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6 hours ago · Modernism was a cultural movement that impacted the arts as well as the broader zeitgeist. It is commonly described as a system of thought and behavior marked by self-consciousness or self-reference, prevalent within the avant-garde of various arts and disciplines. [13]
6 hours ago · Lord Byron. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet and peer. [1] [2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3] [4] [5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. [6]
1 day ago · Etymology. The Old English tigras derives from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris, which was a borrowing from Classical Greek τίγρις 'tigris'. In the 1st century, Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro argued that the word tigris originates in the Armenian language and means 'arrow', which is also the name of the fast-flowing river Tigris.
1 day ago · Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) [1] and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957), [2] together known as the Coen brothers ( / ˈkoʊən / KOH-ən ), are an American filmmaking duo. Their films span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody. [3] Their most acclaimed works include Blood Simple (1984), Raising ...
