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With Teodorico Quirós, the architect and landscape painter, he began to paint with greater dedication. In 1954, he returned to England to continue his studies. There, he found the answer to his artistic concerns in abstract expressionism , a moment in which artists channelled their feelings into works emphasizing plastic elements such as ...
Teodorico is an entertaining figure, who for much of the novel tries to outdo his aunt in her piety in the hope of a large inheritance. The aunt is a not entirely unbelievable caricature, which produces some fine comic moments, [4] although ultimately the novel as a whole is not one of the author's best. Even so, The Relic has been described as ...
Founded by the Prince Constantino, son of the Constantinople Emperor. The Prince established his residence at the Solar of Queirós (or Quirós), in Astúrias.The prince helped Pope Stephen III (720-72) against Desiderius (710-86), king of the Lombards; Stephen's gratitude was so high that he proclaimed the famous words, "despues de Dios à Constantino" and, therefore, received favors in the ...
Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (Spanish: Pedro Fernández de Quirós) (1563–1614) was a Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain.He is best known for leading several Spanish voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean, in particular the 1595–1596 voyage of Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira, and for the 1605–1606 expedition that crossed the Pacific in search of Terra Australis.
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Of the Romance languages, French has Thierry and Italian, Portuguese and Spanish has Teodorico. The English forms Derek, Derrick and Terry have been re-introduced from the continent, from Low German, Dutch and French sources.
The Rapid Intervention Battalion (Bataillon d'Intervention Rapide, or BIR) is an elite military force [1] and an army combat unit of the Cameroonian Armed Forces. [2]The unit is supported by the United States, reports directly to the president of Cameroon, and has played a large part in the Cameroonian and regional war against Boko Haram.
Little is known about Bernaldo de Quirós's personal life. He belonged to one of Asturias's most renowned families, and is likely the same "Bernaldo de Quiros" thought to have lived in Lena. He is believed to have been born around 1675, and to have participated in the War of the Spanish Succession on the side of Felipe V.