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World of Art
World of Art (Mir Iskusstva). The name of an informal association of Russian artists and of the journal they published from 1899 to 1904; the association was formed in St Petersburg in 1898 and in its original form lasted until 1906 (it was revived in 1910 as an exhibiting society, and this lasted... Read more |
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World music
World Music THE POPULARITY OF WORLD MUSIC IN WESTERN CULTURES BIBLIOGRAPHY The term “world music” was first circulated in ethnomusicology (the study of music in or as culture) and entered Western popular culture as a category of musical commodity in the 1980s. It is a packaging... Read more |
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Worlds Columbian Exposition
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World Fellowship of Buddhists
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Third World
Third World the technologically less advanced, or developing, nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, generally characterized as poor, having economies distorted by their dependence on the export of primary products to the developed countries in return for finished products. These nations also... Read more |
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Natalia Goncharova
Natalia Goncharova The Russian painter and theatrical scenery designer Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) was pivotal in the development of avant-garde Russian art during the decade prior to World War I and thereafter was an important and innovative designer of costumes and stage flats. Russian... Read more |
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Hippocratic Oath
H IPPOCRATICO ATH The recitation of the oath attributed to Hippocrates is an integral part of medical school graduation in the Western world. Referred to as either the Hippocratic oath or the oath of Hippocrates, the oath exists in a variety of forms and has... Read more |
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Alexandra Exter
Exter, Alexandra (née Grigorovich) (1882–1949). Russian painter and theatrical designer. She was born at Belestok, in the Kiev region of the Ukraine, and studied at the Kiev School of Art, graduating in 1906. In 1908 she visited Paris for the first time and from then until the outbreak... Read more |
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art and the Earth sciences
...geological illustrations as art; the use of geological materials in art; and the use of geology in the investigation of art objects.The Earth sciences...over the centuries. In Western Europe, landscape painting...and other parts of the ... |
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Anglo-Saxon art and architecture
...rest of the Christian world and it is the same identification...918. It has a crypt and western apse of Carolingian type...648.Anglo-Saxon art mirrors the characteristics...non-representational art whose effects rely upon...motifs. This Germanic ... |
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loot
...those fighting the Second World War were no exception. Art treasures have always...official policy. Works of art—whether paintings, porcelain...occupied countries of western Europe (including Austria...Italy) the purloining of art treasures ... |
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war artists
...artists. During the First World War scores of artists...interesting results, both as art and as propaganda. Many...possibilities of war art were perceived early...combat. Japanese war art looks somewhat stilted to western eyes, in ... |
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make-up
...regularly practised around the world. Like hairstyles and...cultures and time periods. Western make-up since about...contemporary fashion.Current Western body ideals emphasize high...had a highly developed art of make-up, especially...especially kings, ... |
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nudism
...sexual standing in the world. It is always external to...nude: a study of ideal art. John Murray , London...modern life: Paris in the art of Manet and his followers...1986) The female body in Western culture — contemporary...and London.See also ... |
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iconography and the body
...century. This was when art historians began to analyse works of art in relation to the social...instance, in early Christian art, Christ was often represented...most bitter conflicts in world history. Islam, for...icon in the history of ... |
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Greeks
...further in the ancient world; for example, it was...which are found in Greek art include open display of...perception of ‘Greek art’ are, however, the statues...significant that Hellenistic art has subsequently been...classical tradition, ... |
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Christianity
...dominant religion of western Europe and the driving force...extinguished except for the western Celtic fringes relatively...withdrawal from the world) had reached the Celts at a formative...both poetry and visual arts (metalwork, manuscripts...about 1050, ... |
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Popular Culture
...civilizations have produced art that is both high and popular. Examples from western Europe include...considered an inferior art form.Elite and...and a rejection of Old World models. For example...entertainments was regarded as high art, ... |
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art nouveau
art nouveau a style of decorative art, architecture, and design prominent in western Europe and the US from about 1890 until the First World War and characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms. |
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magic, witchcraft, and sorcery
...witchcraft, and sorcery The art of performing charms, spells...incommensurable with and antithetical to Western scientific thought. In Sir...rationality or otherwise of non-Western peoples, a debate that has...distinct models of apprehending the world, one ... |
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holy
...name of a small island off the western coast of Anglesey in North Wales...Roman Empire the empire set up in western Europe following the coronation...God as spiritually active in the world. In Christian art, the Holy Spirit is often represented... |
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organizational culture
...or sometimes both) the difficulties of Western businesses in coping with economic recession...Pascale and and Anthony G. Athos , The Art of Japanese Management, 1981), and Terence...attention to human relations in the corporate world’.) Deal and Kennedy, on the other... |
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Shostakovich, Dmitry (Dmitryevich)
...Moscow in 1926 and earned the composer world fame at the age of 20. As a convinced...reflect the then-permitted influence of Western avant-garde music, but The Nose was regarded...formalism’ and ‘anti-people art’. He was relieved of his Moscow professorship... |
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Angkor Wat
...examples of Khmer and Hindu art. The temple is a huge pyramid...continuous bas-relief in the world. At the start of the 13th...Wat was then rediscovered by Western scholars in 1860 and a restoration...archaeologists from all over the world are actively ... |
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Chinese technology
...years) of any nation in the world. Four inventions that had a major impact on Western culture were paper, printing...Korea, Japan, and the Arab world. Wood-block printing was...almost overnight transformed the art of warfare. A form of magnetic... |
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Menuhin, Yehudi
...and Paris 1934, followed by world tour of 73 cities. His career...many concerts for troops during World War II. After war continued...Chamber Orch. of Europe). Art. dir. Bath Fest. 1959–69...1963. Did much to encourage Western interest in Indian mus. ... |
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Upton, Emory
...assigned to command a cavalry division in the western theater, participating in the taking of...and the study of military history and the art of war. In 1867, he published A New System...1875) before undertaking a round-the-world tour to study foreign armies in 1875... |
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Egypt
...with Mesopotamia, of the Old World. Agriculture and metallurgy were both introduced from western Asia and the great fertility of the Nile...capital, Alexandria, became the world's chief commercial centre...reflected in the richness of Fatimid art and ... |
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Baule: African art, Western eyes.(Review) (book reviews)
...Festas' of the European world, a style noteworthy for...type of public; 2) the art that is seen without looking...feature of life); 3) art that is glimpsed (sculpture...However, even if Baule art as a whole still recognizes...has been neglected by ... |
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'Looking at Indian art from western perspective must change'.
...Looking at Indian art from western perspective must change...at art fairs across the world, focused efforts like...schools and producing good art books is the need of the hour, say experts. "Art from India is represented in ... |
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THE ART OF WESTERN CRAFT.(Home Front)
...held their first show of Western furnishings at the downtown...conference attracted Western art lovers from all over...through the door to the Western Design Conference paid...There on top of the world the elements are intensified...People's ... |
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The Impossible Nude: Chinese Art and Western Aesthetics.(Critical essay)
...Impossible Nude: Chinese Art and Western Aesthetics. By Francois...Impossible Nude: Chinese Art and Western Aesthetics...morphe, and the Platonic world of Ideas, eidos, and...interest," whereas "all the art is applied to the ... |
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The end of the world as a work of art; a Western story.(Brief Article)(Book...
0838756263 The end of the world as a work of art; a Western story. Argullol, Rafael. Bucknell University Pr. 2005...while still regarding the Armageddons they create as works of art. Argullol also covers the idea of "stigma," the human... |
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ART; WESTERN LANDSCAPES.(ENTERTAINMENT)
...the Tweed Museum eventually acquired the world's largest collection of Munger's work...has mounted a 70-piece survey of his art and published a lavish book reassessing...Thru Oct. 12, free. Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, 10 University... |
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FORMER ART HISTORIAN WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ZIMERI COX PASSES AWAY
Western Illinois University...87, a former fine arts faculty member at...professor of fine arts, teaching prehistoric through medieval art until August 1976...viable part of the art curriculum. He also...Germany during World ... |
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'ART OF THE WESTERN WORLD' SERIES IS AMBITIOUS BUT BLAND
...the occupational hazards of the art history teacher is the slide operator...user. As a pedagogical tool, "Art of the Western World," a new nine-part series and...say, Introduction to Western Art, the chronological approach ... |
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Chicago and the art of the Western frontier
...and understood the great western expanse as the true America...however, during the World's Columbian Exposition...Congresses (today, The Art Institute of Chicago...frontier emerged in art and literature, driven...displays of southwestern art ... |
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SEOUL PERFORMING ARTS AT WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ON OCT. 7
Western Illinois University...opportunity to see a world-renowned international...the Seoul Performing Arts Company performs "Korean...The Seoul Performing Arts Company was established...Korean Performing Arts Series." The Korea... |
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