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Nicolaes Maes
Nicolaes Maes , 1632-93, Dutch genre and portrait painter. His earlier genre pictures bear, in their manner and coloring, a certain resemblance to those of his master, Rembrandt. In Dordrecht (1653-73) he painted chiefly domestic genre on a smaller scale. His later works, mostly portraits, show the... Read more |
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Beulah
Beulah [Heb.,=married, used of a woman], in the Bible, allegorical name for Israel.... Read more |
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Wavelength
WAVELENGTH USA, 1968 Director:Michael Snow Production:Color, 16mm; running time: 45 minutes. Released January 1968. Filmed during one week of December 1966 in a loft in New York City. Producer:Michael Snow; screenplay and photography:Michael... Read more |
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Tiki
Tiki In the mythology of some Polynesian peoples, Tiki was the first man on earth. There are several versions of Tiki's story According to the Maori, the god Tumatauenga created Tiki. One day Tiki saw a woman swimming in a lake and was overcome by her beauty. The woman... Read more |
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Jane Matilda Bolin
Jane Matilda Bolin1908–2007 Judge Although she never cared to think in these terms, Jane Bolin would often have her name followed with the descriptive, "first black woman to…." In her mind, she was simply following her life's path, pursuing goals in a profession she cared for deeply, not unlike... Read more |
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Franz von Lenbach
Franz von Lenbach , 1836-1904, German portrait painter. He studied in Munich and Rome and from 1863 to 1868 worked as a copyist of old masters in Italy and Spain. His early work was in genre, but later he devoted himself to portraiture, in a style derivative of Titian and Rembrandt. Lenbach executed... Read more |
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induced abortion
Abortion, induced Definition Induced abortion is the intentional termination of a pregnancy before the fetus can live independently. An abortion may be elective (based on a woman's personal choice) or therapeutic (to preserve the health or save the life of a pregnant... Read more |
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Ovariectomy
Oophorectomy Definition Oophorectomy is the surgical removal of one or both ovaries. It is also called ovariectomy or ovarian ablation. If one ovary is removed, a woman may continue to menstruate and have children. If both ovaries are removed, menstruation stops and a woman loses the ability to... Read more |
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Sex change
sex change In humans, sex change normally refers to the surgical and legal conversion of a man to a woman or a woman to a man; these individuals are known as male and female transsexuals, respectively.The term ‘transsexual’ was first coined — to describe the case of a woman who... Read more |
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portraits
portraits The term ‘portrait’ generally designates...stone, as in carved portraits and portrait busts; metals, cast or...accounts have it that a young woman of Corinth traced the outlines...outline or a full frontal portrait ... |
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Bradford, Gamaliel
...technique, Bradford wrote a great many other sketches, published in such books as Confederate Portraits (1914); Portraits of Women (1916); Union Portraits (1916); American Portraits (1922); Damaged Souls (1923), perhaps his best‐known... |
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photography
...Gluckman's ‘Daguerrotype Portrait Institution’ in Lower Sackville...responsible for the series of portraits, of doubtful veracity...the growing popularity of portrait photography, especially after...used both for personal portrait sittings and as ... |
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beauty spots
...Amatoria, reassured Roman women that: ‘No woman need be ugly, for all the remedies...Hogarth took his painted portraits to the verge of caricature...extent are Hogarth's faces portraits or caricatures? As David...reports on Hogarth's ... |
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Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...other poems are psychological portraits, similar in form to those...Annandale Went Out, and other portraits. After this date, Robinson...Rembrandt,” and further Tilbury portraits such as Mr. Flood...two friends for the love of a woman, and their later ... |
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James, Henry, Jr.
...British and continental themes. The Portrait of a Lady (1881), the first of his...analyzing the relations of a young American woman with a group of Europeans and expatriated...of phrase and rhythm.Following The Portrait of a Lady, James temporarily turned...of London (1883), ... |
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caricature
...defined as excessive or deformed portraits of known individuals; the purpose...and exaggerated postures the portraits of men and women provided by caricaturists...influence on contemporary satiric portraits. Certainly anthropomorphic caricature... |
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McCarthy, Mary (Therese)
...Company She Keeps (1942), a witty portrait of a bohemian, intellectual young woman; The Oasis (1949), a brief satirical...Groves of Academe (1952), a satirical portrait of faculty life at a liberal college for women; A Charmed Life (1955), set in...The Mask ... |
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Stein, Gertrude
...girls and an unhappy black woman; The Making of Americans...with music by Virgil Thomson; Portraits and Prayers (1934); Narration (1935), four...particularly in her early “portraits,” and in Three Lives and The...be ...the essence of the portraits.” She was ... |
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nipples
...they experience. In women, nipples bear the...lactations, the woman's nipples become...viewed in relation to woman's utility, pleasure...sixteenth-century portrait of Gabrielle d'Estrées...nursing provided women a ‘delicious ... |
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Ramsay, Allan
Ramsay, Allan (1713–84). Portrait painter, born in Edinburgh, son of the poet Allan Ramsay...the capital. He was particularly successful in painting women. His career as a portrait painter ended in 1773 when he suffered an accident to... |
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Bartók, Béla
...movt. rev. as No.1 of 2 Portraits), No.2 (1937–8); 2 Portraits, Op.5 (No.1 1907–8, No...ORCH.: 3 Village Scenes, women's vv. (1926); Cantata...Choruses, children's and women's vv. (1935); From Olden... |
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Boulez, Pierre
...to date is Pli selon pli for sop. and orch. This 5-part portrait of Mallarmé developed from Improvisation sur Mallarmé. These are...Martenot, pf., perc. (1946–7), rev. sop., alto, women's ch., orch. (1951–2), third version for sop... |
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likeness
...humans are described as being made in God's likeness. ∎ a portrait or representation: the only known likeness of Dorothy as a young woman. THE RIGHT WORD affinity, analogy, likeness, resemblance...merely somewhat alike ( there was a similarity between the two women, both of ... |
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Joubert, John (Pierre Herman)
...to Freedom (1972); 2 Antiphons, male vv. (1974); 3 Portraits (1983); 3 Carols (1984); Rotate Coeli (1985).VOICE...dimittis, ch., org. (1968); I will lift up mine eyes, women's vv., pf. (1969); 3 Hymns to St Oswald, ch., org... |
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paint
...an object, person, or scene) with paint: I painted a woman sitting next to a table lamp. ∎ produce (a picture) in such a way: Marr is a self-taught artist who paints portraits | [intr.] she paints and she makes sculptures. ∎ give... |
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Williamson, Malcolm (Benjamin Graham Christopher)
...str. or pf. (or ch. and pf.) (1966); Hammarskjöld Portrait, sop., str. (1974); Les Olympiques, mez., str...bass, ch., orch. (1963); The Brilliant and the Dark, women's ch., orch. (1966); Sym. No.3 (The Icy Mirror... |
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Fiacre, Saint
...Fiacre, where one would be hired, than from his patronage; in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1914), James Joyce facetiously...cab-drivers. Records indicate that in life Fiacre excluded women from his hermitage and chapel. He was long venerated for his... |
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Husa, Karel
...Ithaca Coll. 1967–86. Comps. incl.:BALLET: The Trojan Women (1980).ORCH.: 3 Frescoes (1947); pf. concertino (1949); sym. No.1 (1953), No.2 (Reflections) (1983); Portrait, str. (1953); 4 Easy Pieces, ob., tpt., perc... |
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Medb
...she appears to be a beautiful young woman regardless of the chronology. Called ‘Medb...Finnbennach, the White Bull of Connacht. For a woman with such a demanding military and...have preceded her.Our most coherent portrait of Medb of Connacht comes from four Ulster... |
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likeness
...your childsynonyms: picture, drawing, sketch, painting, portrait, photograph, study, representation, image, bust, statue...merely somewhat alike (there was a similarity between the two women, both of whom were raised in the Midwest), while resemblance... |
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lively
lively • adjective 1. a lively young woman synonyms: energetic, active, animated, dynamic, full of...interesting, memorable.antonyms: lifeless, dull. 4. a lively portrait of the local community synonyms: vivid, colorful, striking... |
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depiction
depiction • noun 1. a depiction of Aphrodite synonyms: picture, painting, portrait, drawing, sketch, study, illustration; image, likeness. 2. the film's depiction of women synonyms: portrayal, representation, presentation, characterization. |
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PORTRAITS OF THE ARTIST HOCKNEY EXHIBITION AT LACMA SPOTLIGHTS THE CELEBRATED
...outlet -- is home. "Portraits," a co-presentation...and the National Portrait Gallery, London...Stephanie Barron, "Portraits" contains some 160...s who of men and women who have passed through...three "Portraits" portraits ... |
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Self-Portraits with a Twist.(teaching children painting)(Brief Article)
...created portraits and self-portraits. For my kindergarten students...we defined the words, "portrait" and "self-portrait." I then showed students...fascinated by 16th century realist portraits and by the artists' attention...several of ... |
 "Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)")
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'Self Portraits & Portraits'.
...Hosseini Barzi are four such women artists based in Tehran, spanning...successive generations, whose self portraits collection was exhibited recently...intimate recesses of these women's minds and emotions. Ahoo...existentialism, of being a woman with all ... |
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Valentin Serov: Portraits of Russia's Silver Age
...discussion of Serov's Imperial portraits. Chapter six examines Serov's portraits of women and the emerging sexuality...point is that Serov and his portraits embody a bridge between...to an examination of his portrait painting. The ... |
 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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A PORTRAIT OF PORTRAITURE; STONE QUARRY HILL ART PARK EXHIBIT OFFERS GLIMPSE...
...Lisa" is a portrait of a woman (La Gioconda) who seems...likeness at all, but using the portrait and/or the figure to explore...shadows, etc. For others, the portrait is an impression -- abstract...Titled "The Contemporary Portrait and ... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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Portraits preserve a particular America
...the royal family. West's portrait of William Young, a member...colonial and early American portraits being auctioned. Its estimate...35,000. A circa 1796 portrait of George Washington by the...000. In addition to the portraits there are three ... |
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Self-portraits at the National Portrait Gallery.
...displayed at the National Portrait Gallery. Also absent...are the other self-portraits which have been mentioned...and the National Portrait Gallery rarely does...without favour as an old woman in 1610. (Zurich...tints. The Self-Portrait of ... |
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Portrait artist who painted many of Ireland's leading figures
...of his work, and a portrait of Dunne, with his...charcoal, he painted portraits as well as landscapes...saying he was sure most portrait painters used cameras...necessarily make a finished portrait; the composition also...painting men easier than ... |
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Portrait of an artist; A major new exhibition showcasing paintings by the...
...including the National Portrait Gallery, London...Kyffin considered his portraits his most important...and Drawings, and Portraits proved the most popular...eminent Welsh figures to women and children and the...farmer, Sir Kyffin's portraits ... |
 "The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)")
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PORTRAIT ARTIST COMBINES PAINTS AND PERSONALITIES TO CAPTURE THE REAL HUE
...eight years as a professional portrait artist, Anderson, 40, has...colors to depict people in her portraits. She also likes to capture...she's done a good job on a portrait by watching her clients...they start crying. Once, a woman told Anderson that if ... |
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