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  2. An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump - Wikipedia

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    An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump is a 1768 oil-on-canvas painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, one of a number of candlelit scenes that Wright painted during the 1760s. The painting departed from convention of the time by depicting a scientific subject in the reverential manner formerly reserved for scenes of historical or religious ...

  3. A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery - Wikipedia

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    Replica grand orrery on display alongside the original painting in Derby Museum and Art Gallery, England.. The Orrery was painted without a commission, probably in the expectation that it would be bought by Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers, a British Royal Navy officer who had an orrery of his own, and with whom Wright's friend Peter Perez Burdett was staying while in Derbyshire.

  4. Joseph Wright of Derby - Wikipedia

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    An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, by Joseph Wright, 1768, National Gallery, London. Joseph Wright was born in Irongate, Derby, to a respectable family of lawyers.He was the third of five children of Hannah Brookes (1700–1764) and John Wright (1697–1767), an attorney and the town clerk of Derby.

  5. Two Girls Dressing a Kitten by Candlelight - Wikipedia

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    A longer look at the picture indicates that it may not be so innocent as it seems. In contrast to the little girls in Wright's An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768, thought to be the earlier work), who shrink from the suffering of the bird, the girls in this painting seem to be enjoying themselves. [7]

  6. Orrery - Wikipedia

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    The Orrery inside the Sphaera Copernicana, designed by Joseph of Gottorp and built by Andreas Bösch, 1653 A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery (c. 1766) by Joseph Wright of Derby Modern working reconstruction of a grand orrery at Derby Museum and Art Gallery (England) The orrery built by wool carder Eise Eisinga from 1774 to 1781 in his ...

  7. Woman Runs Experiments to Debunk Old Wives' Tale About Cats ...

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    In this video, a woman runs and experiment to show that not only are cats not out to steal milk from your baby’s mouth (or your baby’s breath), but they don’t particularly gravitate to milk ...

  8. Wikipedia : Peer review/An Experiment on a Bird in the Air ...

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    I would suggest that you subdivide the "Painting" section and expand on each subsection. Here are some suggestions: Description and style - This section would describe the painting in more detail and elaborate on the style of the painting, for example, the girl looking out at the viewer. The structure of the painting would be covered here.

  9. The Overdue, Under-Told Story Of The Clitoris

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    From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.