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a series of radioactive metallic elements in group IIIb of the periodic table. Members of the series are often called actinides, although actinium (at...
(fränch s´k bärt lôt´s ) (KEY) , 1727–1815, Italian engraver. In Florence he studied drawing and painting and formed a lifelong friendship wit...
( k´m sts) (KEY) , school of Russian poets started in 1912 by Sergei M. Gorodetsky and Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev as a reaction against the mystici...
( l´´k m ´n z) (KEY) , fl. 5th cent. B.C., Athenian sculptor, said to have been a pupil and rival of Phidias. He worked in gold, ivory, and bronze....
(br k´s s) (KEY) , 4th cent. B.C., Greek sculptor. With Scopas, Leochares, and Timotheus, he worked on the sculptures of the Mausoleum at Halicarnas...
(äg st ´n d d t´ch ) (KEY) , b. 1418, d. after 1481, Florentine sculptor. Agostino worked mainly in other parts of Italy; he carved marble narrat...