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Diego Velazquez was a Spanish administrator. He was born about 1460 at Cuellar, near Valladolid and died in 1522. He sailed with Cgristopher Columbus on his second voyage, and in 1511 conquered Cuba, of which he became governor, founding several towns, and remaining there until his death. Velazquez was responsible for an expedition which discovered Yucatan, in 1517, and sent Hernando Cortes to Mexico in 1518. Regretting, however, the extensive powers he had given to Cortes, he sent a force under Panfilo de Narvaez, which was overthrown by Cortes in 1520.
Diego Rodriguez De Silva Y Velazquez was a Spanish painter. He was born in 1599 at Seville and died in 1660. He studied under Francesco Herrera and then, when Herrera's temper got too much for him, under Pacheco whose daughter he later married. Velazquez also came under the influence of Luis Tristan, a pupil of El Greco. Settling in Madrid in 1623, he there painted a portrait of Fonseca, almoner to Philip IV which introduced him to the notice of the king. In the same year he painted a portrait of Philip IV, the first of a very long series which he painted of that king at every period of his life.
In 1628 Velazquez met Rubens, who came to Madrid as ambassador from the regent of the Netherlands. Having then conceived an eager desire to visit Italy, he left Spain in 1629, journeying to Venice, and then to Rome, by way of Ferrara and Bologna, and in 1630 was in Naples. The next year saw him back again at Madrid, and from that time began his long series of notable portraits.
His second visit to Italy was paid in 1649, v/hen his main object was to collect pictures and casts from the antique. On this occasion he painted his celebrated portrait of Pope Innocent X. In 1651, home again in Spain, he was given a high court appointment by the king, which took up much time. His pictures at this period include Maids of Honour, and the Tapestry Weavers.
The main feature of the art of Velazquez is its absolute truth. He was an impressionist in the truest meaning of the word, could seize upon an effect in its momentary force, and represent it in all its bare truth, painting colour as it really was. He had an unequalled command of values. There is never any false lighting or inaccurate incidence of light in his pictures, and he not only understood atmosphere, but grasped the mystery of shadows and darkness. He selected essentials with unerring judgement, and no other works are so near to the effect of nature as are his, or produce like them the true perspective of the atmosphere.
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Ferreira da Silva Eusebio is a Portuguese Association Football player. He was born in 1843. He played for Benfica and for Portugal, being the leading goal-scorer in the 1966 World Cup championship held in England.
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Henry Silva is an American actor. He was born in 1928.
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Howard Da Silva (real name Harold Silberblatt) was an American actor. He was born in 1909 at Cleveland, Ohio and died in 1986 of lymphoma.
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Adele Silva is an English actress. She was born in 1980 at Norbury, Surrey. She is best known for playing the role of 'Kelly Windsor' from 1993 to 2000 in the television soap-opera 'Emmerdale Farm'.
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Above The Law is a martial arts action thriller starring Steven Seagal, Pam Frier, Sharon Stone, Daniel Faraldo and Henry Silva in a story about a Chicago policeman and a former CIA agent pursuing a cache of military explosives stolen by a notorious drug dealer. Above The Law was directed by Andrew Davis in 1988.
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Code Of Silence is an action thriller starring Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen, Mike Genovese and Nathan Davis in a story about a maverick Chicago policeman and his young partner getting caught up in a gang war while also trying to stop an irresponsible policeman. Code Of Silence was directed by Andrew Davis in 1985.
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They Live By Night is a crime drama starring Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, Howard da Silva, Jay C Flippen and Helen Craig in a story about an escaped convict who meets and marries while on the run. They Live By Night was directed by Nicholas Ray in 1949.
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The Jayhawkers is a Western starring Jeff Chandler, Fess Parker, Nicole Maurey and Henry Silva in a story about a former convict battling the empire building exploits of a ruthless man responsible for the death of his wife. The Jayhawkers was directed by Melvin Frank in 1959.
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The Harz (Hartz) - known to the Romans as Hercynia Silva - is the most northerly mountain range of Germany extending roughly 100 km from south-east to north-west and about 32 km wide embracing the towns of Klausthal, Goslar and Blankenburg. The highest peak is Brocken.
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