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Apollodorus. 5C BC. Athenian painter. Shading. No surviving work.
Apollonius of Perga. c262-190BC. Greek mathematician: named conic sections: ellipse, hyperbola, parabola.
Apollonius Rhodius. 3C BC. Poet, librarian at Alexandria. Argonautica.
Appeasement Policy. 1937-9. British yield to Nazi demands in hope of maintaining peace. Munich Agreement. Gentleman’s Agreement.
Arc de Triomphe. Paris monument. Commissioned 1806 by Napoleon. Completed 1836.
Arcadia. Ancient Greek region of Peloponnesus. Megalopolis.
Ardon, Mordecai. 1896-1992. Polish/Israeli abstract painter. Jerusalem landscapes.
Asclepius. Greek god of healing. Killed by Zeus to prevent immortality of man. Son of Apollo.
Asiento. 1517-1750. Monopoly contracts to supply slaves to Spanish colonies.
Aspern-Essling, Battle. 1809. First important loss for Napoleon.
Augereau, Pierre. 1757-1816. Marshal under the Napoleonic Empire.
Augustus II. 1670-1733. King of Poland, 1697-. Provoked Northern War.
Augustus III. 1696-1763. King of Poland 1734- after War of Polish Succession.
Auschwitz. 1940-45. German death camp in Poland. 1-4 million killed. Final Solution.
Austerlitz, Battle. Moravia. Napoleon defeats Austrians and Russians, Dec 2, 1805. Peace with Austria.
Austro-Turkish War. 1682-99. Siege of Vienna. Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I drives Turks from Hungary.
Ba’al Shem-Tov. 1700-60. Polish founder of Hasidism. Holiness of ordinary existence.
Bach, Johann Sebastian. 1685-1750. German composer of fugues and chorales. Peak of polyphonic music. Brandenburg Concerto 1721. Well Tempered Clavier. Art of Fugue 1749.
Bagehot, Walter. 1826-77. English social scientist/ essayist. The English Constitution 1867. Physics and Politics 1872. Lombard St. 1873.
Bar, Confederation of. 1768-72. Polish RC nobles vs Russian hegemony.
Barbary Piracy. 1518-1830. G. Washington pays $1M to free enslaved seamen 1796. US attacks Tripoli 1815. French sieze Algiers, 1830.
Baroque Art. 1600-1750. Orig in Italy, spread across W. Europe. Architecture: Ornate style characterized by stucco, frescoes, rood screens. Vanbrugh. Bernini’s Barberini Palace. Music: Counterpoint vs Renaissance polyphony. Opera, cantata. Bach. Monteverdi. Vivaldi. Painting: Dynamic, emotional. Caravaggio. Reni. Rubens.Van Dyck. Rococo.
Barrès, Maurice. 1862-1923. French writer, politician. la Colline inspirée 1913.
Bassano. 1796. Victory of Napoleon over the Austrians.
Bateau-Lavoir. 1900. Paris birthplace of cubism (Picasso, Braque) and modern poetry (Jacob, Apollinaire, Orlan). Desmoiselles d’Avignon.