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2. The Gift of the Magi - Wikipedia

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   "The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry (pen name of William Sydney Porter) first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money.

3. The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist

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   Preparatory drawing in the British Museum contains hydraulic engineering images that may be an aid in dating the work. The subject of the cartoon is a combination of two themes popular in Florentine painting of the fifteenth century: The Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and Virgin and Child with Saint Anne.

4. Animation - Wikipedia

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   A cartoon can also be a still humorous drawing, often with the same elements as animated cartoons but with still versions. The illusion of animation—as in motion pictures in general—has traditionally been attributed to the persistence of vision and later to the phi phenomenon and beta movement , but the exact neurological causes are still ...

5. The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (cartoon) - Wikipedia

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   Although the drawing still shows John the Baptist as a child and not a lamb, it is the first indication that the composition could be constructed and read in the opposite direction to that of the Burlington House cartoon. [34] [37] The second drawing is in the collections of the Graphic Arts Department of the Louvre under inventory number RF ...

6. Ziggy's Gift - Wikipedia

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   Ziggy's Gift is a 1982 American animated holiday television special based on the Ziggy comics. Directed by Richard Williams, the special first aired December 1, ...

7. Caricature - Wikipedia

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   A caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way through sketching, pencil strokes, or other artistic drawings (compare to: cartoon). Caricatures can be either insulting or complimentary, and can serve a political purpose, be drawn solely for entertainment, or for a combination of both.