(Encyclopedia) French architecture, structures created in the area of Europe that is now France.
Engineers and architects, including François Hennebique, Auguste Perret, and Tony Garnier, pioneered…
accent The prominence or emphasis given to a syllable or word. In the word poetry, the accent (or stress) falls on the first syllable.alexandrine A line of poetry that has 12 syllables. The name…
(Encyclopedia) woman suffrage, the right of women to vote. Throughout the latter part of the 19th cent. the issue of women's voting rights was an important phase of feminism.
On the European…
(Encyclopedia) Canadian art and architecture, the various types and styles arts and structures produced in the geographic area that now constitutes Canada.
For a discussion of the art of indigenous…
Below is the composition of the 111th Congress' House of Representatives, following the 2008 midterm elections. In the following lists, the numeral indicates the congressional district…
