abbreviation ofpopular; earlier as a shortened form ofpopular concert(1862), and often in the plural formpops.Pop artis recorded from 1957, said to have been in use conversationally among Independent group of artists from late 1954.Pop cultureattested from 1958, short forpopular culture(which is...
List of the most popular artists from United Kingdom, with biographical information and photos when available. For centuries artists have been among the ...
Graveyard Shift Total Nerd Unscripted Lifestyle Music Sports #16 Anton Chekhov on The 500+ Best Writers of All Time #23 Aldous Huxley on The Best Science-Fiction Authors Of All Time COLLECTION40 LISTSChina Authors Inventors Artists Poets Movies Politic- ians Presen- ters...
It is impossible to know when human beings first understood the idea of reading signs in nature—such as eclipses, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and the like—as being preludes alluding to coming political or social catastrophes. Such irregular phenomena will have been shocking events much more ...
By imbuing their works with the symbolic meanings of different creatures, artists and writers could convey deeper philosophical ideas or commentary on human nature and society. For example, the presence of a qilin might represent the birth of an enlightened ruler or the prosperous reign of a ...
In the digital space, artists, fans and critics gather on music blogs to discuss all aspects of the art form. Musicians and producers like Make Pop Music discuss music creation and lyric writing. People come to his blog to read about tricks of the trade from an authentic source. With the...
This is a reference to the Buddho-Daoist philosophy of Zhang Boduan (張伯端, mid- to late-980s-1082), who believed that in order to become a true transcendent (xian,仙), one had to achieve both the Daoist elixir of immortality and Buddha-nature (i.e. Buddhahood). The aforementioned ...
Sun Wukong is famed for his multiple categories of immortality, but he is still susceptible to death and the wheel of rebirth since, during the journey, he hasn’t yet achieved Buddha-nature. Killing him in one-on-one combat would be nearly impossible, though, given his great durability and...
List of the most popular artists from Scotland, listed alphabetically with photos when available. For centuries artists have been among the world's most ...
More than half of the musicians in sample 1 and sample 2 had health insurance, but most obtained it through non-music-related jobs or family coverage. Although the generalizability of the findings is limited significantly by the nonrandom nature of the samples and generally low response rates, ...