Biography Category
( k´´t n m ´s n) (KEY) , any one of a group of antibiotics produced by bacteria of the genus Streptomyces. Actinomycin was the first antibiotic rep...
(zhül ädôlf´ m ´ lw br tôN´) (KEY) , 1827–1906, French painter of rustic scenes and peasant life. His works frequently reflect a social and...
( k´´ l ´ s) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, river god; son of Oceanus and Tethys. He possessed the power to appear as a bull, a serpent, or a bullhead...
(märk sh gäl´) (KEY) , 1887–1985, Russian painter. In 1907, Chagall left his native Vitebsk for St. Petersburg, where he studied under L. N. Baks...
(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...
( k´y p ng´´ch r) (KEY) , technique of traditional Chinese medicine, in which a number of very fine metal needles are inserted into the skin at spe...