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( k ´ ) (KEY) , region of ancient Greece, in the northern part of the Peloponnesus on the Gulf of Corinth. It lay between Sicyon and Elis. There the ...
1735–1805, English neoclassical sculptor, studied at the Royal Academy. A traveling scholarship enabled him to study in Rome from 1772 to 1779. In 1...
(fränts kärl äkh´ärt) (KEY) , 1753–1821, German chemist. He made pioneer use of the discovery by his countryman Andreas Marggraf of sugar in be...
( r´y l äk ´stä) (KEY) , or Uriel da Costa (dä k ´stä) (KEY) , c.1585–1640, Jewish rationalist, b. Oporto, Portugal. His original name was Ga...
( ´r kh m n´d lz n) (KEY) , 1887–1953, German architect, pioneer of expressionism. He is best known for his exuberant, sculptural design for the E...
(fräNswä´ äNgy ´) (KEY) , 1604–69, French sculptor. He is noted for the monuments of the Longuevilles and of Jacques Souvré (Louvre). His most...