Biography Category
(zhäN-märk näty ´) (KEY) , 1685–1766, French painter; son of the painter Marc Nattier and the miniaturist Marie Courtois. His early works includ...
utilitarian objects and works of art created from silver. Silverwork includes ecclesiastical and domestic plate, flatware, jewelry, buttons, buckles, ...
scientific study of human social behavior. As the study of humans in their collective aspect, sociology is concerned with all group activities—econo...
cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1873. In 1869 the Louisiana legislature granted a 25-year monopoly to a slaughterhouse concern in New Orlea...
(äl-bät-tä´n ) (KEY) or Albatenius ( l´´b t ´n s) (KEY) , b. before 858, d. 929, Arab astronomer and mathematician. He is best known in astro...
at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; chartered and opened 1911 as Skidmore School of Arts (for women) through a gift from Lucy Skidmore Scribner; chartered as a...