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- Manuscript (5266 bytes)
1: ... a hard material (the original meaning of ''[[graffiti]]''), or in [[cuneiform]] writing, impressed wi...
3: ...ts such as [[copperplate]], softened by refiner's fire and inscribed with a metal stylus. In the [[Phi...
16: ...[[4th century]] to the [[8th century]], are classified according to their use of either all [[majuscul...
19: ...rary and Information Science]], a manuscript is defined as any hand-written item in the collections of...
23: ... work's [[performance]] or [[film]]ing. More specifically, a motion picture manuscript is called a [[s... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
4: ...[[palaeography]]. Examples of ancient Roman [[graffiti]] are of interest to both calligraphers and pal...
10: ... an important art in [[East Asia]] and the most refined form of East Asian [[painting]].
12: ...sive style, literally "grass writingstyles"). All five styles of writing are still in use today.
14: ..., hiragana and katakana were developed from simplified cursive versions of characters. In the hands of...
32: | [[Clerical script]] (Official script) - Painting (4567 bytes)
34: ...st.]] Different types of paint are usually identified by the medium that the pigment is suspended or ...
48: *[[Spray paint]] ([[Graffiti]])
70: *[[Graffiti]]
80: *[[Figure painting]] - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
24: ...y as little as 1/50th of an inch as well as being fit so perfectly together that the tip of a knife co...
26: ...t is the largest of the three and appears to be unfinished, roughly cut in stone. The middle chamber o...
28: ...mposed of nine large granite blocks, separated by five small relief chambers. It contains a huge grani...
30: ... ascending, leading into the burial chamber. This final asscending corridor is a fantastic space with ...
34: ... Later discoveries which were made by inserting a fiber optic camera into a tiny opening at the edge o... - Australian Aboriginal art (4187 bytes)
7: ...sed included primitive [[brush]]es, [[stick]]s, [[finger]]s and even a technique of spraying the paint...
13: ...s kept and placed in a fire. After heating in the fire, the bark is flattened under foot and weighed w...
15: ...linted at either end to keep the painting flat. A fixative, traditionally orchid juice, is added over ...
36: ===Graffiti and other destructive influences===
38: ...y excessive touching of sites, and worse yet, graffiti. Many sites now belonging to National Parks hav... - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...s|¹]] is an ancient [[China|Chinese]] [[fortification]] built from the end of the [[15th century]...
5: ...s built during the reign of [[Qin Shi Huangdi|The First Emperor]], the main emperor of the short-lived...
11: # [[1138]] - [[1198]] (the [[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period]])
18: ...]]. Spanning nine provinces and 100 counties, the final 500 kilometers have all but turned to rubble, ...
24: ...ads. Sections of the Wall are also prone to [[graffiti]]. Parts have been bulldozed because the Wall i... - Pompeii (10901 bytes)
9: ...for a while, but these theories have not been verified.
18: ... [[Vulcanalia]], the festival of the Roman god of fire.
30: ...us campaign was started to unearth them. Giuseppe Fiorelli took charge of the excavations in 1860. It ...
36: ... are used to seeing in Roman towns, due to the difficult terrain. But its streets are straight and lai...
43: An important current field of research concerns structures that were bein... - Visual arts (2572 bytes)
1: ... art]]s, and other such classes of artwork. The definition is not strict, and many artistic discipline...
3: In [[UK|Britain]] until recently the [[fine arts]]—[[painting]], [[sculpture]], [[pri...
5: ...'crafts'' or ''applied arts'' and the so-called ''fine arts'' still exists in some quarters. In Britai...
7: ...st craftspeople are still not seen as practicing "fine art" among the traditional [[art school]] set, ...
17: * [[Film]] - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
10: [[Graffiti]] on the walls of some of the tombs indicate th...
13: ...st serious problem are the [[shale]] layers. This fine material expands when it comes into contact wit...
20: ...ned no less than forty royal mummies and their coffins; the other, in the tomb of [[Amenhotep II]], co...
23: ...nservation until 1932. Tutankhamun's tomb was the first tomb to be discovered that was still largely i... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
18: ...nque and the [[statuary]] of CopᎠare especially fine, showing a grace and accurate observation of th...
37: ...that one instance, in the city of [[Comalcalco]], fired-clay [[brick]]s have been found as a substitut...
41: ...ten were built of a cut and stucco stone exterior filled with densely packed gravel. As is the case w...
43: ...the sum total of 1,500 years of architectural modifications.
48: ...ion platform, these were often accented by carved figures, altars and perhaps ''[[tzompantli]]'', a st... - Ur (11926 bytes)
11: ...ecame the effective rulers of [[Sumer]], in the [[first dynasty of Ur]], which was established by the ...
13: The first dynasty was ended by an attack by [[Sargon of ...
15: ... of Hammurabi]]. After his death he became a hero-figure: one of the surviving works of Sumerian liter...
33: The first excavation was made by [[United Kingdom|Britis...
37: ...luding [[pottery]] from the [[Ubaid period]], the first stage of settlement in southern Mesopotamia. W... - Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
3: ...d East Germany. It was built in [[1961]] and fortified over the years, but was opened to unrestricted ...
13: ...East Germany with economic collapse. This had ramifications for the whole Communist bloc and particula...
17: ...st Germans were to fall back and were not to fire first under any circumstances.
27: ...or. The battle groups were pentomic, with 1362 officers and men each. On 16 August, Kennedy had give...
29: ...Frederick O Hartel and his brigade, now of 4224 officers and men. Every three months for the next thr... - History of Greek and Roman Egypt (25856 bytes)
3: ... the [[Roman Empire]] in [[30 BC]], and was ruled first from [[Rome]] and then from [[Constantinople]]...
12: ... another female, Berenice IV. [[Cleopatra VII]] officially co-ruled with [[Ptolemy XIII of Egypt|Ptole...
14: ...r customs of the Egyptians, and indeed built magnificent new temples for the Egyptian gods and soon ad...
17: ... successor states to the empire of Alexander. His first object was to hold his position in Egypt secur...
26: ...r to increase the library and to patronise scientific research. He spent lavishly on making Alexandria... - Culture of New York City (6959 bytes)
7: ...more of an international city than something specifically "American". But to others, the city's very ...
9: ...ed in New York than in other U.S. cities, and the five boroughs are home to many distinct communities ...
11: ...ague]]. [[Abraham D. Beame]] was New York City's first Jewish mayor, and the current mayor, [[Michael...
15: ... an area with better subway service and worse traffic, but more moderated for residents of the outer b...
17: ... what is usually seen as a very overpriced and difficult market at all ends. In this crowded city few... - Maya (24836 bytes)
18: ...nque and the [[statuary]] of CopᎠare especially fine, showing a grace and accurate observation of th...
37: ...that one instance, in the city of [[Comalcalco]], fired-clay [[brick]]s have been found as a substitut...
41: ...ten were built of a cut and stucco stone exterior filled with densely packed gravel. As is the case w...
43: ...the sum total of 1,500 years of architectural modifications.
48: ...ion platform, these were often accented by carved figures, altars and perhaps ''[[tzompantli]]'', a st... - Roman economy (23678 bytes)
14: ... officials, it had little impetus or desire to fulfill the need for bronze coins.
18: ...riticism for over-interpreting minor details. The first images to appear on coins during the Republic ...
23: ...oins featuring the traditional deities and personifications found on earlier coins. The image of the R...
25: ...o aid succession, the legitimacy of an heir was affirmed by producing coins for that successor. This w...
27: ...many of the choices seem arbitrary and the personifications and deities were so prosaic that their nam...
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