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forging
forging shaping metal by heating it and then hammering or rolling it. Forging is the method by which metal was first worked when it came into use about 4000 BC in Egypt and Asia. Modern forging is done with a power-driven hammer; Dies are usually used. These are steel blocks hollowed out or... Read more |
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Tim Scott
Scott, Tim (1937– ). British abstract sculptor, born at Richmond, Surrey. He studied at the Architectural Association, London, and at St Martin's School of Art under Anthony Caro, then lived in Paris from 1959 to 1961. After his return to London he began teaching at St Martin's and became... Read more |
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SIFCO Industries Inc
SIFCO Industries, Inc. 970 East 64th StreetCleveland, Ohio 44103U.S.A.Telephone: (216)881-8600Fax: (216)432-6281Web site: http://www.sifco.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1913 as the Steel Improvement CompanyEmployees: 800Sales: $106.14 million (2000)Stock Exchanges: AmericanTicker Symbol:... Read more |
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damascening
damascening or damaskeening , the art of decorating iron, steel, or bronze with inlaid threads of gold or silver, or producing a watered effect in forging, as in sword blades, gun barrels, and various metal objects. The method, long practiced in the Middle East as well as in China and Japan, was... Read more |
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Geoffrey Clarke
Clarke, Geoffrey (1924– ). British abstract sculptor, designer, and printmaker, born at Darley Dale, Derbyshire. He studied at Preston School of Art and Manchester School of Art before serving in the RAF, 1943–7, then had his main training at the Royal College of Art, 1948–52.... Read more |
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welding
welding process for joining separate pieces of metal in a continuous metallic bond. Cold-pressure welding is accomplished by the application of high pressure at room temperature; forge welding (forging) is done by means of hammering, with the addition of heat. In most processes in common use, the... Read more |
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William Dodd
William Dodd 1729-77, English author. At one time king's chaplain, he ran heavily into debt, forged a bond, and was sentenced to death. Dr. Johnson led a movement to obtain clemency, but Dodd was executed. His best-known work is The Beauties of Shakespeare (1752).... Read more |
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David Smith
David Smith 1906-65, American sculptor, b. Decatur, Ind. He arrived in New York City in 1926 and studied painting at the Art Students League. In the 1930s he began experimenting with sculpture and after 1935 he worked primarily in this medium. His mature works, in wrought iron and cut steel and... Read more |
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casting
casting or founding, shaping of metal by melting and pouring into a mold. Most castings, especially large ones, are made in sand molds. Sand, mixed with a binder to hold it together, is pressed around a wooden pattern that leaves a cavity in the sand. Molten metal is poured into the cavity and... Read more |
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Hugues Sambin
Sambin, Hugues (c.1520–c.1601). French architect, sculptor, and engineer. Familiar with the works of du Cerceau and Vredeman de Vries, as is clear from his portals on the Palais de Justice, Dijon (1583 Other), works attributed to him include the Hôtel Milsand, Rue des Forges (1561),... Read more |
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Museums
...Tammany Society's in New York occasionally exhibited works of art, as did early art academies such as New York City's American Academy of Fine Arts (1802–1808) and Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ... |
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Morgan, J.P.
...banker, financier, and art patron.The son of the...Morgan became America's dominant financier of steel and railroad enterprises...he acted as his father's eyes and ears. In 1861, he married...new banking house of J.S. Morgan and Company... |
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bustle
...of the front of women's skirts but compensating...support. Initially a few steel or whalebone strips were...a rounded structure of steel hoops, whalebone, or horsehair...horizontal adjustable steels, horsehair padding; half-length...Batsford, London. Newton, ... |
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stained glass
...initially a Christian art-form but subjected to...is part of Britain's artistic heritage. Although...structure, yielded to Gothic's soaring delicacy, partnership...trees recollected Christ's ancestry, and great rose...World War, when the use of ... |
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modernism
...Twentieth-century movement in art, architecture, design...materials, such as glass, steel, and concrete. While...Woolf and James Joyce's seminal novel, Ulysses (1922...Wasteland” (1922) by T. S. Eliot. Literary modernism...tonality. See also abstract ... |
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Cairo
...Antiquities and Museum of Islamic Art. Old Cairo is a world heritage...other fine examples of Islamic art and architecture. Its five universities include the world's oldest, housed in the mosque...textiles, leather, iron and steel, sugar refining. Pop. ... |
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British Americans
...foundations of America's regional cultures. By 1776...large in literature and the arts; in banking and finance...industry, the iron and steel industry, mining, railroads...Despite the nation's growing ethnic diversity...Hackett Fischer , ... |
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Chicago
...innovation. The first steel‐frame skyscrapers arose after...at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition...it boasted the world's tallest structure, the...character of the city's neighborhoods, each...and the Lyric Opera. The Art Institute leads ... |
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deception
...long ago in his book The Art of War that all war depends...about the opposing side's situation, and about his...nations. Sven Nolan's film Sieg im Westen included...with branches in their steel helmets that became world...called Colonel ... |
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Italy
...civilization. Italian art and architecture was an...Risorgimento, emerged. Mazzini's republicans were defeated...Victor Emmanuel III's reign (1900–46) saw...culminated in D'Annunzio's seizure of Trieste, and...eighth-largest car and steel ... |
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Poland
...making industries, such as steel, and ship-building have...Coal, clothing, iron and steel products, metals and agricultural...administration, and the country's defences, and encouraged...and achievement in the arts and sciences. The 16th century...of ... |
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ALABAMA SELECTED AS HOME FOR THYSSENKRUPP'S STATE-OF-THE-ART STEEL, STAINLESS...
...its new state-of-the-art steel and stainless steel processing...morning by ThyssenKrupp AG's Supervisory Board during its...component of ThyssenKrupp Steel's forward strategy for profitable...development team, and ... |
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Alabama Selected as Home for ThyssenKrupp's State-of-the-Art Steel and...
...its new state-of-the-art steel and stainless steel processing...morning by ThyssenKrupp AG's Supervisory Board during its...component of ThyssenKrupp Steel's forward strategy for profitable...development team, and ... |
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ThyssenKrupp Announces Finalists for New $2.9 Billion State-of-the-Art Steel...
...development of a new state-of-the-art steel and stainless steel manufacturing...selection process. The company's decision to narrow the search...process slabs from the company's new steel mill in Brazil. The new ... |
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Visual art: Steel beams have feelings too Pedro Cabrita Reis Camden Arts...
...occasion from the arts centre's workshop and suspended...piece of girder-art, turning its back...Cabrita Reis's Back Door hint...angled on top of a steel substructure and...construction - modern steel and double glazing...to ... |
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Sheller-Globe Corp. Globe-Weis Div. has purchased Art Steel Cos.'...
...inventories and trade names of the Art Steel Co., according to Irvin...the Marine Midland Bank for Art Steel of New York and California...Zimet stated that Art Steel's Steelmaster(R) line from...with DAHLE, ... |
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Landmark Structures Breaks Ground on New State-of-the-Art Steel Fabrication...
...A state-of-the-art steel fabrication plant for Landmark...located at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 81/287 and FM...market which serves the U.S. and Canada. As the pioneers...excited about our plant's capabilities." The new facility... |
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Bruker Announces $1.3 Million Contract with ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA for...
...automation equipment for ThyssenKrupp's new, state-of-the-art stainless steel melt shop. (OES System: Q8...said ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA's Director of Quality Dr. Joerg...fulfill all our targets." Bruker's elemental analysis instruments... |
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SCULPTOR WORKS TO FASHION ART FROM STEEL BEAMS.(CAPITAL REGION)
...will be on display at The Arts Center, 320 Broadway...Savett will exhibit six steel sculptures and about 30...m., Savett will show art he started crafting a...I feel like it's my thing, my calling...sponsored by the Saratoga Arts Council ... |
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Art of steel
One of Britian's foremost artists, Antony...cast iron to stainless steel, to transform the world's beaches, hillsides and...become one of Britain's most celebrated contemporary...view." For most of the art he has done, including... |
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Arts panel steels itself for reaction.(General News)
...4-foot-tall steel sculpture before...the Springfield Arts Commission...Wednesday on the city's latest foray into the realm of public art: a collection...likely be the city's next public art display. "The ... |
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