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Baby Calendar Baby Calendar is a three- piece indie pop band from Miami, FL on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records, an indie label based in Athens, GA known for releasing mostly indie_pop and twee-pop bands and for working with bands such as Of Montreal, Casper And The Cookies, and Bunnygrunt. The band formed in 2004 in Miami and are currently active and performing frequently in and around the United States.
Baby Consuelo Baby Consuelo (also known as Baby do Brazil) is one of Brazil's most accomplished and influential performers and composers. Although she is known for her energetic perfomances and compositions in rock, Baby has a rich publication of songs all over the musical spectrum.
Baby D (dance group) Baby D was the name of a UK euro house/trip hop band, well known for their single "Let Me Be Your Fantasy", originally released unsuccessfully in 1992. In 1994 the track was signed by London Records, and re-released at which point it promptly went to number one in the UK singles chart, selling about a quarter of a million copies.
Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing "Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing" is a song by American rock and roll artist Chris Isaak. Released as the first track to the album Forever Blue in 1995, the song borrows the riff from Shake Your Hips by The Rolling Stones.
Baby Doe Law The Baby Doe Law or Baby Doe Amendment is the name of an amendment to the Child Abuse Law passed in 1984 that sets forth specific criteria and guidelines for the treatment of seriously ill and/or disabled newborns. The law is controversial in that it dictates what must be done for a child, regardless of the wishes of the parents.
Baby Doll Baby Doll is a 1956 film which tells the story of the childlike bride of a Mississippi cotton gin owner, who becomes the pawn in a battle between her husband and his enemy. It stars Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach and Mildred Dunnock.
Baby Don't You Do It "Baby Don't You Do It" is a 1964 single by American singer Marvin Gaye. Released on the Tamla label, this song discusses a man who is at a standstill with his girlfriend, who he feels is neglecting his love stating "don't break my heart/...
Baby Duck Syndrome Baby Duck Syndrome (BDS) is a phenomenon where computer users judge and dislike a new operating system compared to the first one they learntIBM Article on BDS. It is most commonly seen in a person moving from a Windows operating system to a free Unix-like operating system, especially Linux and BSD.
Baby Elephant Walk The Baby Elephant Walk is a tune written in 1961 by composer Henry Mancini, for the 1962 release of the movie Hatari!. The composer combines brass instruments (including repeated blasts from the tuba) and woodwind elements to convey the sense of a toddler that is large and plodding, but nonetheless filled with the exuberance of youth.
Baby Face Finlayson Baby Face Finlayson was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1553, dated 22 April 1972. Baby Face Finlayson "The Cutest Bandit in the West" was an outlaw in the American Old West, who was also, surreally, a baby.
Baby Face Willette Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette (born September 11, 1933 - 1971) is a jazz musician most known for playing Hammond organ. It is unclear whether he was born in Little Rock, Arkansas or New Orleans, Mississippi All Music Guide Biography "Baby Face" Willette Accessed: December 1, 2006
Baby Felix Baby Felix is a children's animated television program that follows the adventures of a young Felix the Cat and infant versions of the characters from Joe Oriolo's Felix television program from the 1950s. It was launched by Oriolo's son, Don in 2000 with NHK Educational, NEC Interchannel and AEON inc.
Baby Gender Mentor The Baby Gender Mentor test is a blood test designed to determine if a pregnant mother is carrying a boy or a girl. The test is made by Acu-Gen Biolab, Inc, a biotech company in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the United States and is marketed to detect the gender of a fetus as early as five weeks after conception.
Baby hatch A baby hatch is a place where mothers can bring their babies, usually newborn, and leave them anonymously in a safe place to be found and cared for. This kind of arrangement was common in mediaeval times and in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when the device was known as a foundling wheel.
Baby Halder Baby Halder (born 1973 or 1974 in West Bengal) is an Indian housekeeper and author whose autobiography Aalo Aandhari or A Life Less Ordinary (ISBN 81-89013-67-X) describes her harsh life. Abandoned by her mother at age 7, raised by a neglectful father and married off at age 12, she later left an abusive husband with her three children for a life as housemaid in New Delhi and then encountered several exploitative employers.
Baby Huey Baby Huey, a gigantic and naĂŻve infant duckling cartoon character, was a creation of Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios in the early 1950s. He first appeared in a comic-book in an origin story in Casper the Friendly Ghost #1, as published by St John's in 1949.
Baby Huey (singer) Baby Huey (born James Ramey, January 1 1944 - October 28 1970) was an American rock and soul singer, born in Richmond, Indiana. He was the frontman for the band Baby Huey & The Babysitters, whose singular LP for Curtom Records in 1971 was influential in the development of hip hop music.
Baby I Need Your Loving "Baby I Need Your Loving" is a 1964 hit single recorded by The Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, the song was the group's first Motown single and their first pop Top 20 hit, making it to number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1964.
Baby I'm Burning "Baby I'm Burning" was a 1978 song written and performed by Dolly Parton that was part of a double-A-sided single: "Baby I'm Burning"/"I Really Got the Feeling". Released from Parton's RCA album Heartbreaker, after the success of the title single, "Baby I'm Burning" reached the top thirty on the U.
Baby Jane Hudson Baby Jane Hudson is a fictional character, the villain of Henry Farrell's 1960 novel What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? She was portrayed by Bette Davis in the 1962 film adaptation and by Lynn Redgrave in the 1991 made for TV remake.
Baby kissing Baby kissing is a practice where politicians kiss babies in order to garner public support. The practice appears to have originated during the Jacksonian democracy along with other techniques such as "banners, badges, parades, barbecues, free drinks and baby kissing [which were used] in an effort to 'get out the vote'".
Baby Love "Baby Love" is a 1964 number-one hit recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, "Baby Love," one of the most popular songs of the late 20th century, was the Supremes' most successful single.
Baby Loves a Funny Bunny Baby Loves a Funny Bunny is the second proper album by indie rock band Fuck. It was released by the vanity label Rhesus Records and combines new songs with songs previously released on their self-titled debut cassette release.
Baby monitor A typical baby monitor, sometimes also known as a baby alarm, is a simplex (uni-directional) radio transmitter and receiver system used to remotely listen for noises made by an infant. The transmitter, equipped with a microphone, is placed near to the child and the receiver, equipped with a speaker, is carried by, or near to, the person caring for them at the time.
Baby Marie Baby Marie Osborne (born November 5, 1911 as Helen Alice Myres, Denver, Colorado) was the first major child star of silent films and American films. She was usually billed as Baby Marie Osborne, but was often billed simply Baby Marie.
Baby Mario Baby Mario is the infant version of Mario. Although he has paradoxically appeared alongside his older self in Nintendo sports titles such as Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, Mario Superstar Baseball and Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Baby New Year The Baby New Year is a personification of the start of a new year, commonly seen in various New Year's customs. He is usually represented as a baby wearing nothing more than a diaper and a sash across his torso that shows the year he is representing.
Baby On Board Baby On Board refers to a five-inch sign intended to be placed in the back window of an automobile to deter tailgating. First marketed in September 1984 by Safety 1st Corporation, the sign became a ubiquitous fad, flourishing in 1985.
Baby Pac-Man Baby Pac-Man is an arcade pinball/video game hybrid made by Bally Midway in 1982. Upon inserting a coin, the game begins its typical maze-style play like in the original Pac-Man, but upon entering an "escape" tunnel, a pinball is launched below on the main playfield where the player can gain extra points.
Baby Point Baby Point is an upscale residential neighbourhood in west end of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The name is pronounced "Bobby Point" by long-time residents, a corruption of the French pronunciation of Baby, after whom the neighbourhood is named.
Baby Rasta y Gringo Baby Rasta y Gringo, real names Wilmer Alicea and Samuel Gerena, respectively, are a Reggaeton duo from Puerto Rico, famous for their track El Carnaval (The Carnival). They have released three albums, New Prophecy in 1998, Fire Live in 2003 and Sentenciados in 2004.
Baby Richard case The Baby Richard case was a highly publicized custody battle that took place over Danny Kirchner, a young child whose adoption was revoked when his biological father Otakar Kirchner won custody in a case that was decided in 1995 by the Illinois Supreme Court. The child became known as "Baby Richard" in widespread media coverage, spurred enormously by 100 columns written by Chicago newspaper columnist Bob Greene.
Baby Ruth Baby Ruth is a candy bar that is made of chocolate-covered peanuts and nougat, though the nougat found in it is more like fudge than is found in many other American candy bars. The bar was a staple of Chicago-based Curtiss Candy Company for some seven decades.
Baby shower A baby shower is a party in which expectant parents receive gifts or money for their expected child. By convention, a baby shower is intended to help parents get things that they need for their baby (such as basic layette items), especially items they may not be able to afford.
Baby sling A baby sling is a soft cloth used in a such a way to help support the weight of an infant or small child, while the child is being carried by someone. Those who use slings are said to be practicing what is called babywearing.
Baby Saga The Baby Saga, also known as the Bebi Saga, this is the second story arc in Dragon Ball GT, continuing from the Black Star Dragon Ball Saga and later followed by Super #17 Saga. This saga is the main point of the series, where the creators tried to bring back Japanese Dragon Ball Z fans, with a more action-heavy tone rather than their earlier attempt to create a comical adventure skin to Dragon Ball.
Baby Sex Baby Sex is the title of an unreleased recording by The Residents. The title is lifted from the cover, an image of a woman performing oral sex on an infant boy - an image which was lifted from a pornographic magazine from Denmark.
Baby Snakes Baby Snakes is a movie containing footage from Frank Zappa's 1977 Halloween concert at New York City's Palladium Theater, backstage antics from the crew, and stop motion clay animation from award-winning animator Bruce Bickford.
Baby Songs Baby Songs is the name of a children's video series, and spinoffs, created by folk musician Hap Palmer. It involved folk-style songs, either Hap Palmer originals or adaptations of folk, nursury rhyme, or popular songs.
Baby talk Baby talk, motherese, parentese, or child-directed speech (CDS) is a non-standard form of speech used by adults, particularly mothers, in talking to toddlers and infants. It is usually delivered with a "cooing" pattern of intonation which is different from normal adult speech: high in pitch, and with many glissando-like rises and falls in pitch which are exaggerated by comparison with normal speech.
Baby the Rain Must Fall Baby the Rain Must Fall is a 1965 film directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Lee Remick and Steve McQueen. The plot revolves around the relationship between an ex-con and his long-suffering wife set in The Southern U.
Baby Talk (magazine) Baby Talk is the name of an American magazine aimed at new parents, distributed free to its target audience. The magazine encountered some controversy in 2006 when the August issue depicted a breastfeeding baby on the cover.
Baby Talk (TV series) Baby Talk is the name of an ABC sitcom that aired from 1991 until 1992 as part of ABC's TGIF lineup. The show was loosely based on the popular Look Who's Talking movie series and featured the adventures of Baby Mickey (voiced by Tony Danza).
Baby Universal "Baby Universal" is a song by Tin Machine, released as a single from their Tin Machine II album in October 1991. It was to be the band’s final release before singer David Bowie resumed his solo career.
Baby video Baby videos are educational tools which can be used for teaching babies as young as 6 months, introducing the alphabet, different sights, shapes and colors, numbers and counting. Baby Videos can be used for helping babies learn important educational skills such as grasping the alphabet, introduction to shapes, colors, numbers, comprehension, introduction to the environment, music.
Baby wrangler A Baby Wrangler is a person who makes children react to the drama of a scene during the filming of a commercial, television programme or film. They may use noise makers or create games to make the child act naturally.
Baby's Got a Temper Baby's Got a Temper was the fourteenth single released by the British electronica/rave/rock band The Prodigy on 1 July 2002. It was the second Prodigy single not belonging to an album and the first to be released in five years, after Smack My Bitch Up in 1997.
Baby-farming Baby-farming was a term used in late-Victorian Britain (and, less commonly, in Australia and the United States) to mean the taking in of an infant or child for payment. Some baby farmers "adopted" children for lump-sum payments, while others cared for infants for periodic payments.
Baby-friendly hospital Baby-friendly hospital is a designation awarded by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund to hospitals worldwide that foster breastfeeding over formula feeding according to stringent criteria. The award recognizes facilities that offer breastfeeding mothers the information, confidence and skills needed to successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies.
Baby-led weaning The baby-led weaning (often also referred to as BLW) method allows a baby to control her solid food intake by self-feeding from the beginning of the weaning process. Infants are offered only (or mainly, depending on the approach) finger food from no earlier than six months and onwards.
Baby-step giant-step In group theory, a branch of mathematics, the baby-step giant-step algorithm refers to a series of well defined steps to compute the discrete logarithm. The discrete log problem is of fundamental importance to the area of public key cryptography.
Baby-switch storyline of all my children The Baby-switch storyline was on All My Children and One Life to Live about Babe Carey, Bianca Montgomery, JR Chandler,Paul Cramer, Kelly Cramer, Kevin Buchanan, and the rest of the characters on All My Children and One Life to Live.
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down Baby, Let Me Follow You Down is a traditional folk song popularised in the late 1950s by blues guitarist Eric Von Schmidt. The songs original author is unknown but it is thought to have its origins in the folk scene of the 1940s.
Baby, Please Don't Go Baby, Please Don't Go is a song by Big Joe Williams. Since its 1945 release, it has been covered by many other artistes, including Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, Them, Paul Butterfield and Paul Revere & the Raiders, Amboy Dukes(Ted Nugent), AC/DC, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Aerosmith and Budgie (band).
Baby, The Stars Shine Bright Baby, The Stars Shine Bright (Shortened to Baby or BTSSB) is the name of a Japanese clothing boutique chain created in 1988 by Akinori Isobe and his wife, Fumiyo. The original fashion house is located in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
Baby, What A Big Surprise "Baby, What A Big Surprise" is a song written by Peter Cetera for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago XI (1977), with Cetera singing lead vocals. The first single released from that album, it reached #4 on the U.
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend is an American children-oriented movie made in 1985 where an American couple find a family of surviving Apatosaurs (Brontosaurus) in Central Africa and their struggle to protect them from a greedy scientist and the military. The movie is based on actual rumours about such creatures (called Mokele-mbembe) existing in Africa.
Babyfingers Babyfingers was a release by the avant garde/experimental rock band The Residents, containing music recorded for their 1976 release, "Fingerprince". As Fingerprince was originally meant to be a three-sided album (a concept abandoned due to expense and Monty Python's Matching Tie and Handkerchief beating them to the punch), much of the material was abandoned.
Babygrande Records Babygrande Records is an independent hip-hop record label based in New York City. Some of the artists included on this label are Purple City, Jedi Mind Tricks, Army of the Pharaohs, 7L & Esoteric, and Jean Grae.
Babycham Babycham is the trade name of a light, sparkling perry invented by Francis Showering, a brewer in Shepton Mallet in Somerset, England. Launched nationally in the UK in 1953, the drink was possibly the very first 'alcopop', marketed with pioneering television advertisements to appeal to women.
Babyji Babyji is a novel by Abha Dawesar first published in 2005. Set in 1980s Delhi, India, it recounts the coming of age and the sexual adventures and fantasies of a 16 year-old bespectacled schoolgirl, the only child of a Brahmin family.
Babyland General Hospital Babyland General Hospital is the birthplace of Cabbage Patch dolls located in Cleveland, GA. Xavier Roberts converted an old clinic into a facility from which to sell his dolls, originally called "Little People.
Babylon Babylon was an ancient city in Mesopotamia (modern Al Hillah, Iraq), the ruins of which can be found in present-day Babil Province, about 50 miles (80Â km) south of Baghdad. The form Babylon is the Greek variant of Akkadian Babilu (bÄb-ilĂ», meaning "Gateway of the god(s)", translating Sumerian Kadingirra).
Babylon (LIRR station) Babylon is a Long Island Rail Road train station in the village of Babylon, New York at Railroad Avenue west of Deer Park Avenue. It lies along the Montauk Branch, and is the eastern terminus of the Babylon Branch service.
Babylon 5 Collectible Card Game Babylon 5 CCG is a discontinued collectible card game set in the universe of the sci-fi television series Babylon 5. This CCG is distinct from most others of the genre for being specifically designed to be played by more than two players.
Babylon 5 Novels, novelizations, short stories, and comic books Unique to the Babylon 5 universe among virtually all other shared universes is the sanctioned canonicity of many of its offshoot novels and comic book stories; nearly all of the Babylon 5 novels and novelizations to date having been based on outlines written directly by J. Michael Straczynski.
Babylon 5's use of the Internet Babylon 5's use of the Internet began in 1993 with the creator of the series, J. Michael Straczynski (JMS) who participated in a number of Internet and pre-Internet venues to discuss elements of his work with his fans, including the rec.
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers (episodic title: "To Live and Die in Starlight") was the sixth feature-length film set in the Babylon 5 universe. It originally aired on January 19, 2002 on the Sci Fi Channel, and was intended to be the pilot of a new series entitled The Legend of the Rangers.
Babylon Mystery Religion The title of a book first published in 1966 and reprinted in 1981 by the Woodrow Evangelistic Association. In the book Woodrow draws parallels between ancient Babylonian] rituals and those found in the [[Roman Catholic Church.
Babylon Revisited "Babylon Revisited" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, written in 1930 and first published in the The Saturday Evening Post on February 21, 1931, and had many parallels to Fitzgerald's own life, both personal and historical.
Babylon Rogues The Babylon Rogues are a fictitious group of avian thieves in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games. The only known members of the group consists of Jet the Hawk, Wave the Swallow and Storm the Albatross.
Babylonia Babylonia, named for its capital city, Babylon, was an ancient state in the south part of Mesopotamia (in modern Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad. The earliest mention of Babylon can be found in a tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad, dating back to the 23rd century BC.
Babylonian calendar The Babylonian calendar was a lunisolar calendar with years consisting of 12 lunar months, each beginning when a new crescent moon was first sighted low on the western horizon at sunset, plus an intercalary month inserted as needed by decree. This system came into use sometime before 2000 BC.
Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy Many of the works of ancient Greek scientists (mathematicians, astronomers, and geographers) have been preserved up to the present time, or some aspects of their work and thought are still known through later references. However, achievements in these fields by ancient Near Eastern civilizations, notably those in Babylonia, were forgotten for a long time.
Babylonian law The material for the study of Babylonian law is singularly extensive. The so-called "contracts" exist in the thousands, including a great variety of deeds, conveyances, bonds, receipts, accounts, and most important of all, the actual legal decisions given by the judges in the law courts.
Babylonian mathematics Babylonian mathematics refers to any mathematics of the peoples of Mesopotamia, from the days of the early Sumerians to the fall of Babylon in 539 BC. In contrast to the sparsity of sources in Egyptian mathematics, our knowledge of Babylonian mathematics is derived from some 400 clay tablets unearthed since the 1850s.
Babylonian mythology Babylonian mythology is a set of stories depicting the activities of Babylonian deities, heroes, and mythological creatures. While these stories are in modern times usually considered a component of Babylonian religion, their purpose was not necessarily religious in nature.
Babysitter Wanted Babysitter Wanted is a film expected to release in 2007, which focuses on a young woman (Sarah Thompson) who leaves her mother (Nana Visitor) and her home to start college. She later answers an advertisement for a babysitting job which leads to a terrifying night she will never forget.
Babysue babysue® is an independent entertainment magazine which dates back to 1996, and features music reviews, cartoons, and interviews. Notable acts interviewed by the magazine include Chainsaw Kittens, John Vanderslice, and Joy Electric.
Babywise Babywise is the popular moniker for the book "On Becoming Babywise," a book and parenting program designed to get babies "sleeping through the night" at a young age. It is authored and currently self-published by Gary Ezzo.
Babyz Babyz is a computer game in which one can play with and take care of a group of cute, mischievous babyz who live in a virtual house on the computer. The game was released in 1999 by The Learning Company, developed by members of PF Magic working there at the time.
BaBar experiment The BaBar (B and B-bar) experiment is an international collaboration of more than 550 physicists and engineers investigating CP-violation effects using the BaBar particle detector at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, which is operated by Stanford University in California.
Baca National Wildlife Refuge The Baca National Wildlife Refuge is 92,500 acre (374 km²) United States National Wildlife Refuge located in southern Colorado. It is located in the San Luis Valley in northern Alamosa and southern Saguache counties, northwest of the town of Alamosa, on the west side of the Sangre de Cristo Range.
Bacalhau Bacalhau means codfish in Portuguese, but the word almost always refers to the dry, salted codfish product called clipfish, as fresh cod is rarely consumed in Portugal. The word bacalhau is however also used when referring to dishes with clipfish.
Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá is essentially a casserole of cod, potatoes and onion. It is a speciality from the northern city of Porto, being today popular in entire Portugal, and is considered one of Portugal's greatest bacalhau recipes.
Bacardi Bacardi is the world's largest privately held, family-owned spirits company; a producer of rums, including Bacardi Superior and Bacardi 151. The company sells in excess of 240 million bottles per year in 170 countries.
Bacardi Bowl Bacardi Bowl was a college football bowl game played six times in Havana, Cuba at La Tropical Stadium. Sometimes referred to as the Rhumba Bowl or the Cigar Bowl, the game was the climaxing event of Cuba’s annual National Sports Festival.
Bacardi Breezer Bacardi Breezer, Breezer for short, is a rum-based alcoholic beverage with 4% alcohol. It comes in a variety of lemonade-like flavours: lemon, pineapple, apple, rubygrapefruit, lime, orange, watermelon, cranberry, orange light and lemon light.
Bacatec BaCaTec for Bavaria California Technology Center is a technology platform for research exchange between universities in the federal states of Bavaria in Germany and California in the United States. It has its headquarters at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Baccalieu Island Baccalieu Island is a small uninhabited island at the northern extremities of Conception Bay near the community of Bay de Verde, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is separated from the island of Newfoundland by Baccalieu Tickle, a small strait and an abundant fishing ground.
Baccaurea macrocarpa Baccaurea macrocarpa, also called Tampoi, is a small, tropical rainforest substorey fruit trees native to Southeast Asia, especially Borneo. It is dioecious, and the female trees bear fruit directly on the trunk and large branches.
Bacchá In the settled oasis region of Central Asia (Turkestan), entertainers known as bacchá (a Turkic term, probably etymologically derived from the Persian bacche بچه‌ - "child, kid") were once common, and constituted the commercial and transgender side of the local pederastic tradition known as bacchabozlik.
Bacchic art Bacchic Art refers, in general, to art honouring the god Bacchus, but in specific to representations, particularly sculpture, of his followers, such as satyrs, centaurs and hermaphrodites (for this reason, ancient Greek plays are not often referred to as Bacchic, although many were performed in his honour). Bacchic art is often erotic or intentionally shocking, often focusing on seduction or rape.
Bacchides Bacchides (Greek: Βακχίδης) was a Syrian general; friend of the Syrian king Demetrius; and "ruler in the country beyond the river"—Euphrates. Demetrius sent him in 161 BCE to Judea with a large army, in order to invest the recreant Alcimus with the office of high priest (I Macc.
Bacchides (play) Bacchides is a Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. The title has been translated as The Bacchises, and the plot revolves around the misunderstandings surrounding two sisters, each called Bacchis, who work in a local house of ill-repute.
Bacchus (Leonardo) Bacchus is a painting often said to be by Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. However, some have claimed that the painting could have been done by Cesare da Sesto, Bernazzano, Francesco Melzi or a 'Lombard painter'.
Bacchus (Michelangelo) Bacchus (1497) is a marble sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect and poet Michelangelo. The statue is somewhat over life-size and depicts Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, in an appropriately inebriated state.
Bacchus and Ariadne Bacchus and Ariadne (1520-23) is an oil painting by Titian. It is one of a cycle of paintings on mythological subjects produced for Alfonso d'Este, the Duke of Ferrara, for the Camerino d'Alabastro – a private room in his palazzo in Ferrara decorated with paintings based on classical texts.
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria Bacchus Marsh (Postcode: 3340) is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local government area of Moorabool Shire, and is located approximately 50 km west of Melbourne and 14 km west of Melton, with a population of approximately 14,000.
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