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  • Arts and Crafts concept. Paint brushes, paints and shells on the beach
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  • Arts and Crafts concept. Paint brushes, paints and shells on the beach
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  • Interior of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Vienna, Austria. Staircase with ceiling painting by Mihaly Munkacsy, 1890,
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  • Interior of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Vienna, Austria. Staircase with ceiling painting by Mihaly Munkacsy, 1890,
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  • Exterior of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Vienna, Austria. Staircase with ceiling painting by Mihaly Munkacsy, 1890,
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  • Interior of the Tel Aviv Museum of Arts. Tel Aviv, Israel. Visitor is studying artwork by Pamela Levy
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  • Interior of the Tel Aviv Museum of Arts. Tel Aviv, Israel. Visitor is studying artwork by Pamela Levy
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  • Ethiopian Jewish arts and crafts Traditional coffee pot
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  • Ethiopian Jewish arts and crafts Traditional Baskets
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  • Exterior of the Tel Aviv Museum of Arts. installation sculpture by ZADOK BEN-DAVID. Golda Meir Cultural Center in Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Haifa University new Hecht Arts Center building, the academic center for the study of the arts, designed by Haim Kehat,
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  • Haifa University new Hecht Arts Center building, the academic center for the study of the arts, designed by Haim Kehat,
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  • Haifa University new Hecht Arts Center building, the academic center for the study of the arts, designed by Haim Kehat,
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  • Mont des Arts clock, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Female Martial Arts practicing in a studio on white background
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  • Female Martial Arts practicing in a studio on white background
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  • Female Martial Arts practicing in a studio on white background
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  • Female Martial Arts silhouetted in a studio on white background
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  • Female Martial Arts practicing in a studio on white background
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  • Female Martial Arts practicing in a studio on white background
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  • Female Martial Arts practicing in a studio on white background
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  • Female Martial Arts practicing in a studio on white background
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  • Female Martial Arts practicing in a studio on white background
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  • San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts Museum, California, USA
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  • San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts Museum, California, USA
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  • Museum of Arts and Design, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA
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  • Faculty of Arts (faculdade de Letras) at the university of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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  • Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Female Martial Arts practicing in a studio on white background
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  • Museum of Arts and Design, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA
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  • Visitors examine souvenirs and craft pieces on sale in an arts and crafts market in Belem, Lisbon, Portugal
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  • Visitors examine souvenirs and craft pieces on sale in an arts and crafts market in Belem, Lisbon, Portugal
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  • Visitors examine souvenirs and craft pieces on sale in an arts and crafts market in Belem, Lisbon, Portugal
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  • The arts and crafts market, Athens, Greece
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  • The arts and crafts market, Athens, Greece
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  • Israel, Tel Aviv, The weekly arts and crafts fair, Nachlat Binyamin street
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  • Israel Tel Aviv, The weekly arts and crafts fair, Nachlat Binyamin street. A Bauhaus style building in the background
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  • The Opera House - Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center
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  • The Opera House - Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center
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  • The weekly Tel Aviv arts and crafts fair, Nachlat Binyamin, Israel
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  • The weekly Tel Aviv arts and crafts fair, Nachlat Binyamin, Israel
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  • Mexico building of Arts Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • The Opera House - Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center November 2005
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  • The Opera House - Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center November 2005
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  • Arts of drawing and sculture  during the Reindeer epoch according to the French illustrator Emile Bayard (1837-1891), illustration Artwork published in Primitive Man by Louis Figuier (1819-1894), Published in London by Chapman and Hall 193 Piccadilly in 1870
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  • Arts of drawing and sculture  during the Reindeer epoch according to the French illustrator Emile Bayard (1837-1891), illustration Artwork published in Primitive Man by Louis Figuier (1819-1894), Published in London by Chapman and Hall 193 Piccadilly in 1870
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  • Eastern Europe, Hungary, Budapest, Museum of fine arts
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  • Interior of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Vienna, Austria. Marble sculpture, Theseus Defeats the Centaur, 1875 by Antonio Canova, grand staircase,
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  • Interior of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Vienna, Austria. Marble sculpture, Theseus Defeats the Centaur, 1875 by Antonio Canova, grand staircase,
    IR_Vienna_E4441-Pano.jpg
  • Interior of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Vienna, Austria. Marble sculpture, Theseus Defeats the Centaur, 1875 by Antonio Canova, grand staircase,
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  • Interior of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Vienna, Austria. Marble sculpture, Theseus Defeats the Centaur, 1875 by Antonio Canova, grand staircase,
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  • Interior of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Vienna, Austria. Marble sculpture, Theseus Defeats the Centaur, 1875 by Antonio Canova, grand staircase,
    IR_Vienna_E4441-Pano-1.jpg
  • Interior of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Vienna, Austria. Marble sculpture, Theseus Defeats the Centaur, 1875 by Antonio Canova, grand staircase,
    IR_Vienna_E4440.jpg
  • Gems of Mythology and Secular Games Gem - Art highly prized for its beauty or perfection Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume VIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810.
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  • Gems of Historical and Allegorical Subjects Gem - Art highly prized for its beauty or perfection Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume VIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810.
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  • Antique Seals or Signets, Rings and Bracelets Gem - Art highly prized for its beauty or perfection Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume VIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810.
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  • Egyptian, Indian and Persian Gems. Gem - Art highly prized for its beauty or perfection Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume VIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810.
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  • Equestrian statue of King Albert I, Mont des Arts, Albertine Square, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Eastern Europe, Hungary, Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts
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  • Eastern Europe, Hungary, Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts
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  • Eastern Europe, Hungary, Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts
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  • Iowa USA, IA. Sioux City, The Sioux City arts center November 2006
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  • Eastern Europe, Hungary, Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts
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  • The Grecian Maid (The Daughter Of Dibutades, An Eminent Artist In Pottery), At The Light Thrown Upon Her Lover By The Torch Of The God Of Love, Traces The Outlines Of his Shadow on the Wall. The Genius Of Painting, To Whom This Circumstance Has Given Birth, Soars Aloft, Bearing The Emblems Of The Art. The Corinthian Pillars Allude To The Country Where The Scene Took Place; And The Moon In Her Decline Shows That The Lover Was On The Point Of Undertaking A Journey. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume XVIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1821
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  • The Grecian Maid (The Daughter Of Dibutades, An Eminent Artist In Pottery), At The Light Thrown Upon Her Lover By The Torch Of The God Of Love, Traces The Outlines Of his Shadow on the Wall. The Genius Of Painting, To Whom This Circumstance Has Given Birth, Soars Aloft, Bearing The Emblems Of The Art. The Corinthian Pillars Allude To The Country Where The Scene Took Place; And The Moon In Her Decline Shows That The Lover Was On The Point Of Undertaking A Journey. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume XVIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1821
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  • Couple in a shelter by Pieter Pietersz (4th quarter of the 16th century) Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Vienna, Austria
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  • Sculpture of Aesculap or Asclepius was a hero and god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts;
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  • Frontispiece Illustrating Conchology. Neptune, As The Sovereign Of The Ocean, Approaching The Land In His Chariot, Constructed Of A Chama Shell, Drawn By Sea-Horses; Attended By Mermaids Employed In Bringing Up Shells From The Bottom Of The Sea. In Front A Merman, Blowing The Conch Trumpet, Famed, In The Ancient Hindoo Ceremonials, For Driving Away Evil Demons, And Assembling Their Protecting Genii; As Well As For Sounding The Call To Arms, And The Triumph Of Victory. It Is The Murex Tritonis Of Linnaeus. On The Shore, Two Of The Nereides, Attendants On Neptune, In Their Classical Character. Delineated With Silvery White Vestments, And Heads Bound Round With Fuci, Or Sea- Weed; Sheltered In A Grotto, Beneath Impending Rocks, And Busied In Assorting Beads And Festoons From The Minuter Shells. In The Fore -Ground, A Group Of Selected Shells, Emblematical Of The Choice Arrangement Required To Form A Cabinet Of Conchology. hand coloured Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume V;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810
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  • Frontispiece Illustrating Conchology. Neptune, As The Sovereign Of The Ocean, Approaching The Land In His Chariot, Constructed Of A Chama Shell, Drawn By Sea-Horses; Attended By Mermaids Employed In Bringing Up Shells From The Bottom Of The Sea. In Front A Merman, Blowing The Conch Trumpet, Famed, In The Ancient Hindoo Ceremonials, For Driving Away Evil Demons, And Assembling Their Protecting Genii; As Well As For Sounding The Call To Arms, And The Triumph Of Victory. It Is The Murex Tritonis Of Linnaeus. On The Shore, Two Of The Nereides, Attendants On Neptune, In Their Classical Character. Delineated With Silvery White Vestments, And Heads Bound Round With Fuci, Or Sea- Weed; Sheltered In A Grotto, Beneath Impending Rocks, And Busied In Assorting Beads And Festoons From The Minuter Shells. In The Fore -Ground, A Group Of Selected Shells, Emblematical Of The Choice Arrangement Required To Form A Cabinet Of Conchology. hand coloured Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume V;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810
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  • Couple in a shelter by Pieter Pietersz (4th quarter of the 16th century) Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Vienna, Austria
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  • Israel, Caesarea, Ralli Museum of modern art Venus of Arles January 2007
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  • Israel, Caesarea, Ralli Museum of modern art Statue of the Rambam January 2007
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  • Israel, Caesarea, Ralli Museum of modern art Statue of Judah Halevi January 2007
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  • Israel, Caesarea, Ralli Museum of modern art Statue of Ibn Gvirol January 2007
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  • Israel, Caesarea, Ralli Museum of modern art Statue of Baruch Spinoza, January 2007
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  • Israel, Caesarea, Ralli Museum of modern art, statue in the court yard January 2007
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  • Israel, Caesarea, Ralli Museum of modern art, statue in the court yard January 2007
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  • Portrait of William Beckford, Esq [William Beckford (baptised 19 December 1709 – 21 June 1770) was a well-known political figure in 18th-century London, who twice held the office of Lord Mayor of London (1762 and 1769). His vast wealth came largely from his plantations in Jamaica and the large numbers of enslaved Africans working for him. He was, and is, often referred to as Alderman Beckford to distinguish him from his son William Thomas Beckford, author and art collector, and from his nephew William Beckford of Somerley (1744-1799), author and planter. During his life, Beckford and his family owned 13 sugar plantations, over 22,000 acres of land, and about 3,000 enslaved Africans.] Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume II;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810
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  • Silhouette of a man shadow fighting on the beach at sunset
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  • Thomas Parr (c. 1482/1483 (reputedly) – 13 November 1635) was an Englishman who was said to have lived for 152 years.[1] He is often referred to as Old Parr or Old Tom Parr. A portrait of Parr hangs at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, with an inscription which reads "Thomas Parr died at the age of 152 years 9 months" "The old old very old man or Thomas Parr, son of John Parr of Winington in the Parish of Alberbury who was borne in the year 1483 in Rayne of King Edward IV being 152 years old in the year 1635." The portrait was once in the collection of the Leighton family of Loton Park, which is in Parr's home parish of Alberbury. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume XVIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1821
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  • The illuminated cascading fountains in front of the National Art Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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  • The illuminated Font Magica or Magic Fountain in front of the National Art Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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  • The illuminated cascading fountains in front of the National Art Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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  • The illuminated Font Magica or Magic Fountain in front of the National Art Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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  • The illuminated Font Magica or Magic Fountain in front of the National Art Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Asia, Southeast, People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, The Hong Kong arts center Kowloon peninsula.
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  • Epaminondas (c. 418 BC – 362 BC) was a Greek general (strategos/Boeotarch) of Thebes and statesman of the 4th century BC who transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes, leading it out of Spartan subjugation into a pre-eminent position in Greek politics called the Theban Hegemony. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume VIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810.
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  • Xenophon of Athens (c. 430 – 354 BC) was an Athenian-born military leader, philosopher, and historian. At the age of 30, Xenophon was elected a commander of one of the biggest Greek mercenary armies, the Ten Thousand, that marched on and came close to capturing Babylon in 401 BC. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume VIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810.
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  • Lysander (died 395 BC) was a Spartan admiral who commanded the Spartan fleet in the Hellespont which defeated the Athenians at Aegospotami in 405 BC. The following year, he was able to force the Athenians to capitulate, bringing the Peloponnesian War to an end. He then played a key role in Sparta's domination of Greece for the next decade until his death at the Battle of Haliartus. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume VIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810.
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  • Pericles (c. 495 – 429 BC) was a Greek statesman and general of Athens during its golden age. Pericles was prominent and influential in Athenian politics, particularly between the Greco-Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War, and was acclaimed by Thucydides, a contemporary historian, as "the first citizen of Athens".[1] He turned the Delian League into an Athenian empire and led his countrymen during the first two years of the Peloponnesian War. The period during which he led Athens, roughly from 461 to 429 BC, is sometimes known as the "Age of Pericles", but the period thus denoted can include times as early as the Persian Wars or as late as the following century. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume VIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810.
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  • Aristides (530–468 BC) was an ancient Athenian statesman. Nicknamed "the Just", he flourished in the early quarter of Athens' Classical period and is remembered for his generalship in the Persian War. The ancient historian Herodotus cited him as "the best and most honourable man in Athens", and he received similarly reverent treatment in Plato's Socratic dialogues. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume VIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810.
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  • Aristomenes was a king of Messenia, celebrated for his struggle with the Spartans in the Second Messenian War (685–668 BC), and his resistance to them on Mount Eira for 11 years. At length the mountain fell to the enemy, while he escaped and, according to legend, was snatched up by the gods; in fact he died at Rhodes. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume VIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810.
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  • Lycurgus (fl. c. 820 BC) was the quasi-legendary lawgiver of Sparta who established the military-oriented reformation of Spartan society in accordance with the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. All his reforms promoted the three Spartan virtues: equality (among citizens), military fitness, and austerity. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume VIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810.
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  • Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (Castile and Aragon) from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555. As he was head of the rising House of Habsburg during the first half of the 16th century, his dominions in Europe included the Holy Roman Empire, extending from Germany to northern Italy with direct rule over the Austrian hereditary lands and the Burgundian Low Countries, and a unified Spain with its southern Italian kingdoms of Naples, Sicily, and Sardinia. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume VIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810.
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  • Otto I [Otho I] (23 November 912–7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great was East Francian king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume VIII;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810.
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  • Machine Colourised (AI) Nicolaus Copernicus (Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik; German: Niclas Koppernigk, modern: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance-era mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center. In all likelihood, Copernicus developed his model independently of Aristarchus of Samos, an ancient Greek astronomer who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume V;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810
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  • Nicolaus Copernicus (Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik; German: Niclas Koppernigk, modern: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance-era mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center. In all likelihood, Copernicus developed his model independently of Aristarchus of Samos, an ancient Greek astronomer who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume V;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810
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  • Physiognomy is the practice of assessing a person's character or personality from their outer appearance especially the face. The term can also refer to the general appearance of a person, object, or terrain without reference to its implied characteristics. Credence of such study has varied. The practice was well accepted by the ancient Greek philosophers, but fell into disrepute in the Middle Ages when practised by vagabonds and mountebanks. It was then revived and popularised by Johann Kaspar Lavater before falling from favour again in the late 19th century. Physiognomy as understood in the past meets the contemporary definition of a pseudoscience. Popular in the 19th century, it has been used as a basis for scientific racism. No clear evidence indicates physiognomy works. Physiognomy is also sometimes referred to as anthroposcopy, though the expression was more common in the 19th century when the word originated. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume XX;  Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1825
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