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4 days ago · Umeå ( info) ( umemål [ʉ̂ːm], finska Uumaja, umesamiska Ubmeje[ 6], sydsamiska Upmeje) [ 7] är en tätort i Västerbotten. Umeå är centralort i Umeå kommun, residensstad i Västerbottens län och sedan 1965 universitetsstad – Umeå universitet var hösten 2022 landets sjätte största med 22 598 registrerade studenter .
4 days ago · Life and career 1965–1984: Early life and career beginnings. Björk was born on 21 November 1965 in Reykjavík. She was raised by her mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir (7 October 1946 – 25 October 2018), an activist who protested against the development of Iceland's Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant, having divorced from Björk's father, Guðmundur Gunnarsson, an electrician and union leader ...
2 days ago · Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music , as the term "classical music" can also be applied to non-Western art musics .
1 day ago · Museum of Modern Art. / 40.76167°N 73.97750°W / 40.76167; -73.97750. The Museum of Modern Art ( MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The institution was conceived in 1929 by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Lillie P. Bliss, and Mary Quinn Sullivan.
5 days ago · Popular music, any commercially oriented music principally intended to be received and appreciated by a wide audience, generally in literate, technologically advanced societies dominated by urban culture. Unlike traditional folk music, popular music is written by known individuals.
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3 days ago · Born: March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence [Italy] Died: February 18, 1564, Rome, Papal States (aged 88) Notable Works: “Bacchus” “Crucifixion of St. Peter” “David” “Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John” “Moses” “Pietà” “The Last Judgment” (Show more) Movement / Style: Early Renaissance. Mannerism. Renaissance. Subjects Of Study:
3 days ago · Expressionism, artistic style in which the artist seeks to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses. In a broader sense Expressionism is one of the main currents of art, literature, music, theater, and film in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
