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Casablanca
(Encyclopedia) CasablancaCasablancakăˌsəblăngˈkə, kăˌzə–, Span. käˌsäblängˈkä [key], Arab. Dar-al-Baida, city (1994 est. pop. 2,940,623), W Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean. The largest city and…Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Encyclopedia) Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, established in 1805, incorporated in 1806. It is supported by private endowment. The academy grew out of a proposal by Charles…Archipenko, Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Archipenko, AlexanderArchipenko, Alexanderärkhĭpĕnˈkō [key], 1887–1964, Ukrainian-American sculptor, b. Kiev. He moved to Moscow in 1906 and to Paris in 1908. There he began to adapt…Quito
(Encyclopedia) QuitoQuitokēˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 1,100,847), N central Ecuador, capital of Ecuador and of Pichincha prov. After Guayaquil it is Ecuador's largest city. The setting of Quito is…Glaser, Milton
(Encyclopedia) Glaser, Milton, 1929–2020, widely considered America's preeminent graphic designer of the last half of the 20th cent., b. New York City. After graduating (1951) from New York's Cooper…Weimar
(Encyclopedia) WeimarWeimarvīˈmär [key], city (1994 pop. 58,807), E Thuringia, central Germany, on the Ilm River. It is an industrial, transportation, and cultural center. Manufactures include…Daniel Clowes
Daniel Clowes is the writer and illustrator whose underground comics were made into the films Ghost World (2001) and Art School Confidential (2006). A graduate of New York's Pratt Institute, Clowes…Wassily Kandinsky
Wasilly Kandinsky (or Vassilii Kandinskii) was a Russian painter whose works from 1910 are considered the first abstract paintings. Kandinsky had a law career in Moscow until he opted for art school…Jakob Dylan Biography
Jakob Dylansinger, songwriter, musicianBorn: 12/9/1969 The youngest child of legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan, he attended art school before putting together his band, The Wallflowers,…Adam Ant
Name at birth: Stuart Leslie GoddardAfter art school, Stuart Goddard got keen on rock music and changed his name to Adam Ant. By 1977 the band was popular in punk-torn England, and Ant's self-named "…Trending
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