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Kiowa winter count by Anko, covers summers and winters for 37 months, 1889-92, ca. 1895. National Archives and Records Administration [1]. Winter counts (Lakota: waníyetu wówapi or waníyetu iyáwapi) are pictorial calendars or histories in which tribal records and events were recorded by Native Americans in North America.
Russian Winter. Hoarfrost (Russian: Русская зима. Иней) is a painting made in 1969 by the Russian artist Nikolai Timkov (1912–1993). It depicts a winter view of Tver land, a picturesque corner near the Academic Dacha.
A traditional silhouette portrait of the late 18th century. A silhouette (English: / ˌ s ɪ l u ˈ ɛ t /, [1] French:) is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject. The interior of a silhouette is featureless, and the ...
In pre-Christian times these symbols imbued an egg with magical powers to ward off evil spirits, banish winter, guarantee a good harvest and bring a person good luck. After 988AD, when Christianity became the state religion of Ukraine, the interpretation of many of the symbols began to change, and the pagan motifs were reinterpreted in a ...
Using the pseudonym "David Winter", Churchill submitted paintings for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1947 and 1948, having works selected each year. The Royal Academy of Arts elected Churchill as an "Honorary Academician Extraordinary" in 1948. [26]
Terry Winters, New York City, September 2001 Terry Winters, Dumb Compass, 1985, oil on linen, 94 × 132 inches. Terry Winters (born 1949, Brooklyn, NY) is an American painter, draughtsman, and printmaker whose nuanced approach to the process of painting has addressed evolving concepts of spatiality and expanded the concerns of abstract art.
The performance was revived in the winter of 2006 [11] and began a tour of the country in the fall of 2006. [12] The tour included stops in Houston, [13] Philadelphia, [14] New York, [15] and Washington, D.C. [16] During the United States presidential election in 2008, Get Your War On began running as an animated series on the comedy website ...
Hedgehog is particularly impressed by a white horse, whose blurred silhouette appears several times in the haze. Through the fog, the voice of the Bear Cub is periodically heard calling out to the Hedgehog. Hurrying to answer the call, the hero falls into the river. His savior is a mysterious "someone" who takes the Hedgehog to the shore.