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Invention of the Cross
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Master of..
Master of… Term used in art history to label the author of anonymous works or groups of works for convenience in discussing them. This use of invented names is more common in the study of painting and printmaking than of sculpture, and historians of architecture hardly ever resort to it. It... Read more |
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Joseph Michel Montgolfier
Joseph Michel Montgolfier , 1740-1810, and Jacques Étienne Montgolfier , 1745-99, French inventors, brothers. Together they invented the first practical balloon . On June 5, 1783, they sent up at Annonay, near Lyons, a large linen bag inflated with hot air; its flight covered more than a... Read more |
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Johann Gutenberg
Johann Gutenberg , c.1397-1468, German inventor and printer, long credited with the invention of a method of printing from movable type, including the use of metal molds and alloys, a special press, and oil-based inks: a method that, with refinements and increased mechanization, remained the... Read more |
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artificial languages
artificial languages languages that are invented by one or more human beings as opposed to languages that develop naturally among peoples. Examples of artificial languages are Volapük, Esperanto , and Ido . See international language .... Read more |
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electronic music
electronic music or electro-acoustic music, term for compositions that utilize the capacities of electronic media for creating and altering sounds. Initially, a distinction must be made between the technological development of electronic instruments and the music conceived to utilize the... Read more |
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Mauro Giuliani
Mauro Giuliani Mauro Giuliani (1781–1829) was the most important guitarist and composer of guitar music of his time. Perhaps more than any other musician, he is responsible for the acceptance of the guitar as a solo instrument. Before Giuliani came along, the guitar was considered only... Read more |
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John Logie Baird
John Logie Baird 1888-1946, Scottish inventor. In 1926 he gave the first demonstration of true television with a televisor of his own invention that differed from later instruments in being partially mechanical rather than wholly electronic. He accomplished transatlantic television in 1928 and... Read more |
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chiaroscuro woodcut
chiaroscuro woodcut. A type of woodcut in which tonal effects are created by printing successively onto the same sheet from different blocks of varying tone. Two or more tones of a single colour are used, or of two closely related colours, one of which is darker than the other. It is usual to make... Read more |
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Film clips
...1945 rescue of more than 500 U.S. soldiers...movies that embraces just about every cliche...gets glamorized by Hollywood, this is a strong...faithful to the book than its 1971 counterpart...missteps, including the invention of a backstory for...OPENING FRIDAY: "The Exorcism of Emily ... |
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FRIGHT MIGHT Horror movies raise hell at the box office
...opens today. Just a decade ago...1999. In 2002, Hollywood remade a Japanese...It's not all just terrorism-fear...attributed to the invention of the PG-13...Going for PG-13 just makes it easier...lot more subtle than you do with some...Sept. 2 "The Exorcism of Emily Rose... |
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"Emily Rose" rises above horror genre.(Daily Break)
...around in "The Exorcism of Emily Rose...film might be just the horror movie...things get tough in Hollywood. Besides, she...acting rather than computerized noise...humans rather than by computers...more believable than the one imposed...script is mostly invention. (The ... |