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Interchange design and landscaping in infrastructure renewal. ARRA 2009 funding permits additional jobs in these fields that create manpower demands. (public domain)96

What Industries are Hiring the Most Workers?

The question "Which industries are most in need of manpower?" in regard to Art History and Industrial Art was asked by hubpages222. This is a good question to ask in the mid-summer of 2009 at the beginning of...

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Blessing of the Young Couple Before Marriage by Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, 1880. Image courtesy of Wiki Commons85

A Portrait of the Bride and Groom - Weddings in Art

How did our forebears record the precious moments in life before the advent of photography? They took out their brushes and painted, or commissioned someone who was up to the job. Here are some of those paintings from years gone by.

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Antique Elgin Pocket Watch86

Antique Elgin Pocket Watches – Elgin Pocket Watches for Collectors and Investors

ANTIQUE ELGIN 1883 POCKET WATCH COIN SILVER S18 7J Current Bid: $45.51 ...

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Charles Marion Russell depicted a mythic American West in his paintings.83

5 Influential 19th Century Artists of the American West

Art of the American West has become increasingly popular as an influential genre during the last century. Charles Marion Russell, George Catlin, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, and Frederick Remington are arguably the most well-known 19th century Western frontier artists. Click here to learn a more about each artist and see a representation of their artistic style.

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An example of my hand drawn work.  This is considered traditional art.84

Digital Vs. Traditional Art

Traditional art is what most people think of as "art." Drawing, painting, old fashioned darkroom photography, printmaking, lithography, sculpture and pretty much anything else you do with your own two hands...

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10 Artists with the Most Horrifying Works of Art

This article covers ten of the most horrifying works of graphic art (painting, woodcuts, pastels) ever produced by some of the greatest, most idiosyncratic artists in history.

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Supper at Emmaus - My take

Caravaggio painted this scene from Luke 24, showing the Supper at Emmaus. Click on the picture below, or the one to the right, and just look at the bigger image. Just be with it. Let your heart listen with...

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'Fusta' boat. The galliot emerged as a smaller, lighter type of galley. The number of oars or sweeps varied from 18 to 22 per side, the larger ones having twenty-five on each side. The fusta or fuste, likewise, was in essence a small narrow galley .84

Boats on terracotta temples of Bengal : Pre-modern Age Images

I thought of writing this hub after interaction with Mr Alex Blokhin , via his blog on models of ships, which I reached through rec.arts.fine of google.com.This blog's URL is : ...

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Ninja family in modern times...83

Japanese culture, where tradition meets modern lifestyle

The Japanese are a very proud nation and this stems back many generations, this was shown during world war two, when the American's came up against the Kamikaze pilots who chose to die for the Emperor. ...

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The History of the Humble Pencil

Pencil an instrument, containing graphite, that is used for writing and drawing. The most common type of pencil consists of a thin cylinder of graphite and clay contained in a sheath of wood. Another kind of pencil is the mechanical pencil, which dispenses inserts of graphite, called leads.

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