actorBorn: 11/4/1918Birthplace: Mt. Vernon, New York Carney is best-known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of Ed Norton, Jackie Gleason's sidekick on the various incarnations of The Honeymooners (…
A mosaic is a picture or design made by gluing together small stones, pieces of glass or other hard materials. In the ancient world, grand homes sometimes had mosaic floors. From ancient cave…
Abstract Expressionism A style developed in the mid-20th century. It emphasized form and color rather than an actual subject. Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning were abstract expressionists.…
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The Art of Deception by Ann Marie Imbornoni The Accidental Artist One of the greatest master forgers of all time was the Italian sculptor Alceo Dossena (1878-1936). Dossena did not…
(Encyclopedia) art. The major general surveys on topics in the fine arts are painting; sculpture; drawing; photography, and architecture.
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American Indian activistBorn: 1952Birthplace: Camp Lejeune, N.C. The daughter of a military officer, Bell moved frequently as a child. However, as a member of the Mashantucket Pequot Indian tribe,…
Born: 1847Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland Telegraphy—In addition to the telephone, Bell held patents for the telegraph, photophone, phonograph, aerial vehicles, hydroairplanes, and a selenium cell…
Born: 1918Birthplace: New York City 6-Mercaptopurine—Elion synthesized the leukemia-fighting drug 6-mercaptopurine. Her other developments were drugs used to block organ rejections in kidney…
