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- Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
4: ...artre]] quarter of [[Paris]] she pursued her interest in art.
8: ... haunted the sleazy bars of Paris and in [[1889]] Toulouse-Lautrec painted her in the portrait ''The Hangove...
10: ..., Valadon received acclaim and some financial success during her lifetime.
12: Despite her achievements, she lived in the shadows of...
14: ...was, however, best known for her candid female nudes. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Printmaking (6788 bytes)
1: ...expert printmaker, and make use of a [[printing press]], a [[baren]], a [[brayer]], and/or a [[squeege...
3: ...d, metal plates, flat stones, or a porous fabric mesh stretched in a frame. Small prints can even be m...
5: == Techniques ==
6: ...ocut]], [[aquatint]] and [[batik]]. These techniques can also be combined.
10: ...pe of [[relief print]], is thought to be the earliest printmaking technique, dating back to [[9th cent... - Pope Fabian (2703 bytes)
2: ...h there were several famous men among the candidates for the vacant position. Fabian was martyred duri...
6: ...Clermont]], and [[Saint Martial|Martial]] to Limoges. Fabian seems to have been martyred in Rome, howe...
8: ...e, and he brought forth many works in the cemeteries.")
10: ...efers to his ''nobilissima memoriae'', and he corresponded with [[Origen]]. One authority refers to hi...
13: Predecessor=[[Pope Anterus|Saint Anterus]]| - Pope Innocent I (2364 bytes)
3: ...sacrifice and pray to the [[paganism|pagan]] deities; the pope happened, however, to be absent from th...
5: ...po|Augustine]] being one of their number, had addressed him.
7: ... [[Victor]], [[martyr]]s, on [[July 28]]. His successor was [[pope Zosimus|Zosimus]].
9: See also: list of [[Pope Innocent|popes named Innocent]]
12: Predecessor=[[Pope Anastasius I|Saint Anastasius I]]| - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ... de Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
5: |+ <big><big>'''Charles de Gaulle'''</big></big>
10: | [[President of France]]
19: | [[Georges Pompidou]]
31: - Donatello (10376 bytes)
7: ...ngs and Donatello's monuments are the supreme expression of the spirit of this era in architecture and...
10: ...t elements of the classical ideal. All these figures were carved in marble and are admirably conceived...
14: ...all their angularities and deviations from the lines of beauty.
16: ...depth and space, which was to find its mature expression in the panels of the altar of [[San Antonio]]...
18: ...nt of similar works. Donatello's share in the Naples monument is probably confined to the characterist... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...stronomer]], and [[occultist]] executed as a [[heresy|heretic]], popularly regarded as a martyr to the...
7: ...near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...t time were thought to date uniformly to the earliest days of ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed...
10: ...stration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical elemen...
11: ...r influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]], [[Marsilio Ficino]], and [[Ni... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...didness and personal flavor, he takes mankind and especially himself as the object of study. He was a ...
6: ...Spanish Jewish family, but was herself raised Protestant. Montaigne was sent to a small cottage with ...
8: ...e was at the court of [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]]. While serving at the Bordeaux Parlement, h...
12: ...;teau where in his library he began work on his ''Essays'', first published in [[1580]].
16: ...[Henry III of France|King Henry III]] and the Protestant [[Henry of Navarre]]. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...d of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the sta...
5: == Causes ==
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...egislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source ...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the followi... - Medieval Inquisition (8204 bytes)
3: ...[1184]]. It was in response to large popular [[heresy|heretical]] movements throughout Europe, in part...
7: ...ings of Christianity. To counter the threat of heresy the church used the weapon of inquisition.
11: ...dieval inquisitions. Thus there were different types of inquisitions in medieval Europe, the ''episcop...
13: ...ad many other responsibilities. Also, the procedures used in this inquisition were not effective. For ...
15: ... most useful medieval documents from the Middle Ages involving first-person speech by medieval peasant... - Canal (2513 bytes)
1: ...se.jpg|thumb|190px|The [[Canal du Midi]]<br> in [[Toulouse]], [[France]]]]
4: ... the development of [[railroad]]s during the earliest phase of the [[Industrial Revolution]]; some can...
6: ...so deeply identified with [[Venice]] that all cities that have canals used as waterways have been call...
9: ...easure boats has spurred rehabilitation of stretches of historic canals
18: * [[List of canals in the United States]] - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
22: ...ulation growth, and commercial development. As a result, Atlanta is a common case study for college st...
24: ...lroad hub. It was largely destroyed by Union forces during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], but ...
26: ...of the city's nicknames, "The Phoenix City", relates to its rise after the Civil War. The [[phoenix]]...
28: ...rounding suburbs. This has given rise to calling residents inside the "Perimeter" (local parlance for ...
31: ...ive American|Indian]] territory. After these tribes were deported along the [[Trail of Tears]] to [[O... - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
3: ... [[Battle of Chalons|Chalons]]; and he drove the western emperor [[Valentinian III]] from his capital ...
5: ... as a great and noble king, and he plays major roles in three [[Norse saga]]s.
9: ...d and civilized) by their splendid state of readiness for combat, amazing mobility, and weapons like t...
14: ...x|left|The Hunnish empire stretched from the steppes of Central Asia into modern Germany, and from the...
15: ...st [[sea wall]], and to build up his border defenses along the Danube. - Roman road (3913 bytes)
2: ...e barbarians, contributed to Roman military reverses.
4: ...n clay soils. The [[legion]]s made good time on these roads, and some are still used [[millennium|mill...
6: ...designed that way to hinder provinces organising resistance against the Empire. At its peak, the Roma...
9: There are many examples of roads that still follow the route of Roman roa...
12: ...nnecting [[Dyrrhachium]] to [[Byzantium]] via [[Thessaloniki]] - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
2: ...urning point in the expansion of [[Western world|Western power]], and was the only crusade – in ...
5: ...now had very little to do but fight among themselves and terrorize the peasant population.
7: ... which occupied Spanish knights and some mercenaries from elsewhere in Europe in the fight against the...
9: ...the [[Byzantine Empire]] in the east. The Byzantines had suffered a serious defeat at the hands of the...
12: ...e concerned with consolidating their own territories and gaining control of their neighbours, than wit... - Vincent van Gogh (11980 bytes)
2: ...s lifetime, but his posthumous fame grew rapidly, especially following a showing of 71 of van Gogh's p...
4: ...ed to Van Gogh's work and that of his contemporaries. The [[Kroller-Muller Museum]] in [[Otterlo]] (al...
6: ...as sold for $82.5 million at [[Christie's]], thus establishing a new price record.
9: ...uld be drawn to it later in his life. His sister described him as serious and introspective.
11: ...s they sent each other. These letters have been preserved and were published in [[1914]]. They provide... - Drawing (17083 bytes)
2: ...e drawing is the paper itself.) The main techniques used in drawing are: line drawing, hatching, cros...
5: ...r color strokes are close enough that the eye "mixes" them.
12: Some examples of drawing media include:
25: ==Drawing techniques==
26: There are a variety of different techniques that experience has proven useful for rendering a... - Lithography (5288 bytes)
2: ... the historical evolution of lithography, its process, and its impact on the art world
10: ...wing. The original process involved drawing on limestone with oil, fat, or wax, then applying a mixtur...
11: The Process of Lithography
13: ...involves drawing on a flat stone (lithographic limestone) or metal plate with a greasy substance. The ...
16: ...e invention of the lithographic rotary printing press by Richard March Hoe in 1843 allowed for high-vo... - 1901 (12292 bytes)
5: | align="center" colspan=2 | <small>'''[[Decades]]:'''</small> <br> [[1870s]] [[1880s]] [[1890s]]...
7: | align="center" | <small>'''[[Centuries]]:'''</small> <br> [[19th century]] - '''[[20th c...
11: '''1901''' was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] (see link for calendar).
16: * [[January 1]] - World celebrates what is regarded as the start of the new century....
17: ...mmonwealth of Australia]]. [[Edmund Barton]] becomes first [[Prime Minister]].
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