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aRts - analog realtime synthesizer (199 words) |
 | As a core component of the KDE 2 desktop environment, aRts provides the basis for the KDE multimedia. |
 | It can also be used independently of KDE (i.e. |
 | Large parts of aRts are also under LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License), which allows using the aRts libraries even in proprietary software. |
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the arts: Information from Answers.com (1828 words) |
 | In Byzantine and Gothic art of the Middle Ages, the dominance of the church insisted on the expression of biblical and not material truths. |
 | Modern and contemporary art has moved away from the historic value of craft in favour of concept; this has led some to say that painting, as a serious art form, is dead, although this has not deterred the majority of artists from continuing to practise it either as whole or part of their work. |
 | The performing arts differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some art object. |