(Encyclopedia) Moscow Art Theater, Russian repertory company founded in 1897 by Constantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. Its work created new concepts of theatrical production and…
(Encyclopedia) Carolingian architecture and art, art forms and structures created by the Carolingians. Toward the beginning of the Carolingian Period, in the 8th cent., a gradual change appeared in…
(Encyclopedia) Islamic art and architecture, works of art and architecture created in countries where Islam has been dominant and embodying Muslim precepts in its themes.
Among the ceramic types…
(Encyclopedia) German art and architecture, artistic works produced within the region that became politically unified as Germany in 1871 generally followed the stylistic currents of Western Europe…
(To). To be one's own trumpeter. Bells are rung to announce any joyous event, or the advent of some celebrity. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Rings Noted…
The art of gambling. (Latin, tessera, a die.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894TesterTerza Rima A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…
The art practised by conjurors, wizards, and others, who professed to have dealings with the devil. Black here means diabolical or wicked. Some derive it from nigromancy, a corruption of…
The art or science of alchemy; so called from the Chaldean philosopher, Hermes Trismegistus, its hypothetical founder. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
Those arts which chiefly depend on a delicate or fine imagination, as music, painting, poetry, and sculpture. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Fine as…
