Biography Category
in U.S. history, particularly in the three decades before the Civil War, members of the movement that agitated for the compulsory emancipation of the ...
(zhül ärdw N´ mäNsär´) (KEY) , 1646–1708, French architect. He studied under his great-uncle François Mansart and under Libéral Bruant. Favo...
(l g´ t ch n´tr ) (KEY) , 1781–1841, English sculptor, famous for his portrait busts and statues. Among his many well-known works are equestrian s...
(zhôrzh bräk) (KEY) , 1882–1963, French painter. He joined the artists involved in developing fauvism in 1905, and at l’Estaque c.1909 he was pr...
(v t-tô´r kärpät´ch ) (KEY) , c.1450–1522, Venetian painter, influenced by Gentile and Giovanni Bellini. His delightful narrative paintings re...
town (1990 pop. 17,872), Middlesex co., E Mass., NW of Boston; settled c.1680, inc. 1735. Among its manufactures are electrical machinery, chemicals, ...