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• AquatintTerminologyIllustration — 1835 aquatint showing the first production of I puritani. Note range of tones.
• Art Institute of ChicagoOrganisationThe Art Institute of Chicago is a private, nonprofit art museum in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
• Arts and crafts movementTerminologyIllustration — William Morris's design for Trellis wallpaper, 1862
• Assay officeTerminologyThe Assay Office is a historic building at 210 Main Street in Boise, Idaho. It is significant for its role in the history of mining in Idaho, and was the first major federal govern
• Boston Latin AcademyOrganisationBoston Latin Academy (BLA) is a public exam school founded in 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts providing students in grades 7th through 12th a classical preparatory education.
• Braunschweig University of ArtOrganisationIllustration — The library of the HBK, which was the Mexican Pavilion on the Expo 2000
• BrocadeTerminologyIllustration — Cope and chasuble; Brocade of Lyon.
• BrottonPlaceBrotton is a village in the civil parish of Skelton and Brotton, in the Redcar and Cleveland district, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England It is situated approxima
• CabinetmakingTerminologyObra de ebanistería de Gaspar Homar.
• Charles Edward ChambersPersonCharles Edward Chambers (August 9, 1883 - November 5, 1941) was an American illustrator and classical painter. He is most-known for his Chesterfield cigarettes advertisements and S
• Charles-François DaubignyPersonCharles-François Daubigny (15 February 181719 February 1878) was a French painter, one of the members of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of imp
• CharterPersonIllustration — An example of a charter (Magna Carta).
• ChromolithographyTerminologyIllustration — "Love or Duty", a chromolithograph by Gabriele Castagnola, 1873. The nineteen colours of ink used can be seen on the right hand side.
• ChronographTerminologyIllustration — An Omega Speedmaster Professional, which is commonly regarded as one of the most iconic chronographs ever produced
• Cleveland Museum of ArtOrganisationThe Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Located in the Wade Park District of University Circle, the museum is internationally renowned
• Coins, RomanTerminologyIllustration — Denarius of Marcus Aurelius. IMP. M. ANTONINVS AVG. TR. P. XXV.
• Collodion processPersonIllustration — A collodion wet plate negative of Girona, Spain, c.
• Conceptual artTerminologyIllustration — Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917. Photograph by Alfred Stieglitz
• Costume designTerminologyIllustration — Costume design for Gianetta - The Gondoliers
• CrystallographyTerminologyIllustration — A crystalline solid: atomic resolution image of strontium titanate. Brighter spots are columns of strontium atoms and darker ones are titanium-oxygen columns.
• Cubo-futurism (Art)TerminologyIllustration — Natalia Goncharova, Cyclist (1913), oil on canvas, 78×105 cm, State Russian Museum
• Decorative artsTerminologyIllustration — Le Nove porcelain, Bowl with cover, 1765–70, painted with ruins, soft-paste porcelain
• Diego MartinPlaceDiego Martin is a town and is the urban commercial center and capital of the Diego Martin region in Trinidad and Tobago. Its location in the region is just on the south eastern
• DoglianiPlaceDogliani is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km northeast of Cuneo.
• Dry RidgePlaceDry Ridge is a home rule-class city in Grant County, Kentucky, in the United States. From around 1910 to 1960, the city'
• DyeingTerminologyIllustration — Space dyeing
• EarthenwareTerminologyEarthenware is glazed or unglazed nonvitreous pottery that has normally been fired below 1200 C. Basic earthenware, often called terracotta, absorbs liquids such as water.
• EmbroideryTerminologyIllustration — Traditional Nakshi Kantha of Bangladesh
• EnterprisePlaceEnterprise is a city in Wallowa County, Oregon. Enterprise serves as Wallowa County's county seat.
• Erath CountyPlaceErath County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the United States Census bureau, its population was 42,545 in 2020.
• Fossil preparationPersonIllustration — Vertebra of Europasaurus being removed from the rock matrix
• Franconia CollegeOrganisationFranconia College was a small experimental liberal arts college in Franconia, New Hampshire, United States. It opened in 1963 in Dow Academy and the site of the Forest Hills Hotel
• GildingTerminologyIllustration — Gilded frame ready for burnishing with an agate stone tool
• Giovanni Benedetto CastiglionePersonGiovanni Benedetto Castiglione (baptized 23 March 16095 May 1664) was an Italian Baroque painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his etch
• grand prix du roman métisTerminologyThe Grand prix du roman métis is a French literary award established in 2010 by the city of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion. It rewards a French-language novel published less than a year
• Guide CountyPlace
• Installation artTerminologyIllustration — An installation art of a crab created with waste plastics and similar non-biodegradable wastes at Fort Kochi, India.
• Interior decorationTerminologyIllustration — The art déco interior of the grand concourse at the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia
• Islamic calligraphyPersonIllustration — The surah "Al-Isra'" copied by the 13th century calligrapher Yaqut al-Musta'simi in muhaqqaq script with Kufic incidentals.
• Islamic embroideryTerminologyIllustration — Mohammed Alim Khan in embroidered clothes, photographed by Prokudin-Gorsky in 1911
• Ivan AlbrightPersonIvan Le Lorraine Albright (February 20, 1897 – November 18, 1983) was an American painter, sculptor and print-maker most renowned for his self-portraits, character studies, and sti
• KaçanikPlaceKaçanik (Kaçaniku) or Kačanik (Качаник, pron), is a town and municipality located in the Ferizaj District of southern Kosovo. According to the 2024 census, Kaçanik’s urban populati
• KelownaPlaceKelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central
• KisbérPlaceKisbér (Beer) is a town in northern Hungary, in Komárom-Esztergom county. It is the administrative centre of Kisbér District.
• LetteringTerminologyIllustration — Custom lettering on the spine of a 1960s book
• Letterpress printingTerminologyIllustration — A printer in Leipzig inspecting a large forme of type on a cylinder press in 1952. Each of the islands of text represents a single page.
• Lily HarmonPersonLily Harmon (born Lillian Perelmutter; 1912–1998) was an American visual artist. She studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts in New Haven, and then went on to the Académie Colaross
• LindenwoldPlaceLindenwold is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
• MarbleTerminologyMarble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO 3) or dolomite (CaMg(CO 3) 2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and
• MarquetryTerminologyIllustration — Casket, early 18th century, attributed to André-Charles Boulle, oak carcass veneered with tortoiseshell, gilt copper, pewter and ebony, in the Art Institute of Chi
• Martina FrancaPlaceMartina Franca, or just Martina (Martinese: Marténe), is a town and municipality in the province of Taranto, Apulia, Italy. It is the second most populated town of the province aft
• MatsusakaPlaceLocal dialect: Mattsaka or Massaka is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
• Meissen Porcelain ManufactoryOrganisation
• Metropolitan Museum of ArtOrganisationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.
• MineralogyTerminologyIllustration — Mineralogy applies principles of chemistry, geology, physics and materials science to the study of minerals
• Moldavian Democratic RepublicPlaceThe Moldavian Democratic Republic (MDR; Republica Democratică Moldovenească, RDM), also known as the Moldavian Republic or Moldavian People's Republic, was a state proclaimed on 15
• Panel paintingTerminologyIllustration — The Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck and his brothers, 1432. A large altarpiece on panel.
• ParisPlaceCharles-François Daubigny (15 February 181719 February 1878) was a French painter, one of the members of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of impres
• PenrithPlace
• Performance artTerminologyIllustration — Conceptual work by Yves Klein at Rue Gentil-Bernard, Fontenay-aux-Roses, October 1960. Le Saut dans le Vide (Leap into the Void)
• Pine RidgePlacePine Ridge (Lakota: Wazíbló) is a census-designated place (CDP) and the most populous community in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,138 at t
• PotteryTerminologyEarthenware is glazed or unglazed nonvitreous pottery that has normally been fired below 1200 C. Basic earthenware, often called terracotta, absorbs liquids such as water.
• Product designTerminologyProduct design is the process of creating new products for businesses to sell to their customers. It involves the generation and development of ideas through a systematic process t
• Raleigh-Egypt High SchoolOrganisationRaleigh-Egypt High School (REHS) is a secondary school (grades 9–12) located at 3970 Voltaire Road in Raleigh, a section of Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the She
• RuskinPlaceRuskin is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The area was part of t
• Salt glazeTerminologyIllustration — German Bartmann jug, c.
• Sant LluísPlaceSant Lluís (lang; San Luis) is a Spanish municipality on the tip of south-east Menorca in the Balearic Islands.
• Santa AnaPlaceSanta Ana (Spanish for Saint Anne) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, California, United States. Located in the Greater Los Angeles region of Southern California, t
• Santa Rosa Junior CollegeOrganisationSanta Rosa Junior College (SRJC) is a public community college in Santa Rosa, California with an additional campus in Petaluma and centers in surrounding Sonoma County. SRJC is gov
• São Caetano do SulPlaceSão Caetano do Sul (lang; "Saint Cajetan of the South"), or simply São Caetano, is a city in São Paulo state in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo.
• Schola Cantorum BasiliensisOrganisationIllustration — Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in 2012
• Seville CathedralOrganisationThe Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See (Catedral de Santa María de la Sede), better known as Seville Cathedral (Catedral de Sevilla), is a Catholic cathedral in Seville, Andalusia,
• SextantTerminologyIllustration — A sextant
• Snowden International SchoolOrganisationThe Muriel Sutherland Snowden International School at Copley (formerly Copley High School) is a public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
• Soft-paste porcelainTerminologyIllustration — Capodimonte porcelain soft-paste jar with three figures of Pulcinella from the commedia dell'arte, 1745–1750
• SomisPlaceSomis (Chumash: Śo Mís) is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Ventura County, California. It was established in 1892 by Thomas Bard and D.T. Perkins
• South ParisPlaceSouth Paris is a census-designated place (CDP) located within the town of Paris in Oxford County, Maine, United States.
• State of MaltaPlaceThe State of Malta (Stat ta’ Malta), commonly known as Malta, existed between 21 September 1964 and 13 December 1974. It is the predecessor to the modern-day Republic of Malta.
• StegePlaceStege is the largest town on the island of Møn in south-eastern Denmark. In January 2026, its population was 3,811.
• StonewareTerminologyIllustration — Jian ware tea bowl with "hare's fur" glaze, southern Song dynasty, 12th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art (see below)
• SträngnäsPlaceSträngnäs is a locality and the seat of Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 15,363 inhabitants in 2020. It is located by Lake Mälaren and is the episcopal see
• Sukhothai KingdomPlaceThe Sukhothai Kingdom was a post-classical Siamese kingdom (maṇḍala) in Mainland Southeast Asia centred on the ancient city of Sukhothai in present-day north-central Thailand.
• TamaulipasPlaceTamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; it is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federated entitie
• TarantoPlaceTaranto (Tarde), historically also called Tarent in English, is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Taranto, serving as an important co
• TarragonaPlaceTarragona is a city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town of Tarragonès county, the Camp de Tarragona region and the province of Tarragona.
• Taylor High SchoolOrganisationTaylor High School is a six-year Roman Catholic comprehensive secondary school in New Stevenston, Motherwell, Scotland.
• Tazewell High SchoolOrganisationTazewell High School (THS) is a public secondary school in Tazewell, Virginia, United States. It is part of Tazewell County Public Schools and is located on Fincastle Road.
• Temple Grove SchoolOrganisationIllustration — Temple Grove School
• Texas Southern UniversityOrganisationTexas Southern University (Texas Southern or TSU) is a public historically black university in Houston, Texas, United States. The university is a member school of the Thurgood Mars
• Textile fabricsTerminologyIllustration — Longitudinal yarns (warp) are interlaced with weft or filing yarns to create a woven fabric
• Tinker Air Force BasePlaceTinker Air Force Base KTIK is a major United States Air Force base, with tenant U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense missions, located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, adjacent to
• TirurPlaceTirur (lang) is a major municipal town in Tirur Taluk, Malappuram district, in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 16.55 km2.
• Tom C. Clark High SchoolOrganisationTom C. Clark High School is a public high school, in the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas and serves a portion of Scenic Oaks.
• Tompkins CountyPlaceTompkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. The county seat is Ithaca.
• TonawandaPlaceTonawanda (formally the Town of Tonawanda; Tahnawáteh) is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The town is at
• TootingPlaceTooting is a district in South London, forming part of the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is located 5 mi south south-west of Charing Cross.
• TotnesPlaceTotnes (or) is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England. It is about 5 mi west of Paignton, about 7 mi west-southwest of Torq
• Totton and ElingPlaceTotton and Eling is a civil parish in Hampshire, England, with a population of 28,970 people. It contains the settlements of Totton, Eling, Calmore, Hounsdown, Rushington and Te
• TraiguénPlaceTraiguén is a Chilean city and commune in the Malleco Province, Araucanía Region.
• Tree of Life Christian SchoolsOrganisationTree of Life Christian Schools is a private, college preparatory Christian school located in Columbus, Ohio. It serves preschool, primary, and secondary students.
• TrikalaPlaceTrikala is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios.
• TskhinvalPlaceTskhinvali or Tskhinval, occasionally called Stalinir during specific contexts, is the capital of the disputed de facto independent Republic of South Ossetia, internationally consi
• Turkmen Soviet Socialist RepublicPlaceThe Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Turkmenistan, the Turkmen SSR, TuSSR, TurSSR, TurkSSR, TurkmSSR, Turkmenistan, or Turkmenia, was one of the constituent
• Turku University of Applied SciencesOrganisationTurku University of Applied Sciences (abbr. TUAS, Finnish Turun ammattikorkeakoulu) is a multidisciplinary higher education institution in the city of Turku and Salo in Southwest F
• TurovPlaceTurov, or Turaw, is a town in Zhytkavichy District, Gomel Region, Belarus.
• TusculumPlaceTusculum was an ancient Roman city in the Alban Hills, in the Latium region of Italy. Most famous in Roman times for the many great and luxurious patrician country vil
• UCL Institute of ArchaeologyOrganisationUCL's Institute of Archaeology is an academic department of the Social & Historical Sciences Faculty of University College London (UCL) which it joined in 1986 having previously be
• VellumTerminologyIllustration — Central European (Northern) type of finished parchment made of goatskin stretched on a wooden frame
• Video artPersonIllustration — An animated music video for the song Interstellar by Cosmic Dust Bin
• Wellcome CollectionOrganisationWellcome Collection is a museum and library based at 183 Euston Road, London, England, displaying a mixture of medical artefacts and original artworks exploring "ideas about the co