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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

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Plato (left) and Aristotle, detail from School of Athens, fresco by Raphael, 1508-11; in the Stanza della Segnatura, the Vatican. Plato points to the heavens and the realm of Forms, Aristotle to the earth and the realm of things.

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Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden

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Awakenings

film by Marshall [1990]

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In Penny Marshall
Her next film, Awakenings (1990), was based on a book of the same name by Oliver Sacks. Her later films included A League of Their Own (1992), Renaissance Man (1994), and The Preacher’s Wife (1996).
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encephalitis lethargica

In encephalitis lethargica
…Awakenings (1973), made into a film starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro in 1990, presents the case histories of these patients.
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role of Gordon

In Dexter Gordon
…also appeared in the film Awakenings (1990).
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