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Crane, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Crane, Walter, 1845–1915, English designer, illustrator, and painter. As a painter he is grouped with the later Pre-Raphaelites, but he is better known for his illustrations of the…Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman
The Little Robber MaidenWhat Took Place in the Palace ...The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman Suddenly they stopped before a little house, which looked very miserable. The roof reached…Mamet's <i>Boy</i> Wonder
An Interview with playwright and filmmaker David Mamet by Peter Keough Related Links The Winslow Boy: Official SiteSony Pictures ClassicsThe only constants, it would seem, in the creative world of…The Seven Wonders of the Modern World
People have put together many lists of the seven ancient wonders of the world. But this “seven wonders” list celebrates monumental engineering and construction feats of the 20th century. It was…7 Wonders of the Ancient World Slideshow
by Dan Steckenberg The Seven Wonders of the Ancient world were first defined by the Greek historian Herodotus, and then transcribed, argued about, and edited over hundreds of…Brewer's: Nine Days' Wonder
(A). Something that causes a great sensation for a few days, and then passes into the limbo of things forgotten. In Bohn's Handbook of Proverbs we have “A wonder lasts nine days, and then…Pachelbel: One-Hit Wonder?
The Question: Did Pachelbel compose anything other than Canon in D Major? The Answer: Yes. In fact, for centuries, Johann Pachelbel (…Brewer's: Seven Wonders of the World
(i) Of Antiquity. The Pyramids first, which in Egypt were laid; Then Babylon's Gardens for Amytis made; Third, Mausolus's Tomb of affection and guilt; Fourth, the Temple of Dian, in…Yamamoto, Kansai
(Encyclopedia) Yamamoto, Kansai, 1944–2020, Japanese fashion designer, known as Kansai. Essentially self-taught, he showed his first collection in London in 1971. The theatrical garments, with an…The Devil's Dictionary: Woman
by Ambrose Bierce WITTICISMWORMS'-MEATWOMAN -n. An animal usually living in the vicinity of Man, and having a rudimentary susceptibility to domestication It is credited by many of the…Trending
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