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  • 21Odd Nerdrum — Early Morning, oil on canvas, 206cm x 175.5cm, painting by Odd Nerdrum Born April 8, 1944 (1944 04 08) (age 67) Helsingborg, Sweden …

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  • 22Augustan drama — [ riot at Covent Garden s Royal Theatre in 1762 over a rumored increase in ticket prices. Although drama declined in the Augustan era, it was still popular entertainment.] Augustan drama can refer to the dramas of Ancient Rome during the reign of …

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  • 23photoengraving — /foh toh en gray ving/, n. 1. a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing. 2. a plate so produced. 3. a print made from it. [1870 75; PHOTO + ENGRAVING] * * * Any of several processes for producing printing plates …

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  • 24Axum — • A titular metropolitan see of ancient Christian Ethiopia Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Axum     Axum     † …

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  • 25Northern Mannerism — Bartholomeus Spranger, Hercules, Deianira and Nessus, 1580 85 Northern Mannerism is the term in European art history for the versions of Mannerism practiced in the visual arts north of the Alps in the 16th and early 17th century …

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  • 26Stradiuarius, Antonius —    A most interesting account of Antonius Stradiuarius, who is generally thought to be the greatest maker of the violin has been published by M. Fetis, and translated into English by Mr. Bishop of Cheltenham. In addition to records of his family …

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  • 27Antoine Coysevox — Self portrait (Louvre) Louis …

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  • 28First English Civil War — The First English Civil War (1642–1646) was the first of three wars known as the English Civil War (or Wars ). The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and… …

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  • 29Eglon van der Neer — (1635/36, Amsterdam May 3 1703, Düsseldorf) was a Dutch painter of historical scenes, portraits and elegant, fashionable people, and later of landscapes.LifeVan der Neer was probably first taught by his father, Aert van der Neer, and then took… …

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  • 30Milntown Castle — was an early 16th century castle which was situated near Milton, in Easter Ross, in the Scottish Highlands. It was built by the Munros of Milntown, a cadet branch of the Clan Munro. In 1656, the castle was sold to George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of… …

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