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(ändr ´ä d l sär´t ) (KEY) , 1486–1531, Florentine painter of the High Renaissance. He painted chiefly religious subjects. In 1509 he was commi...
or steatite (st ´ t t) (KEY) , metamorphic rock of which the characteristic and usually chief mineral is talc, but which also contains varying parts ...
(y ´hän t b ´äs s r´y l) (KEY) , 1740–1814, Swedish sculptor. He studied (1767–79) in Rome, and much of his sculpture is in the neoclassical ...
(s n p´) (KEY) , anc. Sinope, town (1990 pop. 25,537), capital of Sinop prov., N Turkey, on the Black Sea. A small port, it has an excellent harbor b...
period of Chinese history between the fall of the Han dynasty (A.D. 220) and the unification of China under the Sui dynasty (A.D. 589). It is named fo...
(y n s ´khürths n) (KEY) , 1811–79, Icelandic statesman and historian. A student in Copenhagen from 1833, he developed an interest in Icelandic li...