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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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Great Wall of China
Great Wall of China Defensive frontier and world heritage site, c.2400km (1500mi) long, extending from the Huang Hai (Yellow Sea) to the Central Asian Desert, n China. It is an amalgamation of fortifications constructed by various dynasties. The Warring States built the first sections of the wall.... Read more |
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George Seferis
George Seferis The Greek poet and statesman George Seferis (1900-1971) combined a diplomatic career with the creation of a body of poetic works unique for their synthesis of modern man's anguished estrangement and the redemptive promise of an ancient artistic heritage. The son of a law... 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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Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran Lebanese writer and artist Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) influenced modern Arabic literature and composed inspirational pieces in English, including The Prophet. Kahlil Gibran, baptized Gibran Khalil Gibran, the oldest child of Khalil Gibran and his wife Kamila Rahme, was born... Read more |
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini The Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) almost singlehandedly created high baroque sculpture. His work in architecture, although more conservative, ranks him among the three or four major architects of the 17th century. Gian Lorenzo Bernini was born in Naples... Read more |
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United Kingdom. Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England
English Heritage, the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, was set up under the National Heritage Act, 1983. Responsible for the care and maintenance of many ancient monuments, historic buildings, and sites, this role includes making grants and giving assistance towards the... Read more |
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Gunnar Edvard Rode Heiberg
Heiberg, Gunnar Edvard Rode (1857–1929), Norwegian dramatist, whose work shows the influence of Ibsen's later style. He was for some years (1884–8) Director of Det Norske Teatret in Bergen. His first play, Tante Ulrikke (1884), was a deftly satirical contribution to contemporary... Read more |
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Islamic art and architecture
Islamic art and architecture works of art and architecture created in countries where Islam has been dominant and embodying Muslim precepts in its themes. Background In the century after the death (AD 632) of the prophet Muhammad, his Arab followers spread his teachings through Egypt and N Africa,... Read more |
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Pennsylvania Dutch fraktur. (ornamental documents art lesson)
...by th, beautiful Pennsylvania Dutch documeots on...script w,re called fraktur. Fraktur is actually...had learned of th, Pennsylvania Dutch fraktur, and, as a result...results. Thes, Pennsylvania Dutch birth certificates... |
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The colors of memory: marrying word and image, Pennsylvania German fraktur...
...time travel leads to fraktur--the documents in which generations of Pennsylvania Germans recorded...until the 19402, "fraktur" has also come to denote a Pennsylvania German manuscript...vintage works on paper fraktur must be displayed... |
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Westmoreland Museum acquires fraktur collection
...historically significant Western Pennsylvania fraktur. Several of these prime...Having focused on Western Pennsylvania fraktur for 38 years, the Brocklebank...s collection of Western Pennsylvania fraktur the most important ... |
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Fraktur: a celebration of our birth seasons.(illuminated writing style)
...Henry C. Mercer in Pennsylvania in 1897. In the fraktur produced in the Ephrata...by an introduction to Pennsylvania German Fraktur. I distributed to the...historical background of Pennsylvania German Fraktur, the art ... |
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From silver to Schimmel; Whether you're in the market for fine china and...
...lamps, prints, Pennsylvania German American folk...artists: a 1798 Pennsylvania German fraktur valentine and an...own collection of Pennsylvania German material and...and baptismal 1797 fraktur by Johann Jacob Fleischer... |
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Fraktur fetches $28,000 at auction
...short order. A 1780 fraktur sold for $28,000...of the LMHS, said. Fraktur is a Pennsylvania Dutch document, typically...recognizable. This fraktur features three large...lass mich," which is Pennsylvania Dutch for, "Jesus... |
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Penryn Lutherans hold fraktur fest; Mark 250 years of its Christian heritage
...celebrating its Pennsylvania German Christian...to bring their Pennsylvania German frakturs for evaluation by Fraktur experts Russell...East Berlin. Fraktur examples are birth...Celebrating Our Pennsylvania German Christian... |
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Amish Folk Artist Barbara Ebersol: Her Life, Fraktur, and Death Record...
...Barbara Ebersol: Her Life, Fraktur, and Death Record Book...Belleville, Kisacoquillas Valley, Pennsylvania, in 1992, while Luthy...meticulous study and catalog of the Fraktur (calligraphy) of Amish folk...Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania--at the ... |
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Fraktur created for church's anniversary
...Janet Rathman to create a fraktur in celebration of the milestone...always had an interest in fraktur, but didn't have the time...Chanda Galebach. Copies of the fraktur are also available for sale...renowned chicken corn soup with Pennsylvania Dutch rivels, ... |
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Fraktur course offered
...learning about traditional Pennsylvania German folk art? The Lancaster...two courses this fall about fraktur, an ornate style of handwriting...credit or audited. Locally, fraktur developed as an important...will learn the history of fraktur and learn the ... |
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