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Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de

(Encyclopedia) Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José deGoya y Lucientes, Francisco José defränthēsˈkō hōsāˈ ᵺā gōˈyä ē l&oomacr;thēānˈtās [key], 1746–1828, Spanish painter and graphic artist. Goya is…

mosaic

(Encyclopedia) mosaicmosaicmōzāˈĭk [key], art of arranging colored pieces of marble, glass, tile, wood, or other material to produce a surface ornament. The Gothic revival of the 19th cent.…

William WINDOM, Congress, MN (1827-1891)

Senate Years of Service: 1870-1871; 1871-1881; 1881-1883 Party: Republican; Republican; Republican WINDOM William , a Representative and a Senator from Minnesota; born in Belmont County, Ohio, on…

Beyond Pluto

In July 2005, a team from the California Institute of Technology announced the discovery of a possible “tenth planet” temporarily called 2003 UB313. This most distant object so far found in…

Movie Timeline

Here are key moments in the history and evolution of the cinema. 1889William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, commissioned by Thomas Alva Edison, builds the first motion-picture camera and names it the…

2004–2005 Primetime Emmy Awards

Drama Series: Lost (ABC) Actor: James Spader, Boston Legal Actress: Patricia Arquette, Medium Supporting Actor: William Shatner, Boston Legal Supporting Actress: Blythe Danner, Huff Guest…

Human Error

A Bug's Life's Flick was only one in a plague of penned and pixelated protagonists to hit the box office. DreamWorks' Prince of Egypt is the latest. Related Links The Movies of 1998There's…

History of Chopsticks

How did the Asian food utensils originate? Some believe Confucius championed chopsticks over knives, which would remind people of slaughterhouses. Related Links Asian Foods Primer…

2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to drama to music Related Links Pulitzer Prizes Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and…