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Perspective In Pictures - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Perspective is the art of drawing on a plain surface the true representation or appearance of any given object as it would appear upon a pane of glass when held upright between you and the object.
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The Meaning Of The Arts And Crafts Movement - (Found June 29, 2008 )

It is for this, then, that the Arts and Crafts Societies are striving in our countryto urge people to think before buying and to take the pains to buy the things best suited to the individual need.
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Colors For Flower Painting - (Found June 29, 2008 )

In painting yellow flowers, examine whether the shades are warm or cool; and if the latter, paint them with Indian ink; if the former, paint them in with a little burnt umber.
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How To Use Water Colors - (Found June 29, 2008 )

There are two kinds of water color painting in general use. We prefer using the moist colors for landscape painting, and the dry cake colors for flowers.
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Stories Of The Standard Operas - (Found June 29, 2008 )

In the second act, she reproaches Gennaro with his dullness and rejects him when he urges her to marry him. She tells him she loves Rafaele. To show Rafaele's love for her, she boasts of his offer to rob the Virgin for her sake.
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The English Stage Since Shakespeare - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THERE is no artistic and literary form which has a longer history in the development of English letters than the drama, whose origins go back to the days of Chaucer and earlier.
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Origin And Meaning Of Opera - (Found June 29, 2008 )

AN opera (Italian, a work) is a regular drama set to music, always accompanied by scenic representation, frequently by machinery, and sometimes by dancing.
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Our Stage Today - (Found June 29, 2008 )

DO not think it can be doubted that the theatre, considered as something apart from the drama, has a far tighter hold upon all classes in America than in England.
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The Five Great Dramas - (Found June 29, 2008 )

With the dawn of the Twentieth Century, however, has come a revival of the Stage as an Educator. Its value and power as an Educator in Language, Literature, Manners, Morals, Ethics, and Culture, is being recognized.
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The Drama Before Shakespeare - A Sketch - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THE first point to be noticed in connection with the Drama in England is, that there is no record of any attempt at acting prior to the Conquest.
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