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(l t´v kh f n z ´g n) (KEY) , c.1609–1680, German engraver, b. Holland, educated in Germany. He is said to have invented (c.1640) the mezzotint pr...
(sy ´rä n vä´thä) (KEY) , chief mountain range of S Spain, in Granada prov., running from east to west for c.60 mi (100 km), parallel to the Medi...
(s ´m n) (KEY) , in the New Testament, one of the Twelve Apostles. In the Gospels he is called the Canaanite or Cananaean or Zelotes, synonymous term...
Soviet artistic and literary doctrine. The role of literature and art in Soviet society was redefined in 1932 when the newly created Union of Soviet W...
or Sigismund Augustus, 1520–72, king of Poland (1548–72). Crowned in 1530 to assure his succession, he assumed the royal functions at the death of...
(j vän´n v rj ´ny skyäpär l´l ) (KEY) , 1835–1910, Italian astronomer. He was director (1862–1900) of the Brera Observatory, Milan. He is ...