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- Visual arts (2572 bytes)
1: ...rtistic disciplines involve aspects of the visual arts as well other types.
3: ...th [[modernists]] who sought to withhold the high arts from the masses by keeping them esoteric.
5: ...sts in some quarters. In Britain the term "visual arts" is suitably independent of these older, loaded c...
7: ...ong the traditional [[art school]] set, but certainly can produce "high art" if considered to be a "vi...
29: * [[Decorative arts]] - Performing arts (1198 bytes)
1: ...ss band]]s, etc. Artists who participate in these arts are called performers, including [[actor]]s, [[co...
5: The performing arts differ from the [[plastic arts]] insofar as the former uses the artist's own bod...
9: ...ture_and_the_Arts/Performing_Arts.html Performing Arts]
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
64: ... preceded them. For them all the highly-civilized arts, sculpture, architecture, engraving, feather-mosi...
74: ...s of Tejas, calling themselves Texians and led mainly by relatively recently-arrived [[English languag...
139: ...e than the nation's "free and sovereign states": only since 1997 have its citizens been able to elect ...
161: Situated in the southwestern part of mainland North America and roughly triangular in shape,...
194: ... expatriate communities; Mexico's Muslims number only a few thousand or less. - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...hese cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigratio...
36: ...ed only twelve years, he managed to subdue great parts of what constitutes the core of the [[Han Chinese...
42: ...vilization made great advances in historiography, arts and science. [[Emperor Wu of Han China]] (Han Wud...
92: ...back rooms, so his father would not see them. He only kept the most old and ugly servants, and old fur...
104: ...pening a new age of prosperity and innovations in arts and technology. [[Buddhism]], which had gradually... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...y [[coal]]) and powered [[machine|machinery]] (mainly in [[textile]] [[manufacturing]]). The developme...
34: ...es and Commerce]] or, more commonly, [[Society of Arts]] published an illustrated volume of new inventio...
36: ... printed sources such as the ''[[Descriptions des Arts et Metiers]]'' and Diderot's ''[[Encyclopedie]]''...
53: ...ly developed special purpose machines for making parts.
55: ...eadily made by this means, but for large machine parts, such as castings for a lathe bed, where componen... - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
4: ... of the great Ionic temples, though it stood for only a decade before an earthquake levelled it, was t...
6: Unlike the Greek Doric order, Ionic [[column]]s norma...
10: ...tect [[John Russell Pope]] wanted to convey the manly stamina combined with intellect of [[Theodore Ro...
12: The entablature resting on the columns has three parts: a plain [[architrave]] divided into two, or more...
14: ...k his hints, to interpret the Ionic Order as matronly in comparison to the Doric Order, though not as ... - China (38909 bytes)
7: ...f as ''[[Taiwan]]'', which is also the usage commonly adopted in the West (see [[political status of T...
16: ...ng the [[Spring and Autumn Period]], it was used only to describe the states politically descended fro...
27: The Republic of China as it controlled mainland China, and later, the People's Republic of Chi...
30: The most commonly accepted theory as to the origin of the [[Englis...
34: ...;中華地區) refers to [[Mainland China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], [[Taiwan]],... - Clip art (7441 bytes)
78: '''Clip art,''' in the [[graphic arts]], is the use of images either copied or physical... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
27: ... at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the royal family to actually s...
66: .... This is one reason why it is considered highly unlikely that she will ever [[abdicate]]. Like her mo...
70: The only public issue on which Elizabeth makes her views ...
98: ... II]] these proceedings were deemed to have been unlawful.
102: ...re Trudeau]] stated: "I was always impressed not only by the grace she displayed in public at all time... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
21: ...his was reason enough for the queen's party to openly challenge Fulk, as Fulk's unfounded assertions o...
27: == Patroness of the church and arts ==
45: ...onsibility in governance. Melisende had hitherto only partially associated Baldwin in her rule. Tensio... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
12: ...sband lived a scandalous life in [[Pau]]. Both openly kept lovers and quarrelled frequently. After an ...
16: ... Paris and established herself as a mentor of the arts and benefactor of the poor. She often helped plan... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...therine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened monarch]]."
13: ...erine proceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[Peter the Great]], Catherine scorned force a...
25: ...e of Svensksund]] (modern-day Ruotsinsalmi in [[Finland]]), July 9-10, 1790. The Russian navy, command...
31: == Arts and culture ==
33: ... the throne." She became known as a patron of the arts, literature and education. She wrote comedies, fi... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Lo...
3: ...t became known as the [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]], and was the editor-in-chief of the f...
23: ...s]]'s ''[[Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences]]'', undertaken in the first instanc...
25: - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]]. She als...
9: Even as a child her parts were good, if not brilliant, but unfortunately he...
11: ... to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found hers...
23: ...e Preobrazhensky [[Leib Guard|Guards]] regiment, enlisted their sympathies by a stirring speech, and l...
25: ...ttle knowledge and no experience of affairs, suddenly found herself at the head of a great empire at o... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...pularly elected, she remains [[North America]]'s only female head of a national government to date. Sh...
61: ...c Society]]. She was cited for her status as the only woman leader of a North American country to date...
63: ...cy in the world. Its membership is by invitation only and consists of former Heads of State and Govern...
67: ... she was “deeply honoured” to be the only woman to have her picture in the prime ministers... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
9: ...rsity of Ohio]], where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration. After earning he...
21: ...ked unsuspecting users' listening patterns and download history. Cantwell responded by writing a [http...
41: ...blicans frequently pointed out that Cantwell won only five counties. However, those counties were amon...
53: ...ions of the pro-choice movement. She was one of only 34 Senators to vote against the [[Partial-Birth ... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
47: ...er in [[political science]]), an advocate for the arts, and a [[feminism|feminist]].
49: ...arliament in that election. At the time she was only the second woman elected to an Auckland electora... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
34: Rice was born in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], the only child of [[Angelena Rice]] and the [[Reverend]] ...
37: ...non-minorities [http://www.racematters.org/lessononlifecondoleezzarice.htm].
51: Rice is a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] and has been awarded honorary doct...
93: ...t Palo Alto]] and East [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]], and was Vice President of the [[Boys and...
102: ...e is interested in a run for the presidency, but only in [[draft (politics)|draft]] form. [http://www.... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
5: ...m Clare High School. She received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from [[Michigan State University]] in [[19...
9: Stabenow is only the second person from Michigan to have served i... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
6: ...ainting at the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] (1861-1865). ...
8: ...ather continued to resist her vocation, and paid only for her basic needs but not her art supplies. Sh...
20: ...[[Mary Cassatt]]. Oil on canvas. [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].]]
31: In recognition of her contributions to the arts, France awarded her the [[Legion of Honor]] in [[... - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
2: ...705]]) was a French [[author]], and patron of the arts.
4: ...ears later the unmarried Ninon entered a convent only to leave the next year.
6: ...convent would seem surprising, but it was really only an aspect of the clear idea that drove her actio...
8: ...or the discussion and consumption of the literary arts. In her early thirties she was responsible for en... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
20: ... Pierantonio had four sons and one daughter. But only the daughter, Prudenzia, survived to adulthood &...
34: ... father Orazio departed for [[Genoa]]. It is commonly believed that Artemisia followed her father (and...
40: ...o dal Pozzo]], a humanist, collector and lover of arts. However, despite her artistic reputation, her s...
42: ...idservant"'') today at the [[Detroit Institute of Arts]] (notable for her mastery of the "chiaroscuro" e...
46: ...ated to [[Naples]] and stayed there - except for only a brief trip to [[London]] and some other journe...
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