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- in digital form and exhibits them via the Internet. Most virtual museums ... Some virtual museums exist solely in a virtual environment. The Museum ...12 KB (1,742 words) - 20:36, 3 May 2023
- The Kellogg-Briand Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris after the ... In its original form, the Pact of Paris was a renunciation of war ...7 KB (1,036 words) - 17:20, 5 October 2022
- a museum, library, archive, zoo, and others. The term originates from the from ... and global contexts. Curators have the unique role of building a ...10 KB (1,517 words) - 06:45, 12 January 2024
- The Benin Empire or Edo Empire (1440-1897), also known as the Kingdom ... Within his own community, the Oba is symbolic of a long cultural and ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- Obscenity is either the state of being lewd and indecent, or something ... Still, most societies regard the existence of standards defining what ...14 KB (2,133 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- turning Lieutenant William Bligh and some of the officers and crew adrift ... Mutiny is the act of conspiring to disobey an order that a group of ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental ... The European Convention is still the only international human rights ...32 KB (4,886 words) - 04:33, 23 March 2024
- present-day Iraq). His work resulted in some of dramatic discoveries, including ... Woolley's work also included findings of sediment that he believed ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 21:47, 25 October 2022
- Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom ... The ancient African civilization of Axum flourished for over a thousand ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- is marked by a close collaboration between the photographer and the subject. Her most famous photo appeared on the front cover of Rolling Stone ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- 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
- He is famous for his portraits of important figures in colonial ... From about 1760 until 1774, Copley painted the finest portraits of ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 07:49, 3 August 2022
- established for charitable purposes only. The law favors charities because ... to benefit society or a specific group of people within that society ...17 KB (2,518 words) - 01:47, 4 December 2023
- Improvisation is the art of acting and reacting, in the moment, to ... The art of improvisation often focuses on bringing one's personal ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- (c. 544 – 496 B.C.E.) was a Chinese author of The Art of War (Chinese: 兵 ... The Art of War is a systematic guide to strategy and tactics for rulers ...22 KB (3,388 words) - 13:53, 28 April 2023
- Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United ... In February 1926, Carter G. Woodson launched the celebration of "Negro ...22 KB (3,112 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- – August 27, 1988, Ithaca, New York, United States) was a distinguished ... Cambridge where he developed an interest in the philosophy of mathematics ...9 KB (1,265 words) - 00:54, 9 November 2022
- Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was one of the foremost ... After he began spending summers in Gloucester, Massachusets his art ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- meet particular goals, most commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high ... school and weekend programs for students of all ages, including even college ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 01:09, 7 April 2022
- diplomat, and philanthropist. He inherited the successful newspaper publishing ... through Ellis Island to begin a life in the United States. Beginning his ...16 KB (2,264 words) - 22:11, 3 May 2023
- 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
- Mid-Atlantic accent, he was noted as perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair ... The lesson that he learned from his own career as a popular and much ...10 KB (1,620 words) - 00:46, 29 November 2023
- Typically, a fire extinguisher consists of a hand-held cylindrical pressure ... Fire extinguishers have been a major part of fire prevention. The ...15 KB (2,294 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- institution that teaches an inclusive range of subjects across the academic ... While some continue to support the idea of selective education, with ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- an illustration by John Leech that satirizes the preparatory cartoons for frescoes ... A cartoon is a form of expression, or communication, that refers to ...17 KB (2,492 words) - 00:46, 29 November 2023
- The Platonic Academy originated as Plato's school of philosophy ... Scholars distinguish the Old Academy (Plato and his immediate successors ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- (July 19, 1893 – April 14, 1930) was among the foremost representatives for ... He was born the third child and only son to his family in Bagdadi ...15 KB (2,007 words) - 20:47, 3 May 2023
- Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two unarmed persons ... Physical techniques which embody the style of wrestling are clinching ...26 KB (4,025 words) - 01:00, 17 April 2023
- Taejo of Goryeo (877-943, r. 918-943 Combining his rule of Taebong ... ), the founder of the Goryeo Dynasty, ruled Korea from the tenth to ...14 KB (1,907 words) - 02:50, 27 February 2023
- Independence Day (colloquially the Fourth of July or July 4th) is ... other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions ...20 KB (2,843 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- 1920) was a Russian jeweler, best known for the famous Fabergé eggs he designed ... he felt his unique creations, especially the eggs representative of Easter ...14 KB (2,057 words) - 01:07, 24 November 2022
