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modernismo
modernismo , movement in Spanish literature that had its beginning in Latin America. It was paramount in the last decade of the 19th cent. and the first decade of the 20th cent. Modernismo derived from French symbolism and the Parnassian school. However, too much stress can be laid on the French... Read more |
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Prado
Prado , Spanish national museum of painting and sculpture, in Madrid, one of the finest in Europe. Situated on the Paseo del Prado, it was begun by the architect Juan de Villanueva in 1785 for Charles III, as a museum of natural history, and finished under his grandson, Ferdinand VII; the inaugural... Read more |
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Therapeutic touch
Therapeutic touch Definition Therapeutic touch, or TT, is a noninvasive method of healing derived from an ancient laying-on of hands technique. In TT, the practitioner alters the patient's energy field through a transfer of energy from the hands of the practitioner to the... Read more |
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Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges , 1899-1986, Argentine poet, critic, and short-story writer, b. Buenos Aires. Borges has been widely hailed as the foremost contemporary Spanish-American writer. He was educated in Switzerland and afterward lived in Spain, where he became an exponent of ultraísmo, a poetic... Read more |
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Rafael Moneo
Rafael Moneo (José Rafael Moneo), 1937-, Spanish architect, b. Tudela, Navarre. He received undergraduate (1961) and doctoral (1965) degrees from the Madrid School of Architecture, worked (1960-61) with Danish architect Jørn Utzon, and studied (1963-65) at the Spanish Academy in Rome... Read more |
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Costa del Sol
Costa del Sol , a strip of coastline, S. Spain, in Andalusia, extending from Motril to Estepona The area has become famous as a Mediterranean coastal resort, and its tourist industry continues to expand.... Read more |
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barycentric coordinates
Barycentric Coordinate Time (TCB) The time‐scale used in the Barycentric Celestial Reference System, the unit of which is the SI second. TCB differs from Terrestrial Time (TT) because of the movement of the Earth in the Barycentric Celestial Reference System and the Earth's immersion in the... Read more |
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Vicente Fidel Lopez
Vicente Fidel López , 1815-1903, Argentine historian, journalist, and politician; son of Vicente López y Planes . A member of the group that opposed the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas, he sought refuge in Chile (1840-52), where he founded a political review and aided the... Read more |
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Francesco Cossa
Francesco Cossa or Francesco del Cossa , c.1435-1477?, Italian painter. He was a leading representative of the Ferrarese school and was regarded, with Ercole de'Roberti, as the founder of the Bolognese school. His principal works include The Glorification of March, April, and May, frescoes in... Read more |
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Dolores
Dolores ♀ Spanish: from Maria de los Dolores ‘Mary of the Sorrows’, a reference to the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary. The feast of Our Lady's Dolours was established in 1423. The name is now also borne in the English-speaking world, mainly by Roman Catholics. In part, it was... Read more |
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