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- Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
5: ...nold Fanck]], the director of that film, and demanded a role in his next film. He consented and Riefe...
7: ...t]]: the film was released in [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freiheit]]'' (''[[Day of Freedom]]'') and is now...
9: ... in the [[1936 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] but decided to film the event instead. This material became ...
13: ...II, she spent four years in a [[France|French]] [[detention camp]]. There were accusations of her usin...
15: ...e few films she made were short and personally funded. <!--This needs a source. Her biopic and imdb li... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...[[comedian]] and star of [[I Love Lucy]]. A 'B-grade' [[movie star]] of the [[1940s]], she became one ...
4: ...a romance with a local bad boy (Johnny), Ball decided to enroll in the
5: ...on sentence. Right then, Ball decided that she needed to escape the traumas of her life.
7: ..."royalty" honor with [[Macdonald Carey]], who was designated as her "king".
9: ...ivorced in [[1945]], but remarried the same year, deciding to patch things up. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...rockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[a...
4: ...Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
10: ...affairs with men and women. By the end of the decade, she was one of the [[West End (of London)|West E...
12: ...Marlene Dietrich]]", but [[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of the 30s. Critics ...
16: ...he cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a straight f... - Pansy (10101 bytes)
17: ...e ''Viola tricolor hortensis''. However, many garden varieties are hybrids and are referred to as ''V...
19: ==Development of the Pansy==
20: ...(''V. altaica''), to produce a host of bigger, bolder pansies. As a result of extensive cross-breedin...
22: ...[[steel]]) the bold flowers familiar to modern gardeners appeared.
24: ==Pansies for Underplanting== - Begonia (2934 bytes)
15: ...ich are often large and variegated, are unequal-sided.
21: ... sorts require to be kept at rest in winter, in a medium temperature, almost but not quite dry. In late wi... - Ear (6659 bytes)
1: ...ge:Ear.jpg|thumb|A left [[human]] ear. Image provided by [https://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
3: An '''ear''' is an organ used by an animal to detect [[sound]]. The term may refer to the entire ...
7: ...ncluding [[human]]s, have two ears, one on each side of the head.
10: ... waves. Many [[mammal]]s can move the pinna in order to focus their hearing in a certain direction, i...
12: ...umb|250px|left| Photography of a baby. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Eye (21834 bytes)
1: ...ight or dark. More complex eyes are used to provide the [[sense]] of [[visual perception|vision]]. Ma...
9: ...es grow outward from brain cells during embryonic development, while mollusk eyes grow inward from ski...
11: ...ranged hexagonally, and which can give a full 360 degree field of vision. Compound eyes are very sensi...
16: Jumping spiders have simple eyes that are so large, supported b...
18: ...ght|thumb|300px|Eye of a Komodo Dragon.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A... - Oil painting (1776 bytes)
1: ...[linseed oil]]. Other oils occasionally used include [[poppyseed oil]], [[walnut oil]], and [[safflowe...
3: ... both those used in tournaments and those hung as decorations - were more durable when painted in oil-...
5: Recent advances in [[chemistry]] have produced modern [[water miscible oil paint]]s that can be used ...
7: ...fied "non-drying synthetic oily liquid, imbedded with a heat sensitive curing agent"), the p... - Bee (11175 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_superfamilia_entry | taxon = '''Apoidea'''}}
25: [[Image:Bee5.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
27: ...[[nectar]] from [[flower]]s. Bees have antennae made up of thirteen segments in males and twelve in fe...
31: There are over 16,000 described species, and possibly around 30,000 specie...
39: ...Image:Bee2.jpg|thumb|right|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...eginning of the [[Early Modern]] period that preceded the [[Industrial Revolution]].
5: ...] flourished in the early '''Middle Ages''': [[Hildesheim]].]]
6: ...cial senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preceding culture.
8: ...ished, leading to the rise of illiteracy among leadership.
10: ===A new order=== - Mosaic (6524 bytes)
3: ...thumb|150px|Detail of mosaic from [[Herculaneum]] depicting [[Amphitrite]]]]
7: ...ly 12th-century [[Kiev]]an mosaic depicting [[St. Demetrius]].]]
12: ...ve arts|decorative art]], an aspect of [[interior decoration]]. In mosaics, small [[tile]]s or fragme...
16: ...ed across the ancient world for domestic interior decoration. Mosaics of the [[4th century BC]] are fo...
18: ...co di Venezia|St Mark's]]. In Western Europe, the demanding techniques of fresco replaced the even mor... - Sculpture (5545 bytes)
3: ...gh arrangement and juxtaposition or by the simple designation of an object or even an act as sculpture...
5: ...man hands or by nature. A figure or person can be described as ''sculpturesque'' if it shares qualitie...
21: ** [[jade]]
32: * [[wood, as a medium|wood]]
37: ...even proposed that some day sculptures might be made of gases; see [[gas sculpture]]. - Pre-historic art (9744 bytes)
7: ...]], now suggests that Neanderthal humans may have developed a sophisticated and more complicated artis...
9: ...ron]] and [[manganese]] and indicates that it was decorated by someone and used as a figurine, regardl...
12: ...objects, like the paddles from [[Tybrind Vig]], [[Denmark]], are known as well.
15: ... by impressing the wet clay with braided or unbraided cord and sticks with a growing sophistication. S...
20: ... style are to be classified as art is a matter of definition. - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ...using written language. Artistic painting is considered by many to be among the most important of the ...
8: The oldest known '''paintings''' are at the [[Grotte Chauv...
14: ...ry:Artistic techniques|Painting technique]]s include:
34: ...at the pigment is suspended or embedded in, which determines the general working characteristics of th...
36: Examples include: - Fresco (1692 bytes)
3: ...makes a very durable work of art; if the wall is destroyed the painting can often be reassembled beca...
7: Painters in fresco will often add details later ''in secco.'' - Music (16462 bytes)
1: ...ble]] [[sound]].'''Music''' is an art form whose medium is sound. Music is an important part of our life ...
16: ...ften considered an aspect of music, if it is considered to exist.
18: ... the expense of rhythm and timbre. John Cage considers duration the primary aspect of music because it...
20: ...actual performance but also how music is heard, understood, even learned." <sup>[[#Notes|6]]</sup>
25: ...mmon terms used to discuss particular pieces include [[note]], which is an abstraction which refers to... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...re. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, variety of character, and agility.
4: ==History and development==
6: ...e instrument body to the reed. It was, like the modern instrument,frequently constructed of maple, wit...
8: ...oon" in ''Dioclesian'' (1690) referring to the wooden double reed, the word began to be used to refer ...
10: ...ich scholars date to the end of the 17th century, depicts the bassoon much as it appears in its curren... - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
2: .... The instrument is also a part of [[Candombl靝-de-caboclo tradition.
4: ...icon.png|30px]] [[media:Toque-de-angola.ogg|Toque de Angola]] ([[ogg]] format, 17 seconds, 174KB).
6: ==Design==
8: [[Image:Hn_caxixi_baqueta_vadero.jpg|thumb|right|A caxixi, baqueta, and dobr㯝]
9: ...steel string ("arame" - often pulled from the inside of an automobile [[tire]]) tightly strung and sec... - 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: ...ssing sheets of paper into individually carved wooden blocks ([[xylography]]). It is believed that blo...
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... - Earth (30908 bytes)
4: ...iker's Guide reference in here. It's been done to death. Find a gem with which to improve the article ...
7: ...l planet]]s, and the only planetary body that [[modern science]] confirms as harboring [[life]]. The p...
9: ... a variant puts the cross atop the circle ([[Unicode]]: ⊕ or ♁).
14: ... diameter of approximately 12,742 km. The maximum deviations from this are the highest point on Earth ...
17: ... other [[terrestrial planets]], is chemically divided into an outer [[silicon|siliceous]] solid [[Crus...
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