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• Oxford Companion to Western Art
  ...uded with 49 feature articles covering a broad [[spectrum]] of topics from art history and its methods to wall painting.
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• CAMIO
  ...ttps://0-camio.oclc.org.catalog.sewanee.edu/ CAMIO]''''' — '''''Catalog of Art Museum Images Online''''' ...d, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms.
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• Gallery
  ...le English] galerie, from Medieval [[Latin]] galeria, probably alteration of galilaea galilee :c : a platform at the quarters or stern of a ship
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• Sculpture
  ...', from ''sculptus'', past participle of ''sculpere'' to carve, alteration of ''scalpere'' to scratch, carve ...carving, modeling, or welding) [[plastic]] or hard materials into works of art
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• Style
  ...''stile'', ''style'', from [[Latin]] ''stilus'' spike, stem, stylus, style of [[writing]]; perhaps akin to Latin ''instigare'' to goad ...s with more [[attention]] to style than to [[content]]> <the flowery style of 18th century prose>
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• Anthology
  New Latin ''anthologia'' collection of epigrams, from Middle Greek, from [[Greek]], flower gathering, from ''antho ...hat Garland by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meleager_of_Gadara Meléagros of Gadara] formed the kernel for what has become known as the [https://en.wiki
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• Architecture
  ...Image:Shrine_of_apollo.jpg|right|frame|<center>"Temple of Tholos on slopes of [[Parnassus]]"</center>]] ...[art]] or [[science]] of building; specifically : the art or [[practice]] of [[designing]] and building [[structures]] and especially habitable ones
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• Environmental Issues: Essential Primary Sources
  ...oirs]], [[letters]], [[interviews]], [[novels]], [[songs]], and works of [[art]]---as well as overview [[information]] that places each document in [[cont
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• Medicine, Health, and Bioethics: Essential Primary Sources
  ...rticles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in [[context]].
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• Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources
  ...rticles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview [[information]] that places each document in [[contex
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• Crime and Punishment: Essential Primary Sources
  ...[memoirs]], [[letters]], interviews, [[novel]]s, [[song]]s, and works of [[art]]---as well as overview [[information]] that places each document in [[cont
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• Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources
  ...rticles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview [[information]] that places each document in context.
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• Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources
  ...rticles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in [[context]].
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• Eserver
  ...where writers, [[editors]] and [[scholars]] publish over 35,000 works free of charge. ...and scholars gather to publish works as open [[archives]], available free of charge to [[readers]].
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• Genre
  ...y composition; the term is also used for any other [[Art#Art forms|form of art]] or [[utterance]]. ...are recognized as either reflecting on or participating in the conventions of genre.
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• Calligraphy
  ...limitations of a [[person]], time and place (Diringer 1968: 441). A style of writing is described as a script, hand or alphabet (Fraser and Kwiatkowski ...[disciplined]] yet fluid and [[spontaneous]], improvised at the [[moment]] of writing (Pott 2006 and 2005; Zapf 2007 and 2006).
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• Fiction
  ...ndamental aspect of human [[culture]], one of the defining characteristics of [[humanity]]. ==Elements of fiction==
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• Mural
  *1: of, relating to, or resembling a wall ...ng characteristic of mural [[painting]] is that the architectural elements of the given [[space]] are harmoniously incorporated into the [[picture]].
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• Heritage
  ...e's [[natural]] situation or [[birth]] : birthright <the nation's heritage of [[tolerance]] <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Ancestry]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?ti
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• Gustav Klimt
  ...Secession gallery. Klimt's primary subject was the [[female]] body and his works are marked by a frank [[eroticism]] ...ition]] was to be a musical performer. Klimt lived in [[poverty]] for most of his [[childhood]], as work was scarce and the economy difficult for [[immig
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• Song
  ....org/wiki/A_cappella a cappella] songs). The lyrics of songs are typically of a poetic, rhyming nature, although they may be religious verses or free pro ...] (sacred vs secular), by style ([[dance]], ballad, Lied, etc), or by time of [[origin]] ([[Renaissance]], Contemporary, etc). People sing songs on stage
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• Prints
  ...d in book form, as [[Artists' Books]]. A single print could be the product of one or multiple techniques. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printmaking]
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• Cartoon
  Italian ''cartone'' pasteboard, cartoon, augmentative of ''carta'' leaf of [[paper]] ...nt parts of the [[composition]] when painted on damp plaster over a series of days (''giornate'').
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• Oxford Reference Premium
  ...story]] titles such as the ''Encyclopedia of Mammals''. This means a total of over 1.4 million entries, including longer, in-depth, signed entries with b ...reference titles offered by the original Core Collection PLUS a whole host of additional material such as:
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• Titian
  ...uring his lifetime he was often called ''Da Cadore'', taken from the place of his birth. ...painters of the Italian Renaissance, but on future generations of Western art.
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• Acoustics
  ...neering. There is often much overlap and interaction between the interests of acousticians and acoustical engineers. ...gy have provoked one another to advance the whole, as in many other fields of knowledge.
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• Palette
  French, from Middle French, diminutive of ''pale spade'', from [[Latin]] ''pala''; probably akin to Latin ''pangere'' ...vailable [[elements]] <a rich palette of [[tones]] and timbres> <a palette of flavors>
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• Exoticism
  *1: originating in or characteristic of a distant [[foreign]] country: exotic birds | they loved to visit ''exotic' ...ordinary: an exotic outfit | (as noun the exotic) : there was a [[touch]] of the exotic in her [[appearance]].
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• Reverse
  ...'revers'', from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ''reversus'', past participle of ''revertere'' to turn back *2: coming from the rear of a [[military]] force
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• Literature
  [[Image:Letters_of_light2.jpg|right|frame|<center>"Letters of [[Light]]"</center>]] ...nclude such [[genre]]s as epic, legend, [[myth]], ballad, plus other forms of oral poetry, and folktale.
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• Illustration
  ...h]] or other work of [[art]] that stresses subject more than form. The aim of an illustration is often to elucidate or decorate [[textual]] [[information ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_paintings cave paintings]. Before the invention of the [[printing press]], [[books]] were hand-illustrated. Illustration has b
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• William Blake
  [[Image:WilliamBlakebyThomasPhillips.jpg|right|frame|<center>Portrait of Wm. Blake by Thomas Phillips</center>]] ...lically]] rich oeuvre, which [[embraced]] the [[imagination]] as "the body of God" or "human existence itself".
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• Immorality
  ...[[groups]] or corporate bodies, [[beliefs]], [[religions]], and works of [[art]]. ...igions as engaged in a long-term [[struggle]] with more [[physical]] forms of religious [[experience]] linked to [[dance]], intoxication and sexual activ
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• Innuendo
  [[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:Lundsfryd_innuendo-art-deco.jpg|right|frame]] :b : the use of such allusions <resorting to innuendo>
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• Xenophon
  ...e Lycon who was one of Socrates' prosecutors). 421 BC is the dramatic date of the work. ...doxical: [[Socrates]], for one, prides himself on his knowledge of the art of pimping.
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• Derivative
  #[[Imitative]] of the work of someone else #Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value
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• Pathos
  *2 : an [[emotion]] of [[sympathetic]] pity ...]] and [[logos]]), and in [[literature]], [[film]] and other [[narrative]] art. It is not to be confused with '[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathos batho
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• Prayer of Azariah
  ...raise. The Addition thus emphasizes the reciprocal covenantal faithfulness of God and the three young men." (Harper's Bible Commentary, p. 863)[https://w [1] And they walked in the midst of the fire, praising [[God]], and blessing the Lord.
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• Crop Circles
  '''Crop circles''' are [[patterns]] created by the flattening of crops such as wheat, barley, rye, or corn, and the term itself Crop circle ...or their crop circle hoaxing. Their work was continued by other [[groups]] of crop circle makers such as the circlemakers arts [[collective]][2] founded
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• Opera
  *1: a [[drama]] set to [[music]] and made up of vocal pieces with [[orchestral]] accompaniment and orchestral overtures and *2: the score of a musical [[drama]]
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• 2004-12-13-All That You Take In Becomes Part of You
  ===Topic: ''All That You Take In Becomes Part of You''=== ...g of sincerity, I also enjoy humor, music and art. Even though this season of traditions is usually quite busy, there are a great many sights and sounds
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• Secondary Corpus
  Works attributed to [[human]] sources.... ...h the [[language]]s, [[literature]], [[history]], [[art]], and all aspects of the ancient [[Mediterranean]] world.
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• Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
  ==[https://hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/index.html Encyclopedia of Religion and Society]== ...thing of the development of today's [[insights]] into the "[[phenomenon]]" of religion.
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• Memorization
  ...so refer to the [[process]] of storing particular [[data]] into the memory of a device. The [[scientific]] study of memory is part of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_neuroscience cognitive neuroscienc
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• Tapestry
  ...-faced weave having weft threads of different colours worked over portions of the warp to form the design.[1][2] ...e displayed on special occasions. Tapestries were also draped on the walls of castles for insulation during winter, as well as for decorative display.
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• Classics
  ...tudy in the humanities. The word "Classics" also refers to the literature of that period. ...he eastern Mediterranean—the ancient [[Persian Empire]] and the [[kingdoms of ancient India]]—are termed [[Orientalists]].
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• Engineering
  ...ench ''engigneour'' [[person]] who [[designs]] and constructs [[military]] works for [[attack]] and [[defense]] ...or [[skills]], typically for [[public]] or commercial use; the profession of an engineer. Freq. with distinguishing word(s) ''chemical, civil, electrica
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• Avant-garde
  ...ks that are [[experiment]]al or innovative, particularly with respect to [[art]], [[culture]], and [[politics]]. ...he [[existence]] of the avant-garde is considered by some to be a hallmark of modernism, as distinct from postmodernism. Many artists have aligned themse
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• 2011-12-25-Christmas Message
  ...f art. It was my delight to live the human life to the fullest expression of His plans, and you too have that same destiny if you truly desire and striv ...aved the way for others to follow should their hearts’ long for this level of spiritual attainment.
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• 2021-05-07-Actors or Spectators
  ...'. Those are a few of the many variances of proactive initiatives. Nothing of substance will ever magically shape up if you do not find practical ways to ...ssed according to the quality of your daydreaming. What would be the point of having a material body if you did not use it as an instrument for creative
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