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daguerreotype
(n)
invented in France in 1839, one of the two original forms of photography.
Daguerreotypes are unique, non-reproducible images produced on copper
plates coated with silver that has been made sensitive to light.
Daguerreotype images are remarkably clear and detailed, which makes
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disesteemed (adj)
held in low regard; thought unfavorably of |
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emancipation
(n)
the act of freeing from restraint, control, or bondage, especially
slavery |
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Emancipation Proclamation
signed in 1863 by President Lincoln, this document freed the
slaves of the Confederate states in rebellion against the Union
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American lecturer, poet, and essayist, the leading exponent
of a 19th-century movement of New England writers and philosophers
called Transcendentalism. Transcendentalists adhered to an idealistic
system of thought based on a belief in the essential unity of all
creation, the innate goodness of man, and the supremacy of insight
over logic. |
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found objects (n,
pl)
materials that were once used for other purposes and later found
by an artist and incorporated into a work of art |
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Frederick Douglass
(1857-1895)
black American ex-slave whose speeches and writings brought him
to the forefront of the American abolitionist
movement. Douglass became the first black citizen to hold high rank
in the U.S. government as minister and consul general to Haiti. |
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fresco (n)
from the Italian word fresco ("fresh"): a painting
executed on moist plaster. One particular type of fresco, called
buon fresco (literally, "good fresco"), causes
the painting to fuse with the plaster, becoming part of the wall
itself. The ancient technique reached its height during the Italian
Renaissance. |
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genre (adj)
depicting scenes or events from everyday life |
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Great Migration
the massive resettlement, spanning the decades from 1910 to 1970,
of over six million African Americans from the rural South to the
industrial North in search of jobs and freedom from discrimination |
