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- ===Emphasis on the human figure=== The human figure is the primary subject matter for most African art ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- historiography included an emphasis on the human element in history rather ... == Literary figure == Sima Qian's Shiji is respected as a model ...11 KB (1,813 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- claimed, based on his observations, that human sex cells had 24 pairs of ... * † Human Genome Project goals called for determination of only ...15 KB (2,079 words) - 00:18, 14 January 2023
- traditionally believed that Harold is the figure with the arrow in his eye ... The Tapestry has 626 human figures, 190 horses, 35 dogs, 506 other ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 03:10, 26 September 2023
- about the most ancient civilizations of human history. This is a significant ... with his left foot on the chest of a figure lying on his back before ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- in the city. Hume became a leading figure in the civil rights movement ... years ago of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, he indicated his ...10 KB (1,561 words) - 06:00, 3 August 2022
- the concerns and experiences of its human adherents, so it changes ... in order further extend his own super-human sensory abilities. ...18 KB (2,781 words) - 22:43, 3 February 2022
- that passions were an inherent part of human nature, rather than errors ... of philosophy made Posidonius a renowned figure throughout the Graeco-Roman ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- are rigged with a virtual skeleton. For 2D figure animations, separate objects ... The starting point is often a stick figure in which the position of ...20 KB (3,215 words) - 00:25, 8 January 2024
- world to a more representative and diverse human community. ... #039;Higginists. Carrerists claim that his figure is not given enough recognition ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 19:38, 9 May 2024
- the unconscious mind that is common to all human beings. The term was originally ... #039;s unconscious that is common to all human beings. It is distinguished ...15 KB (2,390 words) - 22:33, 7 January 2024
- only in art and literature, representing human desire for that which is ... Ultimately the sphinx represents human desire and ability to penetrate ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- Condorcet was a key figure in the transformation of society from its ... following years, he took up the defense of human rights in general, and of ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- The artisans never depicted Buddha as a human figure on those stone carvings ... Image:SanchiBracketFigure.jpg|Sanchi Bracket Figure, British Museum ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 03:10, 23 December 2022
- and physical anthropologist, a leading figure in the study of human fossils ... was also there that he started to write on human evolution. After three years ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 11:11, 16 August 2023
- established Jesus as a historical Jewish figure, and the Gospels as part ... Israel, continued to present man and the human situation as the arena in ...12 KB (1,837 words) - 20:03, 25 October 2022
- prominent theory suggests that the Krishna figure originated with the combination ... God’s complete love for each and every human being. As a deity, Krishna ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 23:27, 12 June 2023
- kind of life, that with a soul, and that human beings ought not seek to ... "God, Man and Golem. Golem Aspects of Human Beings"] Jewish Museum ...13 KB (2,171 words) - 11:55, 24 January 2023
- philosophy of history. He is an important figure in the early twentieth century ... he saw as unduly restricting the scope of human reality, in particular the ...9 KB (1,343 words) - 21:23, 20 March 2024
- simply "Santa," is the mythical figure who, in most of Western cultures ... Goat. In Finland, however, the more human figure retained the Yule Goat ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 03:18, 23 December 2022
- or is a projection of unconscious human energies. In some traditions ... Satan the serpent was an active agent in the human fall (Pirḳe R ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- to a number of conditions: Fallibility of human beings; the limit of knowability ... or a limit of cognitive capabilities of human being as the valid principle ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 01:33, 3 May 2023
- they found foot prints much larger than any human could have made. The Sherpas ... Unquestionably, the figure in outline was exactly like a human being ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 09:58, 23 May 2023
- move toward naturalism and the rendering of human feelings. An primary example ... 1409-1411, he executed the colossal seated figure of Saint John the Evangelist ...15 KB (2,139 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- are typically associated or identified with human abilities to engage in mathematics ... It is difficult to identify a major figure in the history to whom ...12 KB (1,850 words) - 01:30, 8 December 2022
- theory, he built upon its theories of human alienation in order to understand ... Louis Wirth became a leading figure in Chicago School of Sociology ...10 KB (1,432 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- of morality, Buck is also in important figure in the history of American ... became an extremely passionate activist for human rights, and she diverted ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 22:56, 30 March 2023
- retired in 1955. He remained an important figure until his death in Nuremberg ... from Marxist perspective with social and human sciences through institute ...10 KB (1,416 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- elegiac poet. Baratynsky was a leading figure in the rise of Russian poetry ... nature's child—the poet—and the human herd, which were growing ...7 KB (1,089 words) - 18:40, 31 May 2022
- forms are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically depicting mother ... are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically mother-and ...23 KB (3,645 words) - 07:50, 22 January 2024
- situated in the vestibulum in the inner ear (Figure 1). As our movements consist of rotations and translations, the vestibular system comprises ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 20:01, 16 February 2021
- god in the Old Testament associated with human sacrifice. Some scholars ... else as a man with the head of a bull. The figure of Moloch has been an object ...20 KB (3,200 words) - 21:06, 21 December 2022
- humankind after Prometheus stole fire for human use. Pandora held a box ... imprisoned in the jar, does this mean that human existence is utterly hopeless ...20 KB (3,287 words) - 06:35, 18 November 2022
- ) (January 20, 1948 - ) is a notable former Soviet dissident, human ... be used to legitimize their demands for human rights. Sharansky was imprisoned ...16 KB (2,307 words) - 01:29, 11 November 2022
- we have not well understood in ourselves as human beings. ... were depicted as having the head of a human being, similar to gorgons ...9 KB (1,453 words) - 22:03, 14 December 2022
- figura liber (“On the Monad, Number, and Figure,” 1591) Giordano Bruno ... Leibniz posited that human souls were a special kind of monad, termed ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 19:53, 9 November 2022
- numerous well-preserved paintings and other human evidence as well as fossilized ... |left|250px|The Chauvet Cave contains the oldest human footprint that ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 00:45, 5 December 2023
- anatomy, cytology, histology, and human anatomy. Comparative anatomy ... "quintessence," and that three human souls--vegetative, animal ...14 KB (2,224 words) - 19:02, 26 July 2023
- positive commercial value, nor do they figure strongly in Aboriginal mythology; ... including some very large wombats. Human activities may be largely ...14 KB (2,097 words) - 23:26, 17 May 2023
- Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics and qualities ... In early polytheistic religions human qualities and emotions—including ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- behavior, although simpler than that of human beings, nonetheless contains ... of Vienna, where his uncle taught human physiology. His uncle noticed ...15 KB (2,290 words) - 10:47, 28 February 2023
- all world cultures, a trickster is a figure who plays tricks or otherwise ... not necessarily a supernatural or divine figure. He or she is usually depicted ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- philosophers, he recognized that human beings had different qualities ... body itself, such as mass, extension, figure and motion; while “secondary” ...19 KB (2,831 words) - 08:10, 20 September 2023
- had established a reputation as a major figure in French musical circles ... the instrument, but he was a pioneering figure in developing new and inventive ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- before World War I and a principal figure in the history of the Internationalist ... influence, he has been considered a lesser figure to his contemporaries in ...14 KB (2,094 words) - 10:45, 28 February 2023
- new religions. He is a deeply respected figure by the followers of many ... He first appears in the Hebrew Bible as a figure who challenged the idolatrous ...18 KB (2,908 words) - 16:12, 13 February 2024
- Arachnids are named after the mythological figure Arachne. ... ==Arachnids in human culture== Arachnids since ancient times have captured ...11 KB (1,536 words) - 02:13, 9 January 2023
- Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist. The father ... he was one of the founders of the Moscow Human Rights Committee and came ...11 KB (1,679 words) - 20:10, 26 July 2023
- lore of Norse mythology, like virtually all human history itself, is violent ... As a figure in the Norse mythic corpus, Völund belonged to a complex ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- music was, "a gift from God, not a human gift." Luther's ... for a short period, usually until the next figure is encountered. ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- humanity) manifested itself variously in human relationships, becoming filial ... but the prominent politician and literary figure, Fan Zhongyan ( 范仲淹 ...12 KB (1,847 words) - 01:17, 4 December 2023
- protect the ancient creations from modern human encroachment. the Nazca Lines reflect the creativity of human beings, both in their design ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:59, 11 November 2022
- Best known for his four-volume work Studies in Human Time, Poulet ... author to the author's generic human experience”. Sarah N. Lawall ...12 KB (1,794 words) - 01:13, 29 November 2022
- Two Men Standing, Man, and Seated Figure (Classic Male), while simultaneously ... more related to landscape than to the human figure. These paintings, such ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 15:38, 6 May 2023
- not just the physiological capabilities of human eyes and brain, but the complexity ... the investigation further into the realm of human thinking. A typical example ...13 KB (1,949 words) - 01:04, 9 November 2022
- in meditational visualizations, of a human figure manifesting all of the ... From the Pali canon emerges the view that Buddha was human, endowed ...13 KB (1,936 words) - 16:53, 2 May 2023
- Normandy seacoast—the reappearance of the human figure. He painted many still life subjects during this time, maintaining his emphasis on structure ...6 KB (896 words) - 18:10, 26 August 2021
- essential to improvement of behavior and human relationships. Their basic ... finest contribution to the betterment of human society. ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 21:05, 21 December 2022
- who introduced and developed the field of human ecology. Park began his career ... During his lifetime, Park became a well-known figure both within and ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 05:02, 15 December 2022
- revolutionary and writer and an important figure of the Bulgarian National ... after the suppression of the uprising. The figure ranges from around 3,000 ...16 KB (2,460 words) - 20:16, 13 December 2023
- from their point of origin to more distant human societies. that African culture was as significant in human history as that of other ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 07:46, 6 March 2023
- was a German psychologist. He was a key figure, together with Max Wertheimer ... argued that his chimpanzee subjects, like human beings, were capable of insight ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 23:20, 17 May 2023
- the obvious experiences of the dying human). There is a third type of ... response to each scenario, God is able to figure all consequences from what ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 00:37, 18 November 2022
- The crucifix is a reminder of the trials and tribulations that human ... Jesus Christ will be shown hereafter in His human form in images so that we ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
- She became the most important religious figure of her day, and her evocative ... 98). To Inanna she assigns wide powers in human affairs: ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 18:54, 13 February 2024
- author, Erewhon made Butler a well-known figure, more because of this speculation ... The Machines, in which Butler compared human evolution to machine evolution ...14 KB (2,261 words) - 02:22, 23 December 2022
- showing a detailed, twisted, and bloody figure of Christ on the cross in ... and became something of a cult figure, with the angst-laden expressionism ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 16:57, 7 November 2022
- The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in ... The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 03:37, 1 October 2023
- with the idea of the Savior as reminder to human beings of their bond with ... King also argues in favor of naming Mary Magdalene as the central ...15 KB (2,491 words) - 18:05, 27 December 2022
- findings there include stone replicas of human phalluses approximately two ... simultaneously its phases as divine and human, thus allowing them to overcome ...15 KB (2,359 words) - 23:15, 18 April 2020
- will of the gods than of inherent human limitations. Prefiguring ... that violate the divine order, yet heroic figure surmounts obstacles and injustice ...23 KB (3,721 words) - 01:18, 4 February 2023
- from events in the life of a historical figure. An account ascribed by the ... him to become viewed as the god of "human time," including calendars ...12 KB (1,860 words) - 20:30, 3 June 2020
- to relate it to other activities of the human mind. Influenced by Ernst ... her life completing a massive study of the human mind entitled, Mind: An Essay ...17 KB (2,624 words) - 00:28, 27 February 2023
- Human beings have an attraction to sweet items: desserts, fruits, ... of the way in which the application of human creativity can lead to positive ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 00:18, 22 August 2022
- in myth as an intelligent and cunning figure who had sympathy for humanity; ... is credited with the creation of human-beings "in godlike image ...12 KB (1,993 words) - 23:54, 1 December 2022
- Stewart and Reid insisted that human knowledge of particular causes ... Stewart proposed that the human psychology could be studied, not in ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 17:19, 12 February 2024
- was an essential and undeniable aspect of human nature and that benevolence ... characterizing it as beyond the sphere of human intellect and therefore incomprehensible ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 17:47, 6 May 2024
- the government for failing to implement human rights provisions of a number ... and Nelson Mandela. He became a leading figure in the Velvet Revolution ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 14:08, 3 May 2023
- nonetheless provided a positive image of human society and social action ... in 1932, who became a distinguished figure in the philosophy of mathematics. ...14 KB (1,904 words) - 21:04, 13 November 2020
- for creativity that are to be found in human nature. ==History of the ... naval officers and recruits; the authority figure was perceived to be less ...7 KB (1,155 words) - 06:51, 25 July 2023
- David and the other psalmists. No Hebrew figure ever descended into Sheol ... the power of death' (Heb 2:14). In his human soul united to his divine ...14 KB (2,171 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- to transform raw ingredients into food for human consumption. Food processing ... by the tractor, has practically eliminated human labor in many areas of production ...10 KB (1,449 words) - 06:16, 1 April 2024
- of the poem, most controversially, a figure of Christ is seen in the ... Pushkin, whom he believed to be an iconic figure capable of uniting White ...11 KB (1,565 words) - 05:13, 17 June 2023
- As with many Greek deities, Poseidon was depicted as a lascivious ... and his status as a relatively uncommon figure in extant Greek mythology ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- However, Ravana was a tragic figure who engendered his own demise ... on a series of campaigns to conquer human and celestial beings alike ...15 KB (2,384 words) - 19:05, 16 April 2023
- Lewis, usually seen as the central figure in the movement, had been ... I era novel, Tarr (set in Paris), and The Human Age, a trilogy comprising ...18 KB (2,685 words) - 14:13, 20 May 2023
- – Aisōpos) is the figure traditionally credited with the collection ... heritage, present essential truths about human nature and right and wrong ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- the face itself. Where a two dimensional figure can appear to follow the ... Human beings have a great amount of bias towards seeing faces as convex ...7 KB (1,100 words) - 16:10, 25 January 2023
- The river has played a significant role in human history by supplying the ... its source in the Ethiopian highlands, the figure rises to 90 percent of the ...11 KB (1,678 words) - 18:33, 9 March 2023
- Yan Clan") which dealt not only with human relations and self-cultivation ... only nine years old, and without a father figure to guide or support him, ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 10:09, 22 May 2023
- highlighted the essential precariousness of human life. Like the "Lost ... Bérenger is a semi-autobiographical figure expressing Ionesco's ...15 KB (2,272 words) - 04:19, 23 March 2024
- or malevolent, evil-doers dangerous to human beings. Like many similar ... Goblins are grotesque fairies that can range from dwarf height to ...13 KB (2,074 words) - 15:53, 18 December 2022
- they natural phenomena, classical texts or human interactions) was said to ... ... In this traditional paradigm, a figure achieves prominence not from ...20 KB (3,073 words) - 06:03, 13 June 2023
- A sculpture is a three-dimensional, human-made object selected for ... the contrapposto style of posing the human figure. Michelangelo's statue ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- 10, 2008) was an American mathematician and human computer who worked for the ... stories/hidden-figures/2016/11/22/hidden-figure-nasa-dorothy-vaughan Hidden ...15 KB (2,076 words) - 17:29, 30 January 2024
- conscious and unconscious aspects of the human mind, and the nature of the ... March 29, 2007. Smith was a popular figure with the Surrealists in the ...13 KB (1,841 words) - 07:04, 23 August 2023
- The concept of an anthropomorpized demonic figure (or archetype) is ... applied both to supernatural entities and human beings. In actuality, the ...27 KB (4,237 words) - 16:57, 23 December 2022
- kill a person. In metaphorical resonance, human beings readily succumb to ... thumb|right|200 px| Gorgons. Attic black-figure lekythos, ca. 530 B.C.E.]] ...11 KB (1,834 words) - 04:53, 26 December 2022
- because no such meaning exists, at least to human beings. The word absurd in ... arise out of the contradiction between the human quest for the meaning of ...15 KB (2,329 words) - 06:46, 14 June 2023
- our unconscious mind that is common to all human beings, known as the collective ... cross, (mandalas), or by the quaternity (a figure with four parts). Prominent ...28 KB (4,297 words) - 06:17, 12 August 2023
