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4 days ago · The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, measuring 410 cm by 284 cm, is an oil-on-canvas painting by Salvador Dalí that was executed between 1958 and 1959. The painting, depicting the Genoise explorer’s discovery of the New World, was commissioned by George Huntingford Hartford II and displayed at the Museum Gallery of Modern Art in ...
3 days ago · v. t. e. Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. [1] The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war against non-combatants (mostly civilians and neutral military personnel ). [2]
3 days ago · Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn ( / ˈrɛmbrænt, ˈrɛmbrɑːnt /, [2] Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə (n)ˌsoːɱ vɑn ˈrɛin] ⓘ; 15 July 1606 [1] – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history ...
2 days ago · Christopher Columbus is often celebrated for discovering America in 1492, even though indigenous peoples had lived there for thousands of years and Norse explorers had reached it centuries earlier.
1 day ago · The 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2019–20 season.The playoffs began on August 1, 2020, and concluded on September 28, 2020, with the Tampa Bay Lightning winning their second Stanley Cup in franchise history, defeating the Dallas Stars four games to two in the Stanley Cup Finals.
2 days ago · The Book Prize program was founded by Art Seidenbaum, a Los Angeles Times book editor from 1978 to 1985. An award named for Seidenbaum was added a year after his death in 1990. Works are eligible during the year of their first US publication in English, and may be written originally in languages other than English.
