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Gods' Man is a 1929 wordless novel by American artist Lynd Ward. The narrative is told without written dialogue through 139 wood engravings, following an artist whose encounter with a mysterious figure leads into a cycle of ambition, wealth, exploitation, and loss. It is widely identified as the fir...

Published in 1932, *Wild Pilgrimage* is a wordless novel by American artist Lynd Ward consisting of 108 intricate wood engravings. The narrative contrasts the harsh social realities of industrial labor with its worker protagonist's inner psychological fantasies and desires. It is highly regarded by...

"God's Man" is a wordless novel by American artist Lynd Ward, first published in 1929 and composed entirely of 139 wood engravings. It is widely recognized as the first American novel told exclusively through sequential images, heavily influenced by the European expressionist movement and the earlie...

Madman's Drum is a wordless novel published in 1930 by the American artist Lynd Ward, consisting of 118 wood engravings. The narrative is a multi-generational tragedy that explores themes of violence, moral corruption, and consequence, beginning with a man's acquisition of a cursed drum through an a...

Madman's Drum is a wordless novel by American artist Lynd Ward, published in 1930 and constructed from 118 wood engravings. The sequence follows a slave trader who takes a strange drum after killing its owner and traces the destructive consequences for him and his family, using recurring symbols and...

Lynd Ward's Prelude to a Million Years is a wordless novel published in 1933, comprising 30 wood engravings. It follows an artist figure through scenes of poverty, industrial labor, and social collapse, continuing Ward's exploration of visual storytelling without text. Ward, an American illustrator...

Song Without Words is a wordless novel created in 1936 by the American illustrator Lynd Ward. The book consists of 21 intricate wood engravings that visually narrate the story of a pregnant woman navigating her deep-seated fears and hopes. The stark, contrasting black-and-white imagery effectively c...

"Sweet Philomel" is an English madrigal by John Ward, published in his First Set of English Madrigals in 1613. Written for six unaccompanied voices, it belongs to the late flowering of the English madrigal tradition and sets a pastoral text addressed to Philomel, the poetic nightingale. Its interwov...

'Out from the vale of deep despair' is a madrigal by John Ward (c.1571–1638), an English composer noted for expressive polyphony in his First Set of English Madrigals (1613).

This November 2016 boxing match featured undefeated former super middleweight champion Andre Ward challenging unified light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Kovalev scored a knockdown in the second round, but Ward rallied in the later rounds to win a highly con...

"Die not, fond man" is a secular English madrigal by John Ward, a composer active during the late Renaissance and early Stuart period. The piece appears in Ward's 1613 publication, The First Set of English Madrigals, a collection written for three, four, five, and six voices. Like other English madr...

The boxing match between Carl Froch and Andre Ward took place in December 2011 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Billed as the final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament, the bout unified the WBA and WBC super middleweight championships. Ward defeated Froch by unanimous decision, utilizing s...

Andre Ward vs Sergey Kovalev II was a unified light heavyweight championship rematch held in Las Vegas in June 2017. Ward retained the WBA, IBF, and WBO titles when the referee stopped the contest in the eighth round after Ward hurt Kovalev and followed with punches during a sustained attack. Debate...

Andre Ward vs. Edwin Rodriguez was a super middleweight boxing match held in November 2013 at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California. Ward, returning from a lengthy layoff following his Super Six tournament victory, defended his unified WBA and WBC titles against the Dominican chall...

Hope of My Heart is an English madrigal by John Ward and one of the five-voice works in his First Set of English Madrigals. The collection was printed in London in 1613 and was designed for both viols and voices; this title appears among its songs for five parts, scored SSATB. Its text presents a sp...

The Band Played On is an American popular song published in 1895, with music by Charles B. Ward and lyrics by John F. Palmer. Its verses describe a flirtatious encounter involving Nellie and an unnamed narrator, while the refrain repeatedly returns to the image of a band continuing to play. The song...