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- Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...avid LeRoy, ''Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce'' Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)]]
2: ...variant of Corinthian, the [[Composite order]], added by 16th century Italian architectural theory and...
4: ...le of Artemis]] at Ephesus, one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
6: ...e so much the standard, that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th...
8: Below the volutes, the Ionic column may have a wide collar or banding separating the capital from the... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ... figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Chris...
11: ...t|250px|thumbnail|[[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] delivering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by...
13: ... strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...rs only one event in the history of Jesus is recorded: his going up to [[Jerusalem]] when twelve years...
17: ... and other women (John 19:26). Mary cradling the dead body of her son is a common motif in art, calle... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...t history|Middle East]] and North Africa. It includes the major art movements, national art, genres, r...
5: ...re were many unique genres of art, such as [[Crusade art]] or [[animal style]].
9: ...Europe to produce a remarkable artistic legacy. Indeed the history of medieval art can be seen as the ...
15: ...sts adopted the Roman crafts of painting, mosaic, carving and metalwork.
17: ...ate in the period some Viking inspirations were added in Ireland. - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ... [[clay]]s are shaped and dried, then fired to harden them and make them waterproof. Unglazed pottery...
4: ...s of years old but also takes advantage of more modern innovations in the fields of chemistry and elec...
8: ... and date the stratum, by the formation style and decoration. The relative chronologies based on pott...
19: ...symmetry, so that it does not move from side to side as the wheel head rotates is referred to as "cent...
21: ...f the foot of the pot to create a smooth and well-defined surface. - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
2: ...ecorative [[writing]]. A style of calligraphy is described as a ''hand''.
4: ...d [[epigraphy]]. Epigraphy is a branch of the broader study of ancient handwriting in more general ter...
8: ...dating back to the earliest day of history, and widely practiced throughout [[China]] to this day. Alt...
10: ...34269;, all meaning "the way of writing") is considered an important art in [[East Asia]] and the most...
12: ...he Prime Minister [[Li Si]] drew up an official index of characters and unified the written form for t... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
1: ...right|thumb|Artists can use woodworking to create delicate [[sculpture]]s.]]
2: ...dworking''' is the process of building, making or carving something using [[wood]].
7: ...y tied to the development of increasingly greater degrees of skill in working these materials.
9: ...f wooden animal statues from the [[Iron Age]]. Wooden [[idol]]s from the [[La Tene|La T讥]] period ar...
11: ...f_China#Ancient_history|Chinese]]. Woodworking is depicted in many ancient Egyptian drawings, and some... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...utenberg]] in the 1450s. This event has been awarded number 1 of the Top 100 Greatest Events of the M...
3: ==Development of the printing press==
4: ...Bible]]s. Because of the difficulties inherent in carving massive quantities of minute text for every block...
6: ...in [[Song China]] and facilitated more creative modes of printing. Nevertheless, movable type was neve...
8: ... Gutenberg refined the technique with the first widespread use of movable type, where the characters a... - Egyptian hieroglyph (6639 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg||thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
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5: ...7;λύφειν), meaning "carving".
8: ...al team excavating at [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]] (modern [[Umm el-Qa'ab]]) uncovered tomb U-j which belo...
10: ...sonants, [[logograph]]s, representing a word, and determinatives, which indicate the semantic category... - Pyrrhus of Epirus (7425 bytes)
1: ...61;ος'' - "the color of fire", "red-blonde", Latin ''Pyrrhus'') - the Molossian king from ca...
5: ... his former ally, Demetrius. By [[286 BC]] he had deposed his former brother-in-law and took control o...
7: ...an attack and certain defeat. Rome had already made itself into a major power, and poised to subdue a...
11: ... carving out an empire for himself in Italy. He made an alliance with [[Ptolemy Ceraunus]], King of Ma...
15: ...ulties were high, this battle is not usually considered a "pyrrhic" victory. Several tribes (the [[Luc... - Australian Aboriginal art (4187 bytes)
1: ... clothing. To an extent, Aboriginal art also includes artistic embellishments found on weaponry and to...
3: ... and tell stories. Rare ochres for paints were traded throughout northern Australia.
7: ...to the medium resulting in an effect similar to modern [[spraypaint]].
9: ...igines. These are thought to be the origins of "modern" Aboriginal Art.
13: ...fter heating in the fire, the bark is flattened under foot and weighed with stones or logs to dry flat... - Donatello (10376 bytes)
3: ...''Donato di Niccolo Betto Bardi''') ([[1386]] - [[December 13]], [[1466]])
7: ... eventually construct the cupola of [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] in Florence, while Donatello acquired hi...
10: ...hitectural setting. In fact, so strong is this tendency that the ''Saint Mark'', when inspected at the...
13: [[Image:Davide (Donatello).jpg|right|thumb|100px|[[Donatello's D...
14: ... copied from life with all their angularities and deviations from the lines of beauty. - Totem pole (20143 bytes)
2: ...humb|Totem pole in Seattle Washington. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
6: ...proposed a theory of totem pole development which describes totem poles as progressing from houseposts...
8: ...—and urged converts to cease production and destroy existing poles.
10: Totem pole construction underwent a dramatic decline at the end of the [[19th century|nineteenth ...
12: ... of dollars; the time spent carving after initial designs are completed usually lasts about a year, so... - Maya numerals (1506 bytes)
5: The numerals are made up of three symbols; zero (shell shape), one (a d...
11: ...een only on some of the most elaborate monumental carving. - Juneau City and Borough, Alaska (8577 bytes)
2: ...e_map.jpg|Map of Alaska highlighting Juneau, provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
4: ...ed place as the City and Borough boundaries coincide.
6: ...e town is ''Dzántik'i Héeni'' "flounder creek", and [[Auke Bay]] just north of Juneau pr...
10: ...one bridge to [[Douglas Island]], an airport, and dead-end roads. A car brought to Juneau must be put...
13: ...tures are rich with artistic traditions including carving, weaving, orating, singing and dancing. - List of hobbies (5016 bytes)
17: * [[Embroidery]]
33: * [[Wood carving]]
41: * Classic [[videogame]]s
54: * [[Scale model]]s
62: * [[3D computer graphics]] design - Glacier (6999 bytes)
5: ...e water. The [[Hubbard Glacier]] is the longest tidewater glacier in [[Alaska]] and has a calving face...
7: ...]s that form from glacially transported rocks and debris; [[glaciated valley|U-shaped valley]]s and [[...
11: ...am and while the glacier may be a barren waste of dense ice, fertile land is often nearby.
15: ...r Grindelwald Glacier and the Schreckhorn, at Grindelwald, Switzerland]]
17: ...n and the upward deposition forces of the zone of deposition cancel. Erosive lateral forces are not ca... - Native American (42651 bytes)
3: ...ities. A comprehensive tribal list can be found under "[[Classification of Native Americans]]."
5: ...erms "Amerindian" and "Indian", both of which are derivatives of "American Indian" (as is "[[Amerind]]...
7: ..., some long established and many more currently under negotiation.
9: ...erican may be construed to either include or exclude the [[M鴩s people (Canada)|M鴩s]] of [[Canada]]...
11: ...an continent]]) are a diversity of [[Pacific Islanders]] including: [[Native Hawaiians]] (also known a... - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
4: ...[[Atahualpa]], the last Inca, was killed on the orders of the [[Conquistador]] [[Francisco Pizarro]], ...
6: ... hundred local languages were spoken. The Inca leadership encouraged the worship of their gods, the fo...
11: The foreign name '''Inca Empire''' is derived from the word '''Inca''', which means "[[Emp...
17: ...ed their new village. There Manco became their leader and became known as [[Manco Capac]].
19: ...nd the city of Cuzco. They traveled by means of underground caves until reaching Cuzco where they esta... - Walrus (6653 bytes)
24: The walrus is a member of order [[Carnivora]] and is the only species in the fam...
28: ...e fights breeds with large numbers of females. Older male walruses frequently bear large scars from t...
42: ... display. Humans use [[ivory]] from the tusks for carving. The natives call the [[penis]] bone of male an ...
44: ...ses and set quotas on the yearly harvest. Only under rare circumstances may non-native hunters gain p...
46: ...he Atlantic walrus once enjoyed a range that extended south to [[Cape Cod]] and occurred in large numb... - Leather (7695 bytes)
1: [[image:leathertools.jpg|thumb|250px|Modern leather-making tools]]
2: ...a material created through the [[tanning]] of [[hide]]s, [[pelt]]s and [[skin]]s of [[animal]]s, prima...
9: ... are a number of processes whereby the flesh of a dead animal can be formed into a supple, strong mate...
11: ... dry it will shrink and become less supple and harder. In hot water, it will shrink drastically and pl...
13: ...sulting material will rot in water. Very light shades of leather are possible using this process, but ...
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