DK - WOW! The Visual Encyclopedia of Everything

259 NATURE In many cultures across the world, members of the animal kingdom are chosen as symbols of a particular quality people ...

Language 260 Around 4,000 characters are used in everyday written Chinese Written French has five accent marks to indicate pronu ...

In traditional written Spanish, 28 letters are used In early Greek writing, there are no gaps between individual words Many Beng ...

Any form of creative writing is called literature. It includes fiction, such as novels, poems, and plays, and non-fiction, inclu ...

More than 2 billion copies of Agatha Christie’s crime novels have been sold worldwide. The bestselling playright is William Sha ...

The many ways people seek to communicate information to a large audience are known as the media. This communication can be in wr ...

Digital radios deliver high-quality sound through a digital signal Powerful microprocessors enable modern phones to perform mult ...

266 Photography is a method of making pictures of the real world by capturing light from objects. Light can be captured on film ...

267 (^8) FILM CAMERAS Early cameras used heavy metal or glass plates. The roll of film, invented in 1888, made cameras both smal ...

Theatre has its origins in Ancient Greece, where performances included singing and dancing as well as acting. In medieval times, ...

269 6 ORCHESTRA Beneath the front of the stage is the orchestra pit, where the musicians and sound technicians sit. The conducto ...

From 1895, when the Lumière brothers first delighted French audiences with their “moving pictures” to today’s multi-billion-doll ...

From 1895, when the Lumière brothers first delighted French audiences with their “moving pictures” to today’s multi-billion-doll ...

272 CHINESE DRAGON DANCE ▶ In this ceremonial dance, dating back to the Han Dynasty (206 bce–220 ce), a team of performers carri ...

273 ◀ TRIBAL DANCE These traditional African dances, often performed to the beat of a drum, are important parts of many ceremoni ...

Music is a performance art created by the sounds of singers and instruments, and covers an incredible range of styles. It can be ...

The electric guitar is the main instrument in many musical styles, especially rock 275 (^5) JAZZ Jazz was born in early 20th-cen ...

An orchestra is a large group of instrumental musicians playing together under the direction of a conductor. Orchestras usually ...

277 The conductor has a complete orchestral score (written music) for all the instruments The largest instrument in the string s ...

278 Many sports developed from ancient times, when running and throwing skills were essential to survival. Any activity governed ...