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- Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...s foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Peters...
7: ...[[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married a...
9: ...luency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and ...
11: ...hat on the death of her mother (May 1727) and the departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne...
15: ...banishment to [[Siberia]], minus his tongue, by order of the empress [[Anna of Russia|Anne]], consoled... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ...t always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the right to that title, as...
13: ... [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued ... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ur of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely h...
6: ...f her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one year younger.) Her other...
7: ...een years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in...
9: ...ld like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like the hand of the Empress'...
11: ...d off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlands... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
3: ...ings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
7: ...more talent than her brothers, who worked along side her. She learned drawing, how to mix color and ho...
9: ...anna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]]
10: ...]] in [[Pommersfelden]]. The picture shows how, under parental guidance, Artemisia assimilated the rea... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: ...g eBook 12254.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Christine de Pizan, showing the interior of an apartment at th...
2: ...d female roles; although Pisan in fact was merely describing a standard feudal practice whereby the wi...
4: ...loyed by various ducal and Royal households, in order to support her three children.
5: ...the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ...r, and with three children depending on her. This determined her to have recourse to [[literature | le... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
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8: date_of_death=[[March 6]], [[1982]] |
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ... values. Rand viewed this hero as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase...
14: ... values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force. - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...m]]. Because of Edwin Earhart's inability to provide for his family, Amelia spent the first twelve yea...
8: ...War I]]. In 1919 she enrolled as a pre-medical student at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]]...
10: ... her life began to include George Putnam. The two developed a friendship during preparation for the At...
14: ... of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
16: ...[[Newark, New Jersey]]. In July [[1936]] she took delivery of a [[Lockheed 10E]] "Electra," financed b... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
4: ... a circus acrobat at the age of 15 until a fall ended her career. In the [[Montmartre]] quarter of [[P...
8: ...c]], [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]] and [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]], and she had affairs with all of them...
10: Degas impressed with her bold line drawings and fine...
12: Despite her achievements, she lived in the shadows o...
14: ... was, however, best known for her candid female nudes. - Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
2: ... Her contributions to science are reputed to include the invention of the [[astrolabe]] and the [[hydr...
4: ...man Empire had embarked on an intense campaign to destroy pagan places of worship.
8: ...e, and dogmatic Christians who demanded the final destruction of paganism on the other. Hypatia herse...
12: ...ll the philosophers of her own time. Having succeeded to the school of Plato and Plotinus, she explain...
14: ...contemporary information about Hypatia's life and death. - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
3: ...'''[[Jazz royalty|Lady Day]]''' is generally considered one of the greatest [[jazz]] [[singer]]s of al...
7: ...ng as a [[prostitute]] with her mother. This preceded her move to [[New York]] with her mother sometim...
9: ...er as a "[[Frank DeViese]]". Some historians consider this an anomaly, probably inserted by a hospital...
16: ...ormance, with pianist (and then-lover) [[Bobby Henderson]], did much to solidify her standing as a jaz...
20: ...songs, her unique tone and emotional commitment made her performances special. - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ... figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Chris...
11: ...t|250px|thumbnail|[[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] delivering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by...
13: ... strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...rs only one event in the history of Jesus is recorded: his going up to [[Jerusalem]] when twelve years...
17: ... and other women (John 19:26). Mary cradling the dead body of her son is a common motif in art, calle... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ...fe of the historical Mary is a subject of ongoing debate.
6: ...her, 'Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to t...
12: ...he disciples ask questions of the risen Savior (a designation that dates the original no earlier than ...
14: ...r he prepared us and made us into men." She then delivers - at Peter's request - a vision of the Savi...
18: ...this. For certainly these teachings are of other ideas." - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
1: ...g|right|framed|A medieval illumination showing Hildegard von Bingen and the monk Volmar]]
3: ...|German]] [[abbess]], [[Monasticism|monastic]] leader, [[Mystics|mystic]], author, and composer of [[m...
6: ... up around her. Upon Jutta's death in [[1136]] Hildegard was chosen superior of the community, and eve...
8: ...ling physically ill from carrying the unspoken burden.
11: ... of the meaning of the religious texts, and commanded her to write down everything she would observe i... - Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
3: ...[[1827]] – [[July 16]],[[1915]]) was co-founder of [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Ad...
5: ...also advocated [[vegetarianism]]). She was a [[leader]] who emphasized [[education]] and [[health]] an...
9: ...and have moved the hearts of men and women. Considered by some to be the prophetess for the end-times...
11: ...bute to the unity among Christians. She even considered Christian unity to be from Satan and one of th...
19: ...ng in this condition for several months. She also describes moments of pure bliss while having positiv... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...[[20th century]]; currently being a focus of considerable interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[C...
7: ...e River|Meuse]] to [[Jacques D'Arc]] and Isabelle de Vouthon, a [[peasant]] family later granted [[nob...
11: ...mb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion ([[1876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the ...
12: ...lies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been under siege by the English since the previous October.... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
8: ...r further in the sport. His training methods included an exercise where he would lay down a handkerchi...
10: ...nal Clay Court Championships held at [[Sainte-Claude]], turning 15 during the tournament. The outbreak...
22: == Failed American debut ==
24: ...ion funds for the regions of France that had been devastated by the battles of World War I, she went t...
26: ...pressure was such that she entered the tournament despite being run down and suffering from what later... - Benedictine (848 bytes)
1: ...rves the the Rule of Saint Benedict. Within the order, each individual community (which may be a monas...
3: ...ed by candidates for reception into a religious order. - Stained glass (3937 bytes)
2: ...ss.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Stained glass photo provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
4: ...s2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Stained glass photo provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
7: ...tallic salts during its manufacture to create a wide variety of [[color]]s. Early stained glass artist...
9: ...teristics that, even for the same color, can provide surprising results.
11: ...or lampshades incorporating colorful pictures and designs. - Iconography (7643 bytes)
1: ...00px|''[[Salvator Mundi]]'' is an [[iconography]] depicting [[Christ]] with his right hand raised in [...
2: ...[symbolism|symbolically]] mean more than a simple depiction of the person involved.
4: ...ms of change, the flower of new life, the fire of destruction, etc.). The many heads, eyes, feet, and ...
6: ...[[Old Testament]] scriptures against the material depiction of the immaterial [[God]] is overturned in...
8: ...irement of the iconographer in order to correctly depict the spiritual realm. For the [[Eastern Orthod... - Relic (11473 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Hinduism]]. In some [[religious denomination|denominations]] of Christianity, a '''relic''' is an...
7: ...cited is the veneration of Polycarp's relics recorded in the Martyrdom of Polycarp (written 150-160 AD...
9: ...[[Caesar of Heisterbach]]. These miracle tales made relics much sought after during the Middle Ages. ...
15: ... the mystic potency belong to spirits, in varying degrees to the faithful, and to inanimate objects. T...
17: ..., the "idols" of our museums and archaeology, and destroying it accounts for some of the righteous rag...
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