Biography Category
(s s´t n) (KEY) [for Sixtus IV], private chapel of the popes in Rome, one of the principal glories of the Vatican. Built (1473) under Pope Sixtus IV...
1882–1944, British astronomer and physicist. He was chief assistant (1906–13) at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and was from 1913 Plumian profe...
(s l´´ t´) (KEY) , outline image, especially a profile drawing solidly filled in or a cutout pasted against a lighter background. It was named for...
( d´värt m ngk) (KEY) , 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist. He studied in Oslo and under Bonnat in Paris and traveled in Europe. In t...
(fränch s´k d rôs´s sälv ä´t ) (KEY) , 1510–63, Italian painter. Salviati studied with Andrea Del Sarto and was greatly influenced by Parm...
(ändr ´ä säns v ´n ) (KEY) , c.1460–1529, Florentine sculptor and architect of the High Renaissance, b. Monte Sansavino. His real name was Andr...