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Berenice Abbott
Berenice Abbott Bernice Abbott (1898-1991) was one of the most gifted American photographers of the 20th century. Berenice Abbott's work spanned more than 50 years of the twentieth century. At a time when "career women" were not only unconventional but controversial, she established herself... Read more |
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capital ship
capital ship, a term used in navies to denote the most important type of warship in the national fleet. For centuries throughout the era of sailing navies it was the ship of the line, but after the introduction of iron, and later steel, construction, the battleship was the capital ship of the... Read more |
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hydrography
hydrography, the science of marine surveying and of determining the position of points and objects on the globe's surface, depths of the sea, etc.Most of the world's hydrographic knowledge and practice has come from the operations of the world's navies. A general requirement, before the birth of... Read more |
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National Academy of Design
National Academy of Design, New York. A professional association of artists founded in New York in 1825 in opposition to the conservative American Academy of the Fine Arts (which ran from 1802 to 1841; see Trumbull). The National Academy was originally called the Society for the Improvement of... Read more |
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Kiki of Montparnasse
Kiki of Montparnasse ( Marie Prin) (1901–1953). The most famous artists' model of the 20th century, a celebrated figure in Paris in the period between the two world wars. She came from a farming family in Burgundy and settled in Paris at the end of the First World War; her intention was to... Read more |
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Art Students League of New York
Art Students League of New York. An art school established in 1875 when that of the National Academy of Design temporarily closed. Unlike the Academy School (which reopened in 1877), the Art Students League had no entrance requirements and no set course. Its more progressive teaching methods soon... Read more |
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Fascination
Fascination The term generally signifies the charming or enchanting of another by the eyes or the looks; to hold or keep in subjection by charms, by powers of pleasing. It is derived from the Latin fascinare (enchant). A belief in the power of fascination appears to have been prevalent in most ages... Read more |
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Earth sciences
GEOLOGIC TIME CONCEPT The expression geologic time refers to the vast span from Earth's beginnings to the present, about 4.6 billion years. To examine the history of Earth, one must discard most familiar ideas about time. Instead of thinking in terms of years, centuries, or... Read more |
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Roads
ROADS ROADS. Except for a brief spurt of road building around 1800, the continental United States was extended from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific without the benefit of good roads. The United States had few roads prior to the twentieth century, and most were of poor quality. In towns, most... Read more |
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Red Auerbach
Red Auerbach Red Auerbach (1917–2006), one of the most successful sports coaches and executives over a half-century, was the mastermind behind the Boston Celtics' 16 National Basketball Association (NBA) championships, the most in the NBA and third most in professional sports. The... Read more |
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A small nation of people Fascinating photos of 19th-century Blacks
...1900, one of its more unusual attractions...small amount of time and money to put...of hundredsof photographs of what he called...thenegative stereotype many White Americans...celebration of the new century.The Eiffel Tower...million for the ... |
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FASHION LINES: Hair-raising awards, NATION
...ALIBABA The Nation (Thailand...eight Asian nations will be competing...crownedAsia's best hairdresser...to submit photographs of their...FredFarrugia's latest creation...Lancome's Vernis Triple...one of the ... |
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The Controversial, Charismatic Castro
...the 20th century's most fascinating and enduring...conquer a nation. By the time he began...Castro's days were...are, how many years later...Castro" was more than an ... |
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Snapshots of a vanished age; Has ever a country changed so much in just 50...
...But like a time capsule awaiting...Frank Bell's forgotten...nearly half a century to create...not just a fascinating portrait of...Mr Bell's work so poignant. Most of the photographs shown here...his ... |
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MY LUCKY GENERATION; Why? Because they took the 11-plus, an exam now widely...
...met half a century ago, in September...for the first time and made our...as though photographs of today were...kind, but much tormented art...been a lot more than a catchy...probably no more than 15 per...one of the ... |
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SHAPING THE CITY; Remembering WWII With a New Museum Needs More Thought
...scarred 20th century, a month...appropriate time to consider...comprehension of the more recent and...commission's aspirations...Florian's competition...memorial's sponsors are...spanning much ... |
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Daily life in eighteenth-century Malta.(Brief article)(Book review)
...eighteenth-century Malta. Attard...DG989 This fascinating homage to 18th century Malta exhibits...Mediterranean island nation. Maltese...customs of the time. Copious photographs document...one of the most ... |
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Many faces of an inscrutable monarch ; We all know what she looks like, but...
...paintings and photographs of Elizabeth...way, it's all about that 20th century concept...Holbein's ever manly...study Beaton's ravishing...Arthurian times with a stagey...wanted at that time, ... |
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Interview: Deborah Willis discusses some of the photographers and photographs...
...photographers and photographs found in the book "A Small Nation of People...turn of the century. Three years...progress. Many of those pictures...standing, he's looking very...during this time--they were...and ... |
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World History and Culture.(Bibliography)
...Dennis and with photographs. DK Publishing...Alexander's time and place...the author's relatives...Sevrine's friendship...Among the Nations. The illustrations...Twenty-First Century Books. 128...Glossary. ... |
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