Initially, lithography suited Johns and enabled him to create print versions of iconic depiction of flags, maps, and targets that filled his paintings.

Initially, the age of the paintings had been a contentious issue, since methods like radiocarbon dating can be misled by contaminated samples of older or newer material, and caves and rocky overhangs ( parietal art ) are typically littered with debris from many time periods.

Initially she concentrated on religious subjects like The Magnificat ( 1872 ), but upon going to Paris in 1870 she was exposed to battle scenes from Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier and Édouard Detaille, and switched her focus to war paintings.

Initially built in a gothic style, it was later repaired and rebuilt featuring, among others, a baroque altar piece and paintings, a rococo pulpit, and 18th c. organ and bell tower.

Initially the Avant-garde, Art Brut and American abstract Expressionism ( e. g. Pollock had a big impact on him ) influenced Barceló's work, on the other hand he was always particularly interested in the Baroque paintings of Diego Velázquez, Tintoretto and Rembrandt.

Initially a synonym for " Satanic metal ", black metal has often been met with hostility from mainstream culture, mainly due to the misanthropic and anti-Christian views of many artists.

Initially it was subtitled The London Charivari, this being a reference to a satirical humour magazine published in France under the title Le Charivari ( a work read often whilst Mayhew was in Paris ).

Initially, the President was merely a symbolic figure with the Reichstag dominant ; however, persistent political instability, in which governments often lasted only a few months, led to a change in the power structure of the republic, with the president's emergency powers called increasingly into use to prop up governments challenged by critical or even hostile Reichstag votes.

Initially the Berber kings ruled overshadowing Carthage and Rome, often as satellites, allowing Roman rulership to exist.

Initially these shutters were made from a cloth material ( which was in later years often rubberised ), but some manufacturers used other materials instead.

Initially these were small scale attacks launched by refugees often motivated by economic reasons, but they were quickly adopted by the military of the neighboring Arab states, who organized them into semi-formal brigades which mounted larger scale operations from 1954 onwards.

Initially many Greek city-states seem to have been petty kingdoms ; there was often a city official carrying some residual, ceremonial functions of the king ( basileus ), e. g. the archon basileus in Athens.

Initially paramedics were mainly trained internally, with experienced ambulance technicians often progressing to the role of paramedic.

Initially, the strip was almost completely composed of actual vintage clip art and magazine cutouts, assembled collage-style and often manipulated and retouched.

Only Visiting This Planet, which was " Initially coordinated by George Martin ", and was produced by The Triumvirate of British producers Rod Edwards, Roger Hand, and Jon Miller, often ranked as Norman's best album, " mixed his Christian message with strong political themes ", and " was meant to reach the flower children disillusioned by the government and the church " with its " abrasive, urban reality of the gospel ".

Initially all the album releases were gatefold sleeves and coloured vinyl, often with covers by The Designers Republic or Phil Wolstenholme.

Initially, C ration cans were marked only with paper labels, which soon fell off and made a guessing game out of evening meals ; US soldiers and Marines receiving an unpopular menu item several nights in a row often found themselves powerless to bargain for a more palatable one.

Initially, this has often been seen as the " beginning of the end " of private lectureship.

Initially, PM was based on Windows GUI code, and often had developments performed in advance, like the support for proportional fonts ( which appeared in Windows only in 1990 ).

Initially assigned to B-29 escort duties, however, the straight-winged F-84E was much too slow to match the swept-wing MiG-15, and MiGs were often able to slip through the escort screen and make successful attacks on B-29s.

Initially introduced in educational and behavioral psychology, the term has acquired a broader interpretation over time, and expressions such as " experience curve ", " improvement curve ", " cost improvement curve ", " progress curve ", " progress function ", " startup curve ", and " efficiency curve " are often used interchangeably.

Initially the mission of the asylums was often to rehabilitate women back into society, but by the early 20th century the homes had become increasingly punitive and prison-like.

Initially wanting to be an artist or illustrator, he was often discouraged by societal norms of Japan which favored finding safe and well paying jobs.

Initially, the Rens played mostly in Harlem, but by the end of the 1920s, as attendance began to dwindle, the team could be found more often playing on the road, barnstorming across the country out of necessity.

Initially, this technology was sought in order to optimize use of a computer system, since time and processing resources were often wasted when a single job waited for human interaction was developed as a feature of operating systems in the late 1950s and came into common use in mainframe computing in the mid-to late 1960s.

Initially, the ARS lamp designs imitated the simple design of third to 4th century courseware lamps, often with globules on the shoulder or with fluted walls.

Initially, Janice cooks Bobby's dinners ( often claiming other women's plates as her own ) and informally dates him.

Initially many co-ops were set up by the future members themselves, often workers or artisans in the same trade.

Initially they were also largely outnumbered by their imperial counterparts, and thus often were forced to form up only two or three ranks deep to avoid being outflanked.

Initially on Saturdays, Cheeky attended a Saturday morning picture show at his local cinema where he saw a cartoon ( often represented by a strip featuring Warner Brothers cartoon characters ) followed by a drama serial, while exchanging jokes with his friends in the interval.

Initially, Romero intentionally imitated Holdaway's style in order to make the changeover less noticeable, but soon established his own take on the character of Modesty Blaise, portraying her in a more exotic and voluptuous style than Holdaway did.

Initially, however, he imitated his father, an infantry colonel who served in the French colonies: enlisting with the naval academy in 1894, he was made lieutenant in 1906 and was promoted to captain during 1918.

Initially, two book collections were acquired: on the one hand the personal papers of the Austrian jurist, orientalist and imperial chancellor Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter, consisting of oriental manuscripts and prints, editions of classic authors and works from the areas of theology, philosophy und jurisprudence, and on the other hand the collection of the Augsburg patrician Johann Jakob Fugger, which was acquired in 1571.

Initially these were similar to standard Wehrmacht wool uniforms but they also included reversible smocks and helmet covers printed with camouflage patterns with a brown / green " spring " side and a brown / brown " autumn " side.

Initially the station was served by trains from both companies as part of circular Inner Circle service but various operational patterns have been used during the station's life.

Initially, trains from both companies served the station on the Inner Circle service but other operational patterns have been used.

Initially produced in one colour it now comes in several solid colours and in several different camouflage patterns.

Initially we will import the thermoelectric materials and modules from France but later we will manufacture in this country.

Initially, the wastewater would be entirely from the shopping center with the domestic sewage from the houses increasing over an 18-month period.

Initially, the flagellated protozoa predominated, but they soon gave way to the free swimming ciliated protozoa.

Initially, having fewer units of some elements -- especially submarines -- than the opponent, our capabilities need to be sufficiently greater than theirs, so that the exchange will be in our favor.

Initially the White House reaction was that the bitter exchanges with Moscow over Cuba and the conflict in Laos had dampened prospects for a meeting.

Initially, Hamrick's reaction to A-Z going into the passenger car market was discouraging.

Initially the festival was held in October, but due to the inclement weather and local heavy clay soil ( like the battle ) making the festival difficult it was moved to July.

Initially in a literary revival Renaissance was determined to move away from the religion-dominated Middle Ages and to turn its attention to the plight of the individual man in society.

Initially it was conceived as a difference engine curved back upon itself, in a generally circular layout, with the long store exiting off to one side.

Initially on the advice of his mother, he attempted to buy the German tribes off, so as to gain time.

Initially led by Canovas del Castillo as moderate prime minister, what was thought at one time as a coup aimed at placing the military in the political-administrative positions of power, in reality ushered in a permanent civilian regime tat lasted until the 1931 Second Republic.

Initially he experimented with individual cells in series, each cell being a wine goblet filled with brine into which the two dissimilar electrodes were dipped.

Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.

Initially a study of systems of polynomial equations in several variables, the subject of algebraic geometry starts where equation solving leaves off, and it becomes even more important to understand the intrinsic properties of the totality of solutions of a system of equations, than to find a specific solution ; this leads into some of the deepest areas in all of mathematics, both conceptually and in terms of technique.

Initially, she encountered similar problems as she had experienced at Blake Hall.

Initially, Grothendieck attended Henri Cartan's Seminar at École Normale Supérieure, but lacked the necessary background to follow the high-powered seminar.

Initially Aster computer b. v. was called MCP ( Music print Computer Product ), because it was specialized in producing computer assisted printing of sheet music.

Initially an innovation to aid the recovery of downed pilots, they were sidelined when the front became static.

Initially the work was not well received, due, in part, to the many gaps in arguments and complicated equations.

Initially he followed a military career, taking part in the Angevin-Neapolitan war.

Initially, Raimi invited Scott Spiegel to co-write Army of Darkness because he had done a good job on Evil Dead II, but he was busy on rewrites for the Clint Eastwood film The Rookie.

Initially built from wood, the fort was eventually rebuilt in stone.

( Initially composed of an infantry division, eventually covering all Brazilian military forces who participated in the conflict.