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51Cultural depictions of Leonardo da Vinci — Main article: Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci Raphael s depiction of Plato in his famous fresco The School of Athens in the Vatican is believed to be an image of Leonardo da Vinci. Birth name …
52Thérèse Johanne Alexandra Tietjens — (July 17, 1831 ndash; October 3, 1877) was a leading opera and oratorio soprano singer of Hungarian origin who was born in Hamburg, but made her career in London during the 1860s and 1870s. Hamburg, Vienna, Frankfurt Mme Therese Tietjens received …
53Belmont und Constanze — Belmont und Constanze, oder Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner is a book, published in 1781, containing the story on which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart based his opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Abduction from the… …
54Imperial Harem — İmaginary scene from the Sultan s harem The Imperial Harem (Turkish, Harem i Hümâyûn) of the Ottoman Empire (1299 1923) was one of the most important elements of the Ottoman court. It was known in the West as the Seraglio , an Italian term …
55Ottoman Court Positions — The Ottoman Court was an elaborate society of royalty and nobility. Beneath the ruling nobles however, existed a grand hierarchy of people, effectively slaves, who were the Sultan s to command as he pleased.Şeyhülislam: The Şeyhülislam (the… …
56Adina (opera) — Adina is an operatic farsa in one act by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Gherardo Bevilacqua Aldobrandini. The opera develops the popular theme of the abduction from the seraglio. [ [http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ciao/Rossini%20operas/1… …
57Christiane Eda-Pierre — (born March 24, 1932) is a French lyric coloratura soprano of Martiniquan origin, who sang in a wide variety of roles, from baroque to contemporary works. Life and career Eda Pierre was born in Fort de France, Martinique, and came to France to… …
58Turquerie — is the Orientalist fashion for imitating aspects of Turkish art and culture in Western Europe between roughly the 16th to 18th centuries. The movement was experienced by many different Western European countries as it revealed the exotic and… …
59Architecture of Istanbul — The Architecture of Istanbul describes a large mixture of structures which reflect the many influences that have made an indelible mark in all districts of the city. The city is somewhat surrounded by the Walls of Constantinople, originally… …
60Abdul Hamid II —    Abdul Hamid II Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Caliph …
