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Séraphine (other)
Séraphine or Seraphine may refer to: * Seraphine (musical instrument), 19c. keyboard instrument, an early version of the harmonium *Séraphine Louis (Séraphine de Senlis, 1864–1942), French painter ** ''Séraphine'' (film) (2008), Franco-Belgian film about her *''Séraphine'', a play by Victorien Sardou * Séraphine (company), an international maternity fashion label and store *Seraphine, a fictional online personality, singer, member of the virtual K-pop group K/DA, and a champion in the video game ''League of Legends'' See also * Seraphin (other) * Serafin (other) * Serafina (given name) * Serafino (other) * Serapion (other) Serapion is a given name, a variant of Seraphin. People called Serapion: * Serapion of Alexandria (3rd century BC), Greek physician * Serapion (strategos), probably negotiated in 48 BC for Caesar with Achillas, strategos of Cyprus in 43 BC, execu ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Seraphine French feminine given names Femin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seraphine (musical Instrument)
The seraphine is an early keyed wind instrument, something of a cross between a reed organ and an accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ..., being more similar to the former. It makes its sound via the action of air being blown across metallic reeds. Bibliography * *"It has been of considerable interest to the writer to find that the immediate precursor of the harmonium, the seraphine or Royal Seraphine, as it was sometimes desceribed, patented in 1833 by John Green of Soho Square, London, was introduced into the island of Jersey early in the following year by Mr H. Hutton, a musical instrument dealer of Charles Street, St Helier. This fact is revealed in an advertisement appearing in the ''Chronique de Jersey'' of April 26, 1834, which state: ... / Further refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Séraphine Louis
Séraphine Louis, known as Séraphine de Senlis (Séraphine of Senlis; 3 September 1864 – 11 December 1942), was a French painter and artist. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows and other religious art. Early life Louis was born in Arsy (Oise) on 3 September 1864. Her father was a manual laborer and her mother came from a farmworking background. Louis's mother died on her first birthday and her father, who remarried, also died before she was seven; at which point, she came under the charge of her eldest sister. She first worked as a shepherdess but, by 1881, she was engaged as a domestic worker at the convent of the Sisters of Providence in Clermont, Oise. Beginning in 1901, she was employed as a housekeeper for middle-class families in the town of Senlis. Career In addition to her arduous day jobs, Louis painted by candlelight, largely in secret isolation, until her considerable body of work was discovered in 1912 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Séraphine (film)
''Séraphine'' is a 2008 French- Belgian film directed by Martin Provost and written by Marc Abdelnour and Provost. It stars Yolande Moreau as the French painter Séraphine Louis and Ulrich Tukur as Wilhelm Uhde. It won the 2009 César Award for Best Film. Plot The film follows the life of a middle-aged housekeeper, Séraphine Louis, who has a remarkable talent for painting. Untaught and following what she regards as religious inspiration she finds great appreciation in the beauty found in nature, especially her daily walks to work where she proudly and humbly stops to gaze at trees. In the beginning, it is noted that she stops to collect soil from plants as well as some blood from a dead pig. Later, in her small home lit by candles she is seen using these same ingredients while creating her art. At one point when her art begins to be seen, she is asked how she achieves the unusual effect in her "rouge" (reds). She replies that she prefers to keep that a secret. Uhde, a noted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorien Sardou
Victorien Sardou ( , ; 5 September 1831 – 8 November 1908) was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-century operas such as ''La Tosca'' (1887) on which Giacomo Puccini's opera ''Tosca'' (1900) is based, and ''Fédora'' (1882) and ''Madame Sans-Gêne (play), Madame Sans-Gêne'' (1893) that provided the subjects for the lyrical dramas ''Fedora (opera), Fedora'' (1898) and ''Madame Sans-Gêne (opera), Madame Sans-Gêne'' (1915) by Umberto Giordano. His play ''Gismonda'', from 1894, was also adapted into an opera of the same name by Henry Février. Early years Victorien Sardou was born at 16 rue Beautreillis (), Paris on 5 September 1831. The Sardous were settled at Le Cannet, a village near Cannes, where they owned an estate, planted with olive trees. A night's frost killed all the trees and the family was ruined. Victorien's father, Antoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Séraphine (company)
Seraphine is an international maternity fashion label and store. The company was founded by French-born designer Cecile Reinaud in 2002. Seraphine is based in London and has stores in Dubai, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, the United States and France. Its clothing is sold around the world through various boutiques and online. The maternity label received worldwide attention when Kate Middleton was photographed in a Seraphine dress for the first official family portrait with Prince George. Seraphine has also been worn by celebrities such as Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet, Christina Aguilera, and Marion Cotillard. In 2015 and 2020, Seraphine received the Queen's Award for Enterprise, the United Kingdom's highest official accolade for businesses. In 2020, Seraphine generated £28 million in turnover. History Seraphine was founded in 2002 by Cecile Reinaud. Originally from Paris, Reinaud studied business in France before moving to the UK to work for advertising agencies including JW ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K/DA
K/DA ( ) is a virtual K-pop girl group consisting of four themed versions of ''League of Legends'' characters Ahri, Akali, Evelynn and Kai'Sa. (G)I-dle members Miyeon and Soyeon provide the voices of Ahri and Akali, respectively, Madison Beer voices Evelynn, and Jaira Burns provided the voice for Kai'Sa. However, the characters have also been voiced by other artists. K/DA was developed by Riot Games, the company behind ''League of Legends'', and was unveiled at the 2018 League of Legends World Championship with an augmented reality live performance of their debut single, "Pop/Stars". A music video of the song uploaded to YouTube subsequently went viral, surpassing 100 million views in one month, reaching 550 million views as of May 2023, and topping ''Billboard''s World Digital Song Sales chart. In 2020, K/DA released their debut five-track EP '' All Out'', which includes the pre-release single " The Baddest" and the lead single " More". In 2022, "Pop/Stars" was certified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL'', commonly referred to as ''League'', is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a Mod (video games), custom map for ''Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III'', Riot's founders sought to develop a stand-alone game in the same genre. Since its release in October 2009, ''League'' has been free-to-play and is monetized through Freemium, purchasable character customization. The game is available for Windows and macOS. In the game, two teams of five players battle in player-versus-player combat, each team occupying and defending their half of the map. Each of the ten players controls a character, known as a "champion", with unique abilities and differing styles of play. During a match, champions become more powerful by collecting experience points, earning gold, and purchasing Item (game terminology), items to defeat the opposing team. In ''League''s main mode, Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seraphin (other)
Seraphin may refer to: People Given or single name * Seraphin, Archbishop of Esztergom (died 1104), Hungarian prelate * Seraphin of Montegranaro (1540–1604), Italian saint Surname * Sanctus Seraphin (1699–c.1758), a financially successful Italian violin maker * Kevin Séraphin (born 1989), French basketball player who plays in the National Basketball Association Other uses * ''Séraphin'' (film), a 1950 Quebec film by Paul Gury * ''Séraphin'' (opera), an opera by German composer Wolfgang Rihm * Seraphin (Xena), a minor character in ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' * '' Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché)'', a 2002 Quebec film See also * Seraphim (other) * Serafin (other) * Serafina (given name) * Serafino (other) * Séraphine (other) * Seraphino Antao (1937–2011), Kenyan athlete * Serapion (other) Serapion is a given name, a variant of Seraphin. People called Serapion: * Serapion of Alexandria (3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serafin (other)
Serafin (Italian, Polish) or Serafín (Spanish) may refer to: * Serafin (surname) * Serafin (given name) * Serafin (band), a London rock group * ''Serafín'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela * Serafin, Masovian Voivodeship in east-central Poland See also * * Serafina Seraphina or Serafina is a feminine given name, derived from the word seraph, a high-ranking angel in the hierarchy of angels, and may refer to: Persons * Saint Serafina (1238–1253), a thirteenth century Italian saint * Seraphina Sforza (c. 1434� ... * Serafino (other) * Serafine * Seraph (other) * Séraphin (other) * Séraphine (other) {{Disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serafina (given Name)
Seraphina or Serafina is a feminine given name, derived from the word seraph, a high-ranking angel in the hierarchy of angels, and may refer to: Persons * Saint Serafina (1238–1253), a thirteenth century Italian saint * Seraphina Sforza (c. 1434–1478), an Italian noblewoman and nun * Serafina di dio (1621–1699), Italian abbess * Penny Serafina Petrone (1925–2005), a Canadian writer, educator, arts patron, and philanthropist * Serafina Ouistiti, one of the several stage names of Dutch musician Bloem de Ligny (born 1978) * Serafina Steer (born 1982), an English harpist, pianist, singer and songwriter Fictional characters * ''Seraphina'', an 1809 popular novel by Caroline Burney * '' Seraphina'', a 2012 fantasy novel by Rachel Hartman * Serafina (Marvel), a super villain in the Marvel Comics Universe * Serafina Pekkala, a fictional character in Phillip Pullman's ''His Dark Materials'' trilogy * Dona Serafina, a fictional character in ''Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serafino (other)
Serafino may refer to: People * Serafino dell'Aquila (1466–1500), Italian poet and musician * Seraphin of Montegranaro (1540–1605) (Italian: Serafino da Montegranaro), Italian Capuchin friar and saint * Serafino de' Serafini (1323–1393), Italian painter * Serafino Belfanti (1860–1939), Italian immunologist * Serafino Biagioni (1920–1983), Italian bicycle racer * Serafino Brizzi (1684–1724), Italian engraver * Serafino Cavalli (died 1578), Roman Catholic Master of the Order of Preachers * Serafino Cerva (1696–1759), Dalmatian Italian author of ''Ragusan Library'', the first encyclopedia in the Dalmatian language * Serafino Cimino (1873–1928), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who led the Franciscans * Serafino Cretoni (1833–1909), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal * Serafino De Tivoli (1826–1892), Italian artist of the Macchiaioli group * Serafino dell'Aquila (1466–1500), Italian poet and improvisatore * Serafino Dubois (1817–1899), Italian chess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serapion (other)
Serapion is a given name, a variant of Seraphin. People called Serapion: * Serapion of Alexandria (3rd century BC), Greek physician * Serapion (strategos), probably negotiated in 48 BC for Caesar with Achillas, strategos of Cyprus in 43 BC, executed in 41 BC * Mara bar Serapion (1st century AD), Syrian stoic * Serpion of Macedonia (d. 195), martyr *Serapion of Antioch (c. 200 AD), Patriarch of Antioch *Serapion (3rd century AD), neoplatonic philosopher, one of the disciples of Plotinus *Serapion (4th century AD), author of the ''Sacramentary of Serapion of Thmuis'' * Serapion the Sindonite (4th century AD), Egyptian monk and saint * Yahya ibn Sarafyun (9th century), also known as Serapion the Elder or Johannes Serapion, Christian physician who wrote two medical compilations in Syriac *Serapion of Algiers (1179–1240), Mercedarian saint * Serapion the Younger (c. 12th century), physician who wrote ''The Book of Simple Medicine'' (in Arabic) * Serapion of Vladimir (13th century), b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
