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(v l´h lms p r´v ts) (KEY) , 1872–1945, Latvian landscape painter. He was director of the Latvian Academy of Art at Riga and was director of the c...
or Pheidias (both: f d´ s) (KEY) , c.500–c.432 B.C., Greek sculptor, one of the greatest sculptors of ancient Greece. No original in existence can...
( güst N´ päzh ´) (KEY) , 1730–1809, French sculptor. He won the Prix de Rome at the age of 18 and began a long career of royal commissions. He ...
(Marvin Neil Simon), 1927–, American playwright, b. New York City. His plays, nearly all of them popular, if not always critical successes, are come...
chemical compound containing silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals, e.g., aluminum, barium, beryllium, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassiu...
(g y m N´) (KEY) , 1924–, French-American physiologist, b. Dijon, France. Educated in France, he fought for the resistance during World War II. He ...