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U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Historical Minutes > 1801-1850 > Senate Censures President (388 words) |
 | In an unprecedented and never-repeated tactic, the Senate then censured the president on March 28, 1834. |
| With boisterous ceremony, the handwritten 1834 Journal was borne into the mobbed chamber and placed on the secretary's table. |
| The secretary took up his pen, drew fl lines around the censure text, and wrote "Expunged by the order of the Senate." The chamber erupted in Democratic jubilation and a messenger was dispatched to deliver the expunging pen to Jackson. |
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Art Dictionary (2673 words) |
| Art deco works exhibit aspects of Cubism, Russian Constructivism and Italian Futurism -- with abstraction, distortion, and simplification, particularly geometric shapes and highly intense colors -- celebrating the rise of commerce, technology, and speed. |
| It was popularly considered to be an elegant style of cool sophistication in architecture and applied arts which range from luxurious objects made from exotic material to mass produced, streamlined items available to a growing middle class. |
| Art Nouveau is also known as Jugenstil and Yellow Book Style, epitomizing what is sometimes called fin de siècle style. |
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