(Encyclopedia) modern art, art created from the 19th cent. to the mid-20th cent. by artists who veered away from the traditional concepts and techniques of painting, sculpture, and other fine arts…
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The Spanish civil war (1936–39) truncated the cultural evolution of the country. Many writers went into exile. Salinas, Guillén,…
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Ottoman Empire (c.1683)
Ottoman EmpireOttoman Empireŏtˈəmən [key], vast state founded in the late 13th cent. by Turkish tribes in Anatolia and ruled by the descendants of Osman…
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Bohr-Rutherford atom
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Probability distribution of the electron in the hydrogen atom: A. Ground state B. Highly excited state
atom [Gr.,=uncuttable (indivisible)],…
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