Biography Category
in chemistry, minimum energy needed to cause a chemical reaction. A chemical reaction between two substances occurs only when an atom, ion, or molecul...
(ädôlf´, b gr ´) (KEY) , 1825–1905, French academic painter. He won the Prix de Rome in 1850 and became extremely popular during the 1860s and 7...
(ä´b sä´ d ´b n äb ´ äl-kh r´) (KEY) , 967–1049, Persian poet, a Sufi and a dervish. He was the first to write rubaiyat (quatrains) in th...
(ält ky ´r dä ts v´y ) (KEY) , c.1330–c.1395, Italian painter, follower of Giotto. He worked in Verona and then Padua. His frescoes in the chur...
(pä´r s b rdô´n ) (KEY) , 1500–1571, Venetian painter of the Renaissance; pupil of Titian. Skillful in his use of color, he was particularly int...
(bärt l m ´ äm-mänä´t ) (KEY) , 1511–92, Italian sculptor and architect. He studied under Bandinelli in Florence and assisted Jacopo Sansovin...