Reverend Thomas Lamb Eliot (October 13, 1841 (1841-10-13) – April 28, 1936 (1936-04-29)) was an Oregon pioneer, minister of one of the first churches on the west coast of the U.S., president of the Portland Children's Home, president of the Oregon Humane Society, a director of...
As a film director and producer, Namin has created a series of documentary films including an interview with Ernst Neizvestny, Magical India, The Ancient Churches of Armenia, with the participation of Catholicos Karekin II, and the Russian-American joint productions The Real Cuba and Free to ...
They helped form the Council of Religion and Homosexuality in northern California to persuade ministers to accept homosexuals into churches, and used their influence to decriminalize homosexuality in the 1960-70s. They became politically active in San Francisco’s first gay political organization, the ...
The basilica is one of Italy’s largest churches, and until the modern era, the famous dome was the largest in the world. It remains the largest brick dome ever constructed. 7. Shah Mosque The Shah Mosque (or Imam Mosque)in Isfahan, Iran is regarded as one of the masterpieces of ...
Although he made photographs throughout France, Germany, and Italy, it was his native city - especially its monuments, churches, bridges, and gardens - that provided the artist with his greatest and most enduring source of inspiration. By the end of the 1850s, Marville had established a ...
Such altarpiece tapestries were designed for churches or private chapels, where they were employed either as an altar cloth or antependium or were placed on the wall behind the altar. Generally speaking, these hangings were made to the same size as the painting they replicated. As a result,...
trying to police it.Feminist campaigners such as Zoe Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian won’t like this comparison, but whattheir mission represents is a new kind of sexually dysfunctional authority clamping down on the sexuality of the great unwashed, like politicians and some churches throughout history...
Feminist campaigners such as Zoe Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian won’t like this comparison, but what their mission represents is a new kind of sexually dysfunctional authority clamping down on the sexuality of the great unwashed, like politicians and some churches throughout history. Wow. We’re get...
His hymns influenced the development of singing in Protestant churches. His marriage to Katharina von Bora, a former nun, set a model for the practice of clerical marriage, allowing Protestant clergy to marry.In two of his later works, Luther expressed antagonistic views towards Jews. His ...
churches, houses, and monuments elsewhere. His final major commission was for the design of Grosvenor Bridge in Chester. Some of Harrison's designs, including his buildings at Lancaster Castle, were Gothic in style, but most were Neoclassical, particularly those at Chester Castle. He was regarded...