Read the original version in Portuguese here. Much like stone, wood, and other natural materials, straw and thatch have been used as building resources since the dawn of human history. However, with ...

Rusticity's ungainly form May cloud the highest mind; But when the heart is nobly warm, The good excuse will find. Propriety's cold cautious rules Warm Fervour may o'erlook; But spare poor Sensibility ...

During the 1600s, Japanese tastes in ceramics shifted away from the large-scaled, thick-walled sculptural works of the Momoyama period (1568-1615) toward a more elegant and refined form of porcelain.