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  • 11theatre — /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… …

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  • 12Hofburg Palace — Coordinates: 48°12′23″N 16°21′55″E / 48.206507°N 16.365262°E / 48.206507; 16.365262 …

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  • 13Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction       three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present.       Like… …

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  • 14Rococo — For other uses, see Rococo (disambiguation). Rocaille redirects here. It is not to be confused with Rocailles. Pair of lovers group of Nymphenburg porcelain, c. 1760, modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli …

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  • 15Frans Hals — Infobox Artist bgcolour = #EEDD82 name = Frans Hals imagesize = 250px caption = Copy of a self portrait by Frans Hals. birthname = Frans Hals birthdate = c. 1580 location = Antwerp deathdate = death date|1666|8|26|mf=y deathplace = Haarlem… …

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  • 16Marc Chagall — In Paris, 1921 Birth name Moishe Shagal Born 6 July 1887 (NS) Liozna, near Vite …

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  • 17The School for Scandal — Robert Baddeley as Moses (painting by Johann Zoffany, c.1781) Written b …

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  • 18George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax — (November 11 1633 April 5 1695) was an English statesman, writer, and politician.Family and early lifeHe was the great grandson of Sir George Savile of Lupset and Thornhill in Yorkshire (created baronet in 1611) was the eldest son of Sir William… …

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  • 19Trial by Jury — This article is about the comic opera. For the legal institution, see jury trial. For the TV drama series, see . Trial by Jury is a comic opera in one act, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It was first produced on 25… …

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  • 20Oxford Group — Not to be confused with the Anglo Catholicism Oxford Movement. The Oxford Group was a Christian movement that had a following in Europe, China, Africa, Australia, Scandinavia and America in the 1920s and 30s. It was initiated by an American… …

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