His swirl is one of the hallmarks of Mannerism a mode of expression whose exaggerations broke the classical perfection and balance of the High Renaissance, and started art on the road to the Baroque.

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Dine alternates among charcoal, India ink, litho crayon and other drawing tools, often on the same pieces, giving a lesson in the possibilities of tonal variation using implements that must have been high tech before the Renaissance.

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His decision to commission from North Korea a 50m (164 ft) high bronze monument to the African Renaissance was heavily criticised in a country where poverty is still rife and electricity scarce.

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Built for Frank Woolworth in 1915, the neo-French Renaissance mansion is 35 feet wide, with 14-foot-high ceilings, grand fireplaces and formal parlor and breakfast room.

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David is informed by a high-level overseer, Thompson (Terence Stamp), that the guardians gave mankind the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, and the Enlightenment, and then, starting in 1910, they allowed us to exercise free will.

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