Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum, located at 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, is the second largest art museum in the City, and one of the largest in the United States. Arnold L. Lehman is the museum's Director. Opened in 1897, the Brooklyn Museum building is a steel frame structure—built to the standards of classical masonry—designed by the famous architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White and built by the Carlin Construction Company. Daniel Chester French, the noted sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial, was the sculptor of two allegorical figures, Brooklyn and ...

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Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Twenty-Ninth Dynasty. The Twenty-Sixth, Twenty-Seventh, Twenty-Eighth, Twenty-Ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-First Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Late Period. Nefaarud I, or Nepherites, founded the Twenty-Ninth Dynasty of Egypt (according to an account preserved in a papyrus in the Brooklyn Museum) by defeating Amyrtaeus in open battle, and later putting him to death at Memphis. Nefaarud made his capital at Mendes. On his dea ...

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A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source (Latin fons), fills a basin of some kind, and is drained away. One of the most common features of a fountain, if there is enough pressure, is a jet or multiple jets, where water is forced into the air under pressure to some height. One famous modern fountain rises from the surface of Lake Geneva. In fountains sheets of water may flow over varied surfaces of stone, concrete or metal. Basins may overflow from one into another, ...

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• Fountain - History
• Fountain - Fountain of life
• Fountain - Animated fountains
• Fountain - Other meanings
• Fountain - Design
• Fountain - Fountains for celebration
• Fountain - Water quality issues
• Fountain - US: Legal liability
• Fountain - Fountains not using water
• Fountain - Mercury fountain
• Fountain - Gin fountain
• Fountain - Famous traditional fountains
• Fountain - Some modern fountains

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Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City with about 2.5 million inhabitants. An independent city prior to 1898, Brooklyn developed out of the small Dutch-founded town of "Breuckelen" on the East River shore, named after Breukelen in the Netherlands. Were it still a city, and not a borough, it would be the fourth-largest city in the United States after New York City itself, Los Angeles and Chicago. Despite being part of the City of New York, Brooklyn in character is its own city, as opposed to the Bronx which historically and characteristically could be better ...

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• Brooklyn - History
• Brooklyn - Six Dutch towns
• Brooklyn - Toward a united City of Brooklyn
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• Brooklyn - Neighborhoods of Brooklyn
• Brooklyn - Demographics
• Brooklyn - Law government and politics
• Brooklyn - Sports and recreation
• Brooklyn - Baseball
• Brooklyn - Hockey
• Brooklyn - Football
• Brooklyn - Basketball
• Brooklyn - Brooklyn in Art and Literature
• Brooklyn - Symbols and nicknames
• Brooklyn - Brooklyn sites and institutions

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An art gallery or art museum is a space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art, and usually primarily paintings, illustrations, and sculpture. It is also sometimes used as a location for the sale of art. The art museum is considered a fairly modern invention, the first being the Lourve in Paris, which was established in 1793, soon after the French Revolution when the royal treasures were declared for the people. Here we see the beginnings of removing art collections from the private domain of aristocracy and the wealthy into the public sphere, where they were seen as sites for educ ...

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• Art gallery - Architecture
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Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 – October 7, 1931) was an American sculptor. He was a neighbor and friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the Alcott family. His decision to pursue sculpting was influenced by Louisa May Alcott's sister May Alcott. He was born at Exeter, New Hampshire, the son of Henry Flagg French, a lawyer, who for a time was Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury. After a year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, French worked on his father's farm. While visitin ...

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• Daniel Chester French - Reference

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The decline of the Old Kingdom arguably began before the time of Pepi II, with nomarchs (regional representatives of the king) becoming more and more powerful and exerting greater influence. Pepi I for example, married two sisters who were the daughters of a nomarch. That king later made their brother a vizier. Their influence was extensive, both sisters bearing sons who were chosen as part of the royal succession: Merenre and Pepi II. Increasing wealth and power appears to have been handed over to high officials during Pepi II's reig ...

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Pepi II Neferkare, Pepi II Neferkare - Early Years of His Reign, Pepi II Neferkare - Wives, Pepi II Neferkare - Foreign Relations, Pepi II Neferkare - The Decline of the Old Kingdom, Pepi II Neferkare - Pyramid Complex, Pepi II Neferkare - Excavation, Pepi II Neferkare - Successors

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List of museums in the United States - Northern California. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - San Francisco, California California State Railroad Museum - Sacramento, California (in Old Sacramento) California Palace of the Legion of Honor - San Francisco, California Computer History Museum - Mountain View, California Exploratorium - San Francisco, California Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts - Stanford, California Moffett Field Histori ...

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List of museums in the United States, List of museums in the United States - Arizona, List of museums in the United States - California, List of museums in the United States - Northern California, List of museums in the United States - Southern California, List of museums in the United States - Colorado, List of museums in the United States - Connecticut, List of museums in the United States - Delaware, List of museums in the United States - Florida, List of museums in the United States - Hawaii, List of museums in the United States - Illinois, List of museums in the United States - Indiana, List of museums in the United States - Iowa, List of museums in the United States - Kentucky, List of museums in the United States - Louisiana, List of museums in the United States - Maine, List of museums in the United States - Maryland, List of museums in the United States - Massachusetts, List of museums in the United States - Michigan, List of museums in the United States - Minnesota, List of museums in the United States - Montana, List of museums in the United States - Nebraska, List of museums in the United States - Nevada, List of museums in the United States - New Hampshire, List of museums in the United States - New Jersey, List of museums in the United States - New Mexico, List of museums in the United States - New York state, List of museums in the United States - Long Island, List of museums in the United States - New York City, List of museums in the United States - Upstate New York, List of museums in the United States - Oklahoma, List of museums in the United States - Ohio, List of museums in the United States - Oregon, List of museums in the United States - Pennsylvania, List of museums in the United States - Rhode Island, List of museums in the United States - Texas, List of museums in the United States - Vermont, List of museums in the United States - Virginia, List of museums in the United States - Washington, List of museums in the United States - Wisconsin, List of museums in the United States - Washington DC

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In the last decade the museum has seen a great growth in attendance figures, yet remains confined to one floor of its building, which it shares with several city institutions, including a school, and a few private organizations. In recent years a plan was floated for the Museum of the City of New York, across the street from El Museo, to relocate to the historic Tweed Courthouse by City Hall in Lower Manhattan. El Museo would then have moved into the other museum's former building, dramatically expanding its available exhibition space ...

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El Museo del Barrio, El Museo del Barrio - Collection, El Museo del Barrio - Evolving mission, El Museo del Barrio - Expansion

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The post-war period was noted for the corruption and graft for which Tammany Hall has become proverbial, but equally for the foundation of New York's pre-eminent cultural institutions, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Opera, the American Museum of Natural History, while the Brooklyn Museum was a major institution of New York's independent sister city. New York newspapers were read across the continent as editors James Gordon Bennett, Jo ...

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History of New York City 1855-1897, History of New York City 1855-1897 - Civil War, History of New York City 1855-1897 - Gilded Age, History of New York City 1855-1897 - Consolidation economic and municipal

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Sorted by painter: Arnold Böcklin Isle of the Dead, multiple versions in different cities Hieronymus Bosch The Garden of Earthly Delights, in the Museo del Prado, Madrid Ship of Fools, in the Louvre Sandro Botticelli The Birth of Venus, in the Uffizi, Florence William-Adolphe Bouguereau Cupidon La Danse Dusk (The Return of Spring) Evenin ...

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List of artworks, List of artworks - Paintings, List of artworks - Statues and sculptures, List of artworks - Others

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List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - Art. American Museum of the Moving Image American Folk Art Museum The Dahesh Museum The Drawing Center Fisher Landau Center Frick Collection International Center of Photography Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art Metropolitan Museum of Art – commonly called "The Met" The Cloisters – medieval art collection Municipal Art Society (incl ...

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List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City, List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - Museums, List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - Art, List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - Culture or History, List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - Design, List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - Natural History, List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - Children's Museums, List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - Performing Arts, List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - Music, List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - Theaters, List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - Sites of Historical Significance, List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - World Trade Center Site, List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - Libraries, List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - See Also

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The Moscow Mathematical Papyrus is also called the Golenischev Mathematical Papyrus, after its first owner, Egyptologist Vladimir Semenovič Goleniščev. It later entered the collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, where it remains today. Based on the palaeography of the hieratic text, it probably dates to the Eleventh dynasty of Egypt. Approximately 18 feet long and varying between 1 1/2 and 3 inches wide, its format was divided into 25 problems with solutions by Vasilij Struve in 1930. The mathematics, ...

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Moscow and Rhind Mathematical Papyri, Moscow and Rhind Mathematical Papyri - The Moscow Mathematical Papyrus, Moscow and Rhind Mathematical Papyri - The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus

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Graham, who captured Lecter, nearly getting killed in the process, is called out of retirement to help track down a serial killer known to law enforcement agencies and the press only as "The Tooth Fairy", who has murdered two families. Graham turns to Lecter for help, but discovers that Lecter is manipulating not only him but also the man he is hunting. The relationship between Lecter and Graham parallels the relationship between Lecter and Clarice Starling in the later books, but has very different overtones. Lecter treats Starling a ...

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Red Dragon, Red Dragon - Synopsis, Red Dragon - Response, Red Dragon - Trivia

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The society was founded on November 20, 1804, largely through the efforts of John Pintard, who for some years was secretary of the American Academy of Fine Arts, as well as the founder of New York's first savings bank. He was also among the first to agitate for a free school system. The first meeting comprised eleven of the city's prominent citizens, including Mayor DeWitt Clinton. At the meeting, a committee was selected to draw up a constitution, an ...

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New-York Historical Society, New-York Historical Society - History

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Seth Low Memorial Library, Columbia University, built 1895 The Municipal Building, Lower Manhattan, built 1914 General Post Office, Manhattan, built 1913 ...

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McKim Mead and White, McKim Mead and White - Source, McKim Mead and White - Images, McKim Mead and White - Partial list of works

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Park Slope - Early history. The area that today comprises the neighborhood of Park Slope was first inhabited by the Canarsee Indians. The Dutch colonized the area by the 1600s and farmed the region for more than 200 years. During the American Revolutionary War on August 27, 1776, the Park Slope area served as the backdrop for the beginning of the Battle of Long Island, also called the Battle of Brooklyn, the first pitched battle between the British and the Continental Army under the command of George Washington. ...

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Park Slope, Park Slope - History, Park Slope - Early history, Park Slope - 19th century development, Park Slope - Blight and gentrification, Park Slope - Notable residents, Park Slope - Actors, Park Slope - Artists, Park Slope - Authors

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Rudy Giuliani - 1993 campaign and election. The principal issues of the election of 1993 were crime and taxes. Giuliani also campaigned on the out of control growth of the city's budget and the lack of managerial competence of David Dinkins who was seeking reelection. City Council President Andrew Stein was also critical of Dinkins for increasing the number of city workers assigned to ticketing citizens for parking violations and store owners for litter in front of their stores. But Stein as a Democrat had aliena ...

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Rudy Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani - Early career, Rudy Giuliani - Mayoralty, Rudy Giuliani - 1993 campaign and election, Rudy Giuliani - Crime control, Rudy Giuliani - Urban reconstruction, Rudy Giuliani - Media management, Rudy Giuliani - Opposition to Brooklyn Museum art exhibit, Rudy Giuliani - Role during attack on New York, Rudy Giuliani - Post-mayoralty, Rudy Giuliani - Anticipated 2008 Presidential Campaign, Rudy Giuliani - Electoral History, Rudy Giuliani - Notes

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The Large Glass is a complex piece which dominates the space around it. It consists of two glass panels, suspended vertically and measuring 109.25" x 69.25". The entire composition is shattered, but it rests sandwiched between two pieces of glass, set in a metal frame with a wooden base. The top rectangle of glass is known as the Bride's Domain; the bottom piece is the Bachelors' Domain. It consists of many geometric shapes melding together to create large mechanical objects, which seem to almost p ...

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The Large Glass, The Large Glass - Visual analysis, The Large Glass - A possible meaning

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In recent years, Max Beckmann's work has gained greater international reputation than ever. Retrospectives and exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (1995) and the Guggenheim Museum (1996) in New York, and the principal museums of Rome (1996), Valencia (1996), Madrid (1997), Zurich (1998), St Louis (1998/1999) and Munich (2000) have welcomed hundreds of thousands of spectators. In Spain and Italy, Beckmann's work has been accessible to a wider public for the first time. In 2001, a large-scale Beckmann retros ...

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Max Beckmann, Max Beckmann - Life and Times, Max Beckmann - Themes and Techniques, Max Beckmann - Beckmann today, Max Beckmann - Literature, Max Beckmann - Œuvre Catalogues, Max Beckmann - Biography, Max Beckmann - Further reading

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