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Ludwig II, Christian Jank. Neuschwanstein Castle ( German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced [ˈʃlɔs nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn]; Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa) is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the Alps in the very south of Germany, near the border with Austria. It is located in the Swabia ...
Charles Allan Gilbert. Charles Allan Gilbert (September 3, 1873 – April 20, 1929), better known as C. Allan Gilbert, was an American illustrator. He is especially remembered for a widely published drawing (a memento mori or vanitas) titled All Is Vanity. The drawing employs a double image (or visual pun) in which the scene of a woman admiring ...
There are 130 known photographs of Abraham Lincoln . Lincoln's features were the despair of every artist who undertook his portrait. The writer saw nearly a dozen, one after another, soon after the first nomination to the presidency, attempt the task. They put into their pictures the large rugged features, and strong prominent lines; they made ...
Lolita is a 1962 black comedy - psychological drama film [ 9] directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov . The black-and-white film follows a middle-aged literature lecturer who writes as "Humbert Humbert" and has hebephilia. He is sexually infatuated with young, adolescent Dolores Haze (whom he ...
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil has begun. Check HuffPost's World Cup dashboard throughout the tournament for standings, schedules, and detailed summaries of each match.
Jamie Lee Curtis. Jamie Lee Curtis, Baroness Haden-Guest (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress, producer, and children's author. Known for her performances in the horror and slasher genres, she is regarded as a scream queen, in addition to roles in comedies. [ 1] Curtis has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a ...
Victor Xiong, professor of history at Western Michigan University, who wasn’t involved in the discovery, told Live Science the “Westerner,” painted in the tomb leading camels, likely ...
There is more to our images than you can see at first look. If you click on any image on Wikipedia, you will go to a page about the image itself. This image page will have information on the image's source, authorship, and copyright licensing, along with a more detailed description of the image. Unless the image is very small, you will see a ...