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- 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
