As the first Italian art historian, he initiated the genre of an encyclopedia of artistic biographies that continues today.

They initiated a US-USSR reconciliation program, which included people-to-people exchanges, artistic and educational resources, teach-ins and conferences.

In 1935 a pact initiated by Roerich was signed by the United States and Latin American nations, agreeing that " historic monuments, museums, scientific, artistic, educational and cultural institutions " should be protected both in times of peace and war.

At the same time, Aristotelian rhetoric, owing to a revival of Thomistic philosophy initiated by Rome, regained ground in what was left of Catholic education in France, in particular at the prestigious Faculty of Theology of Paris, now a private entity.

A political philosophy of republicanism that formed during the Renaissance period, and initiated by Machiavelli, was thought to have had little impact on the founders of the United States.

Contrary to the traditional view, Dimitri Gutas and the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy consider the period between the 11th and 14th centuries to be the true " Golden Age " of Arabic and Islamic philosophy, initiated by Al-Ghazali's successful integration of logic into the Madrasah curriculum and the subsequent rise of Avicennism.

With the Counter Reformation initiated by the Council of Trent, positions hardened and a strict Catholic orthodoxy based on Scholastic philosophy was imposed, and some humanists, even moderate Catholics such as Erasmus, risked being declared heretics for their criticism of the church.

In 1865, Ramakrishna was initiated into sannyasa by Tota Puri, an itinerant monk who trained Ramakrishna in Advaita Vedanta, the Hindu philosophy which emphasizes non-dualism.

* The Philosophical Magazine is initiated by Alexander Tilloch to cover the field of natural philosophy ; it will still be published more than two centuries later.

The tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh at an event which coincided with the Baisakhi day in year 1699 initiated that every Sikh must follow the Five Ks ; they are not merely symbols but commitment to the faith and philosophy of Guru Nanak, Sikhism, and collectively form the external visible symbols ; hence clearly and outwardly advertising and displaying one's commitment.

The stressed the strong bureaucratic state, reforms initiated by Bismarck and other strong leaders, the Prussian service ethos, the high culture of philosophy and music, and Germany's pioneering of a social welfare state.

He initiated a programme of public education about chemistry, physiology, history and moral philosophy.

Appullalar also initiated Venkatanatha into Brahmacharya Upanayanam ( sacred thread ceremony ) at the age of seven and then to the SriVaishnavaite school of philosophy through Panchasamskara and made him master the Vedas, Divyaprabandam, Puranas and Sastras.

In her memoir Love's Work: A Reckoning with Life she claims that her interest in philosophy and desire to pursue it was initiated at age 17 when she read Pascal's Pensées and Plato's The Republic.

No epidemic was initiated nor was one expected because the population in City A was not lousy.

The discovery during the Second World War that guar gum was similar to imported locust gum increased its cultivation in western Asia and initiated it in the United States.

The Oscar itself was later initiated by the Academy as an award " of merit for distinctive achievement " in the industry.

Its modern development was initiated in the 1970s when it adds a modern instrumentation to the image of the electric guitar, synthesizer and drums.

His mother was a devout woman, so Ampère was also initiated into the Catholic faith along with Enlightenment science.

However, the rule of the dynasty was relatively short-lived and the Almoravids fell-at the height of their power-when they failed to quell the Masmuda-led rebellion initiated by Ibn Tumart.

He was reckoned by some ancient authors as one of the Seven Sages of Greece, and it is said that he was initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries of the Great Goddess, a privilege denied to those who did not speak fluent Greek.

It was initiated in 1950 by K. M. Munshi, the then Union Minister for Agriculture and Food to create an enthusiasm in the mind of the populace for the conservation of forests and planting of trees.

Aeschylus was one of many Greeks who had been initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries, a cult to Demeter based in his hometown of Eleusis.

As soon as Canova's hand could hold a pencil, he was initiated into the principles of drawing by his grandfather Pasino.

A. S. Roma was founded in the summer of 1927 when a secretary of the National Fascist Party, Italo Foschi, initiated the merger of three older Italian Football Championship clubs from the city of Rome ; Roman FC, SS Alba-Audace and Fortitudo-Pro Roma SGS.

The study of apoptosis brought on by Bunyaviridae was initiated in 1996 when it was observed that apoptosis was induced by the La Crosse virus into the kidney cells of baby hamsters and into the brains of baby mice.

The traditional date for the founding of Rome of 21 April 753 BC, was initiated by Varro.

Dio in his Roman History ( Book I ) confirms this data by telling that Romulus was in his 18th year of age when he had initiated Rome.

Administrative law in the People's Republic of China was virtually non-existent before the economic reform era initiated by Deng Xiaoping.

He was then deluged with petitions urging him to call it together, and this agitation was opposed by Sir George Jeffreys and Francis Wythens, who presented addresses expressing abhorrence of the Petitioners, and thus initiated the movement of the abhorrers, who supported the action of the king.

This was reinforced when their foremost interpreter and performer, Gervase Elwes ( who had initiated the music festivals at Brigg in Lincolnshire at which Percy Grainger and others had developed their collections of country music ) died in a horrific accident in 1921.

Much of this demolition was initiated by municipal architecture programs to build new residential or business quarters and main roads.

Although the eastern half still survived with borders essentially intact for several centuries ( until the Muslim conquests ), the Empire as a whole had initiated major cultural and political transformations since the Crisis of the Third Century, with the shift towards a more openly autocratic and ritualized form of government, the adoption of Christianity as the state religion, and a general rejection of the traditions and values of Classical Antiquity.

First initiated by John Hooper's rejection of clerical vestments in the Church of England under Edward VI and revived under Elizabeth I, the controversy sheds much light on the development of English forms of Puritanism and Anglicanism, though both of these are problematically broad labels covering a manifold of different positions.

In 1595, Clement VIII initiated an alliance of Christian European powers to take part in the war with the Ottoman Empire, fought mainly in Hungary, which would become known as " The Long War " and would continue past Clement's own lifetime.

He notes, " In old age I have had the good fortune to be initiated into the world of anthroposophy and during the past few years to make a profound study of the teachings of Rudolf Steiner.

Pushing the top hand down changes the paddle entry angle to neutral in most applications of the stroke ; the only plausible point where the top arm can participate in the stroke is perhaps after the bottom arm has initiated the pull and the paddle face is at or past the paddler's knee, to add a " kick " towards the back of the stroke.

Although certain simplified designs with simple, clear lines had been produced in past decades, the real boom of seeing the cuckoo clock more as an object of design, where the creativity and talent of designers are freely expressed and where the only limit seems to be imagination, was initiated in Italy when Pascal Tarabay devised a model for the firm Diamantini & Domeniconi.

Rifkind also reformed the Reserve Forces and initiated the policy review which led to the TA and other Reservists being able to be used in operations abroad without the need for full mobilization of the whole Territorial Army as had been needed in the past.

The award was initiated in memory and honor of past Associate Executive Director Charles Morris.

The Faculty Athletic Representative Association has initiated this award to honor past Vice-President of Legislative Services, Wally Schwartz.

Following the ensuring controversy Nicholson's demands initiated, Lott once again apologized for his past support for segregation, his past associations, and his remarks at Thurmond's birthday.

During the past decade the humanitarian community has initiated a number of interagency initiatives to improve accountability, quality and performance in humanitarian action.

In a petition initiated by Hans Henning Hahn, Eva Hahn, Alexandra Kurth, Samuel Salzborn and Tobias Weger in 2003, signed by several hundred people, primarily German, Czech, and Polish historians, opponents of the proposed form of Centre expressed concerns the centre would " establish and popularize a one-sided image of the past, without historical context ", and see the dangers of " de-contexualizing the past " and " ethnification of social conflicts ".

Mahavatar Babaji told Lahiri Mahasaya that he was his guru from the past, then initiated him into Kriya Yoga and instructed Lahiri to initiate others.

1. 4 As the benefits of economic development have yet to steadily accrue to the Region, efforts have been initiated in this direction in the recent past through various supportive measures.

In the past few years, several construction and renovation projects have been initiated.

The process is therefore considered to be constructive, as it is initiated by the conscious construction of the individual, and is not in any meaningful sense a component of the individual's innate dispositions, or a result of past inductions.

This initiated the Happiest Faces on Earth in which over thirty giant mosaics of Disney tableaus were displayed at locations around Disneyland and California Adventure composed of photos submitted by guests from the past fifty years.

The World Series ( initiated in 1968 ) pieces involve the meticulous re-creation of randomly chosen areas of the surface of the Earth ( using resin and fibreglass, as well as real materials from the site ) and are exhibited widely across the world, including, in the past, the British Pavilion at the XXXIX Venice Biennale in 1979.

" was initiated after Isaac Griffith's name was misspelled during his halfmile time where he underwent the name " Ian Griffon " or in the past " Isaac Griffey " in his yearbook.

In arbitration bifurcation can be used to get past certain issues, that might otherwise stall negotiations, concluding certain points that are agreed upon, while working on a solution to whatever problem initiated the need for bifurcation.

This group claimed to have known Gardner from a past life, and in September 1939, revealed to him that they were members of a Witches ' coven, and then initiated him into Wicca in a ritual which took place in one of the homes owned by Dorothy Clutterbuck.

It stated on 17 January 1976: The Irish Republican Army has never initiated sectarian killings ... if loyalist elements responsible for over 300 sectarian assassinations in the past four years stop such killing now, then the question of retaliation from whatever source does not arise.