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- 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
- The word oratory refers to the art of eloquent speech. An orator is ... quot; also refers to a semi-public place of worship constructed for the ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown and a chronicler of ... Many of Goya's works are on display in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. ...18 KB (2,863 words) - 04:54, 9 April 2024
- ), was an Italian Renaissance painter, the foremost painter of the ... His main works focused on religious themes, with many paintings of ...26 KB (3,834 words) - 19:48, 9 April 2024
- who became a key figure in the development of American pictorialism. He became ... #039;s interest turned to the spiritual side of life, with investigations of ...23 KB (3,410 words) - 08:45, 23 July 2023
- poet, and playwright. He was a key figure of the Renaissance, best known ... leading armies, the wealthy city-states of Italy falling one after another ...29 KB (4,511 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- The Baroque style began as somewhat of a continuation of the Renaissance ... The Council of Trent (1545-1563), in which the Roman Catholic Church ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 10:50, 20 September 2023
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870 and opened in 1872 ... preservation standards. As with the case of other notable museums, the ...38 KB (5,761 words) - 16:50, 24 October 2023
- 18, 1610) was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily ... and dangerous. He burst upon the Rome art scene in 1600, and thereafter ...56 KB (8,917 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- on colonial attitudes, encouraging a sense of cultural superiority that had ... Indian independence, since it was members of the Indian English-speaking ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 18:39, 30 April 2023
