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1Sheshet Benveniste — Sheshet ben Isaac ben Joseph Benveniste (lived in the latter half of the twelfth century) was a French Jewish physician and writer. Like Isaac Benveniste, who is supposed to have been his father, he was styled Nasi (prince). BiographyHe received… …
2Unruh, Fritz von — ▪ German author born May 10, 1885, Koblenz, Germany died November 28, 1970, Diez, West Germany dramatist, poet, and novelist, one of the most poetically gifted of the younger German Expressionist (Expressionism) writers. The son of a… …
3grand — adj Grand, magnificent, imposing, stately, majestic, august, noble, grandiose are comparable when they mean large, handsome, dignified, and impressive. They vary somewhat in the emphasis which they respectively place on these qualities, and they… …
4literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
5performing 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 …
6jazz — jazzer, n. /jaz/, n. 1. music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble… …
7Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
8Rainer Maria Rilke — Infobox Writer name = Rainer Maria Rilke imagesize = 200px caption = pseudonym = birthdate = birth date|1875|12|4|df=y birthplace = Prague, Bohemia deathdate = death date and age|1926|12|29|1875|12|4|df=y deathplace = Switzerland occupation =… …
9James Abbott McNeill Whistler — Infobox Artist bgcolour = tan name = James Abbott McNeill Whistler imagesize = 200px caption = Self portrait (1872), Detroit Institute of Arts birthname = birthdate = birth date|mf=yes|1834|7|14 location = Lowell, Massachusetts deathdate = death… …
10English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
