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( ´r kh m n´d lz n) (KEY) , 1887–1953, German architect, pioneer of expressionism. He is best known for his exuberant, sculptural design for the E...
( r´y l äk ´stä) (KEY) , or Uriel da Costa (dä k ´stä) (KEY) , c.1585–1640, Jewish rationalist, b. Oporto, Portugal. His original name was Ga...
(fränts kärl äkh´ärt) (KEY) , 1753–1821, German chemist. He made pioneer use of the discovery by his countryman Andreas Marggraf of sugar in be...
1735–1805, English neoclassical sculptor, studied at the Royal Academy. A traveling scholarship enabled him to study in Rome from 1772 to 1779. In 1...
( k ´ ) (KEY) , region of ancient Greece, in the northern part of the Peloponnesus on the Gulf of Corinth. It lay between Sicyon and Elis. There the ...
(jôr´j väzä´r ) (KEY) , 1511–74, Italian architect, writer, and painter. He is best known for his entertaining biographies of artists, Vite de...