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- Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
4: ... a circus acrobat at the age of 15 until a fall ended her career. In the [[Montmartre]] quarter of [[P...
8: ... haunted the sleazy bars of Paris and in [[1889]] Toulouse-Lautrec painted her in the portrait ''The Hangove...
10: Degas impressed with her bold line drawings and fine...
12: Despite her achievements, she lived in the shadows o...
14: ... was, however, best known for her candid female nudes. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - Printmaking (6788 bytes)
1: ...rately producing one or more [[artist's proof]]s. Depending on the complexity of the process chosen, t...
3: ... stretched in a frame. Small prints can even be made using the surface of a potato.
6: ...een-printing]]. Other printmaking techniques include [[chine-coll靝, [[collography]], [[monotyping]],...
15: Artists using this technique include
25: [[Emil Nolde]], - Pope Fabian (2703 bytes)
2: ...secution under the emperor [[Trajan Decius]], his death taking place on [[January 20]] [[250]], and wa...
4: ..., and to have appointed officials to register the deeds of the martyrs.
6: ...ed in Rome, however, at the ''beginning'' of the "Decian persecutions."
8: ...ht together the deeds of the martyrs faithfully made whole, and he brought forth many works in the cem...
10: ... to his ''nobilissima memoriae'', and he corresponded with [[Origen]]. One authority refers to him as ... - Pope Innocent I (2364 bytes)
3: ...d to sacrifice and pray to the [[paganism|pagan]] deities; the pope happened, however, to be absent fr...
5: ...[[Pelagius|Pelagian]] controversy, confirming the decisions of the synod of the province of [[proconsu...
12: Predecessor=[[Pope Anastasius I|Saint Anastasius I]]| - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ... Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
4: ...; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 85%;"
5: |+ <big><big>'''Charles de Gaulle'''</big></big>
7: ...nd:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:DeGaullePortrait.jpg|180px]]
10: | [[President of France]] - 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. - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ... the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
7: ...ook the name Giordano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint ...
10: ... illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical e...
11: ...covered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]...
13: ...for the same reason and abandoned the Dominican order. He travelled to [[Geneva]] and briefly joined t... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
1: ...chel-eyquem-de-montaigne 1.jpg|thumb|right|Michel de Montaigne]]
2: ...essay]]. In his main work, the ''Essays'', unprecedented in its candidness and personal flavor, he tak...
6: ...the mayor of [[Bordeaux]]. His mother, Antoniette de Lopez, came from a Spanish Jewish family, but was...
8: ...;tienne de la Boétie]] whose death in 1563 deeply influenced Montaigne.
10: ...er died and Montaigne inherited the Château de Montaigne, to which he moved back in 1570. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[ancien r駩me]]'', and ecl...
8: ...nment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, th...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the following:
14: ... The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals.
15: ... [[debt]], both caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation. - Medieval Inquisition (8204 bytes)
3: ...hout Europe, in particular [[Catharism]] and [[Waldensians]] in southern France and northern Italy.
4: ...age:Inquistion2.jpg|thumb|250px|Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
7: ...Cathars]] first noted in the [[1140s]] and the Waldensians starting around [[1170]]. Heretical individ...
11: ...Authority rested with local officials based on guidelines from the Pope, but there was no central top-...
13: ...e for many reasons. The bishops often did not reside in their [[diocese]]s, living in far-off cities s... - Canal (2513 bytes)
1: ...se.jpg|thumb|190px|The [[Canal du Midi]]<br> in [[Toulouse]], [[France]]]]
2: ...ade waterways for the delivery of water and preceded the use of [[transport]]ation canals used by [[b...
4: ...e young United States, inland canals preceded the development of [[railroad]]s during the earliest pha...
6: ...ge of [[Amsterdam]] a port. Canals are so deeply identified with [[Venice]] that all cities that have ...
9: ...for commercial transportation, and many fell into decay. A movement that began in Great Britain and Fr... - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
15: |popdensity=1,221
17: |latitude=33°65' N
18: |longitude=84°42′ W
22: ...lt, Atlanta is a common case study for college students who study Urban Geography around the globe. ...
24: ...19th century]] as a railroad hub. It was largely destroyed by Union forces during the [[American Civi... - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
2: ...he [[Huns]], led by Attila (right, foreground), ride into [[Italy]].]]
3: ... of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires: he invaded the Balkans twice and encircled [[Constantinople...
11: ...n that at a young age he was already a capable leader and a capable warrior is reasonable but unknowab...
14: ...stretched from the steppes of Central Asia into modern Germany, and from the Danube river to the Balti...
15: ...'s first [[sea wall]], and to build up his border defenses along the Danube. - Roman road (3913 bytes)
2: ...ructing straight roads often resulted in steep grades relatively impractical for most economic traffic...
4: ... of becoming mud in clay soils. The [[legion]]s made good time on these roads, and some are still used...
6: ...o Rome". Roman roads were designed that way to hinder provinces organising resistance against the Empi...
15: ...e [[Atlantic Ocean]] across [[Toulouse]] and [[Bordeaux]],
16: ...here it joins to the [[Via Augusta]] at the [[Col de Panissars]]. - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
1: {{Crusade}}
2: ...tern world|Western power]], and was the only crusade – in contrast to the many that followed &nd...
5: ...mbined with the relative stability of European borders after the [[Christianization]] of the [[Viking]...
9: ...eminated to the general public the idea of a Crusade to capture the Holy Land with the famous words: "...
12: ...eighbours, than with cooperating against the crusaders. - Vincent van Gogh (11980 bytes)
2: ...s]] on [[March 17]], [[1901]] (11 years after his death).
4: ...terlo]] (also in [[the Netherlands]]), has a considerable collection of Vincent van Gogh paintings as ...
9: ...ould be drawn to it later in his life. His sister described him as serious and introspective.
11: ...eserved and were published in [[1914]]. They provide much insight into the life of the painter, and sh...
20: ...ostitute]] Sien Hoornik and her children and considered marrying her; his father was strictly against ... - Drawing (17083 bytes)
2: ...] in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots, superficially speaking the subj...
10: ...Very rarely, artists have drawn with (usually decoded) [[invisible ink]].
12: Some examples of drawing media include:
26: ...chniques that experience has proven useful for rendering a higher quality drawing.
29: .... Thus a courser material is useful for producing deeper contrast. - Lithography (5288 bytes)
2: ...ing a flat surface to create images. This article delves into the historical evolution of lithography,...
6: ... and water do not mix and has been pivotal in the democratization of art.
10: ...s Senefelder discovered lithography almost by accident while looking for a cost-effective way to publi...
22: ...effect, creating art that was accessible to a broader audience.
23: ==The Golden Age of Lithography== - 1901 (12292 bytes)
5: | align="center" colspan=2 | <small>'''[[Decades]]:'''</small> <br> [[1870s]] [[1880s]] [[1890s]...
16: ...tury should be celebrated in 1900 rejected worldwide).
17: ...d [[Western Australia]] [[Australian Federation|federate]] as the [[Commonwealth of Australia]]. [[Edm...
26: ...Gogh]] paintings in [[Paris]], 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
31: ...]], the [[Edison Storage Battery Company]] is founded.
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