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- Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is ... Today Venice is regarded as an artistic and architectural treasure ...34 KB (5,036 words) - 20:17, 12 July 2024
- The Adriatic Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Italian ... The sea's western coast runs the length of Italy, while the eastern ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- writer, socialist and activist. He was one of the principal founders of the ... degree in 1856. That same year he initiated The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine ...16 KB (2,355 words) - 10:37, 11 May 2023
- architecture were extremely influential in the Victorian and Edwardian eras ... Ruskin was born in London, and raised in south London, the son of ...29 KB (4,497 words) - 03:36, 31 January 2025
- The term Poor Man's Bible refers to various forms of Christian ... Until the invention of the Printing press in 1439, the average Christian ...33 KB (5,258 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- whose films are widely considered as some of the most influential in film ... Antonioni's films reflected the intellectual milieu of his day ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 08:16, 31 May 2025
- The Gothic Revival was an architectural movement that originated in ... Gothic architecture aims to create an experience of the sublime or ...32 KB (4,445 words) - 04:48, 24 May 2024
- The Arts and Crafts movement was a British and American aesthetic ... arts, cabinet making, crafts, and even the "cottage" garden ...15 KB (2,276 words) - 17:43, 16 August 2023
- The Matenadaran or Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan ... The collection dates back to 405, when Saint Mesrop Mashtots created ...39 KB (5,646 words) - 09:08, 29 April 2025
- Schuyler and Kenneth Koch, was a key member of the New York School of poetry ... . The urgency and quickness of his voice allows the reader to experience ...22 KB (3,437 words) - 05:07, 9 April 2024
- The arts of Africa constitute one of the most diverse legacies on ... in Africa have included representations of animals and hunters. From the ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- :This article is about the mineral. {{Infobox mineral | name = Diamond ... Diamond is the hardest known natural material and the third-hardest ...81 KB (12,332 words) - 10:25, 29 January 2024
- is best known for In Cold Blood (1965) and the novella, Breakfast at Tiffany ... aunt, Marie Rudisill, became known as "The Fruitcake Lady" on the ...40 KB (6,280 words) - 18:27, 2 May 2023
- The Mississippi River, derived from the Ojibwa (Chippewa Indian) language ... The longest river in North America is its tributary, the Missouri ...30 KB (4,689 words) - 13:38, 31 May 2025
- American painter and a major force in the abstract expressionist movement ... Stella Pollock on January 28, 1912. He was the youngest of five boys. A year ...37 KB (5,789 words) - 22:52, 13 December 2024
- The Qur’ān, literally "the recitation" (also sometimes ... The Qur’an is fundamental to every aspect of Islam. It informs Muslim ...49 KB (7,690 words) - 17:36, 30 April 2026
- The culture of England is sometimes difficult to separate clearly ... From the relatively tiny island in the North Atlantic, England has ...38 KB (5,633 words) - 12:17, 21 July 2024
- , romanized: Hagía Sofía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia), officially the ... UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985, as part of the Historic Areas of Istanbul. ...81 KB (12,075 words) - 16:50, 17 July 2024
- A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent ... To defend themselves against sieges, even the earliest cities were ...44 KB (6,877 words) - 22:27, 15 May 2023
- (April 20, 1808 – January 9, 1873) was the first President of the French ... been solely due to his own moral failings. The leaders and the people of ...48 KB (7,305 words) - 12:31, 2 June 2025
