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  2. File:Blue Crest by Wassily Kandinsky, 1917.jpg - Wikipedia

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    The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domain Public domain false false The author died in 1944, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer .

  3. Crest (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    The use of the crest and torse independently from the rest of the achievement, a practice which became common in the era of paper heraldry, has led the term "crest" to be frequently but erroneously used to refer to the arms displayed on the shield, or to the achievement as a whole.

  4. List of oldest heraldry - Wikipedia

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    Heraldry developed in the High Middle Ages based on earlier traditions of visual identification by means of seals, field signs, emblems used on coins, etc. Notably, lions that would subsequently appear in 12th-century coats of arms of European nobility have pre-figurations in the animal style of ancient art (specifically the style of Scythian art as it developed from c. the 7th century BC).

  5. Achievement (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    Crest placed atop a: Torse (or cap of maintenance as a special honour) Mantling; Helm of appropriate variety; if holder of higher rank than a baronet, issuing from a: Coronet or crown (not used by baronets), of appropriate variety. Console; Supporters (if the bearer is entitled to them, generally in modern usage not baronets), which may stand ...

  6. Art education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [8] 41 states, however, require that art classes be offered at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. [8] Art magnet schools, common in larger communities, use art(s) as a core or underlying theme to attract those students motivated by personal interest or with the intention of becoming a professional or commercial artist.

  7. Nisga'a and Haida Crest Poles of the Royal Ontario Museum

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    Notably, the largest of the four crest poles, the Pole of Sag̱aw̓een, stands over 24.5 metres (80 ft) [4] and is the tallest known example of a pole from the 19th century. [5] The poles can be found in the Royal Ontario Museum, just outside the Daphne Cockwell Gallery of Canada: First Peoples, where the central staircase of the museum winds ...

  8. Charge (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    A famous example is the child swallowed by a dragon (the biscione) in the arms of Visconti dukes of Milan. Greco - Roman mythological figures typically appear in an allegorical or canting role. Angels very frequently appear, but angelic beings of higher rank, such as cherubim and seraphim , are extremely rare.

  9. German heraldry - Wikipedia

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    The German heraldic tradition is noted for its scant use of heraldic furs, multiple crests, inseparability of the crest, and repetition of charges in the shield and the crest. Mullets have six points (rather than five as in Gallo-British heraldry), and beasts may be colored with patterns, (barry, bendy, paly, chequy, etc.). [2]