Biography Category
(f l ´ch käs rä´t ) (KEY) , 1886–1963, Italian painter. Influenced by Beardsley and other English engravers, Casorati, together with Carrà, wa...
school founded by Plato near Athens c.387 B.C. It took its name from the garden (named for the hero Academus) in which it was located. Plato’s follo...
( s´ t t´´) (KEY) , one of the most important forms of artificial cellulose-based fibers; the ester of acetic acid. The first patents for the produ...
(b n d t´t änt lä´m ) (KEY) , c.1150–c.1225, Italian sculptor. Considered the most important sculptor of the late Romanesque period in N Italy,...
( k´y p ng´´ch r) (KEY) , technique of traditional Chinese medicine, in which a number of very fine metal needles are inserted into the skin at spe...
(äg st ´n d d t´ch ) (KEY) , b. 1418, d. after 1481, Florentine sculptor. Agostino worked mainly in other parts of Italy; he carved marble narrat...