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(b n d t´t änt lä´m ) (KEY) , c.1150–c.1225, Italian sculptor. Considered the most important sculptor of the late Romanesque period in N Italy,...
( s´ t t´´) (KEY) , one of the most important forms of artificial cellulose-based fibers; the ester of acetic acid. The first patents for the produ...
school founded by Plato near Athens c.387 B.C. It took its name from the garden (named for the hero Academus) in which it was located. Plato’s follo...
(f l ´ch käs rä´t ) (KEY) , 1886–1963, Italian painter. Influenced by Beardsley and other English engravers, Casorati, together with Carrà, wa...
(bränky ´z , Rom. brän´k sh) (KEY) , 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor. Brancusi is considered one of the foremost of modern artists. In 1904 he went...
(s f s ´d t s) (KEY) , Gr. Kephisodotos, fl. 4th cent. B.C., two Greek sculptors. The elder, the master and probably the father or the brother of Pra...