Search results for "Art of the United Kingdom" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Kyudo (弓道) (The "Way of the Bow") is the Japanese art ... approximately half a million practitioners of kyudo today. In Japan, by most ...13 KB (2,130 words) - 04:14, 6 October 2022
- in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo, "art for art ... The symbol was apt, for Whistler's art was characterized by a ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 08:36, 1 April 2024
- is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory ... The major goals of elementary education are achieving basic literacy ...23 KB (3,445 words) - 10:17, 21 January 2023
- adventurer and statesman preeminent in the world of French politics and ... Malraux studied Oriental languages at the École des Langues Orientales ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 20:07, 26 July 2023
- A Fabergé egg is considered to be any one of the sixty-nine ... his assistants between 1885 and 1917. Fifty of those eggs—known as the Imperial ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 00:03, 25 March 2024
- The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (also known as the Pre-Raphaelites ... The group's intention was to reform art by rejecting what they ...16 KB (2,149 words) - 00:32, 12 April 2023
- was a leading Russian painter and sculptor of the Peredvizhniki artistic ... Repin was born in the town of Chuguev near Kharkov in the heart of ...10 KB (1,457 words) - 16:31, 12 February 2024
- Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until ... Art Deco experienced a decline in popularity during the late 1930s ...22 KB (3,243 words) - 04:01, 15 August 2023
- Buddhist art refers to the rich and diverse representations of religious ... Early Buddhist art emerged in India and Sri Lanka following the death ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- Building or "Castle" on the National Mall serves as the ... The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest educational ...22 KB (3,235 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- spelled vélo) model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race]] old) is a collectible item desirable because of its age, rarity, condition ...16 KB (2,423 words) - 06:37, 31 July 2023
- thinker. Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists ... cravings, Tolstoy came to embrace a life of personal austerity based on ...19 KB (2,888 words) - 07:47, 6 March 2023
- in library and information science, which is the organization and management ... today are required to have a high degree of diversified and specialized ...23 KB (3,189 words) - 11:04, 7 March 2023
- 31, 1986) was a British artist and sculptor. The son of a mining engineer, ... made him exceptionally wealthy towards the end of his life. However, ...23 KB (3,645 words) - 07:50, 22 January 2024
- painter and author. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art ... The name Vorticism was given to the movement by Ezra Pound in 1913 ...18 KB (2,685 words) - 14:13, 20 May 2023
- Abu Dhabi, officially, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi ( إمارة أبو ظبيّ ), (literally Father of Gazelle), is one of seven emirates that constitute ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 06:53, 14 June 2023
- Espionage is the practice of obtaining confidential information through ... ==Types of Espionage== ===Industrial Espionage=== Industrial espionage ...16 KB (2,298 words) - 12:20, 21 January 2023
- May 14, 1727 – August 2, 1788) was one of the foremost portrait and landscape ... He is recognized among the most innovative and enigmatic artists of ...17 KB (2,489 words) - 21:10, 30 April 2023
- important influence on popular music during the late 1950s and early 60s. ... Raised in Minnesota, Cochran moved with his family to California in ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 18:05, 12 February 2024
- 1856 – April 14, 1925) was a renowned turn-of-the century portrait painter ... In addition to painting two United States presidents - Theodore Roosevelt ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
