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( k ´ n) (KEY) , confederation of cities on the Gulf of Corinth. The First Achaean League, about which little is known, was formed presumably before ...
( k ´d ) (KEY) , Fr. Acadie, region and former French colony, E Canada, encompassing modern Nova Scotia but also New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island...
(shärl p rsy ´) (KEY) , 1764–1838, French architect. He won (1786) the Grand Prix de Rome, and in 1794 he became associated with Pierre François ...
(zhäN-bät st´-s m ôN´ shärd N´) (KEY) , 1699–1779, French painter. He was a major figure of 18th-century painting. While the Académie royale...
(both: f l p´ d shäNpä´ny ) (KEY) , 1602–74, French painter, b. Brussels, of Flemish parents. In 1621 he went to Paris, where he worked with Po...
( l br nts ´n ) (KEY) , 1503–72, Florentine painter, an important mannerist (see mannerism), whose real name was Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano. Bronz...