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4 days ago · Wikipedia, free Internet-based encyclopaedia, started in 2001, that operates under an open-source management style. It is overseen by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia uses a collaborative software known as wiki that facilitates the creation and development of articles. Although some highly publicized problems have called attention ...
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May 23, 2024 · The Free and Hanseatic City (Freie und Hansestadt) of Hamburg is the second smallest of the 16 Länder of Germany, with a territory of only 292 square miles (755 square km). It is also the most populous city in Germany after Berlin and has one of the largest and busiest ports in Europe. The official name, which covers both the Land and the town ...
May 13, 2024 · history of photography, method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light-sensitive material. The word, derived from the Greek photos (“light”) and graphein (“to draw”), was first used in the 1830s. This article treats the historical and aesthetic aspects of still photography.
3 days ago · YouTube, social media platform and website for sharing videos. It was registered on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of the American e-commerce company PayPal. They had the idea that ordinary people would enjoy sharing their “home videos.”. The company is headquartered in San Bruno ...
May 21, 2024 · Overview of the Zugspitze, on the German-Austrian border. Bavaria is a country of high plateaus and medium-sized mountains. In the north are basalt knolls and high plateaus; in the northwest are the wooded sandstone hills of the Spessart. The northwest is drained by the Main River, which flows into the Rhine.
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May 8, 2024 · Notable Works: “99 Cent II Diptychon”. “Paris, Montparnasse”. “Pyongyang”. “Rhein II”. Andreas Gursky (born January 15, 1955, Leipzig, East Germany) is a German photographer known for his monumental digitally manipulated photographs that examine consumer culture and the busyness of contemporary life. His unique compositional ...
May 8, 2024 · Karl Blossfeldt (born June 13, 1865, Schielo, Germany—died December 9, 1932, Berlin) was a German photographer known best for his stark close-up portraits of plants, twigs, seeds, leaves, and other flora. In 1881 Blossfeldt began his studies as an apprentice at the Art Ironworks and Foundry in Mägdesprung, Germany, where he studied sculpture ...
