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Byzantine art and architecture

(Encyclopedia)Byzantine art and architecture, works of art and structures works produced in the city of Byzantium after Constantine made it the capital of the Roman Empire (a.d. 330) and the work done under Byzanti...

Cambodian art and architecture

(Encyclopedia)Cambodian art and architecture: see Angkor and Khmer Empire. ...

youth-and-old-age

(Encyclopedia)youth-and-old-age: see zinnia.

aerial and satellite photography

(Encyclopedia)aerial and satellite photography, technology and science of taking still or moving-picture photographs from a camera mounted on a balloon, airplane, satellite, rocket, or spacecraft. In the 19th cent....

building and loan association

(Encyclopedia)building and loan association: see savings and loan association. ...

Central Provinces and Berar

(Encyclopedia)Central Provinces and Berar: see Madhya Pradesh. ...

Broadstairs and Saint Peter's

(Encyclopedia)Broadstairs and Saint Peter's, town, Kent, SE England. The town is in the region known as the Isle of Thanet. It is a residential area and resort and wa...

Canadian art and architecture

(Encyclopedia)Canadian art and architecture, the various types and styles arts and structures produced in the geographic area that now constitutes Canada. For a discussion of the art of indigenous peoples of Canada...

Weymouth and Melcombe Regis

(Encyclopedia)Weymouth and Melcombe Regis wāˈməth, mĕlˈkəm rēˈjĭs [key], town (1991 pop. 38,384), Dorset, SW England, on Weymouth Bay. It is a port and a resort town with wide beaches. The port was active ...

Victoria and Albert Museum

(Encyclopedia)Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, opened in 1852 as the Museum of Manufacturers at Marlborough House. It originally contained a nucleus of contemporary objects of applied art bough...