(Encyclopedia) Enlightenment, term applied to the mainstream of thought of 18th-century Europe and America.
Centered in Paris, the movement gained international character at cosmopolitan salons.…
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lighting, light produced by artificial means to allow visibility in enclosures and at night. For stage lighting, see scene…
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Member Name Birth-Death ABBITT, Watkins Moorman 1908-1998 ADAMS, Thomas 1730-1788 ALEXANDER, Mark 1792-1883 ALLEN…
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Read the brief and informative biographies of notable artists, from Pablo Picasso and Mary Cassatt to Vincent Van Gogh and Georgia O'Keeffe. This is…
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HaitiHaitihāˈtē [key], Fr. HaïtiHaitiäētēˈ [key], officially Republic of Haiti, republic (2015 est. pop. 10,711,000), 10,700 sq mi (27,713 sq km), West Indies, on the western…
(Encyclopedia) French art, the artistic production of the region that constitutes the historic nation of France. See also French architecture.
The innovations of postimpressionism, combined with…
(Encyclopedia) Nobel Prizes
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J. H. Dunant
Frédéric Passy
J. H. van't Hoff
W. C. Roentgen
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R. F. A. Sully-…
