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111Art and Art Exhibitions — ▪ 2009 Introduction Art The art market enjoyed an astonishing run of record breaking sales through the first nine months of a volatile 2008. In May Lucian Freud s Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (1995), a candid portrayal of a corpulent female …
112Foster, Sir Norman — ▪ 2000 It was fitting that British architect Sir Norman Foster accepted the 1999 Pritzker Architecture Prize in Berlin, the home of the historic Reichstag building, which Foster had brilliantly redesigned and renovated to house the German… …
113Foster, Lord Norman — ▪ British architect in full Lord Norman Foster of Thames Bank , original name in full Norman Robert Foster born June 1, 1935, Manchester, England prominent British architect known for his sleek, modern buildings made of steel and glass.… …
114painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …
115photography, history of — Introduction method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light sensitive material. The word, derived from the Greek photos (“light”) and graphein (“to draw”), was first used in the… …
116Spencer, Sir Stanley — ▪ English painter born June 30, 1891, Cookham, Berkshire, England died December 14, 1959, Taplow, Buckinghamshire one of the leading painters in England between the World Wars. He used an expressively distorted style of drawing and often drew… …
117Sukhāvatī — ▪ Buddhist belief (Sanskrit: “Pure Land”), in Mahāyāna Buddhism, the Western Paradise of the Buddha Amitābha, described in the Pure Land sutras (Sukhāvatī vyūha sūtras). According to followers of the Pure Land sects, which are widespread… …
118Ecclesiastical Architecture — • All ecclesiastical architecture may be said to have been evolved from two distinct germ cells, the oblong and the circular chamber Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Architecture Ecclesiastic …
119fair enough — interjection An expression used to concede a point; denotes that, upon consideration, something is correct or reasonable; an expression of acknowledgment or understanding. You can play the exercises pretty well on piano, fair enough, but can you… …
120express — 1. adjective /ɛk.spɹɛs/ a) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me. b) Specific or precise. In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit …
