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Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, which has been associated with the proverbial advice " to choose the lesser of two evils ". [ 1 ] Several other idioms such as " on the horns of a dilemma ", "between the devil and the deep blue sea", and "between a rock and a hard place" express similar meanings. [ 2 ]
Alpana. Alpana or alpona (Bengali: আলপনা) is a Bengali folk art style, traditionally practiced by women, and consisting of colored motifs, patterns, and symbols that are painted on floors and walls with paints made from rice flour, on religious occasions. Alpona is common to Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
Civil is originally from Detroit, Michigan. [2] From 1991 to 1995 she attended the University of Michigan, from where she graduated with high honors in both Creative writing and Comparative Literature. [3] Later Civil attended New York University for both her master's and her doctorate.
Robert Clinch. Robert Clinch (born 1957 in Cooma) is an Australian realist painter who is primarily known for his industrial, urban and desert landscapes. [1][2] He has won the Wynne Trustees' Prize and a Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship. [3][4] Clinch uses the renaissance medium of egg tempera, and has also completed works in gouache ...
t. e. Bangladeshi art is a form of visual arts that has been practiced throughout the land of what is now known as Bangladesh. Bangladeshi art has a perennial history which originated more than two thousand years ago and is practiced even to this date. Among the various forms of Bangladeshi art, photography, architecture, sculpture and painting ...
The National Art Gallery's two storied building, constructed on the National Academy of Fine and Performing Art grounds, exhibits ways to prevent aging due to environmental factors and artwork from their permanent and temporary collection. There are also rooms for educational purposes, such as lectures about art preservation.
Art Tatum (October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American pianist, widely regarded as one of the greatest jazz performers in history. Born in Toledo, Ohio, he began playing the piano professionally and hosting a nationwide radio program while in his teens. He left Toledo in 1932 and had residencies as a solo pianist at clubs in major ...
Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire. Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire or the Lament for Art Ó Laoghaire is an Irish keen composed in the main by Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, a member of the Gaelic gentry in the 18th century, who was born in County Kerry and lived near Macroom, County Cork, after her marriage to Art. The caoineadh has been described as the ...