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Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer 1950-, American artist, b. Gallipolis, Ohio. She links text and image in works of art composed of short aphorisms or longer declarations. Influenced by Dada , conceptual art, and feminism, her works range from printed signs to LED word sculptures and from a huge electronic billboard... Read more |
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South Bend
South Bend: Recreation Sightseeing South Bend is noted for the University of Notre Dame, for its industrial heritage, and for its municipal parks. A good place to begin a campus tour is at Notre Dame's Eck Visitors' Center, which has historical displays and a 20-minute movie... Read more |
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Doulton ware
Doulton ware , English pottery produced at Lambeth after 1815, first by John Doulton and his partners, then by his descendants. It won the medal at the Exhibition of 1851 and more than 200 subsequent awards for the perfection of the various products and the beauty of their decoration by skilled... Read more |
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Arts and crafts movement
ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT. Started in England in the late nineteenth century, the Arts and Crafts movement affected nearly every aspect of household design, from architecture to pottery, and continues to do so. The movement was a response to the dehumanizing effects of the... Read more |
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Dalziel Brothers
Dalziel Brothers. Firm of English wood engravers founded in London in 1839 by George Dalziel (b Wooler, Northumberland, 1 Dec. 1815; d London, 4 Aug. 1902) and Edward Dalziel (b Wooler, 5 Dec. 1817; d London, 25 Mar. 1905). Two other brothers, John (1822–69) and Thomas... Read more |
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Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo Native American Joy Harjo (born 1951) is a multi–faceted writer, artist, and musician, who often performs her poetry live with her band, Poetic Justice. Trained first as a painter, Harjo shifted her attention to poetry during her undergraduate studies at the University of New... Read more |
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Neo-primitivism
Neo-primitivism. A movement or trend in Russian painting in the early 20th century in which influences from the Western avant-garde were combined in a deliberately crude way with features derived from peasant art, lubki (brightly coloured popular prints), and other aspects of Russia's artistic... Read more |
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Sam Gilliam
Sam Gilliam 1933– Artist At a Glance… Worked with Unsupported Canvas... Read more |
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Famous names go on campus buildings; UNIVERSITY DROPS FACELESS LABELS TO...
...the As, Bs and Cs to honour Coventry's heritage. Vice-chancellor...building in May, when a plaque will be unveiled at...Sutherland: Eminent artist, best remembered for...year. Ellen Terry: Victorian actress who was Henry... |
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Contemporary anti-memorials and national identity in the Victorian landscape.
...century colonists honour explorers and politicians...through avenues of honour, statues and monuments...railing and given a plaque that identified it...land. (10) The Heritage Act design language...fencing and a bronze plaque identified the corroboree...memorials by contemporary ... |
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Archive: A new beginning for Thorneycroft's old home; Ross Reyburn examines...
...gaunt-looking Victorian extension is used...are applying for Heritage Lottery funding...shortlist of three artists.' The college...for all to see. Plaques on buildings also...s interesting heritage, and the modern...Thorneycroft House in honour of the association... |
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