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  1. Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
    1: [[Image:SValadon.jpg|150px|none|right]]
    8: ... haunted the sleazy bars of Paris and in [[1889]] Toulouse-Lautrec painted her in the portrait ''The Hangove...
    12: ...ce Utrillo]], he became one of Montmartre's well known artists.
    14: ...ition and vibrant colors. She was, however, best known for her candid female nudes.
    16: ...908]]). [[Suzanne Valadon]]. Pastel. 60x49 cm. Grenoble: [[Mus饠des Beaux Arts]].]]
  2. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|...
    47: *[[Cristofano Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
    93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
    108: *[[Jacopo Bassano]] (ca.[[1510]]-[[1592]])
    137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]])
  3. Printmaking (6788 bytes)
    6: ..., [[engraving]], [[drypoint]], [[mezzotint]], [[linocut]], [[aquatint]] and [[batik]]. These technique...
    11: ...arve away the parts of the block that he/she does not want to receive the ink. The raised parts of th...
    25: [[Emil Nolde]],
    28: [[Olga Rozanova]], and
    36: A [[waxy acid-resist]], known as a [[ground]], is applied to a [[metal plate]...
  4. Pope Fabian (2703 bytes)
    6: ...arbonne|Paul]] to [[Narbonne]], [[Saturnin]] to [[Toulouse]], [[Denis]] to [[Paris]], [[Austromoine]] to [[C...
    8: ...idit diaconibus et fecit vii subdiacones, qui vii notariis imminerent, Ut gestas martyrum integro fide...
    10: ...hop of [[Carthage]]; [[Novatian]] refers to his ''nobilissima memoriae'', and he corresponded with [[O...
  5. Pope Innocent I (2364 bytes)
    1: ...alis]]'', the son of a man called Innocent of Albano; but according to his contemporary [[Jerome]], hi...
    3: ...ity on a mission to [[Flavius Augustus Honorius|Honorius]] at [[Ravenna]] at the time of the sack in [...
    5: ...ilar sense to the fathers of the [[Numidia]]n [[synod of Mileve]] who, [[Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]...
    7: ...her to John, bishop of [[Jerusalem]], regarding annoyances to which the first-named had been subjected...
    9: See also: list of [[Pope Innocent|popes named Innocent]]
  6. Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
    22: | [[November 22]], [[1890]]
    28: | [[November 9]], [[1970]]
    40: ...de Gaulle''' ([[November 22]], [[1890]] – [[November 9]], [[1970]]), in [[France]] commonly refe...
    42: ...ogy#Political_ideologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left a major influence i...
    45: ... the family was a long line of aristocracy from [[Normandy]] and [[Burgundy]] which had been settled i...
  7. Donatello (10376 bytes)
    7: ...iore]] in Florence, while Donatello acquired his knowledge of classic forms and ornamentation. The two...
    10: ... at [[Basilica di Santa Maria Novella|Santa Maria Novella]], and that Donatello, at the sight of his f...
    14: ...sive, bold manner. At the same time the heads are not impersonal, but almost cruelly realistic charact...
    16: ...nt is of considerable importance in Donatello's canon for it was his one of his first attempt at relie...
    18: ...h [[Bernardo Rossellino]], [[Desiderio da Settignano|Desiderio]], and other sculptors of the following...
  8. Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Giordano_Bruno.jpg|thumb|Giordano Bruno]]
    3: ... was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occultist]] executed as a [[heresy|he...
    7: ...o, a soldier. In [[1565]] he took the name Giordano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar...
    9: ...t of [[pantheism|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
    10: ...|200px|Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four...
  9. Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
    8: ... de Guyenne]], and afterwards he studied law in [[Toulouse]] and entered a career in the legal system. He wa...
    35: ...s to [[cultural relativitism]], all rather modern notions.
    37: ...les and experience over the teaching of abstract knowledge that has to be accepted uncritically.
  10. French Revolution (36529 bytes)
    2: ... I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[anci...
    17: * Resentment at noble privilege and dominance in public life by the ...
    21: ...rlement]]s'' (law courts), dominated by the "Robe Nobility," which saw themselves as the nation's guar...
    23: ... a show of support from a hand-picked Assembly of Notables would restore confidence in French finances...
    25: ..., including the famous "Day of the Tiles" in [[Grenoble]]. Even more importantly, the chaos across Fr...
  11. Medieval Inquisition (8204 bytes)
    3: ...rism]] and [[Waldensians]] in southern France and northern Italy.
    7: ...al movements, in particular the [[Cathars]] first noted in the [[1140s]] and the Waldensians starting ...
    11: ... based on guidelines from the Pope, but there was no central top-down authority running the inquisitio...
    13: ...lso, the procedures used in this inquisition were not effective. For example, according to the ''Ad ab...
    15: ...[mendicant]]s, they were accustomed to travel and not interested in personal gain. Unlike the haphazar...
  12. Canal (2513 bytes)
    1: ...se.jpg|thumb|190px|The [[Canal du Midi]]<br> in [[Toulouse]], [[France]]]]
    4: ...areas and brought them in touch with the world-economy. The [[Erie canal]] for instance, opened up a c...
    11: Canals have found another use in the 21st century, as [[wayleave]]s for...
    27: * [[Shubie Canal]] - [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]
  13. Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
    33: ..._Railroad|Western and Atlantic Railroad]], while another claims that the name is a variation of Martha...
    36: ...was a critical point in the Civil War, giving the North more confidence, and leading to the re-electio...
    38: ...h," by which he meant a diversification of the economy away from agriculture and a shift from the "Old...
    43: ...ietta]] helped boost the city's population and economy. Shortly after the war in 1946, the Communicabl...
    47: ...or the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]. Following the announcement, Atlanta undertook several major construc...
  14. Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
    3: ...nvaded the Balkans twice and encircled [[Constantinople]] in the second invasion. He marched through F...
    5: ...d noble king, and he plays major roles in three [[Norse saga]]s.
    9: ...proto-[[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] nomad tribes from north-eastern [[China]] and [[Central Asia]]. These ...
    11: ...leader and a capable warrior is reasonable but unknowable.
    15: ...opportunity to strengthen the [[walls of Constantinople]], building the city's first [[sea wall]], and...
  15. Roman road (3913 bytes)
    2: ...n steep grades relatively impractical for most economic traffic: over the years the Romans themselves ...
    15: ...e Via Domitia, to the [[Atlantic Ocean]] across [[Toulouse]] and [[Bordeaux]],
    42: ...rom [[Milan]] to [[Lindau]] via the [[San Bernardino Pass]]
    45: ...erita Asturicam]], from [[Sevilla]] to [[Gij󮝝. Now is the A-66 [[freeway]].
  16. First Crusade (34670 bytes)
    2: ...and]] from [[Islam|Muslims]]. What started as a minor call for aid quickly turned into a wholesale [[m...
    5: ...s]], gave rise to an entire class of warriors who now had very little to do but fight among themselves...
    7: ...ng for control of [[Sicily]], while [[Pisa]], [[Genoa]] and [[Aragon]] were all actively fighting Isla...
    9: ...hree years previously. This call, while largely ignored, combined with the large numbers of [[pilgrima...
    12: ...n coast of [[Anatolia]], and faced enemies in the Normans in the west and the Seljuks in the east. Fur...
  17. Vincent van Gogh (11980 bytes)
    4: ...rly [[abstraction (philosophy)|abstraction]] was enormous, and can be seen in many other aspects of [[...
    15: ... minister in [[Belgium]] in a poor mining region known as the [[Borinage]]. He even preached down in t...
    18: ...chool of painting would remain in Vincent's work, notably in the way he played with light and in the l...
    22: ...[The Potato Eaters]]'' (Dutch ''Aardappeleters'', now in The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam).
    27: ...mpressionist.) He especially liked the technique known as [[pointillism]] (where many small dots are a...
  18. Drawing (17083 bytes)
    5: ...urface comes through, or color strokes are close enough that the eye "mixes" them.
    10: ..., and [[pen and ink]]. Many drawing materials are not water or oil based and are applied dry, without ...
    37: ...ject matter and can view the scene unfiltered by another person's viewpoint. Drawing an imaginary scen...
    39: ...ice, however, to draw with an easel as the arm is not being supported past the shoulder.
    51: Another method to preserve a section of the image is ...
  19. Lithography (5288 bytes)
    6: ...e is based on the principle that oil and water do not mix and has been pivotal in the democratization ...
    13: ... is repelled by the greasy ink but holds onto the non-image areas, the artist rolls ink onto the stone...
    14: Technological Advancements
    22: ...s artists like Francisco Goya and later, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, used lithography to great effect, creati...
    25: ...lorful posters and became synonymous with the Art Nouveau movement. Artists like Alphonse Mucha and Ju...
  20. 1901 (12292 bytes)
    24: ... passes the [[Platt amendment]], limiting the autonomy of [[Cuba]] as a condition for the withdrawal o...
    40: ...r League Baseball]]), is formed in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
    50: *[[November 9]] - [[George V of the United Kingdom | Pr...
    52: ...rie|Marie Curie]] receives doctorate. The first [[Nobel Prize]] ceremony is held in [[Stockholm]].
    55: ===Unknown dates===

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