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Spanish fly

(Encyclopedia)Spanish fly: see blister beetle. ...

Spanish Guinea

(Encyclopedia)Spanish Guinea: see Equatorial Guinea. ...

International style, in architecture

(Encyclopedia)International style, in architecture, the phase of the modern movement that emerged in Europe and the United States during the 1920s. The term was first used by Philip Johnson in connection with a 193...

conceptual art

(Encyclopedia)conceptual art, art movement that began in the 1960s and stresses the artist's concept rather than the art object itself. Growing out of minimalism, conceptual art turned the artist's thoughts and ide...

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