Biography Category
(j vän´n äntô´ny b lträf´fy , b l–) (KEY) , 1467–1516, Italian painter, b. Milan. He was a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci, whose style he adh...
(py r lw ´j n r´v ) (KEY) , 1891–1979, Italian architectural engineer. Nervi is considered one of the foremost European architectural designers ...
(v l´ bou´m st r) (KEY) , 1889–1955, German artist. Influenced by primitive art and Miro’s surrealism, Baumeister created abstractions that con...
( k´t m, –sh –) (KEY) , promontory, NW Acarnania, Greece, at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. There are vestiges of several temples and an ancie...
(j ´ly kämpänyô´lä) (KEY) , b. c.1482, d. after 1513, Italian painter and engraver. He painted miniatures and altarpieces but is best known for...
1875–1930, American cartoonist, b. Reedsburg, Wis. He won a national reputation with the contributions he made to the Chicago Tribune from 1907 to 1...