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Beaux-Arts, École des
(Encyclopedia)Beaux-Arts, École des: see École des Beaux-Arts. ...Boston Museum of Fine Arts
(Encyclopedia)Boston Museum of Fine Arts: see Museum of Fine Arts, at Boston, Mass. ...National Institute of Arts and Letters
(Encyclopedia)National Institute of Arts and Letters: see American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. ...Royal Academy of Arts
(Encyclopedia)Royal Academy of Arts, London, the national academy of art of England, founded in 1768 by George III at the instigation of Sir William Chambers and Benjamin West. Sir Joshua Reynolds was the Academy's...Museum of Fine Arts
(Encyclopedia)Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, chartered and incorporated (1870) after a decision by the Boston Athenæum, Harvard, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pool their collections of art objects...Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
(Encyclopedia)Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in central Manhattan, New York City, between 62d and 66th streets W of Broadway. Lincoln Center is both a complex of buildings and the arts organizations that r...American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
(Encyclopedia)American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, honorary academy of notable American artists, writers, and composers. The National Institute of Arts and Letters, founded in 1898, served as the par...Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
(Encyclopedia)Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, cultural and educational institution founded in 1823 in Brooklyn, N.Y., as the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library Association. The scope was broadened in 1843 and t...kendo
(Encyclopedia)kendo: martial arts.karate
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