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  1. Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
    2: ...ks are [[documentary film|documentary]] [[propaganda film]]s for the German [[Nazi Party]]. Shut out o...
    5: ... impressed with them and the possibilities of the medium. She went to the Alps for about a year and when s...
    7: ...ased in [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freiheit]]'' (''[[Day of Freedom]]'') and is now available on [[DVD]]....
    13: ...ically naﶥ and ignorant about their atrocities—a position which many of her critics dismiss as...
    17: ...6]]. She survived a [[helicopter]] crash in the Sudan in [[2000]].
  2. Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
    2: '''Lucille Ball''' ([[August 6]], [[1911]] – [[April 26]], [[1989]]) was an [[United States...
    5: ... shy girl was outshined by another pupil: [[Bette Davis]]. Lucille later went home in a few weeks when...
    20: ...des in [[radio]], and in fact other TV sitcoms predated her show), and was among the first stars to fi...
    24: ...w, cans of paint (in shades ranging from white to medium gray) were kept on set to 'paint out' innappropri...
    28: ...est marriages had come to an end. Until his dying day in [[1986]], Arnaz and Ball would remain the bes...
  3. Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
    4: ...emocrat from Alabama [[1931]]-[[1946]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[...
    14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice amo...
    22: ... a highly-popular radio show host, and in the new medium of television. Her appearance as herself on The L...
    24: ...-a-day consumption of [[bourbon whiskey|Old Grand Dad]] -- continued unabated. And behavior that was e...
    61: *[[A Royal Scandal]] (1945)
  4. Pansy (10101 bytes)
    6: ... classis entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
    22: ...ge (due in large part to the availability of affordable, low cost [[steel]]) the bold flowers familiar...
    30: Pansies are edible and have been used to dye mordanted fabric.
    60: ...te web covering the leaves. Associated with cool damp springs. Spray with fungicide.
    66: ...plants, use ph-balanced soil which is neither too damp not too dry. Soil should have balanced amounts...
  5. Begonia (2934 bytes)
    6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
    21: ... sorts require to be kept at rest in winter, in a medium temperature, almost but not quite dry. In late wi...
  6. Ear (6659 bytes)
    23: ... of the [[Eustachian tube]]s - evolutionary descendants of the [[gills]] - which connect the middle ea...
    28: ...a hollow organ filled with [[endolymph]], a fluid medium that receives the sound vibrations transmitted fr...
  7. Eye (21834 bytes)
    1: ... but detect whether the surroundings are light or dark. More complex eyes are used to provide the [[s...
    15: ...lls. They can distinguish between light and dark (day and night), but no more. This enables snails to ...
    24: ...tering the eye. Too much light being let in could damage the retina, too little light would be blindin...
    31: ...e eye does not. The choroid gives the inner eye a dark colour, which prevents disruptive reflections w...
    65: ...l acuity]] (a measure of detail). This is why the darker conditions become, the less colour objects se...
  8. Oil painting (1776 bytes)
    1: ...s done on surfaces with [[pigment]] ground into a medium of oil - especially in early modern Europe, [[lin...
    7: ...e brush). Although not technically true oils (the medium is an unidentified "non-drying synthetic oil...
  9. Bee (11175 bytes)
    5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Arthropoda]]}}
    12: [[Andrenidae]]<br />
    13: [[Anthophoridae]]<br />
    14: [[Apidae]]<br />
    15: [[Colletidae]]<br />
  10. Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
    1: .... The Middle Ages of Western Europe are commonly dated from the end of the [[Western Roman Empire]] (...
    6: ...he migrations has historically been termed the "[[Dark Ages]]" by Western European historians. That te...
    16: ...feudal nobles. Well known examples of such consolidation include the [[Albigensian Crusade]] and the [...
    18: ...cal obligations, known as [[feudalism]] or the feudal
    19: ...etimes mutually contradictory). The benefit of feudalism however, was its resiliency, and the ability ...
  11. Mosaic (6524 bytes)
    12: '''Mosaic''' is a [[Art medium|medium of art]] that may embody the most meaningful icon...
    18: ...e [[4th century]], wall and ceiling mosaics were adapted to Christian uses. The greatest development o...
    22: ...f Iraq]] the mosaic was replaced with one of [[Saddam Hussein]].
    40: ...nstalled. When the mosaic is complete, a similar medium is placed atop it. The piece is then turned over...
  12. Sculpture (5545 bytes)
    32: * [[wood, as a medium|wood]]
    37: ...e writings, [[Joan Mir󝝠even proposed that some day sculptures might be made of gases; see [[gas scu...
    63: ...Angel Botello]] at ''La Ventana al Mar'', [[El Condado, Puerto Rico]]]]Some of the forms of sculpture ...
    77: ..., through [[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and the [[Renaissance]] masters, to moder...
    87: ...n body and develop skills that will provide a foundation for making clothed figurative work.
  13. Pre-historic art (9744 bytes)
    15: ... [[Japan]] were the first to develop [[pottery]], dating to the [[11th millennium BC]]. The J&#333;mon...
    17: ...G?li Tepe]] near [[Urfa]] in eastern [[Turkey]], dating to ca. [[10th millennium BC]].
    18: ... at the [[Iron Gorge]], [[Serbia and Montenegro]] date to the [[7th millennium BC]] and represent eith...
    22: ...these is [[Stonehenge]], were the main structures date from the early Bronze age, such monuments have ...
    25: ...nze Age]] began in Europe, bringing with it a new medium for art. The increased efficiency of bronze tools...
  14. Painting (4567 bytes)
    2: ...nt]] suspended in a carrier (or [[medium (bearer)|medium]]) and a binding agent (a [[glue]]) to a [[surfac...
    8: ...s''' are at the [[Grotte Chauvet]] in [[France]], dated at about 32,000 years old. They are engraved a...
    34: ...rent types of paint are usually identified by the medium that the pigment is suspended or embedded in, whi...
    97: *[[Salvador Dal흝, ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
    107: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
  15. Fresco (1692 bytes)
    3: ...on dry plaster and with the pigments in a binding medium, like [[egg (biology)|egg]]. The difference bet...
    5: ...aly this was commonly called a ''giornata'' or a "daily amount." These divisions are perceptible with...
  16. Music (16462 bytes)
    1: ...ble]] [[sound]].'''Music''' is an art form whose medium is sound. Music is an important part of our life ...
    16: ... or the movement in space of sounds, gesture, and dance. [[Silence]] is also often considered an aspec...
    20: ... [[Hindustani music]] performance. According to [[Dane Harwood]], "We must ask whether a cross-cultura...
    63: ... quietly in the rows of auditoriums, drinking and dancing in a bar, or loudly cheering and booing in a...
    83: ===Secondary education===
  17. Bassoon (11661 bytes)
    8: ...nstructed folded back on itself, as it is to this day (giving it the name in some regions "curtall", a...
    10: ... current form, and a three-keyed bassoon has been dated to 1699.
    16: ...e interior of the wing and boot joints to prevent damage from moisture with extensive playing; wooden ...
    35: ...both fingered with Heckel-system keywork, a descendant of the original Baroque fingering system, as op...
    48: * [[Carl Maria von Weber]], Andante e rondo ungarese in C minor, op. 35
  18. Berimbau (11944 bytes)
    2: ... it commands how the capoeiristas move in the ''roda''. The instrument is known for being the subject...
    10: ...colors, following local Bahian/Brazilian taste; today, most makers follow the tourist consumer's quest...
    11: ... there. A small stone or coin ("dobr㯦quot;, "moeda", "pedra") is held between the index and thumb of...
    23: *M餩o (other say viola): medium tone.
    24: *Viola (violinha if the medium tone is viola): highest tone
  19. Printing press (12986 bytes)
    1: ...] in [[1041]], the printing press as we know it today was invented in the West by a [[Holy Roman Empir...
    8: ... in Europe is not accepted by all. The other candidate advanced is the [[The Netherlands|Dutchman]] [[...
    12: ...limited the number of different pages created per day. Books produced in this period, between the firs...
    18: ...anbul]] (a popular destination for thousands of Andalusian Jews).
    37: ...stress that printed works themselves are a visual medium.
  20. Earth (30908 bytes)
    21: ...n by mass [http://earthref.org/cgi-bin/er.cgi?s=erda.cgi?n=547] is:
    86: ...[aluminium]] silicate rocks. The crust-mantle boundary occurs as two physically different events. Firs...
    120: ...utes and 4.091 seconds ([[sidereal day|1 sidereal day]]) to rotate around the axis connecting the [[no...
    122: ...ith respect to the stars at a rate of ca. 1 &deg;/day, i.e. a Sun or Moon diameter every 12 hours east...
    126: ...e Sun and the stars at a rate of roughly 12 &deg;/day, i.e. a Moon diameter every hour eastward.

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