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"Why have there been no great women artists?" The question tolls reproachfully in the background of most discussions of the so-called woman problem. But like so many other so-called questions involved ......
| Last Update: 2008-05-30 |
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That's a great question. You could find alot of different answers to that guestion. Hyperfocal distance is often times used in land scape photography because it gives you the greatest depth ......
| Last Update: 2008-04-04 |
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Aha, it IS latin! There are a variety of similar sayings from Roman times. The generally common translation is "If you would seek peace, prepare for war." The first part of ......
| Last Update: 2008-02-22 |
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I think this is what you are referring to. Here is a picture we created of a lighthouse. Stare at the black dot in the center of the image for 30 ......
| Last Update: 2007-12-03 |
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The phrase “A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do” was popularized by John Wayne in the movie Stagecoach (1939). It is in reference to a person needing ......
| Last Update: 2006-12-18 |
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Perhaps the most famous line from the Shakespeare play Macbeth is said by Lady Macbeth, ‘Out, dammed spot!’. This line is the key to why Lady Macbeth killed herself, which doesn’t ......
| Last Update: 2006-12-02 |
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Absolute pitch, or perfect pitch, is the ability to both tell the difference between each notes as well as the ability to reproduce them. Of course you’d have to learn ......
| Last Update: 2006-06-13 |
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Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, and Bernini all used David as a subject to create sculptures. The David they used was the very same that defeated the Philistine giant Goliath with a stone ......
| Last Update: 2006-06-03 |
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Jeet Kune Do is translated from Chinese to ‘Way of the Intercepting Fist’. Developed by Bruce Lee the Bruce Lee Foundation decided in 2004 to use the name Jun Fan Jeet ......
| Last Update: 2006-05-29 |
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While your poetry may be very good, it will still be difficult to make any money publishing it, people just aren’t interested in poetry. That’s not to say you have no ......
| Last Update: 2006-05-01 |
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, written by Daniel Handler, is a children's book series, written under the name of one of the fictional characters, Lemony Snicket. The series is twelve books ......
| Last Update: 2006-04-02 |
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The stage adaptation of Lord of the Rings is the most expensive theater production ever with a cost of over $24 million dollars. It is a hybrid mix of musical, drama ......
| Last Update: 2006-03-30 |
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The Great Gatsby is a well known, often taught in schools, novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The main character Gatsby is living a lie throughout the book, adding to the ultimate ......
| Last Update: 2006-03-08 |
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The Usual Suspects is a 1995 movie starring Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Chazz Palminteri, and Kevin Pollak. A crime drama with a substantial twist at the ......
| Last Update: 2006-03-06 |
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You got more than you bargained for when you asked that question. Yes it was Van Gogh that cut his own ear off. He didn't cut the whole ear off; he ......
| Last Update: 2006-03-01 |
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Nightmare Hall is a series of books by Diane Hoh. The series totals twenty-nine books in total. I have not been able to find any movies at all based on any ......
| Last Update: 2006-02-28 |
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Curious George is a character in a book and was never alive in the first place. I'll assume the author of the book, H. A. Rey, is who you are really ......
| Last Update: 2006-02-06 |
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Claude Monet was born in Paris, but moved to Normandy when he was five. His father wanted him to run the family grocery store, good choice Claude. Claude Monet was an ......
| Last Update: 2006-01-26 |
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The Lion the Witch and Wardrobe is the second book in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. It was actually the first book written for the series, but Lewis decided ......
| Last Update: 2006-01-05 |
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The term epic is often used in reference to poems, which can be about war, or about other topics. For a poem to be considered an epic it must meet certain ......
| Last Update: 2005-12-18 |
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Elizabethan society is used most commonly in reference to the time that Elizabeth I ruled England. The times before and after the reign of Elizabeth I were full of war and ......
| Last Update: 2005-12-09 |
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Violinists are considered to be players of one of the more difficult instruments to master. They are given the honor of concertmaster, leader of the strings, and leader of the entire ......
| Last Update: 2005-11-21 |
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Leonardo da Vinci's painting the Mona Lisa, was named by Giorgio Vasari who wrote a biography of da Vinci sometime after his death. Vasari names the painting and the model; however, ......
| Last Update: 2005-11-09 |
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