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dominoes
dominoes game played with a set of rectangular pieces (usually 28 in number) called dominoes. Each piece (made of wood, bone, ivory, plastic, or other material) has one blank face and one face marked with pips, or dots. The marked faces are divided into halves, each half containing (in a 28-piece... Read more |
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Dioscuri
Dioscuri in Greek and Roman mythology the twins Castor and Pollux, born to Leda after her seduction by Zeus, and brothers of Helen. Castor was mortal, but Pollux was immortal; at Pollux's request they shared his immortality between them, spending half their time below the earth in Hades and the... Read more |
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Amnon
Amnon In the Bible, David's eldest son. He raped his half sister Tamar and was killed for it by her brother Absalom.... Read more |
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Master of the Brunswick Monogram
Master of the Brunswick Monogram (active c.1520–40). Netherlandish painter, named after a picture in the Herzog-Anton-Ulrich Museum in Brunswick of the Parable of the Great Supper (Luke 14). There is no agreement as to how the interlinked letters of the monogram should be read. A dozen or so... Read more |
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half-life
half-life measure of the average lifetime of a radioactive substance (see radioactivity ) or an unstable subatomic particle. One half-life is the time required for one half of any given quantity of the substance to decay. For example, the half-life of a particular radioactive isotope of thorium... Read more |
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hemi-
hemi-. Greek word meaning ‘half’. It prefixes other words in architectural terminology. Examples include:hemi-cycle: semicircular room, part of a room, or area off a court, forum, garden, etc. A large exedra. Also a semicircular vault or arch;hemi-dome: half-dome, as over an apse or... Read more |
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American art
American art the art of the North American colonies and of the United States. There are separate articles on American architecture , North American Native art , pre-Columbian art and architecture , Mexican art and architecture , Spanish colonial art and architecture , and Canadian art and... Read more |
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Otto of Freising
Otto of Freising The German historiographer and philosopher of history Otto of Freising (ca. 1114-1158) was the first chronicler to treat religious and political events with artistic skill and vivid color and to depict them in their temporal as well as their transcendental significance. Otto... Read more |
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printmaking
...create tones and half‐tones, flourished...The first artist to practise...trained in his native Dublin...himself as a portrait painter. Later...56) and his assistant...Reynolds, before his early death...s studio. ... |
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PORTRAIT ARTIST PAINTS LIFELIKE IMAGES IN PASTELS IN HOTEL LOBBY HIS APPROACH...
...for two and a half months after...already he's back to work at...Halacy and a few other students complied...A bridal portrait sits center...the triple portrait was forgotten...commissioned to do a portrait of a dog ... |
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Portrait of a landscape; visual arts He may be famous for his portraits, but...
...exhibition with artist Gareth Thomas...old, most of his recent paintings...Stuart describes his landscape paintings as "portraits". Whether...enhancing." As a portrait artist, the...to draw out his sitters' ... |
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Portrait of a pope Catholic artifact collector enlists Dayton artist for...
...wonderful pieces back into the churches...the new pope, His Holiness, Benedict...acclaimed portrait artist from Dayton...Langenderfer said from his studio. "If...any painted portraits. Frankly...Gamble and many ... |
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FOR KEMPSVILLE PORTRAIT ARTIST, THE WORLD HAS BEEN HER MUSE.(LOCAL)
...head turned back. Her dark...Kempsville portrait painter whose...betweenDutch artists and Hampton...she brought back in 1981 have...drafted at least half of her estimated...does now. Back then, it would...because of ... |
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How Stone romances the royals; Should you make small talk with the Queen? And...
...known for his portraits of the Queen, had to track his subject down...draped around his shoulders...asked, and his tone was not...an hour and a half,' said Stone...biography - stared back in a way ... |
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WYETH'S BOSWELL: Richard Meryman paints detailed portrait of...
...private American artist Andrew Wyeth...illustrations of his paintings...begin with. His father, the...landscape and portrait painter...it on. About half an hour later...Actually, back in 1967, I...portrait ... |
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John Singer Sargent: Portrait of the Artist as a Finicky Genius
...shouts; the other gazes quietly...along with his imperfect flirtations...high-society portraits for which Sargent...studies related to his ambitious mythological...adolescence to his final years...peek into the artist's ... |
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Face Value Eggtempera portrait earns Sargentville artist Schirmer a spot in...
...embarked on a portrait several years...recent morning in his studio, in...he lives with his wife, Mary...this summer his painting was...Hill area - and other family members...and then came back into use in...used as paint. ... |
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A portrait of the artist; MY DEAR JON Simon Birtall, artist/illustrator.(News)
...self-employed artist and illustrator...commissioned to paint portraits and landscapes...and 99% of his commissions come from his website, www...He launched his portraits from...give to their other ... |
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Portrait of the artist as a handsome man.(Column)
...TOBY YOUNG Artist Lucian Freud...depicted in his paintings...art critic, his portrait of the Queen...Rubbish, say his defenders...selfportrait dating back to 1985...and-a-half years now...out of each ... |
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