Biography Category
(Gino Bonichi) (sh pyô´n ; j ´n b n ´k ) (KEY) , 1904–33, Italian painter. Together with Mario Mafai, Scipione was a cofounder of the Roman sch...
(s ´r n) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, one of three sea nymphs, usually represented with the head of a woman and the body of a bird. Daughters of Phorc...
(s r ´n ) (KEY) , in the New Testament, bystander made to carry Jesus’ cross. He was probably an African Jew, and is identified as the father of Al...
1938–73, American sculptor, b. Passaic, N.J. After first making modular, serial sculpture, Smithson began to design large-scale earthworks (see land...
(p l s nyäk´) (KEY) , 1863–1935, French neoimpressionist painter. First influenced by Monet, he was later associated with Seurat in developing the...
(l k´y r) (KEY) , 1836–1920, English astronomer, educated on the Continent. One of the first to make a spectroscopic examination of the sun and sta...