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- Realism is a widely used term in the arts. In literature, it came into being as a response to Romanticism. While Romanticism focused on the inner ...18 KB (2,918 words) - 01:40, 8 December 2022
- Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko ( Александр Михайлович Родченко ), December 5|1891|23 November – December 3, 1956 ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 14:39, 18 July 2023
- quot; television programs and photo-realism in art. This artistic ... quot; television programs and photo-realism in art. He appeared in ...16 KB (2,360 words) - 02:46, 16 November 2022
- Changdeokgung (Changdeok Palace or Palace of Prospering Virtue) is a palace set within a large park in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the ...8 KB (1,063 words) - 01:18, 4 December 2023
- Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz (October 2, 1949 - ) is an American portrait photographer whose style is marked by a close collaboration ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- goal here is primarily speed and not photo-realism. In fact, here exploitations ... When the goal is photo-realism, techniques are employed such as ray ...34 KB (4,961 words) - 02:33, 8 January 2024
- of a photo, a taste of what would become Photo-Realism 30 years later. ===Regionalism, the Mid-West and South-West=== Grant Wood's Fall Plowing ...34 KB (5,216 words) - 16:33, 21 February 2022
- Gustave Caillebotte (August 19, 1848 – February 21, 1894), was a wealthy and generous French painter. Caillebotte originally sought a career ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 01:24, 27 July 2023
- Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg ( Илья Арнольдович Файнзильберг ) (1897–1937) and Evgeny or Yevgeny Petrov ...13 KB (2,022 words) - 16:19, 12 February 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Biography Category:Communication Seymour, David [[Image:Bill-lang-LIFE-staff.jpg|thumb|right|200 ...11 KB (1,618 words) - 08:09, 28 January 2024
- Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that ...14 KB (2,031 words) - 22:46, 28 March 2023
- Computer animation is the art of creating moving images through the use of computers. It is a subfield of computer graphics and animation. It ...20 KB (3,215 words) - 00:25, 8 January 2024
- category:image wanted Margaret Bourke-White (June 14, 1904 – August 27, 1971) was an American photographer and photojournalist most famed for ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- Nikon Corporation (株式会社ニコン; Kabushiki-gaisha Nikon) ( 7731 ), also known as Nikon or Nikon Corp., is a Japanese company specializing ...13 KB (1,838 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 – December 10, 1882) was an American photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American ...15 KB (2,177 words) - 09:08, 18 July 2023
- Tettigoniidae is a major family of "long-horned grasshoppers" in the suborder Ensifera of the order Orthoptera, characterized by strong ...11 KB (1,513 words) - 15:01, 30 April 2023
- The Serengeti Plain, located in north-central Tanzania, (Africa) is world renowned as an ideal location for wildlife and nature photography. ...11 KB (1,686 words) - 09:56, 26 January 2023
- Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American photographer whose ground-breaking technical advances and attention to principles ...14 KB (2,015 words) - 18:19, 20 July 2023
- Constructivist architecture was a form of modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. It combined advanced ...17 KB (2,374 words) - 02:43, 8 January 2024
- Category:Image wanted Diane Arbus (March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971) was an American photographer, noted for her portraits of people on the fringes ...14 KB (2,103 words) - 11:54, 29 January 2024
- Knossos, also spelled Knossus, Cnossus, Gnossus (in traditional Greek Κνωσός, in Mycenaean Greek ko-no-so, and ku-ni-su in Minoan), is ...13 KB (2,102 words) - 03:56, 4 March 2023
- Federico Fellini or Frederico Rimini-Fellini, as his contemporaries referred to him, (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was one of the most ...35 KB (5,656 words) - 01:57, 26 March 2024
- Korean empress Queen Min was assassinated in the early hours of October 8, 1895, at Okho-ru (옥호루, 玉壺樓) Pavilion in the Geoncheonggung ...8 KB (1,170 words) - 04:26, 23 March 2024
- Pompeii is a ruined city of Roman Empire near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompeii. It ...14 KB (2,204 words) - 08:49, 24 November 2022
- Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, Russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель ( 13 July|1894|1 July – January 27, 1940) was a Soviet ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 18:50, 7 March 2024
- Edward Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973) was an American pioneer in the history of photography and its struggle to be accepted as ...20 KB (3,055 words) - 23:52, 12 February 2024
- Etching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in ...21 KB (3,460 words) - 01:27, 19 March 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Communication Category:Biography Capa, Robert Robert Capa (October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was ...13 KB (2,002 words) - 21:11, 16 April 2023
- Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. More than ...12 KB (1,894 words) - 04:15, 23 March 2024
- Mathew B. Brady (ca. 1823 - January 15, 1896), was a celebrated American photographer whose rise to prominence occurred largely in the years ...9 KB (1,405 words) - 16:51, 7 November 2022
- Assisi is a small city in the Perugia province of the Umbria region of Italy. It is situated on the western flank of Monte Subasio at an elevation ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 05:01, 18 August 2023
- Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an African-American scholar and writer who is considered to be one of the most important ...13 KB (2,109 words) - 00:29, 8 December 2022
- Julia Margaret Cameron (June 11, 1815 – January 26, 1879) was a British photographer. She became known for her portraits of celebrities of ...15 KB (2,391 words) - 21:09, 4 October 2022
- Tikal (or Tik’al, according to the more current orthography) is the largest of the ancient ruined cities of the Mayan peoples—a people who ...19 KB (2,902 words) - 23:34, 30 April 2023
- The uncertainty principle, sometimes called the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, states that interaction and mechanical action come in quanta ...26 KB (4,014 words) - 01:33, 3 May 2023
- Canon, Inc. (キヤノン株式会社, Kyanon Kabushiki Gaisha 7751 , CAJ ) is a Japanese multinational corporation that specializes in imaging ...24 KB (3,502 words) - 19:26, 25 November 2023
- The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library, ...13 KB (1,876 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- Abuja is both a Federal Capital Territory within the nation of Nigeria and a city within that territory which serves as the nation's capital ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 07:06, 14 June 2023
- John Henry "Doc" Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887) was an American dentist, gambler, and gunfighter of the American Old ...32 KB (5,281 words) - 16:31, 29 January 2024
- About eight hundred Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of trees (rarely shrubs), the members of which dominate the tree flora of Australia. There are ...15 KB (2,373 words) - 12:22, 21 January 2023
- The Harmandir Sahib (Punjabi: ਹਰਿਮੰਦਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ) or Darbar Sahib (Punjabi: ਦਰਬਾਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ), also known as ...15 KB (2,334 words) - 18:54, 23 June 2020
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Philosophy [[Image:Hogarth-satire-on-false-pespective-1753.jpg|thumb|right ...52 KB (7,802 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
- The Bolshoi Theater ( Большой театр , Bol'shoy Teatr, Large Theater) is a theater and opera company in Moscow, Russia, which ...6 KB (876 words) - 07:17, 17 November 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations [[Image:Reuters-Building-30SC.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The Reuters Building in ...17 KB (2,456 words) - 19:58, 8 December 2022
- Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after İstanbul. The city is located in the northwestern part of the ...15 KB (2,370 words) - 06:36, 28 July 2023
- A caterpillar is the larval stage of a member of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). They are essentially ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 00:08, 1 December 2023
- Category:Media Organizations [[Image:450px-The_associated_press_building_in_new_york_city.jpg|thumb|250px|The Associated Press Building in ...15 KB (2,343 words) - 05:02, 18 August 2023
- Betty Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American dancer, singer, and actor. Her iconic bathing suit photo made her the number ...18 KB (2,765 words) - 14:44, 23 July 2022
- Founded perhaps as early as the tenth century, Timbuktu is an African city in the modern day nation of Mali. Occupying a strategic location in ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu, (November 26, 1909 – March 29, 1994) was a French-Romanian playwright and dramatist, one of the foremost ...15 KB (2,272 words) - 04:19, 23 March 2024
- Gravel is rock that is of a certain particle size range. In geology, gravel is any loose rock that is larger than two millimeters (mm) (about ...6 KB (948 words) - 18:27, 20 January 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Optical grey squares orange brown.svg|thumb|200 px|An optical ...32 KB (4,837 words) - 16:27, 12 February 2024
- Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (December 2, 1924 - February 20, 2010) was an American statesman and military leader. He retired as a general from the ...40 KB (5,553 words) - 13:50, 18 July 2023
- Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein ( Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн ) (November 28, 1829 – November 20, 1894) was a Russian ...7 KB (986 words) - 06:51, 31 July 2023
- Hallasan (한라산, 漢拏山), a shield volcano on Jeju Island of South Korea, is the highest mountain in South Korea. Along with Jirisan and ...6 KB (934 words) - 22:48, 3 August 2023
- Parsnip is a hardy, biennial, strongly-scented plant (Pastinaca sativa), which is a member of the parsley family (Apiaceae or Umbelliferae), ...7 KB (1,014 words) - 08:54, 18 November 2022
- Chikee or Chickee ("house" in the Creek and Mikasuki languages spoken by the Seminoles and Miccosukees) is a shelter supported by posts ...7 KB (1,029 words) - 15:22, 10 December 2023
- Dorothea Lange (May 25, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her ...14 KB (2,023 words) - 17:26, 30 January 2024
- category:fix cite refs {{Infobox Writer | name = Osip Mandelstam | image = Osip Mandelstam.jpg | imagesize = 150px | caption = ...14 KB (1,927 words) - 04:37, 18 November 2022
- A halo ( ἅλως ; also known as a nimbus, glory, or gloriole) is a ring of light used in religious art, sculpture, and iconography to depict ...19 KB (3,001 words) - 23:21, 3 August 2023
- In the arts, Baroque is a period as well as the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension ...30 KB (4,617 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- The United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government charged ...18 KB (2,561 words) - 01:36, 11 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:Banshee.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Banshee. photo by ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 07:29, 20 September 2023
- Algiers ( الجزائر or Al Jaza'ir, Alger ) is the capital, chief seaport, and largest city of Algeria, the second largest country on ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 00:36, 9 January 2023
- A flight simulator is a system that tries to replicate, or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft as closely and realistically as possible ...23 KB (3,448 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth's shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and ...10 KB (1,531 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- Hyperopia or hypermetropia, commonly known as farsightedness or longsightedness, is an abnormal eye condition whereby there is better visual ...9 KB (1,278 words) - 13:21, 4 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:Loch-Ness-Monster.jpg|thumb|400px|Loch Ness Monster ...23 KB (3,593 words) - 16:55, 6 November 2023
- Martha Jane Canary-Burke, better known as Calamity Jane (May 1, 1852 - August 1, 1903), was a frontiers woman and professional scout. She gained ...8 KB (1,247 words) - 18:20, 25 November 2023
- A cathedral is an impressive Christian church that traditionally contained the seat of a bishop. The great Cathedrals of the world represent ...26 KB (4,257 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
- Mongolia (Mongolian: Монгол Улс) is a landlocked country located in East Asia with a population of nearly three million. Mongolia is ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- The Aswan Dam, located in Aswan, Egypt, tames the Nile River and utilizes the power of the river for a variety of social and economic causes ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 18:40, 19 August 2023
- Sohn Kee-Chung (August 29, 1912 – November 15, 2002) became the first Korean athlete to win an Olympic medal when he won the gold medal in ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 15:58, 14 October 2022
- The Sokal affair, also called the Sokal hoax, refers to an article by Alan Sokal, a physics professor at New York University and University College ...26 KB (3,718 words) - 13:50, 2 February 2023
- An artificial island is an island that has been constructed by humans rather than formed by natural processes. Such islands have been created ...9 KB (1,326 words) - 17:41, 16 August 2023
- Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the "Texas Troubadour," was an American singer and songwriter ...8 KB (1,315 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American photographer and conservationist remembered for his iconic black and ...9 KB (1,266 words) - 05:14, 31 July 2023
- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. UNCTAD is the ...10 KB (1,369 words) - 11:43, 3 May 2023
- The Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de los Muertos) is a holiday celebrated in many parts of the world, which directs honor and reverence towards ...19 KB (2,926 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934) was an American bank robber and alleged killer, romanticized ...9 KB (1,370 words) - 22:48, 30 November 2022
- German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) took place on October 3, 1990, when the areas of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR ...20 KB (3,005 words) - 09:18, 5 December 2022
- Molds (American English) or moulds (British English) are microscopic, multicellular fungi. They are generally composed of hyphae (filamentous ...9 KB (1,390 words) - 19:49, 9 November 2022
- Katō Hiroyuki (加藤弘之,Katō Hiroyuki August 5, 1836 – February 9, 1916) was an educator, political theorist, statesman, and leader of ...10 KB (1,423 words) - 17:14, 5 October 2022
- category:image wanted {{Infobox Website | name = Live Search | logo = | screenshot = | caption = | url ...23 KB (3,241 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
- Category:Image wanted {{Infobox_Person | name = Walker Percy | other_names = | image = | caption = | birth_date = May 28, 1916 | birth_place ...9 KB (1,310 words) - 18:46, 17 April 2023
- Ashdod ( אַשְׁדּוֹד ; إسدود , Isdud), located in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean Sea coast, is a city of over ...25 KB (3,733 words) - 04:02, 18 August 2023
- <!-- Glitch in calculations equations under Notable Features. --> {{Infobox World Heritage Site | WHS = Nanda Devi and Valley of ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 01:17, 11 November 2022
- The Semmering Railway, in Austria, which starts at Gloggnitz and leads over the Semmering pass to Mürzzuschlag, was the first mountain railway ...10 KB (1,532 words) - 09:44, 26 January 2023
- Crazy Horse (Lakota: Thašųka Witko, literally "his-horse is-crazy"), ca. 1840 – September 5, 1877, was a major war leader of the ...19 KB (3,137 words) - 15:24, 10 December 2023
- General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle, USAF (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American aviation pioneer. Doolittle ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- Percy Aldridge Grainger (July 8, 1882 – February 20, 1961) was an Australian-born pianist, composer and champion of the saxophone and the Concert ...9 KB (1,396 words) - 00:35, 24 November 2022
- (Лазарь Маркович Лисицкий, November 23, 1890 – December 30, 1941), better known as El Lissitzky (Эль Лисицкий ...38 KB (5,595 words) - 00:07, 13 February 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City and ...10 KB (1,451 words) - 23:24, 14 November 2022
- Millipede ("thousand legs") is the common name for any member of the arthropod class Diplopoda (previously also known as Chilognatha ...9 KB (1,312 words) - 18:00, 9 November 2022
- Category:Media Professionals Otis, Harrison Gray :This article is about the publisher and soldier. For the United States Representative and Senator ...10 KB (1,489 words) - 20:43, 29 January 2022
- The Samaritan Pentateuch is the text of the the first five books of the Bible, also called the Torah or Books of Moses, that is used by the Samaritans ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 22:25, 26 September 2023
- The Florida Keys are an archipelago of about 1,700 islands in the southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida ...27 KB (4,181 words) - 17:42, 28 March 2024
- A bottle is a container with a neck that is narrower than the body and an opening at the top, called the mouth. It may be made of glass, clay ...10 KB (1,456 words) - 14:41, 28 April 2020
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:I samma ögonblick var hon förvandlad till en ...19 KB (2,984 words) - 00:29, 25 March 2024
- Sanchi refers to a small village in India located 46 km north-east of Bhopal, and ten km from Besnagar and Vidisha in the central part of the ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 03:10, 23 December 2022
- Molasses is generally defined as a thick, dark syrup that is the final liquid residue obtained in the preparation of sucrose (commercial sugar ...11 KB (1,738 words) - 13:05, 10 March 2023
- John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838 – July 1, 1905) was an American statesman, diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant ...10 KB (1,420 words) - 06:55, 8 April 2024
- Conway Twitty (September 1, 1933 - June 5, 1993) was one of the United States' most successful rock and country music artists of the twentieth ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 02:52, 8 January 2024
- James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, ...25 KB (3,865 words) - 16:36, 30 January 2023
- The Potawatomi (also spelled Pottawatomie or Pottawatomi) are a Native American people originally of the Great Lakes region. They traditionally ...28 KB (4,269 words) - 00:29, 12 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics Category:Industry and business [[Image:1903sweatshopchicago.jpg|thumb|350 px|Photo taken ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- Environmentalism is a perspective that encompasses a broad range of views concerned with the preservation, restoration, or improvement of the ...21 KB (2,883 words) - 19:02, 13 February 2024
- George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) invented roll film and an easy-to-operate camera that he brand-named the Kodak. He founded ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 11:03, 6 November 2022
- Chert is a fine-grained, silica-rich, microcrystalline, cryptocrystalline or microfibrous sedimentary rock that may contain small fossils. It ...10 KB (1,548 words) - 14:54, 5 December 2023
- The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven ( t=天壇|s=天坛|p=Tiāntán ; Manchu: Abkai mukdehun) is a complex of Taoist buildings ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- Alvin Langdon Coburn (June 11, 1882 – November 23, 1966) was an early twentieth century photographer who became a key figure in the development ...23 KB (3,410 words) - 08:45, 23 July 2023
- Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was an abstract expressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In the post ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 15:38, 6 May 2023
- Category:Biography Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Anthropology Curtis, Edward S. {{Infobox Person |name=Edward Sheriff ...29 KB (4,492 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2024
- In physics, acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity—that is, the change of velocity with time. An object is said to undergo ...11 KB (1,660 words) - 07:17, 14 June 2023
- Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in northern Europe. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it ...40 KB (5,565 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
- Samaritans today are both a religious and an ethnic group located in the Palestinian territory and Israel. Ethnically, they are descendents of ...22 KB (3,530 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- The Joint Security Area (JSA) or Panmunjom, often called the "Truce Village" in both the media Lee Jong-Heon, Panmunjom, South Korea ...29 KB (4,546 words) - 06:45, 27 February 2023
- Alan King (December 26, 1927 – May 9, 2004) was an American comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. King became well ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 04:26, 17 June 2023
- French Guiana is an overseas department of France, located on the northern coast of South America. Like the other French departments, French ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 10:54, 11 April 2024
- Liberty Enlightening the World (French: La liberté éclairant le monde), known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté ...27 KB (4,075 words) - 22:49, 9 May 2023
- Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an iconic American actress, singer and model. Decades after her death, she remains one of ...30 KB (4,676 words) - 15:56, 6 November 2022
- Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the People's Republic of China. The city ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- Achille-Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918) was a French composer who created within the style referred to as Impressionist music ...26 KB (3,950 words) - 10:53, 19 December 2023
- Rosh Hashanah ( ראש השנה , literally "head of the year") is a Jewish holiday, commonly referred to as the "Jewish New Year ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 19:18, 16 December 2022
- |- align = "center" | |width = "25"| | [[Image:Potentiometer symbol.svg|50px]] |- align = "center" | ...24 KB (3,494 words) - 19:43, 16 April 2023
- The Andersonville prison, located at Camp Sumter, was the largest Confederate military prison during the American Civil War. The site of the ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 19:58, 26 July 2023
- Bermuda (officially, The Bermuda Islands) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United ...36 KB (5,347 words) - 11:05, 28 September 2023
- The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة, translit.: Masjid Qubbat As-Sakhrah, Hebrew: כיפת הסלע, translit.: Kipat ...22 KB (3,569 words) - 16:41, 29 January 2024
- In electronics, a diode is a component that allows an electric current to flow in one direction but blocks it in the opposite direction. Thus ...25 KB (3,818 words) - 17:12, 22 July 2020
- Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, Order of Merit (OM), Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk – ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 09:18, 27 September 2023
- Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom, located in and around Ji'an, Jilin in the People's Republic of China, received ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 19:34, 25 November 2023
- Omar Nelson Bradley KCB (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during ...24 KB (3,509 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022
- Hermann Hesse ( [ˈhɛr.man ˈhɛ̞.sɘ] ) (July 2, 1877 – August 9, 1962) was a Nobel Prize–winning German-Swiss novelist and poet. Hesse ...29 KB (4,532 words) - 10:19, 22 January 2024
- Baghdad ( بغداد Baġdād ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, which it is also coterminous with. With a municipal population ...29 KB (4,200 words) - 05:40, 26 August 2023
- Category:Economists Commons, John R. John Rogers Commons (October 13, 1862 – May 11, 1945) was an American political economist, sociologist ...13 KB (1,864 words) - 07:07, 3 August 2022
- Salamander is the common term for any member of the order Caudata (also called Urodela) of the class Amphibia. Although lizard-like in external ...12 KB (1,655 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- The Kashmir earthquake (also known as the South Asian earthquake or the Great Pakistan earthquake) of 2005, designates a major earthquake with ...24 KB (3,487 words) - 06:41, 13 June 2023
- Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was a Tony Award winning star of stage and film musicals, well known for her powerful voice ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 04:31, 22 March 2024
- Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton—formerly île Royale, Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Cheap Breatuinn, Míkmaq: Únamakika, simply: ...26 KB (3,747 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- Chive, generally used in the plural as chives, is the common name for a bulbous, fragrant, herbaceous plant, Allium schoenoprasum, which is characterized ...11 KB (1,680 words) - 23:56, 13 January 2023
- Raoul Gustav Wallenberg (born August 4, 1912, exact date of death is disputed) was a Swedish diplomat and a member of the influential Wallenberg ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:37, 8 December 2022
- Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1922 - June 6, 2013) was a United States competitive swimmer and 1940s and 1950s movie star. Known as "America ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 04:22, 22 March 2024
- Effa Manley (March 27, 1897 - April 16 1981) was an American sports executive and the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. She ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 02:46, 17 January 2023
- Samuel Wilberforce (September 7, 1805 – July 19, 1873) was an English bishop, third son of William Wilberforce the anti-slave campaigner and ...12 KB (1,800 words) - 03:04, 23 December 2022
- A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, porcelain, metal, or even glass. Tiles are generally used for ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 23:34, 30 April 2023
- O ahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English) is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 19:38, 17 November 2022
- William Henry Seward, Sr. (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was a Governor of New York and United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln ...12 KB (1,847 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations Times, The (London) The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 17:36, 30 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations The Daily Mirror, often referred to simply as The Mirror, is a British tabloid ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 16:59, 13 May 2020
- A meteoroid is a small body of debris in the Solar System, roughly ranging in size from a sand grain to a boulder. If the body is larger, it ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 16:25, 9 November 2022
- A compass (or mariner's compass) is a navigational instrument for finding directions on the earth. It consists of a magnetized pointer free ...26 KB (3,954 words) - 00:20, 8 January 2024
- James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 14:28, 24 March 2023
- A neurotransmitter is a chemical that relays information across the gap (synapse) between one neuron (nerve cell) and an adjacent neuron or a ...16 KB (2,070 words) - 16:26, 11 November 2022
- Category:Media Organizations [[Image:Chicago-ChicagoTribuneBuilding01.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Chicago Tribune building]] The Chicago Tribune, founded ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 20:58, 9 December 2023
- Category:Public {| class="infobox" style="width: 25em;" |----- align=center bgcolor="#9966FF" !colspan=2 align=center ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 15:39, 7 December 2022
- Earl Kenneth Hines, known as Earl "Fatha" (for "Father") Hines (December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983), was an African-American ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 17:33, 12 February 2024
- Rwanda is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa. Its hilly terrain, which gives it the title "Land ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 02:28, 19 December 2022
- Gunung Mulu National Park near Miri, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, encompasses remarkable caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial ...13 KB (1,774 words) - 17:58, 12 July 2023
- Category:Public [[Image:Biometrics.jpg|right|thumbnail|250px|At Disney World, biometric measurements are taken from the fingers of multi-day pass ...14 KB (2,173 words) - 17:56, 31 October 2023
- Teotihuacán was the largest pre-Columbian city in the Americas in the first half of the first millennium C.E.. It was also one of the largest ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 03:47, 30 April 2023
- Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe. It involves studies of the physical properties (luminosity ...14 KB (1,947 words) - 18:28, 19 August 2023
- Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was, according to two United States government investigations, the assassin of U.S ...49 KB (7,803 words) - 19:01, 25 October 2022
- Fax (short for facsimile, from Latin fac simile, "make similar," that is, "make a copy") is a telecommunication technology ...13 KB (2,039 words) - 01:51, 26 March 2024
- Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 - April 1, 1991), an American dancer and choreographer, is known as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- Abstraction is the process of generalization by reducing the information content of a concept or an observable phenomenon, typically in order ...15 KB (2,253 words) - 06:45, 14 June 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law Category:Sociology Gulag (ГУЛАГ) is an acronym used to describe the system of prison camps ...26 KB (3,838 words) - 12:39, 24 January 2023
- Category:Psychologists Hall, G. Stanley [[Image:G_Stanley_Hall.jpg|thumb|250px|Granville Stanley Hall, c. 1910]] Granville Stanley Hall (February ...14 KB (1,985 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- Kilimanjaro with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawensi, and Shira, is an inactive stratovolcano in north-eastern Tanzania. Although it does ...13 KB (1,915 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) decided at the age of 12 that he was going to be a writer. He became one of the most ...27 KB (3,902 words) - 19:07, 16 April 2023
- Ashgabat (Aşgabat) is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia, and is situated between the Kara Kum desert and ...13 KB (1,843 words) - 04:04, 18 August 2023
- Vellum (from the Old French Vélin, for "calfskin" [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=vellum Online Etymological Dictionary] ...13 KB (2,055 words) - 15:00, 3 May 2023
- The field of electronics comprises the study and use of systems that operate by controlling the flow of electrons (or other charge carriers) ...15 KB (2,062 words) - 16:04, 13 February 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations [[Image:UnitedPressInternational.jpg|right|thumb|400 px|Front of UPI Headquarters ...13 KB (1,927 words) - 11:51, 3 May 2023
- A transistor is a semiconductor device that uses a small amount of voltage or electrical current to control a larger change in voltage or current ...30 KB (4,329 words) - 02:07, 2 May 2023
- The dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument of two main varieties. In the case of the hammered dulcimer, the strings are stretched over a trapezoidal ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- Mount St. Helens is an active volcano in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located 128 ...26 KB (4,064 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- The Qutb complex refers to an array of monuments and buildings at Mehrauli in Delhi, India, the Qutub Minar standing out as the most famous. ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 16:04, 7 December 2022
- Niagara Falls is a set of massive waterfalls located on the Niagara River in eastern North America, on the border between the United States and ...27 KB (4,264 words) - 09:42, 11 March 2023
- Enrico Caruso (February 25 1873 – August 2 1921) was an Italian opera singer of the verissmo style, and one of the most famous tenors in history ...13 KB (1,957 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- Marcel Mangel (March 22, 1923 – September 22, 2007), better known by his stage name Marcel Marceau, was a well-known mime. He performed all ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 03:05, 6 November 2022
- The Great Wall of China ( t=萬里長城|s=万里长城|p=Wànlǐ Chángchéng|l=10,000 Li (里) long wall ) is a series of stone and earthen ...14 KB (2,322 words) - 07:41, 4 January 2024
- Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil, usually to assist with the growth of crops. In crop production, it is mainly used ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 13:24, 6 March 2024
- Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computer technology to aid in the design and drafting (drafting involves the production of technical ...14 KB (2,113 words) - 00:24, 8 January 2024
- A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. ...35 KB (5,853 words) - 13:54, 2 February 2023
- Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 – August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist who is widely considered to be the most important ...13 KB (2,000 words) - 01:58, 26 March 2024
- Peter Carl Fabergé (original name Carl Gustavovich Fabergé) (May 30, 1846 – September 24, 1920) was a Russian jeweler, best known for the ...14 KB (2,057 words) - 01:07, 24 November 2022
- North Carolina is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. It was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that ...37 KB (5,288 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
- Kang Kam-chan or Gang Gam-chan (948 – 1031) was a medieval Korean government official and military commander during the early Goryeo Dynasty ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 07:45, 23 January 2023
- Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is a U.S. National Monument and national preserve located in the Snake River Plain of central ...35 KB (5,657 words) - 06:16, 11 January 2024
- Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 - November 16, 1960) was an iconic American actor, voted King of Hollywood by an adoring public throughout the ...25 KB (3,981 words) - 10:42, 19 December 2023
- Nevada is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. The state's nickname is "The Silver State" due ...34 KB (5,052 words) - 04:36, 11 March 2023
- Mount Ararat (Turkish: Ağrı Dağı, Armenian: Արարատ, Kurdish: Agirî, Greek: Ἀραράτ, Persian: آرارات, Georgian: არარა ...13 KB (1,990 words) - 17:03, 10 November 2022
- Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the twenty-third president of the United States. Serving one term from 1889 to 1893 ...14 KB (2,048 words) - 09:55, 28 September 2023
- New Guinea, located just 100 miles north of Australia, is the world's second largest island after Greenland, having become separated from ...29 KB (4,293 words) - 09:18, 11 March 2023
- The Nilgiris District is in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Nilgiri (Tamil : நீலகிரி or Blue Mountains when translated into English ...15 KB (2,206 words) - 04:44, 15 November 2022
- Nāgārjuna (c. 150 – 250 C.E.) was arguably the most influential Indian Buddhist thinker after Gautama Buddha, who founded the Madhyamaka ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 23:10, 10 November 2022
- John Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American bank robber, considered by some to be a dangerous criminal, while others idealized ...13 KB (2,104 words) - 18:51, 5 April 2024
- Category:Public [[Image:minerals.jpg|right|frame|An assortment of minerals. Photo from [http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/mineral.html ...16 KB (2,351 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor who won acclaim for a wide variety ...15 KB (2,233 words) - 22:37, 22 June 2022
- Independence Hall is a United States national landmark located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building was completed in 1753 as the Pennsylvania ...16 KB (2,360 words) - 12:50, 4 March 2024
- Truman García Capote (September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels, and plays are recognized ...40 KB (6,280 words) - 18:27, 2 May 2023
- Spencer Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor who appeared in 74 films from ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 19:15, 7 February 2023
- Tengri is the supreme god of the old Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Bulgar, Mongolian, Hunnic and Altaic religion named Tengriism. For the ancient ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 05:42, 27 February 2023
- The Bering Sea is the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean that comprises a deep water basin (the Aleutian Basin) that rises up through a narrow ...15 KB (2,176 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- The Great Pyramid is the oldest and the largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Cairo, Egypt in Africa. The ...29 KB (4,489 words) - 20:54, 26 September 2023
- Robert James Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004) was an American television producer and actor. His first TV appearance was in 1948 ...14 KB (2,120 words) - 08:42, 16 November 2023
- Audrey Hepburn (May 4, 1929—January 20, 1993) was an Academy Award winning actress, a favorite leading lady during an era when the Golden Years ...27 KB (4,189 words) - 18:28, 21 August 2023
- The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. Natural satellites of other planets are also called moons, although they usually have their ...39 KB (6,162 words) - 13:13, 10 March 2023
- Jodhpur (जोधपुर), is the second largest city in the state of Rajasthan in north India. It was formerly the seat of a princely state ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 06:32, 5 April 2024
- Tahiti is the largest island of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The capital ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
- Nebraska is a state located on the Great Plains of the United States of America. Once considered part of the Great American Desert, it is now ...48 KB (6,855 words) - 04:25, 11 March 2023
- William Motter Inge ( ˈɪndʒ "inj"; [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Inge Inge at Dictionary.com] Retrieved May 22, 2008. ...13 KB (2,098 words) - 11:04, 9 May 2023
- The Battle of Iwo Jima (February 19, 1945 – March 26, 1945) was the United States capture of the island of Iwo Jima from Japan, producing some ...41 KB (6,399 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- Pistachio is a common name for a small, deciduous tree, Pistacia vera, of western and central Asia, that produces a commercially popular "Pistachio ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 06:19, 24 November 2022
- Godiva (or Godgifu) (fl. 1040-1080) was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England ...16 KB (2,352 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, formerly a part of the Soviet Union, bordering Russia, Romania and the Black Sea. From at least the ninth ...72 KB (10,102 words) - 01:29, 3 May 2023
- Betelgeuse (also called Alpha Orionis, α Orionis, or α Ori) is one of the brightest and largest known stars, though it is not one of the most ...16 KB (2,302 words) - 17:58, 29 September 2023
- Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (April 14, 1904 – May 21, 2000), known as Sir John Gielgud, was an English theater and film actor particularly ...34 KB (5,145 words) - 05:10, 3 August 2022
- Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was a French artist, noted for his use of color and his fluid, brilliant, and original ...14 KB (2,268 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- Photocopying is a process that makes paper copies of documents and other visual images quickly and cheaply. Most current photocopiers use a technology ...16 KB (2,312 words) - 22:46, 28 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{ethnic group| |group=Seminole |image=[[Image:Osceola.jpg|240px ...17 KB (2,474 words) - 16:40, 24 November 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Archaeological sites Location=Saqqara | Left=105 | Top=46 [[Image:Saqqara ...17 KB (2,687 words) - 00:23, 8 November 2023
- Edward Albert Shils (July 1, 1910 – January 23, 1995) was a Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and in Sociology ...17 KB (2,459 words) - 23:52, 12 February 2024
- Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an iconic American actress, comedian, and star of the landmark sitcom I Love Lucy ...14 KB (2,249 words) - 02:26, 5 November 2022
- Fatehpur Sikri ( फतेहपूर सिकरी , فتحپور سیکری ), a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 00:44, 25 March 2024
- The Chennakesava Temple (Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ ಚೆನ್ನಕೇಶವ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ), originally called Vijayanarayana Temple ...18 KB (2,563 words) - 14:52, 5 December 2023
- John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890), was an American military officer and explorer. Fremont mapped most of the Oregon ...16 KB (2,336 words) - 16:59, 5 April 2024
- Drug, broadly defined, is a term used for any chemical substance that when introduced to the body of a living organism has a non-food impact ...18 KB (2,517 words) - 21:12, 30 January 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Psychologists Morgan, C. Lloyd [[File:C. Lloyd Morgan. Photogravure by Synnberg ...18 KB (2,586 words) - 21:54, 12 February 2024
- Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin' Wolf or sometimes, The Howlin' Wolf, was an influential ...14 KB (2,286 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- St. Lawrence Island is an island in the Bering Sea just south of the Bering Strait, administratively belonging to the state of Alaska. The Danish ...16 KB (2,304 words) - 15:46, 27 April 2023
- Utah, a state located in the western United States, was the 45th state admitted to the union (January 4, 1896). The majority of Utah's population ...39 KB (5,757 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- Gamma rays (γ rays) is the popular name applied to gamma radiation, the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation and thus the electromagnetic ...16 KB (2,549 words) - 04:20, 18 April 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations Life is an American magazine that publishes interviews, essays, cartoons, and ...28 KB (4,420 words) - 22:50, 25 October 2022
- The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer), an iconic symbol of the Cold War, was initially constructed starting on August 13, 1961, and dismantled ...32 KB (5,068 words) - 11:04, 28 September 2023
- Category:Economists Category:Sociologists Sumner, William Graham Category:Public [[Image:Photo of William Graham Sumner.jpg|250px|right|thumb ...16 KB (2,256 words) - 12:13, 8 May 2023
- Ray Charles, born Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), was a pioneering American pianist, musician and entertainer who ...14 KB (2,284 words) - 01:32, 8 December 2022
- Asa "Al Jolson" Yoelson (May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was an acclaimed American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1911 ...14 KB (2,198 words) - 04:22, 17 June 2023
- Ethane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula C2H6. It is classified as an alkane, that is, an aliphatic hydrocarbon. It is the only ...16 KB (2,309 words) - 01:40, 19 March 2022
- The Soviet War in Afghanistan was a nine-year period involving the Soviet forces and the Mujahideen insurgents that were fighting to overthrow ...40 KB (5,946 words) - 15:41, 4 February 2023
- The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30 1912), were two Americans credited ...67 KB (10,436 words) - 14:04, 20 May 2023
- Eva Anna Paula Braun, died Eva Hitler (February 6, 1912 – April 30, 1945) was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and briefly his wife. ...16 KB (2,578 words) - 04:47, 23 March 2024
- The Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie) was an armed struggle during the Second World War by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) to liberate ...33 KB (5,102 words) - 22:58, 3 May 2023
- Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide ...61 KB (8,753 words) - 02:22, 16 December 2022
- Althea Gibson (August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003) was an American sportswoman who, on August 22, 1950, became the first African-American ...19 KB (2,597 words) - 08:38, 23 July 2023
- A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 17:20, 16 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics Category:Industry and business [[Image:Supermarket_check_out.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Supermarket ...17 KB (2,494 words) - 13:56, 28 April 2023
- Alexandre Dumas, père, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (July 24, 1802 – December 5, 1870), was a French writer, best known for the numerous ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 06:36, 20 July 2023
- The South Pole, also known as the geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth, on ...23 KB (3,208 words) - 15:38, 4 February 2023
