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(r n ´ v ktôr´ b zhônwä´) (KEY) , 1872–1957, Swiss artist. Auberjonois settled in Lausanne in 1914 and created costumes for Stravinsky’s Hi...
1874–1937, American architect, b. New York City, studied at the College of the City of New York and the School of Mines, Columbia (Ph.B., 1894). He ...
(ändr ´ä d l kästä´ny ) (KEY) , c.1423–1457, major Florentine painter of the early Renaissance. His first recorded painting (1440; now destroy...
( j´´ l ´d s) (KEY) , c.540–c.460 B.C., Greek sculptor of the Argive school, famous for his statues of gods and Olympian athletes. Some modern au...
(ädämäwä´, d´´ mä´w ) (KEY) , plateau, c.26,000 sq mi (67,300 sq km), N central Cameroon and E Nigeria, W central Africa. It is sparsely pop...
( b´l t v´´) (KEY) [Lat.,=carrying off], in Latin grammar, the case used in a number of circumstances, particularly with certain prepositions and ...