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(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...
(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...
(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...
1882–1944, British astronomer and physicist. He was chief assistant (1906–13) at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and was from 1913 Plumian profe...
(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...
sport of descending partly by parachute from an airplane or similar craft. Engaged in for both recreational and competitive purposes, sky diving invol...