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  2. American Academy of Arts and Letters - Wikipedia

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    The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 300-member honor society whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art. Its fixed number membership is elected for lifetime appointments. Its headquarters is in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.

  3. History of photography - Wikipedia

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    View from the Window at Le Gras 1826 or 1827, believed to be the earliest surviving camera photograph. [ 1] Original (left) and colorized reoriented enhancement (right). The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection, the second is the discovery that some substances ...

  4. Lettering - Wikipedia

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    Lettering is an act or result of artfully drawing letters, instead of writing them simply. Lettering is considered an art form, where each letter in a phrase or quote acts as an illustration. Each letter is created with attention to detail and has a unique role within a composition. [ 1] Lettering is created as an image, with letters that are ...

  5. Arts and letters - Wikipedia

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    'Arts and Letters' as an education has been studied for centuries [2] prior to institutional education. In contemporary times, an ‘Arts and Letters’ major is a field of study that combines elements of literature with visual, liberal, and performing arts. The major’s highest frequency is in the North American University system. [4]

  6. Calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instrument. [ 1]: 17 Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious, and skillful manner". [ 1]: 18.

  7. List of Dewey Decimal classes - Wikipedia

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    000 Computer science, knowledge, and systems. 000 Computer science, information and general works. 001 Knowledge. 002 The book (writing, libraries, and book-related topics) 003 Systems. 004 Data processing and computer science. 005 Computer programming, programs, and data. 006 Special computer methods (e.g. AI, multimedia, VR) [ 4]

  8. List of writing systems - Wikipedia

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    Blissymbols – A constructed ideographic script used primarily in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). iConji – A constructed ideographic script used primarily in social networking. Isotype (picture language) A wide variety of notations. Linear B also incorporates ideograms.

  9. Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters - Wikipedia

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    Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters. The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters ( MIAL) is a privately funded foundation created to recognize annually the greatest accomplishments in art, music, literature, and photography among Mississippians.