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Goth/Gothic

A style of art, popular in Europe from the late 12th century to the early 16th century. It is also known as the International Style. Gothic art is mainly remembered in architecture. It was created by Abbot Sugert (Shu-ger). He planed to renovate the Cathedral of St. Denis, outside of Paris. Other famous gothic cathedrals include: Notre Dame, Chartres, Milan, and Pisa. The "Leaning Tower of Pisa" is actually the bell tower for that cathedral.

Gothic sculpture became more realistic, however, the forms tended to be elongated.

Gothic painting, like sculpture, had elongated forms, and was quite realistic. However, the artists failed to grasp vanishing point perspective. The most famous Gothic painter was Giotto.
I visited the Padua cathedral and saw Giotto's work. It was if he reinvented painting.
by Disco Stu October 15, 2003
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SPQR

Latin abrevation for Senatus Populusque Romanus, the Senate and the People of Rome
When the Roman Legions would go into battle they carried a plaqe with SPQR engraved on it.
by Disco Stu September 29, 2003
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memogate

The scandal in which liberal-biased CBS newsanchor Dan Rather aired on his 60 Minutes program documents that supposedly showed that George W. Bush received favorable treatment during his service as a national guardsman. The documents were later shown to be false. As a result, Rather's career has gone down the toilet, and he is resigning and stepping down from CBS Nightly News, effective as of March 2005.
1. Memogate ruined Dan Rather.
by Disco Stu December 8, 2004
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Monkey-Genius

A special operations monkey, trained in the arts of war, an expert in the use of rifles and assasinations
"Damn, that Monkey-Genius just wiped out our whole squad"
"Come on guys, we've got Monkey-Genius, nothing can stop us now"
by Disco Stu April 10, 2004
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Troy

An anchient Greek city in western Turkey. It is featured in three epic poems, the Illiad, which tells the story of the final years of the Trojan War, the Oddesy, which tells the story of Odesyus' return from that war, and the Aenid, which tells the story of Aeneas, who is a Trojan and will become the ancestor of the Roman people.
Troy was discovered in the 19tch century, and was proven to have existed. Untill then it was thought to be mythalogical.
by Disco Stu January 26, 2006
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STG 44

Also known as the MP-44, it is the first ever assault rifle ever produced. Made by the Germans, towards the end of WWII. It stands for sturmgehrwar, or Storm Rifle
by disco stu September 24, 2003
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Goofball

by Disco Stu September 29, 2003
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