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111theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …
112Aegean civilizations — The Bronze Age civilizations that arose and flourished с 3000–1000 BC in the region bordering the Aegean Sea. They included Crete, the Cyclades, the Greek mainland south from Thessaly, including the Peloponnese, and Macedonia, Thrace, and western …
113American Museum of Natural History — Major centre of research and education on the natural sciences, established in New York City in 1869. It pioneered in staging field expeditions and creating dioramas and other lifelike exhibits showing natural habitats and their plant and animal… …
114arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
115Latin American art — Introduction artistic traditions that developed in Mesoamerica, Central America, and South America after contact with the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in 1492 and 1500, respectively, and continuing to the present. This article… …
116motion picture, history of the — Introduction history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …
117Velázquez, Diego — ▪ Spanish painter Introduction in full Diego Rodríguez de Silva Velázquez baptized June 6, 1599, Sevilla, Spain died August 6, 1660, Madrid the most important Spanish painter of the 17th century, a giant of Western art. Velázquez… …
118Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti — Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti Sienese painters. The time of their birth and death is not known. Their dated works extend over a period of thirty years, from 1316 to 1348.… …
119Dassault Systèmes — S.A. Type Société Anonyme (Euronext: DSY) I …
120Hypothetical types of biochemistry — are forms of biochemistry speculated to be scientifically viable but not proven to exist at this time. While the kinds of living beings we know on earth commonly use carbon for basic structural and metabolic functions, water as a solvent and DNA… …
