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81Paul Hartal — (1936 –) is a Canadian painter and poet, born in Szeged, Hungary. He has created the term Lyrical Conceptualism to characterize his style in both painting and poetry, and has created a manifesto to describe his thesis. Biographical information… …
82Diffraction topography — (short: topography ) is an X ray imaging technique based on Bragg diffraction. Diffraction topographic images ( topographs ) record the intensity profile of a beam of X rays (or, sometimes, neutrons) diffracted by a crystal. A topograph thus… …
83Macedonian nationalism — Map of Macedonia on the basis of earlier publication in the newspaper Македонскi Голосъ of the Saint Petersburg Macedonian Colony, 1913 Macedonian nationalism is a term referring to the ethnic Macedonian version of nationalism. Contents …
84Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes — The restoration of the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel was one of the most significant art restorations of the 20th century. The Sistine Chapel was built by Pope Sixtus IV within the Vatican immediately to the north of St. Peter s Basilica and… …
85Devitrification — is the opposite of vitrification, i.e., the process of crystallization in a formerly crystal free (amorphous) glass.[1] The term is derived from the Latin vitreus, meaning glassy and transparent.[2] Devitrification in glass art Devitrification… …
86electromagnetic radiation — Physics. radiation consisting of electromagnetic waves, including radio waves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x rays, and gamma rays. [1950 55] * * * Energy propagated through free space or through a material medium in the form of… …
87Olympic Games — 1. Also called Olympian Games. the greatest of the games or festivals of ancient Greece, held every four years in the plain of Olympia in Elis, in honor of Zeus. 2. a modern international sports competition, held once every four years. [1600 10]… …
88Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
89Rilke, Rainer Maria — orig. René Maria Rilke born Dec. 4, 1875, Prague, Bohemia, Austria Hungary died Dec. 29, 1926, Valmont, Switz. Austro German poet. After an unhappy childhood and an ill planned preparatory education, Rilke began a life of wandering that took him… …
90Southeast Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The classical literatures of Southeast Asia can be divided into three major regions: the Sanskrit region of… …
