approve
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approve †prove, demonstrate; sanction, commend. XIV. — OF.
aprover (mod.
approuver) :- L.
approbāre, f.
AP- +
probus just, good. The tonic stem
appreuv- of the OF. vb. gave ME.
appreven. Cf.
PROVE.
Hence
approval XVII (rare before XIX).
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Arts: Dance - Romans, slaves and a captive audience SPARTACUS COLISEUM LONDON
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/15/1999; ; 700+ words
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City of the arts revisited: the way that Munich's art galleries have been restored and added to after World War II reveals how architects can transcend a difficult historical legacy.(ARCHITECTURE)(Munich, Germany)
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The Arts: Call this lust? I call it heavy stamping Dance
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 7/18/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...and her jilted peasant last week, showed the extent of her range with a magnificently contemptuous account of the prostitute Aegina, a sort of lap-dancing Lady Macbeth. Uvarov is more obviously suited to classical roles but his Spartacus was surprisingly...
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Newspaper article from: Free Inquiry; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Soviet Union disillusioned him, and he never joined the Communist Party. Before World War II, he lived on the Greek island of Aegina. After the war, he married, late in life, again became a Greek government minister, then worked for UNESCO. Finally...
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Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 1/10/2007; 700+ words
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'Spartacus' conquers ballet; An epic Russian classic is taking America by storm
Newspaper article from: Sunday News Lancaster, PA; 3/31/2002; ; 700+ words
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Slow down and be patient
Newspaper article from: The Press; 12/3/2002; 700+ words
; ...full of beautiful Byzantine art and icons, but you won't...one archaeological museum, on Aegina, were bizarre: 15 minutes...but prices are cheaper. The art and architecture of ancient...Islands close to Athens -- Aegina, Poros, and Hydra. Poros...
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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/18/1997; ; 700+ words
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GREEK FIRE.(architecture awards)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 4/1/2001; 700+ words
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Garnier, Jean-Louis-Charles
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...he investigated the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina, largely from the point of view of its...of the Second Empire and of the Beaux-Arts style, yet one in which the disposition...His reconstruction of the temple at Aegina (complete with polychrome decorations...
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Myron
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...one cult statue, an image of Hekate on Aegina, most of his recorded works, at least...following a pattern of involvement in the minor arts common to sculptors in the 5th and 4th...sources on Myron see Jerome J. Pollitt, The Art of Greece, 1400-31 B.C. (1965...Myron" in the Encyclopedia of World ...
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Blouet, Guillaume-Abel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...Greece in 1828 and prepared studies of the Doric temple at Aegina (published in 1838), which showed the building brilliantly...the Theory of Architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts, a post he held until his death. In 1847 he commenced work...la traité théorique et pratique de l'art de ...
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Thorvaldsen, Bertel
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...returned finally to Denmark, a celebrity whose authority in the arts was sovereign. A museum was built in his honour in Copenhagen...the recently excavated sculptures from the temple of Aphaia in Aegina, which in 1816 passed through Rome on their way to Munich...
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Thorvaldsen
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
...returned finally to Denmark, a celebrity whose authority in the arts was sovereign. A museum was built in his honour in Copenhagen...the recently excavated sculptures from the Temple of Aphaia in Aegina, which in 1816 passed through Rome on their way to Munich...
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