In Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, characters occasionally talk about “the picturesque” in relation to natural landscapes and painting.
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Donald William Gilpin, 83, of Dracut, Mass., died Monday, July 30, with his family by his side and under the loving care of the staff at...
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Stanford physicist finds that swirling liquids work similarly to bitcoin. The physics involved with stirring a liquid operate the same way as the mathematical...
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Stanford University / Stanford, California, USA / An eight-week-old starfish larva creates vortices in order to capture its main food source, swimming algae...
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Boldre residents attended special services marking the tricentenary of the birth of the Rev William Gilpin at his namesake school, St John's Church and the...
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“Out of the Drawer & On the Wall: Russell Smith's University of Virginia From the Toll Gate” sheds new light on a painting by Smith that captures the...
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The College of Natural Sciences each year welcomes new tenured and tenure-track faculty members whose research, teaching and service make possible big strides...
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By advocating for agriculture in the arid West, Major John Wesley Powell challenged the way America viewed its right to develop the continent.
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A group of about two dozen Confederate militiamen into Denver. They had been captured along the Huerfano River east of Pueblo.
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The Claude glass became a staple of 18th-century packing lists. Portable and compact, it was named for the French artist Claude Lorrain.
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