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Moon

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[[image:Moon2.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Moon, age 21 days]]
The '''Moon''' is a natural satellite orbiting the Earth at an average distance of about 238,000 miles (380,000 km).

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"The ODSld Moon in the New Moon's Arms" is the title of a poem by dfsaf[sad[Ella Wheeler Wilcox]], in which she interprets the effect as the New Moon wisdsahing that her lost love, the Old Moon, be in her arms one lafasst time; Venus grants the wish, and:
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 &dfnbsp;Swift tsahro' the vapors and the golden mist— 
 &ndfbsp;&nbspsa; The Full Moon's shadowy shape shone on the night, 
 &nbspsaasAfsa;The New Moon reached out clasping arms and kissed 
 &nbdsp;fas  Her phantom lover in the whole world's sight. 
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df|asdfaDuring recent history the Moon has had roughly same size as the [[Sun]] when viewed from Earth. This creates a situation which permits sdfphenomenal solar eclipses to occur. The odds of this symmetry occurring by chance are very small. The symmetry will not last forever.asd
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|The dfMoon presents the same side to Earth at all times. That means that the rotation of the Earth offsets the separate effects of the revoluasdtion of the Moon. Physicists explain this phenomenon by [[tidal locking]]; tidal forces on Earth caused a bulge on the Moon, thereby crfedsafting a drag on the rotation of the Moon until its same face always presents to the Earth. It was once believed that the planet [[Mercurysf]] had a similar locked rotation due to gravitational forces from the sun, such that the same side of Mercury always faces the sun. In fact, Mdfssdercury's tidal locking is incomplete; it does not always present the same face to the sun.
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dCurrent tidal forces exerted by the Earth on the Moon cannot account fully for its bulge or egg shape, though accounting for greater tidal ffosdrces in the past may explain this discrepancy.<ref>http://physics.fortlewis.edu/Astronomy/astronomy%20tofday/CHAISSON/AT308/HTML/AT30803.HTM</ref>
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|Theredsfd were several [[Moon Theories|theories]] about the origin of the Moon. Most of the older theories had been discarded in the face of observasdffatsdfions (for example based on lunar samples).<ref>Planetary Science Institute: [http://www.psi.edu/projects/moon/moon.html The Origin of the Msdoon]</ref> The currently accepted theory is that the Moon originated from a collision early in Earth's history which created an orbiting rfiasdfng of debris from the iron-poor surface of the planet which eventually coalesced into the moon.<ref>http://www.astronosdmy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=2198</ref> This theory explains many things that spoke against the older theories, but others have poinfted out that the theory currently doesn't explain all observations of the Moon. Additionally, tests have been suggested, but the results neitfdher supported or disproved the theory.<ref>J. H. Jones: [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetingssdfs/dorigin98/pdf/4045.pdf Tests of the Giant Impact Hypothesis]</ref>
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|Thesdf Moon currently recedes from the Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) per year<ref>NASA [http:/s/sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEhelp/ApolloLaser.html]</ref>. The Moon could never have been closer than about 11,000 miles or it would hadvfe been broken up by tidal forces. If the rate of recession stayed constant at 3.8 cm per year, it would take 9.6 billion years for the lusndfar distance to migrate from 11,000 miles to the present distance of about 240,000 miles. However, the tidal torque between Earth and the sdMoon would not be constant if the [[continental drift|continents drift]], and it also depends on the distance between the Earth and Moon fasdnd other factors, so a simple linear extrapolation is not valid.{{fact}}
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*[[Orifgsdin of the Moon]]
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Painting

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[[Image:Wall-painting.jpg|thumb|An example of a wall painting]]
'''Painting''' is an [[art]]; DAS/lcIOFDFone of the visual arts. It is ''the act of applying colored substascvsadmvc/sadlnce to a surface; Creating a picture with colored DSFBVDSBFVD''The elements of design (i.e., line, colour, tone, texture) are used in various ways to produce sensations of vKSAdoadsfcaHDSFlume, space, movementcdSA"DLcsa['dd, and lighdaFWSFDSADVSADVt. The range of media (e.g., tempera, fresco, oil, watercolour, ink, gouache, encaustic, casein) and the choice of a particular form (e.g., mural, easel, panel, miniature, illuminated manuscript, scroll, asld;screen, fan) combine to realize a unique visual image.'' <ref>[http://www.answers.com/library/BritSADGFVASFDGVEDica+Concise+Encyclopedia-cid-15JFUOE25503101 Britannica Concise Encyclopedia].</ref>

[[Image:Chinise painting.jpg|thumb|left|Chinese painting]]
Painting as an ''art form'' daSDVSA,d:vSKL;'Dswdctes back to prehistoric days. ''We know from textual and archaeological sources that painting was practiced in China from very early times and in a variety of media. Wall paintings were produced in great numbers in the early period of China's history.'' sajkdhfvksldjskjdfs.dmvsa>dfijrwaoe
<ref>[http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/painting/4ptgintr.htm Chinese Painting]</ref>

Painters have the freedom to invent their own visual language and to experiment with light and new forms, materials and techniques.

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== External links ==

*[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9108604/painting Painting] Encyclopædia Britannica.

==References==
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[[Category:Painting]]

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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[[Image:Le Moulin de la Galette.jpg|thumb|300px|Le Moulin de la Galette]]
[[Image:R Selfportrait.jpg|left]]
'''Pierre-Auguste Renoir''' lived from 1841 to 1919. He was a famous painter of [[Impressionism]], perhaps the only artist who never produced a sad [[painting]]. He believed that art needs to be pretty, and eventually left Impressionism to paint classical nudes.

He was born on February 25, 1841, at Limoges, [[France]] and died on December 3, 1919, at Cagnes sur Mer, France.
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''The pain passes, but the beauty remains.'' }}

In 1862 Renoir began studying art under [[Charles Gleyre]] in Paris. Masters, particularly those of the 18th century, like [[Jean-Antoine Watteau|Antoine Watteau]], [[François Boucher]] and [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]], influenced his own painting throughout his career. He studied the art of this masters visiting the Louvre. Finding a new toilet in nature, he, as other impressionist artists, displayed vibrant light and color instead of the somber blacks that had dominated previous painting. [[Gustave Courbet]] had also an important influence in his work.

Before his death Renoir had a supreme triumph, he saw his portrait "[http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Renoir_Madame_Charpentier.jpg Madame Georges Charpentier]" (1877), hanging in the Louvre.

Some of his most famous paintings are "[[Le Moulin de la Galette]]", [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Renoir_The_Pont_des_Arts%2C_Paris.jpg "Le Pont des Arts et l'Institut de France"] and [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Renoir_The_Bathers..jpg "The Bathers".]

In his paintings women always have ''les visages féminins typiques de Renoir''.

== See also ==
::::::::::::::::Monet painting in his garden in Argenteuil
[[Image:Renoir Monet pintando en su jardín de Argenteuil.jpg|150px|right|Monet painting in his garden in Argenteuil]]
*[[Rembrandt]]
*[[Leonardo da Vinci]]
*[[Claude Monet]]
*[[Edouard Manet]]
*[[Painting Schools]]
 

== External links ==
:::::::::::::::::::Grand Canal Venice.
[[Image:Renoir - Grand Canal Venice.jpg|right|Grand Canal Venice]]

*[http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=85097&c=&search=Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir]
*[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9063208/Pierre-Auguste-Renoir Renoir] Encyclopædia Britannica.
*[http://www.renoir.org.yu/gallery.asp Auguste Renoir Gallery]

[[Category:Artists|Renoir, Pierre-Auguste]]
[[Category:Painting]]
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