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( p l´´ dôr´ s) (KEY) , fl. 430–400 B.C., Athenian painter, called the Shadower, said to have introduced the use of light and shade to model for...
(p l s zän´) (KEY) , 1839–1906, French painter, b. Aix-en-Provence. Cézanne was the leading figure in the revolution toward abstraction in modern...
(l ´b n) (KEY) , fl. 5th cent. B.C., Greek architect. Within the sacred precincts of Altis at Olympia where the Greeks celebrated their Olympic games...
(s nän) (KEY) , Muslim architect, 1489?–1578?. He is regarded as the greatest of Islamic builders, his achievement lying in his solutions to spatia...
(pä´r s b rdô´n ) (KEY) , 1500–1571, Venetian painter of the Renaissance; pupil of Titian. Skillful in his use of color, he was particularly int...
(ä´b sä´ d ´b n äb ´ äl-kh r´) (KEY) , 967–1049, Persian poet, a Sufi and a dervish. He was the first to write rubaiyat (quatrains) in th...