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- and printmaker. She was especially fond of history painting. her own lifetime, she was a personal friend of such notables such as Johann ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 18:05, 27 July 2023
- 12, 1674) was an Italian composer and one of the most celebrated masters ... He made significant contributions to the advancement of dramatic musical ...7 KB (995 words) - 20:11, 26 May 2021
- Spartacus (c. 109 B.C.E. - 71 B.C.E.) the leader of the major slave ... In the autumn of 72, the Senate made Marcus Licinius Crassus leader ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 19:09, 7 February 2023
- The Epistle to Philemon is a book of the New Testament in the Christian ... Christian, Philemon, to intercede on behalf of a runaway slave, Onesimus, ...9 KB (1,498 words) - 19:11, 13 February 2024
- in Padua, Italy, and became a professor of eloquence in Venice at an early ... Filelfo was a man of vast physical energy, inexhaustible mental activity ...15 KB (2,444 words) - 04:47, 9 April 2024
- The Epistle to the Ephesians is one of the books of the New Testament ... The primary theme of Ephesians is the church, its basic nature and ...15 KB (2,422 words) - 19:05, 13 February 2024
- over agriculture and the harvest. Like many of the Roman mythological figures ... The origins of the theonym Saturn, and the nature of the earliest ...11 KB (1,785 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- Germany around 383 C.E. At the request of her father, King Donaut of ... Recently, the historicity of Ursula's story has come under serious ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- The Count of Saint Germain (c. 1710–1784) was a mysterious gentleman ... music, and magic. He had no visible means of support, but no lack of resources ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 08:29, 10 January 2024
- The Epistle to the Colossians is a book of the Bible's New Testament ... Colossians represents an example of "high Christology," ...10 KB (1,524 words) - 22:41, 7 January 2024
- a pre-eminent Baroque sculptor and architect of seventeenth-century Rome. The ... conceits include the piazza and colonnades of Saint Peter's. He preferred ...23 KB (3,452 words) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- Rome ( roʊm ; Roma , ˈroma ; Roma ) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, and is Italy ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- perception, and suggested that all knowledge of objects outside the self comes ... work “La citta del sole” (The City of the Sun). == Life == ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 03:56, 1 May 2023
- Ribera was a leading painter of the Spanish school, although his mature ... mythological subjects, and portraits of ascetics and penitents. His ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 06:44, 28 February 2023
- His versatility in the popular style of Rococo, led to great works ... One of the great painters and draftsmen of the eighteenth century ...11 KB (1,576 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- 11, 1303), born Benedetto Caetani, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from ... Pope, he had worked within the Curia in Rome for forty years and was a ...14 KB (2,378 words) - 07:22, 17 November 2023
- was a poet and ambassador in the service of Henry VIII. Although Wyatt ... England remained largely isolated from many of the innovations of the Italian ...9 KB (1,558 words) - 22:57, 30 April 2023
- who was a leading figure in the development of the impressionist style. His ... in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France, the child of a working class family. As ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 05:15, 24 November 2022
- life was prodigious. When the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches, and ... given his intense spirituality. His statue of David is testimony to the beauty ...21 KB (3,322 words) - 17:11, 9 November 2022
- Shammai (50 B.C.E. – 30 C.E.) was a famous Jewish scholar of the ... Shammai's school became known as the House of Shammai (Beit Shammai ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 13:10, 27 January 2023
- Posidonius (or Poseidonus; Greek: Ποσειδώνιος) "of ... to admit that passions were an inherent part of human nature, rather than errors ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- Rossini, he was a leading composer of bel canto opera. sincere manner about him. He carried a sense of responsibility to nurture and ...18 KB (2,665 words) - 03:45, 18 April 2024
- Simplicius (c. 470 – c. 560), a disciple of Ammonius Hermiae and ... teachings, but preserved valuable fragments of the works of older philosophers ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- and general. He was an important supporter of Gaius Julius Caesar as a military ... Mark Antony was especially criticized in Rome for betraying his Roman ...28 KB (4,345 words) - 16:00, 6 November 2022
- The Epistle to Titus is a book of the New Testament, one of the three ... are truly by the Apostle, due to issues of style, circumstance, and references ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:11, 13 February 2024
- Hebrew: Mattay or Mattithyahu; "Gift of Yahweh"—first century ... Described as a tax collector working near the Sea of Galilee, Matthew ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- who lived in Jerusalem during the time of King Herod around the beginning ... hearted approach to interpreting the spirit of the law, Hillel and his followers ...16 KB (2,728 words) - 13:17, 22 January 2024
- ) is a region in west-central Italy on the shores of the Ligurian ... and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital ...19 KB (2,716 words) - 00:35, 3 May 2023
- Roman Catholic Church elects a new Bishop of Rome (Pope) at a time when ... In the early centuries of Christianity, the bishop of Rome (like other ...41 KB (6,415 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- style. In the 1780s his cerebral brand of historical painting marked ... David became an active supporter of the French Revolution and friend ...24 KB (3,977 words) - 08:23, 18 March 2024
- educator, and Franciscan friar. He wrote one of the earliest compendia of mathematical ... Pacioli was a man of deep faith coupled with a great love for knowledge ...14 KB (2,158 words) - 04:17, 4 November 2022
- ranked number one in both 1968 and 1975. One of the founders of the influential ... Ashe was also a vocal and long-time protester of apartheid in South ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 11:06, 16 August 2023
- as a real, genuine pope. Indeed, statues of Pope Joan once stood in the ... ==The legend of Pope Joan== The legend of Pope Joan can be found in ...24 KB (4,035 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- Gamaliel the Elder, or Gamaliel I, was the leading Jewish teacher ... disciples from death in a story in the Book of Acts, in which he is quoted ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 04:07, 18 April 2024
- French painter best known for his invention of a new genre, the fête galante ... , Gilles (Louvre), Perspective (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), Mezzetin ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 06:44, 31 July 2023
- The sport of Fencing is a sport of armed combat that is one of the ... ancient times as fencing was an ancient form of combat in warfare. Today the ...26 KB (4,245 words) - 17:16, 26 March 2024
- artist and scholar during a long sojourn in Rome. There he was admitted to ... Wright is currently rated as one of the leading indigenous British ...28 KB (4,229 words) - 02:57, 2 May 2024
- painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic ... From the first quarter of the seventeenth century, Velázquez's ...37 KB (5,925 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- Ukrainian-born Russian writer. Although many of his works were influenced by ... satire, comic realism, and descriptions of Russian provincials and petty ...15 KB (2,434 words) - 04:07, 15 November 2022
- She is best known for her happy scenes of couples, families, and Dutch ... a greater range than most Dutch painters of the era, and she was one of ...11 KB (1,680 words) - 21:00, 4 October 2022
- Sorbonne.jpg|thumb|300 px|Main buildings of the University of Paris I Panthéon ... The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris) first appeared ...30 KB (4,606 words) - 02:11, 18 April 2023
- distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic. Hailing ... role in several books from the Masters of Rome series of historical ...48 KB (7,762 words) - 08:50, 24 November 2022
- [[Image:Jan de Bray 002.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Governors of the ... A guild is an association of craftspeople in a particular trade. The ...29 KB (4,314 words) - 03:51, 11 July 2023
- 15, 1787) was a German composer, one of the most important opera composers ... Gluck was born in Erasbach (now a district of Berching, Bavaria) the ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 21:41, 10 December 2023
- Engraving is the practice of cutting a design into a hard surface ... Engraving was a historically important method of producing images ...11 KB (1,710 words) - 18:36, 13 February 2024
- A university is an institution of higher education and research, which ... Universities are seen as a place of great personal development, but ...28 KB (4,044 words) - 12:01, 3 May 2023
- One of the first American writers to use the stream of consciousness ... Dos Passos was born in Chicago, where his father was a wealthy lawyer ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 04:56, 3 August 2022
- track and field athletics, is a collection of sports events that involve ... The Roman Games stressed the Greek sports of chariot racing and wrestling ...27 KB (4,185 words) - 05:55, 21 August 2023
- 1, 1851) was an English novelist, author of Frankenstein, or The Modern ... The daughter of two of the most prominent (and controversial) philosophers ...19 KB (3,074 words) - 16:14, 7 November 2022
- or other substances. Jewelry is made out of almost every material known ... Whether used as currency, protection, or fashion, jewelry is one of ...33 KB (4,967 words) - 20:02, 13 September 2023
