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…that the first professional African-American and Native American sculptor was Edmonia Lewis?

…that the sōsaku hanga—creative prints— art movement in early 20th century Japan, during the Taishō and Shōwa periods, helped revitalize ukiyo-e by applying Western concepts of art to the traditional Japanese style?

…that Thomas Gainsborough painted The Blue Boy mainly to prove to his chief rival Joshua Reynolds that it was possible to use the color blue as the central color of a portrait?

…that many culturally significant sites of Australian Aboriginal art have been gradually desecrated and destroyed by encroachment of early settlers and modern-day visitors?

…that the original historical meaning of the word cartoon is a full-size drawing made on paper as a study for a further artwork?