Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam Netherlands) The Milkmaid ranks among Johannes Vermeerâs best known works. It is known for its ample depiction and also for multiple interpretations viewers and critics make, which ranges from pragmatic views to theoretical meanings. The painting origins from the 17th century of Dutch Golden Age.
Black belt. In martial arts, the black belt is a way to describe a graduate of a field where a practitioner's level is often marked by the color of the belt. The black belt is commonly the highest belt color used and denotes a degree of competence.
My Chabad rabbi always puts on a black sash before praying. We joke that it is because he has attained a black belt in prayer arts. But seriously, what is the meaning of that sash? The black belt you refer to is called a gartel in Yiddish (similar to the English word girdle1).