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  1. 1 day ago · William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, artist, [1] writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the ...

  2. 1 day ago · The Victorian Age, spanning from 1837 to 1901 during the reign of Queen Victoria, was marked by significant political and social changes in Britain.This period saw the expansion of the British Empire, major reforms such as the extension of voting rights through various Reform Acts, and the rise of industrialization, which brought about both economic growth and social challenges, leading to ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › BaroqueBaroque - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · The Baroque ( UK: / bəˈrɒk / bə-ROK, US: /- ˈroʊk / -⁠ROHK; French: [baʁɔk]) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. [1] It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in the past often referred to as ...

  5. Lowland Scots eradicated Highland and Island culture during the Highland clearances, and then, in a cruel irony, adopted features of the culture they destroyed as symbols of a new national identity a century later.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ViennaVienna - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Vienna [9] [10] (German: Wien [viːn] ⓘ; Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. [11] [12] Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, [13] representing nearly one-third of the ...

  7. 3 hours ago · The architectural styles of the time featured tall, cast-iron columns and large plate-glass windows. The downtown began its decline after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, when the shopping district began moving to the blocks north of 14th.

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ModernismModernism - Wikipedia

    1 day 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]