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  2. Gottfried Mind - Wikipedia

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    Gottfried Mind was born at Bern in the year 1768. His father had come as a joiner and form-cutter to Switzerland from Lipsich, in Upper Hungary. Mind was mostly left to himself because of his weak constitution. Herr Gruner was a lover of art. During the summer, he had a German artist named Legel in his house who often drew buildings and cattle ...

  3. Russian criminal tattoos - Wikipedia

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    In Russian criminal jargon or Fenya (феня), a full set of tattoos is known as frak s ordenami (a tailcoat with decorations). The tattoos show a "service record" of achievements and failures, prison sentences and the type of work a criminal does. They might also represent his "thief's family", naming others within hearts or with the ...

  4. Bust (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human body, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. The bust is generally a portrait intended to record the appearance of an individual, but may sometimes represent a type.

  5. Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird - Wikipedia

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    A spider monkey sits behind her right shoulder, its eyes focused on its hands, playing with the thorn necklace. [6] Above her head, two dragonflies float in mid-air, above two butterfly clips nesting in the elaborate hairstyle that crowns her head. A black cat with striking ice blue eyes peers up from the foliage over her left shoulder.

  6. Cat anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Pectoantebrachialis. [edit] Pectoantebrachialis muscle is just one-half-inch wide and is the most superficial in the pectoral muscles. Its origin is the manubriumof the sternum, and its insertion is in a flat tendonon the fasciaof the proximal end of the ulna. Its action is to draw the forelimb towards the chest.

  7. List of animal names - Wikipedia

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    List of animal names. Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California. In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on ...

  8. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    1. (of a vessel) Floating freely (not aground or sunk). The term may also be used more generally of any floating object or person. 2. In service, even if not currently underway, but not stranded, crewless, in repair, or under construction (e.g. "the company has 10 ships afloat").

  9. Sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Modern and contemporary art have added a number of non-traditional forms of sculpture, including sound sculpture, light sculpture, environmental art, environmental sculpture, street art sculpture, kinetic sculpture (involving aspects of physical motion), land art, and site-specific art. Sculpture is an important form of public art.