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- Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
2: ...'Suzanne Valadon''' ([[September 23]], [[1865]] – [[April 7]], [[1938]]) was a French [[painter]...
4: ...-sur-Gartempe]], [[Haute-Vienne]], [[France]] the daughter of an unmarried laundress, Suzanne Valadon ...
8: ... haunted the sleazy bars of Paris and in [[1889]] Toulouse-Lautrec painted her in the portrait ''The Hangove...
22: ...jpg|thumb|200px|left|''The Hangover''. [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]].]]
24: ...Roman Catholic Church|good Catholic]]" cats on Fridays. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-) - Printmaking (6788 bytes)
10: ...thought to be the earliest printmaking technique, dating back to [[9th century]] [[China]].
11: ...er]], then a sheet of [[paper]], perhaps slightly damp, is placed over the block. The block is then r...
47: A damp piece of paper is placed over the plate and it ...
71: ...phy is known for its ability to capture fine [[gradation]]s in shading and very small detail.
79: [[Stuart Davis]], - Pope Fabian (2703 bytes)
2: ...ough there were several famous men among the candidates for the vacant position. Fabian was martyred d...
6: ...arbonne|Paul]] to [[Narbonne]], [[Saturnin]] to [[Toulouse]], [[Denis]] to [[Paris]], [[Austromoine]] to [[C...
14: ...sor=[[Pope Cornelius|Saint Cornelius]]|Dates=236–250}} - Pope Innocent I (2364 bytes)
5: ...ations to [[Victricius of Rouen]], [[Exuperius of Toulouse]], [[Alexander of Antioch]] and others, as well a...
13: ...ccessor=[[Pope Zosimus|Saint Zosimus]]|Dates=402–417}} - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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40: ...h Marie de Gaulle''' ([[November 22]], [[1890]] – [[November 9]], [[1970]]), in [[France]] commo...
42: ...d head of the provisional government in [[1944]]–[[1946]]. Called to form a government in [[1958...
44: ==1890–1912: Formative years== - Donatello (10376 bytes)
7: ...t documentary reference to the master bearing the date [[1406]], when a payment is made to him as an i...
10: ...asm, however, when placed in situ, and at a later date received [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo...
13: ...e (Donatello).jpg|right|thumb|100px|[[Donatello's David]] ]]
14: ...s never delivered. This, and the ''Saint Louis of Toulouse'', which originally occupied a niche at Orsanmich...
18: ...el off which [[Bernardo Rossellino]], [[Desiderio da Settignano|Desiderio]], and other sculptors of th... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
1: [[Image:Giordano_Bruno.jpg|thumb|Giordano Bruno]]
3: '''Giordano Bruno''' ([[1548]] – [[February 17]] [[1600]]), a.k.a. '''Bruno Nol...
7: ...nt Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...ys of ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associ...
10: ...umb|left|200px|Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are ... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...quem de Montaigne''' ([[February 28]], [[1533]] – [[September 13]], [[1592]]) was an influential...
8: ... de Guyenne]], and afterwards he studied law in [[Toulouse]] and entered a career in the legal system. He wa...
10: Montaigne married in 1565; he had five daughters, but only one survived childhood. In 1568 ...
33: ...ithout truly getting emotionally involved, his disdain for man's pursuit of lasting fame, and his atte... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
21: ...cques Necker]] (Director-General of Finance 1777–1781), unsuccessfully proposed to revise the Fr...
25: ...e French treasury depended to maintain its day to day operations to withdraw their loans, leading to a...
27: ... to convene the Estates-General in May [[1789]] — for the first time since [[1614]]. Brienne re...
31: ...ription of the events of [[August 8]], [[1788]] – [[June 17]], [[1789]], see [[Estates-General o...
35: ...and ''[[bailliage]]s'' rather than by provinces — need be determined by the precedent of 1614. ... - Medieval Inquisition (8204 bytes)
13: ...fective. For example, according to the ''Ad abolendam'', it was required to reveal the name of the acc...
23: ...ould be gathered in a public place. Although attendance was voluntary, those who failed to show would ...
27: ...ealed once made. The inquisitor could keep a defendant in prison for years before the trial to obtain ...
29: ... If the accusers were among those named, the defendant was set free and the charges dismissed; the acc...
33: ...] issued a [[papal bull]] entitled ''[[ad extirpanda]]'', which authorized the use of [[torture]] by i... - Canal (2513 bytes)
1: ...se.jpg|thumb|190px|The [[Canal du Midi]]<br> in [[Toulouse]], [[France]]]]
6: ...tury and canalization made the village of [[Amsterdam]] a port. Canals are so deeply identified with [...
23: * [[Amsterdam]]
24: * [[Wellend Canal]] - Central Canada
25: ...awrence Seaway]] - [[Quebec]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
16: |timezone=[[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5
33: ...ed and suggested that the city be named after his daughter, Martha, instead. Therefore, starting in [...
36: ...ngs and possible union assets destroyed. The next day, mayor [[James Calhoun]] surrendered the city, a...
45: ...rom the national media and from presidential candidate [[John F. Kennedy]]. Despite this incident, Atl...
53: ...A]]s, Atlanta is the third-highest in elevation — behind slightly higher [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoe... - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
3: ...rope]] to the [[Black Sea]] and from the [[Danube|Danube River]] to the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]]. During ...
5: ...e left no remarkable legacy, he has become a legendary figure in the [[history of Europe]]. In much of...
14: ...of Central Asia into modern Germany, and from the Danube river to the Baltic Sea]]
15: ...]], and to build up his border defenses along the Danube.
17: ...aves on the Danube's north bank. They crossed the Danube and laid waste Illyrian cities and forts on t... - Roman road (3913 bytes)
15: ...e Via Domitia, to the [[Atlantic Ocean]] across [[Toulouse]] and [[Bordeaux]],
42: *[[Via Mala]] from [[Milan]] to [[Lindau]] via the [[San Bernardino Pass]]
58: *[[Peddars Way]] - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
2: ...e – in contrast to the many that followed – to achieve its stated goal.
12: ...ates were on the whole more concerned with consolidating their own territories and gaining control of ...
14: ...tolia and northern Syria was a state founded by [[Danishmend]], a Seljuk mercenary; the crusaders did ...
16: ...ll actual power was held by the [[vizier]] [[al-Afdal Shahanshah]]), had lost Jerusalem to the Seljuks...
26: ... and apocalyptic yearnings found release from the daily oppression of their lives, in an outpouring of... - Vincent van Gogh (11980 bytes)
2: ...ncent Willem van Gogh''' ([[March 30]], [[1853]]–[[July 29]], [[1890]]) was a Dutch [[painter]],...
4: ...entury]] art. The [[Van Gogh Museum]] in [[Amsterdam]] is dedicated to Van Gogh's work and that of hi...
13: ...n [[Kent]], [[England]], then returned to [[Amsterdam]] to study theology in [[1877]].
18: ...trokes. However, his usage of [[color]], favoring dark tones, set him apart from his teacher.
22: ...appeleters'', now in The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam). - Drawing (17083 bytes)
44: ...e drawing in [[red chalk|sanguine]] by [[Leonardo da Vinci]]]]
45: ...g in two or more different directions to create a darker tone. Broken hatching, or lines with intermit...
60: ... tones in close proximity. A light edge next to a dark background will stand out to the eye, and almos...
84: ...In contrast, a single light source, such as harsh daylight, can serve highlight any texture or interes...
93: ...wing in the 1400's and 1500's included [[Leonardo da Vinci]], [[Albrecht D�rer]], [[Michelangelo]], ... - Lithography (5288 bytes)
13: The fundamental process of lithography involves drawing on ...
18: ...dan.jpg|right|thumb|320px| Lithograph of Petra Jordan]]
22: ...s artists like Francisco Goya and later, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, used lithography to great effect, creati...
39: ...Manet, and, of course, its greatest practitioner, Daumier, whose prints began to appear in the 1830s. - 1901 (12292 bytes)
11: ...mon year starting on Tuesday]] (see link for calendar).
37: ...n River at [[Hartland]], [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]] opens. It is the longest [[Covered bridge|cover...
41: ... [[Buffalo, New York]]. McKinley dies there eight days later.
47: * [[October 24]] – Michigan schoolteacher [[Annie Taylor]] goes d...
48: ...rse [[Jane Toppan]] is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of [[morphin...
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