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31Jerome, Saint — (Eusebius Hieronymous Sophronius; c. 342 420) One of the Latin Doctors of the Church. Born in Dalmatia to a wealthy pagan family, St. Jerome went to Rome to acquire an education and there he was baptized by Pope Liberius in 360. A vision of… …
32Vanitas — In English, vanity. Vanitas is a theme in art that reminds viewers of the transience of life and admonishes them on the importance of living righteously to ensure salvation. The term is taken from a verse in Ecclesiastes (12: 8) that reads,… …
33Keats, John — born Oct. 31, 1795, London, Eng. died Feb. 23, 1821, Rome, Papal States English Romantic poet. The son of a livery stable manager, he had a limited formal education. He worked as a surgeon s apprentice and assistant for several years before… …
34vanitas — [van′i täs΄] n. 〚L〛 1. vanity; futility 2. a work of art containing symbols of mortality or the impermanence of material things; esp., a 17th cent. Dutch painting of this kind adj. of or relating to this genre [the vanitas tradition] * * * ▪ …
35Seven Swordsmen (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Seven Swordsmen 七劍下天山 caption = DVD cover genre = Wuxia, drama creator = Tsui Hark Cheung Sim Yim Clarence Fok (director) Liang Yusheng (novel) starring =Vincent Zhao Ada Choi Wang Xuebing Ray Lui Qiao Zhenyu Bryan… …
36arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
37Giacomo Leopardi — Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi Born June 29, 1798(1798 06 29) Recanat …
38Atta Kim — (born 1956) is a South Korean photographer who has been active since the mid 1980s. He has exhibited his work internationally and was the first photographer chosen to represent South Korea in the São Paulo Biennial.His early works were black and… …
39The Garden of Earthly Delights — Infobox Painting painting alignment = right image size = 300px title = The Garden of Earthly Delights artist = Hieronymus Bosch year = 1503 1504 type = Oil on wood triptych height = 220 width = 389 height inch = 87 width inch = 153 city = Madrid… …
40Kierkegaard’s speculative despair — Judith Butler Every movement of infinity is carried out through passion, and no reflection can produce a movement. This is the continual leap in existence that explains the movement, whereas mediation is a chimera, which in Hegel is supposed to… …
