Paul Sturrock had been impressed by him after taking over as Saints manager from Strachan in 2004. He made his debut on 31 Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folly (color)
Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel. Rose is one of the tertiary colors on the HSV color wheel. The complementary color of rose is spring green. Sometimes rose is quoted instead as the web-safe color FF00CC, which is closer to magenta than to red, corresponding to a hue angle near 320 degrees, or the web-safe color FF0077, which is closer to red than magenta, corresponding to a hue angle of about 340 degrees. Variations of rose Lavender blush This is the web color lavender blush. It is a very pale shade of rose. Misty rose Misty rose is a pale shade of rose. It is also a web color. Tickle me pink The color tickle me pink was formulated by Crayola in 1993. Persian pink Since the color rose is so well loved in Persia (Iran), some shades of rose are named after Persia, such as the light tone of rose of this color called Persian pink. This color is very popular in women's fashion. The first r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Clun, Shropshire
The River Clun runs mostly through Shropshire, England and joins the River Teme at Leintwardine, Herefordshire. The Clun Valley is part of the Shropshire Hills AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). Course The River Clun has its source near the hamlet of Anchor (in a marshy area near the public house), close to the border of Wales. It flows east through the small town of Clun until Aston on Clun where it flows roughly southwards — the river flows around the north of Clunbury Hill. The river enters the lower valley — which widens and has a flatter floor (an extensive flood plain). The Folly Brook joins the Clun at Newcastle, and the River Unk flows into the Clun near Clun Castle, whilst the River Kemp flows into the river at Oaker near Aston. Near the end of the river's course, the River Redlake joins at Jay. Just south of Broadward (a Site of Special Scientific Interest for a stretch south of Broadward Bridge) the river flows into Herefordshire where it joins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Frome, Bristol
The Frome , historically the Froom, is a river that rises in Dodington Park, South Gloucestershire, and flows southwesterly through Bristol to join the river Avon. It is approximately long, and the mean flow at Frenchay is . The name ''Frome'' is shared with several other rivers in South West England and means 'fair, fine, brisk'. The river is known locally in east Bristol as the ''Danny''. As with many urban rivers, the Frome has suffered from pollution, but several stretches run through parks and reserves that sustain a range of wildlife. The river's power was harnessed by many watermills, and the river mouth area was developed as shipyards by the eighteenth century. As the city of Bristol developed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, flooding became a major problem, remedied by the construction of storm drains and diversions. Etymology The river's name derives from the British Celtic, meaning 'fair, fine, brisk’. It is not to be confused with other rivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folly Brook
Folly Brook is a long brook in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a tributary of Dollis Brook, which is a tributary of the River Brent, which is a tributary of the River Thames. Folly Brook is lined for most of its length by narrow strips of woodland and scrub, with a good variety of trees and shrubs. It is one of the best streams in Barnet for small aquatic invertebrates, including several species of caddis fly and a stonefly, which are only found in unpolluted waters. The upper brook Folly Brook rises near the bottom of Highwood Hill, Mill Hill, and flows east through fields and public open spaces to Woodside Park. From Highwood Hill to Darland's Lake Nature Reserve the brook passes through private land which is not open to public access, apart from a short section next to a footpath through Folly Farm. Darland's Lake was originally ornamental, created by damming the brook, but the lake and surrounding woods are now a nature reserve. The lower brook The lower part of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folly (Staunton, Virginia)
Folly is a historic plantation house located near Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia. The house was built about 1818, and is a one-story, brick structure with a long, low service wing and deck-on-hip roof in the Jeffersonian style. It has an original rear ell fronted by a Tuscan order colonnade. The front facade features a tetrastyle pedimented portico with stuccoed Tuscan columns and a simple lunette in the pediment. A similar portico is on the north side and a third portico was replaced by a wing added in 1856. The house closely resembles Edgemont near Covesville, Virginia. Also on the property are contributing original brick serpentine walls, a spring house, smokehouse and icehouse. an''Accompanying photo''/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. References External links Folly Farm, Folly Mills Creek, Staunton, Staunton, VAincluding 7 photos, 10 measured drawings, and 4 data pages at the Historic American Buildings Survey Heritage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tree Ring Enclosure
A tree ring, also once popularly called a "folly", is a decorative feature of 18th and early 19th century planned landscapes in Britain and Ireland, comprising a circular earthen enclosure (a "tree ring enclosure") planted with trees.Williams, B. B. “Excavation of a Tree-Ring at Gallanagh, County Tyrone and Some Observations on Tree-Rings.” Ulster Journal of Archaeology, vol. 43, 1980, p 97. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20567855 While several different species of tree were used, beech and Scots pine were especially popular for their tall, straight growth and landscape value. Tree rings are a development of the naturalistic 18th century style of landscape architecture.Williams (1980), 100 History and construction Tree rings were created by 18th century landowners seeking to 'improve' and enhance the views across their properties. Beech became particularly valued in the 18th century as a landscape tree and for its timber, where previously it had been largely regarded as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
