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(s nän) (KEY) , Muslim architect, 1489?–1578?. He is regarded as the greatest of Islamic builders, his achievement lying in his solutions to spatia...
(l ´b n) (KEY) , fl. 5th cent. B.C., Greek architect. Within the sacred precincts of Altis at Olympia where the Greeks celebrated their Olympic games...
(p l s zän´) (KEY) , 1839–1906, French painter, b. Aix-en-Provence. Cézanne was the leading figure in the revolution toward abstraction in modern...
( p l´´ dôr´ s) (KEY) , fl. 430–400 B.C., Athenian painter, called the Shadower, said to have introduced the use of light and shade to model for...
(j vän´n bät-t ´stä p rän ´z ) (KEY) , 1720–78, Italian etcher and architect. The greater part of his life was spent in Rome, where he made ...
(fränch s´k bärt lôt´s ) (KEY) , 1727–1815, Italian engraver. In Florence he studied drawing and painting and formed a lifelong friendship wit...