Franks

(noun)

Historically known first as a group of Germanic tribes that inhabited the land between the Lower and Middle Rhine in the 3rd century CE, and second as the people of Gaul who merged with the Gallo-Roman populations during succeeding centuries, passing on their name to modern-day France and becoming part of the heritage of the modern French people.

Related Terms

Examples of Franks in the following topics:

  • Outcomes and the Type I and the Type II Errors

    • Suppose the null hypothesis, Ho, is: Frank's rock climbing equipment is safe.
    • Type I error: Frank thinks that his rock climbing equipment may not be safe when, in fact, it really is safe.
    • Type II error: Frank thinks that his rock climbing equipment may be safe when, in fact, it is not safe.
    • α = probability that Frank thinks his rock climbing equipment may not be safe when, in fact, it really is safe. β =probability that Frank thinks his rock climbing equipment may be safe when, in fact, it is not safe.
    • (If Frank thinks his rock climbing equipment is safe, he will go ahead and use it. )

  • Modern Architecture

    • Notable architects important to the history and development of the modernist movement include Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer and Alvar Aalto.
    • Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Frank Owen Goldberg; 28 February 1929) is a Canadian-born American architect, residing in Los Angeles.
    • Along with Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright, he is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern architecture.
    • Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed.
    • Frank Lloyd Wright was a major influence on European architects, including both Walter Gropius (founder of the Bauhaus) and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, as well as on the whole of organic architecture.

  • Post-Painterly Abstraction

    • Examples of Post-Painterly Abstractionists include Hard-Edged Painters such as Ellsworth Kelly and Frank Stella who explored relationships between tightly-ruled shapes and edges, and Color-Field Painters such as Helen Frankenthaler and Morris Louis , who explored the tactile and optical aspects of large, open fields of pure color.
    • The 31 artists who participated in Clement Greenberg's LACMA exhibit included Walter Darby Bannard, Jack Bush, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Friedel Dzubas, Paul Feeley, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Al Held, Ellsworth Kelly, Nicholas Krushenick, Alexander Liberman, Morris Louis, Arthur Fortescue McKay, Howard Mehring, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Ray Parker, David Simpson, Albert Stadler, Frank Stella, Mason Wells, Emerson Woelffer, and a number of other American and Canadian artists who were becoming well known in the 1960s.
    • During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Frank Stella was a significant figure in the emergence of Minimalism, Post-Painterly Abstraction, and Color Field painting.

  • Author Acknowledgements

    • Inna Grushko (deceased), who wrote the glossary; Diane Mathios, who checked every homework problem in the first edition; Kathy Plum, Lenore Desilets, Charles Klein, Janice Hector, Frank Snow, Dr.
    • Finally, we owe much to Frank, Jeffrey, and Jessica Dean and to Dan, Rachel, Matthew, and Rebecca Illowsky, who encouraged us to continue with our work and who had to hear more than their share of "I'm sorry, I can't" and "Just a minute, I'm working."

  • Chicago/Turabian (Author–Date): How to Reference Different Types of Sources

    • Rottweiler, Frank, and Jacques Beauchemin.
    • Rottweiler, Frank, and Jacques Beauchemin.

  • Chicago/Turabian (NB): How to Reference Different Types of Sources

    • Rottweiler, Frank, and Jacques Beauchemin.
    • Rottweiler, Frank, and Jacques Beauchemin.

  • Charles Martel and Pepin the Short

    • Moreover, Charles—a great patron of Saint Boniface—made the first attempt at reconciliation between the Franks and the papacy.
    • In 743, they ended the Frankish interregnum by choosing Childeric III, who was to be the last Merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the Franks.
    • After Carloman, who was an intensely pious man, retired to religious life in 747, Pepin became the sole ruler of the Franks.
    • Giving up pretense, Pepin then forced Childeric into a monastery and had himself proclaimed king of the Franks with the support of Pope Zachary in 751.
    • He reformed the legislation of the Franks and continued the ecclesiastical reforms of Boniface.

  • References

    • Frank, M., Reich, N., Humphreys, K. (2003).

  • Changes in Technology

    • The notion that "Form follows function," a dictum originally expressed by Frank Lloyd Wright's early mentor Louis Sullivan, meaning that the result of design should derive directly from its purpose
    • The work of Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago, Victor Horta in Brussels, Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona, Otto Wagner and the Vienna Secession in Austria, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow, among many others, can be seen as a common struggle between old and new.

  • Quotation Marks

    • "Hal said everything was going well," noted Frank, "but also that he could use a little help."