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(p l m l´ shäbäs´) (KEY) , 1869–1937, French academic painter. He is remembered chiefly for his nude, September Morn, which created a sensation...
American architectural firm founded in 1936 in New York City by Louis Skidmore (1897–1962), Nathaniel A. Owings (1903–84), and John O. Merrill (18...
[according to the Book of Genesis, Heb.,=father of many nations] or Abram ( ´br m) (KEY) [Heb.,=exalted father], in the Bible, progenitor of the Heb...
(py r shärl läNfäN´) (KEY) , 1754–1825, American soldier, engineer, and architect. Born in France, he volunteered as a private in the American R...
(j vän´n bät-t s´tä kävälkäs l´l ) (KEY) , 1820–97, Italian art critic and writer. Cavalcaselle studied painting at the Academy of Venice ...
or Jerom Bos (h rôn´ m s, y ´rôm bôs) (KEY) , c.1450–1516, Flemish painter. His surname was originally van Aeken; Bosch refers to ‘s Hertogen...