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2. Art Deco in the United States - Wikipedia

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   1919-1939. Location. United States. The Art Deco style, which originated in France just before World War I, had an important impact on architecture and design in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. The most notable examples are the skyscrapers of New York City, including the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, and Rockefeller Center.

3. Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom

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   The honours system consists of three types of award: Honours are used to recognise merit in terms of achievement and service; Decorations tend to be used to recognise specific deeds; Medals are used to recognise service on a particular operation or in a specific theatre, long or valuable service, and good conduct.

4. International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial ...

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   The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts ( French: Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes) was a specialized exhibition held in Paris, France, from April to October 1925. It was designed by the French government to highlight the new modern style of architecture, interior decoration ...

5. Omphacite - Wikipedia

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   Omphacite is a member of the clinopyroxene group of silicate minerals with formula: ( Ca, Na ) ( Mg, Fe 2+, Al) Si 2 O 6. It is a variably deep to pale green or nearly colorless variety of clinopyroxene. It normally appears in eclogite, which is the high-pressure metamorphic rock of basalt. Omphacite is the solid solution of Fe-bearing diopside ...

6. Bookbinding - Wikipedia

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   The earliest surviving European bookbinding is the St Cuthbert Gospel of about 700, in red goatskin, now in the British Library, whose decoration includes raised patterns and coloured tooled designs. Very grand manuscripts for liturgical rather than library use had covers in metalwork called treasure bindings , often studded with gems and ...

7. Portrait of Dr. Gachet - Wikipedia

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   Location. Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Portrait of Dr. Gachet is one of the most revered paintings by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. It depicts Dr. Paul Gachet, a homeopathic doctor and artist [ 1] with whom van Gogh resided following a spell in an asylum at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Gachet took care of Van Gogh during the final months of his life.

8. Muhammad Yunus - Wikipedia

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   Muhammad Yunus[ a] (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur, banker, economist, politician, and civil society leader who has been serving as the Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh since 8 August 2024. [ 1]

9. RMS Queen Mary - Wikipedia

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   Docked, Long Beach. /  33.75306°N 118.18972°W  / 33.75306; -118.18972. RMS Queen Mary[ 3] is a retired British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line. Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, she was subsequently joined by RMS Queen Elizabeth[ 4] in Cunard's two ...