Search results for "Art of the United Kingdom" - New World Encyclopedia
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- cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya ... His father, Leopold, was also partly of Belarusian-Polish noble descent. ...17 KB (2,362 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- 400px|The gentle and pensive virgin has the power to tame the unicorn ... The unicorn, a legendary creature usually depicted with the body of ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 23:41, 8 November 2023
- Free schools have their roots in the anarchist Modern Schools of Spain ... A variety of free schools and affiliated organizations are found throughout ...28 KB (4,345 words) - 06:52, 23 January 2023
- Museum.jpg|thumb|right|250px|General view of the room displaying the Elgin ... The Elgin Marbles (IPA: /'ɛl gən/), also known as the Parthenon ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 16:10, 13 February 2024
- thumb|300px|right|The Louvre in Paris, one of the largest and most famous ... A museum (from the Greek mouseion, which denotes a place or temple ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- Honolulu is the capital and most populous city area in the United ... Honolulu's history includes habitation beginning in the twelfth ...22 KB (3,108 words) - 13:26, 2 February 2024
- The Tuareg (sometimes spelled Touareg in French, or Twareg in English ... The Tuareg have been disrupted by the post-colonial division of nations ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- Parochial school is a term used (particularly in the United States ... be educated in a God-centered environment, the narrowness of the vision of ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 08:53, 18 November 2022
- Swing refers to both a special quality of jazz music (and some related ... Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- 24, 1966) was an Indian nuclear physicist of Parsi-Zoroastrian heritage ... in Bombay (now Mumbai), in 1909. He was one of two sons. His father was a ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 11:24, 2 February 2024
- for her photo essays taken while traversing the globe for Life Magazine. In ... She was known for her sharp instincts and her willingness to get the ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- "lap organs," which were built in the United States around 1840 ... The melodeon is the forerunner of the more familiar pump organ reminiscent ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 04:20, 9 November 2022
- She became known for her portraits of celebrities of her day, and ... in her life. Her work had a major impact on the development of modern photography ...15 KB (2,391 words) - 21:09, 4 October 2022
- Anthony Trollope ( April 24, 1815 – December 6, 1882 ) became one ... Baretshire is focused on the inner workings of an imaginary cathedral ...17 KB (2,461 words) - 05:26, 31 July 2023
- Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals (programs ... The term broadcast was coined by early radio engineers from the mid ...26 KB (3,776 words) - 04:32, 22 November 2023
- who is best remembered for her portraits of Marie Antoinette, and for her ... Today she is generally regarded as the most famous woman painter of ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 06:24, 13 June 2023
- Hōryū-ji (法隆寺; Temple of the Flourishing Law) is a Buddhist ... his final illness. A fire in 670 destroyed the original buildings, but a ...23 KB (3,463 words) - 00:01, 25 August 2023
- [[Image:Cotta_Greif_1839.jpg|thumb|200 px|The logo of Cottasche Verlagsbuchhandlung ... The Griffin (sometimes spelled gryphon or griffen, gryphos in Ancient ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 19:20, 31 January 2023
- Polynesia (from the Greek words meaning "many islands") ... Polynesia may be described as the islands within a triangle with its ...17 KB (2,443 words) - 08:46, 24 November 2022
- Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of skilled ... The Industrial Revolution led to major changes in the job market, ...23 KB (3,363 words) - 15:55, 11 August 2023
