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121Romanticism in science — Romanticism, also known as the “Age of Reflexion,” describes the intellectual movement from 1800 1840 that originated in Western Europe as a counter movement to the Enlightenment of the late 18th century. Romanticism incorporated many fields of… …
122Dante's Satan — In Dante’s Inferno, Satan is portrayed as a giant beast, frozen mid breast in ice at the center of Hell. Satan has three heads and affixed under each chin are pairs of bat like wings. As Satan beats his wings, he creates a cold wind which… …
123Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute — (zh cp|p=Hújiā Shíbā Pāi|c=胡笳十八拍) are a series of Chinese songs and poems about the life of Han Dynasty (202 BCE ndash;220 CE) poet Cai Wenji, accompanied by 18 scenes painted on a handscroll, commissioned by the Emperor Gaozong of Song (1107… …
124modernization — See modernize. * * * Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important,… …
125colour — /kul euhr/, n., adj. v.t., v.i. Chiefly Brit. color. Usage. See or1. * * * I Aspect of any object that may be described in terms of hue, brightness, and saturation. It is associated with the visible wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, which …
126performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
127Sophocles — Sophoclean /sof euh klee euhn/, adj. /sof euh kleez /, n. 495? 406? B.C., Greek dramatist. * * * born с 496, Colonus, near Athens died 406 BC, Athens Greek playwright. With Aeschylus and Euripides, he was one of the three great tragic playwrights …
128Baroque period — (17th–18th century) Era in the arts that originated in Italy in the 17th century and flourished elsewhere well into the 18th century. It embraced painting, sculpture, architecture, decorative arts, and music. The word, derived from a Portuguese… …
