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mobile, in art

(Encyclopedia)mobile mōˈbēl [key], a type of moving sculptural artwork developed by Alexander Calder in 1932 and named by Marcel Duchamp. Often constructed of colored metal pieces connected by wires or rods, the...

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

(Encyclopedia)Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, accredited institution of higher education; in New York City; coeducational; chartered and opened in 1859. Founded by Peter Cooper, it pioneered in...

Magdalenian

(Encyclopedia)Magdalenian: see Paleolithic period. ...

Clactonian

(Encyclopedia)Clactonian: see Paleolithic period. ...

Abbevillian

(Encyclopedia)Abbevillian: see Paleolithic period. ...

Old Stone Age

(Encyclopedia)Old Stone Age: see Paleolithic period. ...

Cro-Magnon man

(Encyclopedia)Cro-Magnon man krō-măgˈnən, –mănˈyən [key], an early Homo sapiens (the species to which modern humans belong) that lived about 40,000 years ago. Skeletal remains and associated artifacts of t...

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