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- Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
4: ... world. The [[Venus de Milo]] now stands in the [[Louvre]] in [[Paris]].
10: ...[French Southern Territories|Adélie Coast]] in honor of his wife.
14: Later, in honor of his many valuable chartings, the [[D'Urville ... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
1: [[Image:ELEANOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[...
6: ...''langue d'oc'', but it became ''El顮or'' in the northern ''langue d'oil'' and in English.
10: ...[[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France.
12: ...ent started a war and caused conflict between Eleanor and Louis. She insisted on taking part in the [[... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
15: ...(where crocuses appear in [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] frescos at [[Santorini]]), across Central Asi...
17: ...d die from a unseasonable "post-winter" frost or snowfall.
22: ...lowers'', by [[Ambrosius Bosschaert]], c. 1620 ([[Louvre Museum]])]]
24: ... the [[Netherlands]], where ''Crocus'' species is not native, were corms brought back from the Holy Ro... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...pean interiors until the 18th century. The hand-knotted pile carpet probably originated in [[Mongolia...
12: ...sturdy fabric such as burlap. This type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]].
14: ...ary weft is attached to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form the pile or nap of the...
16: ...nder the weft and are attached without forming a knot. Because of the loom structure only five colors ...
19: ...nen weaving. [[Mary Stewart]] Queen of Scots is known to have been an avid embroiderer. 16th century... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
4: The best-known mummies are those that have been [[embalming|em...
12: ... the Persians sometimes mummified their kings and nobility in wax, though this practice has never been...
15: ...px|Mummified cat from Ancient Egypt. [[Mus�e du Louvre]], [[Paris]]]]
16: ...f mummification was made so that the bodies would not decompose in the afterlife. The mummified indivi...
18: ...e religion or gods from that time, and it is not known if it was the intention of the ancient Egyptian... - Isis (20790 bytes)
7: ... other [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] deities she did not have a centralised cult at any point throughout ...
14: ...[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] pronunciation is unknown, as Egyptian hieroglyphs only recorded [[conson...
16: ... name was a feminine determinative which was unpronounced'') Modern pronunciation is theoretical altho...
17: The name was pronounced as ''(?)''-''vowel(?)''-s-''vowel''-t (with ...
20: ...ples of other deities. However, even then Isis is not worshipped individually, but rather together wit... - Bast goddess (3454 bytes)
1: [[Image:Egypte louvre 028.jpg|thumb|150px|upright|Bastet as a lioness]]
9: ...s civilization. In Greek mythology, Bast is also known as ''Aelurus''. - Bes (2294 bytes)
4: ...:Egypte louvre 012.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Mus饠du Louvre]]
7: ...s depicted quite differently from the other gods. Normally gods were shown in [[profile]], but instead... - Agasias (395 bytes)
3: ... statue called the [[Borghese Warrior]], in the [[Louvre]].
5: ...'Agasias, son of Menophilus''', is the author of another striking figure of a warrior in the museum of... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
1: ...ative of [[pietistic]] painting. He is often, but not accurately, termed simply "Fiesole," which is me...
7: ... use within thirty years after his death, but was not properly [[beatification|beatified]] until [[198...
9: ...[Certosa]] of [[Florence]]; none such exist there now.
15: ...works executed in [[fresco]] were probably those, now destroyed, which he painted in the convent of S....
17: ...iece]]; he may have studied about this time the renowned frescoes in the [[Brancacci]] chapel in the F... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
1: ...pg|right|thumb|Bruegel's ''The Painter and The Connoisseur'' drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self por...
3: ...ber 9]], [[1569]]) was a [[Flemish]] [[painter]] known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. There ar...
9: ...lso the one generally meant when the context does not make clear which "Brueghel" is being referred to...
35: ...n-the-snow crop 1400x1000.jpg|The Hunters in the Snow]] (Dec.-Jan.)'' 1565, Kunsthistorisches Museum W...
39: ** ''The Return of the Herd (Oct.-Nov.)'' 1565, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna - Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
1: [[Image:Arnolfini.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[The Arnolfini Portrait]]'', painted 1434]]
7: The date of his birth is not more accurately known than that of his elder brother, but he was born...
9: ...uke of Burgundy]], at a salary of 100 [[livre tournois|livres]] per annum, and from that time till his...
13: ...re he married, and his wife bore him a daughter, known in after years as a nun in the convent of Maese...
15: ...e name they bear, though not of equal excellence, none being better than those which were completed ab... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...e helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil engineering]].
7: Leonardo was born in [[Anchiano]], near [[Vinci, Italy]]. He was an [[illegitima...
9: ...s "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegitimat...
11: ...rked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
16: ...fter two months in jail, he was acquitted because no witnesses stepped forward. For some time afterwar... - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
3: '''Rog(i)er van der Weyden''', also known as Roger de la Pasture, Rogier de Bruxelles, (c...
7: ...ered the studio of [[Robert Campin]], previously known as the Master of Flemalle.
9: ...is visit shows no result on his style, which owes nothing to Italian models; and he returned to [[Brus...
15: ...ting into Italy in the late 15th century. He did not study with Jan van Eyck, his older colleague who...
29: * ''Descent from the Cross'', [[Louvre]], [[Paris]] - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: '''Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]] – [[Feb...
10: ... met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbino]], and in [[1504]] Gonzaga, although reluctant, a...
13: ... both Castiglione and the duke), and many others. Notably, guests used to organise intellectual compet...
15: ...mporary poetry, with recalls [[Vergil]], [[Poliziano]], [[Sannazzaro]].
17: ...ugh in a literary form, like with [[Ludovico da Canossa]]. - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
1: [[image:ac.parthenon5.jpg|thumb|300px|The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west]]
3: ...945;ρθένος'' (parthenos), a virgin.
5: ...|Persians]]. As well as being a temple, the Parthenon was used as a treasury, and was the location of ...
8: ...g|thumb|right|300px|The western face of the Parthenon remains relatively intact.]]
9: ...C]]. Some of the financial accounts for the Parthenon survive, and show that the largest single expens... - Ballet (9155 bytes)
1: ...Image:snowdance.jpg|250px|thumb|The Waltz of the Snowflakes from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker]]
3: ...alone or as part of an [[opera]]. Ballet is best known for its [[virtuoso]] techniques such as [[point...
5: ... publication of [[Fabritio Caroso]]'s ''Il Ballarino'', a technical manual on ballet dancing that help...
9: ...re Henri III and his Court, in the Gallery of the Louvre. (folio, Paris, Mamert Patisson, 1582.)]]
11: ...Royale de Musique, where instruction was based on noble deportment and manners. - History of Sumer (5370 bytes)
3: ...ology. The best-known dynasty, that of Lagash, is not listed there at all.)
10: Another name from the King List, [[Mesannepada]] of [...
19: ...e so-called "Stele of the Vultures," now in the [[Louvre]], was erected as a monument of the victory of Ea...
29: ...er dedicated by Entemena to his god is now in the Louvre. A frieze of lions devouring ibexes and deer, inc...
34: ...eforms, and his may well be the first legal code known to history. - Bayeux Tapestry (13194 bytes)
2: ...rmandy]]. It was made in [[England]] after the [[Norman Conquest]] of [[1066]], and commemorates the ...
5: ... commissioned by Bishop Odo of Bayeux, William of Normandy’s half brother, who is featured often...
7: ...rld War 2 wound up in the Louvre. (Setton, 209) Now it is stored in a museum in a dark room with spe...
9: ...her ladies. Indeed, in France it is occasionally known as "La Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde" (Tapest...
11: ..., and it is unknown whether they were done in chronological order. (Crack 1) - Jean Fouquet (2536 bytes)
6: ...r of the [[15th century]]. Of his life little is known, but it is certain that he was in [[Italy]] abo...
12: ...]] and the other in the [[Berlin Gallery]]. The [[Louvre]] has his oil portraits of [[Charles VII of Franc...
14: ...miniature]]s that have come down to us. The Brentano-Laroche collection at [[Frankfurt]] contains fort...
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