Biography Category
( k´t m, –sh –) (KEY) , promontory, NW Acarnania, Greece, at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. There are vestiges of several temples and an ancie...
(v l´ bou´m st r) (KEY) , 1889–1955, German artist. Influenced by primitive art and Miro’s surrealism, Baumeister created abstractions that con...
(py r lw ´j n r´v ) (KEY) , 1891–1979, Italian architectural engineer. Nervi is considered one of the foremost European architectural designers ...
(j vän´n äntô´ny b lträf´fy , b l–) (KEY) , 1467–1516, Italian painter, b. Milan. He was a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci, whose style he adh...
1800–1854, English painter and illustrator. After four visits to the United States, Bartlett illustrated a book, American Scenery (1840), with panor...
( s´´ t l´d h d) (KEY) or ethanal ( th´ n l´´) (KEY) , CH3CHO, colorless liquid aldehyde, sometimes simply called aldehyde. It melts at -123°C...