Artist: Elizabeth Butler (1846 - 1933)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Elizabeth Butler’s career as a painter reached its height in the 1870’s. Her military scenes were popular because of their underlying patriotism. Her best-known work is the painting titled Scotland for Ever! Which depicted the charge of the Royal Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo. She continued to paint for the remainder of his life, her final works based on the events of World War I.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens - Charles Stewart Butler and Lawrence Smith Butler 1880-1881 plaster National Gallery of Art American
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Theodore Butler Portrait of James Butler pastel 19th - 20th century
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Elizabeth Keith Outside the Te-Sheng-Men, Peking Color woodcut 1921
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Paysage au bord de l'eau (1925) by BUTLER Theodore Earl
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Benjamin Franklin Butler Montgomery Street, between Clay and Commercial Sts. lithograph 19th century
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Reginald Butler Tower Lithograph 1968
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Untitled, Reg Butler (1913 - 1981)  (Artist), 1957, Watercolor over pencil
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Theodore Butler Reflections pastel on paper 19th - 20th century
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John Heaviside Clark Hudibras by Samuel Butler (London: Thomas McLean, 1819), vol. 1 Book with 6 aquatints with hand coloring 1819
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John Heaviside Clark Hudibras by Samuel Butler (London: Thomas McLean, 1819), vol. 2 Book with 6 aquatints with hand coloring 1819
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Coucher de soleil à Veules les Roses (1909) by BUTLER Theodore Earl
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Joseph in Prison Interpreting
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Some People from Kuwait, #2, Jack Butler (United States, born 1947) , 2000, Ink-jet (Iris) print
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Some People from Kuwait, #1, Jack Butler (United States, born 1947) , 2000, Ink-jet (Iris) print
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Some People from Kuwait, #4, Jack Butler (United States, born 1947) , 2000, Ink-jet (Iris) print
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Some People from Kuwait, #3, Jack Butler (United States, born 1947) , 2000, Ink-jet (Iris) print
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Some People from Kuwait, #5, Jack Butler (United States, born 1947) , 2000, Ink-jet (Iris) print
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Andrew R. Butler Arizona Junction Etching and drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Andrew R. Butler On the Navajo Reservation Etching and drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Andrew R. Butler Mount Holly Etching and drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Some People from Kuwait, #1-#5, Jack Butler (United States, born 1947) , 2000, (Suite of five) Ink-jet (Iris) prints
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Commode / butler"s desk Commode/butler"s desk United States, Massachusetts, (Salem), 1790-1800 Mahogany, mahogany veneer, white
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Micro TV, Edward Kienholz (United States, Washington, Fairfield, 1927 - 1994) , 1968, Television set, cement
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Sony TV, Edward Kienholz (United States, Washington, Fairfield, 1927 - 1994) , 1968, Television set, cement
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John Heaviside Clark Illustration for Part 2, Canto 2, Line 40, first plate in volume 2 of the book Hudibrasby Samuel Butler (London: Thomas McLean, 1819) Aquatint with hand coloring 1819
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John Heaviside Clark Illustration for Part 1, Canto 2, Line 82, second plate in volume 1 of the book Hudibras by Samuel Butler (London: Thomas McLean, 1819) Aquatint with hand coloring 1819
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John Heaviside Clark Illustration for Part 2, Canto 3, Line 495, second plate in volume 2 of the book Hudibrasby Samuel Butler (London: Thomas McLean, 1819) Aquatint with hand coloring 1819
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John Heaviside Clark Illustration for Part 1,Canto 2, Line 775, third plate in volume 1 of the book Hudibras by Samuel Butler (London: Thomas McLean, 1819) Aquatint with hand coloring 1819
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The Archaeology of Passivity, Jack Butler (United States, born 1947) , 1990, Dye-diffusion transfer (Polaroid) print
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The Archaeology of Passivity, Jack Butler (United States, born 1947) , 1990, Dye-diffusion transfer (Polaroid) print
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The Archaeology of Passivity, Jack Butler (United States, born 1947) , 1990, Dye-diffusion transfer (Polaroid) print
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The Archaeology of Passivity, Jack Butler (United States, born 1947) , 1990, Dye-diffusion transfer (Polaroid) print
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The Archaeology of Passivity, Jack Butler (United States, born 1947) , 1990, (4) Dye-diffusion transfer (Polaroid) prints
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John Heaviside Clark Illustration for Part 1,Canto 2, Line 945, fourth plate in volume 1 of the book Hudibras by Samuel Butler (London: Thomas McLean, 1819) Aquatint with hand coloring 1819
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John Heaviside Clark Illustration for Part 2, Canto 3, Line 1056, third plate in volume 2 of the book Hudibrasby Samuel Butler (London: Thomas McLean, 1819) Aquatint with hand coloring 1819
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John Heaviside Clark Illustration for Part 3, Canto 1, Line 1576 ,fifth plate in volume 2 of the book Hudibrasby Samuel Butler (London: Thomas McLean, 1819) Aquatint with hand coloring 1819
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John Heaviside Clark Illustration for Part 3, Canto 1, Line 160 ,fourth plate in volume 2 of the book Hudibrasby Samuel Butler (London: Thomas McLean, 1819) Aquatint with hand coloring 1819
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John Heaviside Clark Illustration for Part 2,Canto 1, Line 115, frontispiece and first plate in volume 1 of the book Hudibras by Samuel Butler (London: Thomas McLean, 1819) Aquatint with hand coloring 1819
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John Heaviside Clark Illustration for Part 1,Canto 2, Line 1124, fifth plate in volume 1 of the book Hudibras by Samuel Butler (London: Thomas McLean, 1819) Aquatint with hand coloring 1819
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John Heaviside Clark Illustration for Part 2,Canto 1, Line 115 , sixth plate in volume 1 of the book Hudibras by Samuel Butler (London: Thomas McLean, 1819) Aquatint with hand coloring 1819
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John Heaviside Clark Illustration for Part 3, Canto 3, Line 675, sixth plate in volume 2 of the book Hudibrasby Samuel Butler (London: Thomas McLean, 1819) Aquatint with hand coloring 1819
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Benjamin Franklin Butler View of San Jose lithograph 19th century
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Benjamin Franklin Butler View of San Jose lithograph 19th century
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Clock, Edward Kienholz (United States, Washington, Fairfield, 1927 - 1994) , 1968, Clock encased in cement
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Excitable Pages #26, Jack Butler (United States, born 1947) , 1980-1981, Silver dye-bleach (Cibachrome) print
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Minus the Orange, Edward Kienholz (United States, Washington, Fairfield, 1927 - 1994) , 1963, Found objects
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Turgid TV, Edward Kienholz (United States, Washington, Fairfield, 1927 - 1994) , 1969, Plaster, television set, paint
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Benjamin Franklin Butler The Grand Plaza, San Francisco lithograph 1850
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Untitled, Jack Butler (United States, born 1947) , 1979, printed 1990, Silver dye-bleach (Cibachrome) print
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Clock, Edward Kienholz (United States, Washington, Fairfield, 1927 - 1994) , 1968, Clock with a cord encased in cement
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Clock, Edward Kienholz (United States, Washington, Fairfield, 1927 - 1994) , 1968, Clock with cord encased in cement
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Benjamin Franklin Butler Dancing Elephant and Miner lithograph 19th century
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Benjamin Franklin Butler The Grand Plaza, San Francisco color lithograph 1850
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© Robert A. Butler silversmith, Pine Plains, N.Y. ; Robert Butler, Born in 1955 Animal
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Benjamin Franklin Butler Clay St. South Side, Six Doors Below Montgomery San Francisco Lithograph 1854
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Benjamin Franklin Butler State Insane Asylum, Stockton, Cal. wood (or steel?) 19th century
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Benjamin Franklin Butler East Side of Portsmouth Square lithograph 19th century
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Benjamin Franklin Butler Montgomery St. E. Side from Clay to Commercial St. lithograph 19th century
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Benjamin Franklin Butler Butler's Views in California - No.1 The Mammoth Trees lithograph 19th century
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Benjamin Franklin Butler Montgomery Street, East Side, between Washington & Clay Sts. lithograph 19th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (40)
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Hudson River Museum: Night Moves: Three-Dimensional Photographs by Lynn Butler
IMAGE:
Lynn Butler,
Nocturnal Passage, n.d.,
Stereojet Vectrograph,
16 x 20,
Coll. the artist...
Butler Institute of American Art: FIVE DECADES OF JULES OLITSKI
A reception to honor the artist will be held October 15 from 1-3 pm at the Butler Institute. A catalogue with an essay/interview by James Lilliefores, accompanies the exhibition. The exhibition was first seen at the ...
Butler Institute of American Art: WILLIAM BAZIOTES: THE POETIC SPIRIT
The exhibition, organized by the Butler Institute in association with Joseph Helman, includes twenty six works and is accompanied by a scholarly catalogue with entries by the artist’s wid...
Phoenix Art Museum: Yangtze Remembered: The River Beneath the Lake
Between 2000 and 2003, photographer Linda Butler made eight trips to rural China to record images of the Yangtze River before it was changed forever by the Three Gorges Dam. Butler has worked as an independent art-photographer for more than 25 ye...
Butler Institute of American Art: Alan Bean: An Artist on the Moon
Growing out of Butler Museum of American Art’s commitment to more effectively serve its national, local and international audiences, the exhibition will enable visitors to travel though through space and explore the lunar landscape through the eye...
Museum of Contemporary Art, LA: Flight Patterns
Examining different approaches such as formal photographic treatments, conceptual pieces exploring cultural history, and issue-oriented art that address complex environm...
Butler Institute of American Art: Sports Heroes
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Butler Museum of American Art: Robert Gwathmey: Master Painter of the Old South
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Monash University Gallery: Telling tales: the child in contemporary photography
Artists included are: Di Barrett, Pat Brassington, Kate Butler, Anne Ferran, Bill Henson, Nicola Loder, Mark McDean, Tracey Moffatt, Deborah Paauwe, Polixeni Papapetrou, and Ronnie van Hout. While not all childhood experiences are ideal, the chil...
Museum of Contemporary Art, LA: John Gutmann: Culture Shock
Also featured are photographs illustrating Gutmann's personal adaptation of Surrealism as he turned from recording the odd and the marvelous and began to experiment with inventing and ...
Tembo Collaborative Studio: Terrell James: Mono-prints and Intaglio Ewditions
The new monoprints in variety of sizes are now available at pre publication values from the Tembo studio and Ms. Jame's Houston gallery affiliation, Hiram Butler/ Devin Borden Gallery (713-863-7097) IMAGE
"Rover"
Terrell James
thre...
Art Gallery of Hamilton: Humanity Refigured: Henry Moore and Postwar British Sculpture
Dubbed Britain's New Iron Age, the group - which included Kenneth Armitage, Lynn Chadwick, Reg Butler, Bernard Meadows and Eduardo Paolozzi - created expressions of anxiety and disquietude that stood in stark ...
Museum of American Folk Art: THE ART OF WILLIAM EDMONDSON
Organized by the Cheekwood Museum of Art in Nashville, the exhibition presents 40 limestone sculptures and 20 photographs of the artist by Edward Weston and Louise Dahl-Wolfe that reassess Edmondson's oeuvre within the cultural milieu of his time....
Museum of Contemporary Art, LA: MEDI(t)Ations: Adrian Piper’s Videos, Installations, Performances, and Soundworks 1968-1992
Also included in the exhibition are video and audio interviews with the artist. The exhibition is organized by independent curator Dara Meyers-Kingsley and is accompanied by an illustr...
Turkaly Art Gallery: Spring Forth New Gallery Artists: Giancarlo Calicchia, Anton Cetin, Angelo Gallo and Andrew Turkalj
Giancarlo Calicchia- Born in Italy, Cleveland based sculptor, Giancarlo Calicchia, was formally trained in sculpture at the University of Syracuse, Univ. of Rome, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome as well as Miguel de Allende in Mexico. He rece...
Zest Cafe Gallery: Cyberart to the Dining Table: Works by Fifteen International Artists
Participating artists are: Shankar Barua/INDIA
Mike Butler/CANADA
Dr. Rodney Chang*(Pygoya)/USA
Wayne J. Cosshall/AUSTRALIA
Andrew Cottingham/NEW ZEALAND
Centre for Contemporary Photography: Nikon Summer Salon: Over 250 Photo-based Artists
Celebrating the latest developments in photo-based practice, the Salon is an annual national event, now in its ninth year. An open-entry exhibition and competition, the Salon is supported by leaders in the photographic industry. Sponsors award ov...
Center for Photography at Woodstock: Managing Eden
The artists presented in Managing Eden shed light on the complexity of environmental "intervention", stewardship, and detachment. Addressing a broad spectrum of environmental concerns, including animal habitat management, land preservation, miner...
Atlanta Photography Group and Gallery: On the Edge, Juried by Alan Avery
Elllen comments about her work, "I am yearning for the unfamiliar rather than the known. "Photography can lead us astray; it can entice us into an uncanny realm. Using light, it allows us to see through the screen of reality to another reali...
Montclair Art Museum: Whitfield Lovell: Portrayals
Lovells work has been shown in solo exhibitions at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and the Jersey City Museum.  Whitfield Lovell: Portrayals was organized by T...
Conical Gallery: KISSS: Kinship International Strategy on Surveillance and Suppression
KISSS was launched in August 2005 at the Whitechapel Gallery London where KISSS strategies were presented to a full house in a live, intermedia combination of performance, video, interventions and working sessions. An audience member observed how ...
Gibbes Museum of Art: Ancestry and Innovation : African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum
Comprising nine quilts and nearly thirty works of art in various media, Ancestry & Innovation includes paintings by an elder generation of creators, such as David Butler, Sam Doyle, Bessie Harvey and Clementine Hunter; works by contemporary master...
Mountain Shadow Gallery: Joyce Bailey: Recent Works
Academically Joyce Bailey's studies included studio art, history of art, anthropology, archaeology and arts administration with degrees from:Yale University (MPhil., Ph.D), Tulane University(M.A.), Youngstown University with study courses at the B...
National Gallery of Victoria: Seeing the Centre: The Art of Albert Namatjira 1902 – 1959
"As traditional custodian for the land he painted - the Western Aranda country in central Australia - Namatjira's personal and spiritual attachment flows through every work. "It is hard for anyone to view these works without sensing the powerful ...
Changing Room: Past Standing: New Work by Artists from Scotland and Beyond
Artists include: Tobias Anderson (Stockholm); Julianna Capes (Edinburgh); Lucy Gibson (Leeds); Jenny Hogarth (Edinburgh); Magnus Lawrie (Glasgow); Cecilia Lundqvist (Stockholm); Andrew MacKenzie (Edinburgh); Ellen Munro (Edinburgh); Kevin Reid (Du...
First Street Gallery: A New Norm - Michele Liebler
Installed in Subculture the portraits collectively communicate an ingrained social narrative. Whether she is working from her figures or from an image bank, the colored pencils, graphite, and charcoal give the pieces slightly eerie presences. The ...
Crow Collection of Asian Art: Treasures From an Unknown Reign: Shunzi Porcelain
Until the 1980s, Shunzhi's reign had been neglected by scholars and researchers in China and the West. During this era, exports were greatly reduced and Imperial porcelain was not produced. However, scholarly findings and a series of exhibiti...
Plug In, ICA: Dominique Rey: Selling Venus
Rey uncovers illusions and stereotypes about a sub-culture of women in extreme feminine roles, and re-opens the debate on the victimization of women in oppressive and exploitive environments. Photographed in the intimacy of their dressing room, th...
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Armory Art Center: A Sense of Urgency–paintings and pastels by Sidney Goodman
Sidney Goodman is among the nations most established and recognized figurative artists and teachers. Since graduating from the Philadelphia College of Art, he has earned extensive recognitio...
Women in Photography: 20th Anniversary Exhibtion: Images of Women - Images of Tea opens at House of Photographic Art (HOPA)
We are thrilled to announce that Linda McCartney's print, T-Pot, will be on exhibit as well as a beautiful serene photograph by her daughter Mary McCartney Donald. Our Anniversary exhibit is a wonderful testament to the success of wo...
Telfair Art Museum: ROBERT GWATHMEY: MASTER PAINTER
Gwathmey's signature style is easily recognized. Influenced by Pablo Picasso, Gwathmey adapted the Cubist style for his narrative expression. Space is flattened into large areas of unmodulated color, as seen i...
University of Barcelona: Waterfronts of Art: Art for social facilitation
This is a university conference on the topic of Public Art. Its organisation is ruled by the habitual norms for this type of events. The organisation cannot become responsible for the trip expenses and the participants' stay. Since the objective o...
Australian Consulate-General: Celebrating Australia: identity by design
The New York opening follows its inaugural showing at the Embassy of Australia gallery in Washington DC where the exhibition received over 1000 visitors. Celebrating Australia: identity by design includes familiar symbols like the kangaroo ...
BYU Museum of Art: The Intimate Eye: Drawings by Burton Silverman
Silverman’s art is distinguished by his keen sense of contemporary urban life and his ability to elicit the essential character of his subjects through intuitive observation and skilled interpretation. His portraits relate to the finest traditions...
Virginia Historical Society: Robert Gwathmey: a Retrospective
Gwathmey developed a two-dimensional style that was uniquely his own. His paintings juxtapose primitive, carefully chosen shapes and angles against startling color, often outlined in black. In choosing color, Gwathmey sometimes arranged co...
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center: Courting Disaster: Katherine Taylor, Hilary Wilder, Donna Mintz
During the run of the exhibit each artist will discuss aspects of their work with visitors. Hilary Wilder presented an artist's talk on April 21, immediately preceding the opening reception. Donna Mintz will discuss her work on Wednesday April 26 ...
Art Gallery of Ontario: Rodney Graham: A Little Thought
This first major North American tour of works by Rodney Graham is jointly organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Graham’s works have been widely shown throughout Canada ...
National Museum of Chinese Revolution History: Dong Kingman: Watercolor Master
In addition to commemorating Kingman’s extraordinary career, Kingman’s second major exhibit in China coincides with and commemorates 30 years since relations between United States and China resumed. His prior exhibition in China in 1981 was the f...
John Michael Kohler Arts Center: One Thousand Words: Storytelling Images from Cultures Around the World
Storytelling has historically served as a form of entertainment but also as a cultural necessity. Stories carry histories, map moral laws and religious beliefs, and teach lessons of survival. Whether bearing sorrow, humor, or wisdom, they are reme...

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