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  • 31tapestry — tapestrylike, adj. /tap euh stree/, n., pl. tapestries, v., tapestried, tapestrying. n. 1. a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture… …

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  • 32Valery Leontiev — Background information Birth name Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev Born 19 March 1949 (1949 03 19) …

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  • 33Shadowgraphy (performing art) — For shadow puppetry, see shadow play. For other uses, see Shadowgraphy (disambiguation). Albert Almoznino s shadow art Performing arts …

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  • 34Das MoMA in Berlin — Nationalgalerie mit der MoMA Ausstellung Das MoMA in Berlin war eine Blockbuster Ausstellung, die vom 20. Februar bis 19. September 2004 in der Neuen Nationalgalerie in Berlin stattfand. Gezeigt wurden 212 Werke aus dem New Yorker Museum of… …

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  • 35RAY (M.) — Pionnier, avec Marcel Duchamp et Picabia, du mouvement le plus radical de l’art moderne qui, de Dada au surréalisme, traverse jusqu’à notre époque tout le champ des arts visuels, Man Ray a largement contribué, par son œuvre polymorphe: tableaux,… …

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  • 36rápgenga — m ( n/ n) rope dancer …

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  • 37Hatot, Georges — (December 22, 1876, Paris, France August 11, 1959, Paris, France)    He made his directing debut in 1896 and worked as an extras recruiter for Pathé before forming a part­nership with Victorin Jasset.  Filmography         ◘ Néron essayant des… …

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  • 38acrobat — (n.) 1825, from Fr. acrobate (14c.), tightrope walker, and directly from Gk. akrobates rope dancer, gymnastic performer, related to akrobatos going on tip toe, climbing up high, from akros topmost, at the point end (see ACRID (Cf. acrid)) + stem… …

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  • 39artiste — (n.) 1819 in English, from 1804 as a French word, from Fr. artiste; a reborrowing of ARTIST (Cf. artist), at first in a foreign context, later used to fill the gap after the sense of artist had become limited toward the visual arts and especially …

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  • 40acrobat — n. Rope dancer, funambulist, highvaulter, lofty tumbler, flying trapezist, aerial athlete, equilibrist, aerosaltant …

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