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  • 1Empedocles — M.R.Wright INTRODUCTION Empedocles was a native of Acragas (Agrigento) in Sicily, a Doric colony founded on the south coast of the island in the sixth century BC, which soon grew to rival Syracuse in its prosperity. A line of temples, many of… …

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  • 2Marine art — Rembrandt van Rijn, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee 1633 Marine art or maritime art is any form of figurative art (that is, painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture) that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea. Maritime painting… …

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  • 3Occitan literature — still sometimes called Provençal literature is a body of texts written in Occitan in what is nowadays the South of France. It originated in the poetry of the 11th and 12th century troubadours, and inspired the rise of vernacular literature… …

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  • 4Leonardo da Vinci — Da Vinci redirects here. For other uses, see Da Vinci (disambiguation). Leonardo da Vinci Self portrait …

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  • 5Thomas M'Crie the Elder — For his eldest son, of the same name, see Thomas M Crie the Younger.Thomas M Crie (November, 1772 August 5, 1835) was a Scottish historian, writer, and preacher born in the town of Dunse, Berwickshire in November 1772. He was the eldest of a… …

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  • 6Leonardo da Vinci's personal life — Infobox Artist name = Leonardo da Vinci imagesize = 150px caption = Portrait in red chalk, circa 1512 to 1515. [ This drawing in red chalk is widely (though not universally) accepted as an original self portrait. The main reason for hesitation in …

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