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(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 ...
or steatite (st ´ t t) (KEY) , metamorphic rock of which the characteristic and usually chief mineral is talc, but which also contains varying parts ...
(zhôrzh r - ´) (KEY) , 1871–1958, French expressionist artist. First apprenticed to a stained-glass maker, Rouault studied after 1891 under Gustav...
(äb ´ r hän´ m h m´ d b´ n ä´m d l-b r ´n , l b r ´n ) (KEY) , b. 973, d. after 1050, Central Asian scientist. His earlier years were dis...
(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...
(s kel ä´n s) (KEY) , 1884–1951, Greek poet and playwright. One of Greece’s most important 20th-century lyric poets, he emphasized national hist...