Biography Category
(j vän´n bät-t ´stä ch ´mä) (KEY) , c.1459–c.1517, Venetian painter, called Cima da Conegliano. Influenced by Giovanni Bellini and Antonello...
(k l m´ k s) (KEY) , fl. 2d half of 5th cent. B.C., Greek sculptor from Athens. He was famous as the maker of the gold lamp in the Erechtheum and a s...
(m k´ nt r´´) (KEY) , 1757–1811, American architect and woodcarver, b. Salem, Mass. He developed high skill as a joiner and housewright and in wo...
(äk-käd ´m ä d l´lä kr s´kä) (KEY) [Ital.,=academy of the chaff], Italian literary society founded in Florence in 1582 to maintain the purity...
(lw ´j äm d ´ d ´kä d ´ly abr t´ts ) (KEY) , 1873–1933, Italian explorer and mountain climber; cousin of Victor Emmanuel III. He led (1897...
(bärt l m ´ äm-mänä´t ) (KEY) , 1511–92, Italian sculptor and architect. He studied under Bandinelli in Florence and assisted Jacopo Sansovin...