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  2. Phonological history of English - Wikipedia

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    However, each vowel has split into a number of different pronunciations in Modern English, depending on the phonological context. The short /a/, for example, has split into seven different vowels, all still spelled a but pronounced differently: /æ/ when not in any of the contexts indicated below, as in man, sack, wax, etc.

  3. History of painting - Wikipedia

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    The history of Japanese painting is a long history of synthesis and competition between native Japanese aesthetics and adaptation of imported ideas. Korean painting, as an independent form, began around 108 B.C., around the fall of Gojoseon, making it one of the oldest in the world.

  4. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    lit. "trick the eye"; photographic realism in fine-art painting or decorative painting in a home. Trou de loup trou de loup lit. "wolf hole"; a kind of booby trap. trousseau. The wardrobe of a bride, including the wedding dress or similar clothing, or the bride's belongings; A dowry; A hope chest, glory box or its contents

  5. Tronie - Wikipedia

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    In modern art-historical usage, the term tronie is typically restricted to figures not intended to depict an identifiable person, so it is a form of genre painting in a portrait format. Typically a painted head or bust only, concentrating on the facial expression, but often half-length when featured in an exotic costume, tronies might be based ...

  6. History painting - Wikipedia

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    History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or specific period. History paintings depict a moment in a narrative story, most often (but not exclusively) Greek and Roman mythology and Bible stories, opposed to a specific and static subject, as in portrait, still life, and landscape painting.

  7. Pattachitra - Wikipedia

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    The name Pattachitra has evolved from the Sanskrit words patta, meaning canvas, and chitra, meaning picture. Pattachitra is thus a painting done on canvas, and is manifested by rich colourful application, creative motifs, and designs, and portrayal of simple themes, mostly mythological in depiction. [14]

  8. English orthography - Wikipedia

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    Spelling may also be useful to distinguish in written language between homophones (words with the same pronunciation but different meanings), and thus resolve potential ambiguities that would arise otherwise. However in most cases the reason for the difference is historical, and it was not introduced to resolve amibiguity.

  9. Traditional English pronunciation of Latin - Wikipedia

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    In words of two syllables, stress falls on the first syllable of the word (the penult, or second from the end): e.g., bó.nus, cír.cus. In words of three or more syllables, stress falls either on the penult or the antepenult (third from the end), according to these criteria: