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1610–46, English court painter. After the death of Van Dyck, Dobson was made court painter to Charles I and did some interesting court portraits. So...
(d n t l´ , Ital. d nät l´l ) (KEY) , c.1386–1466, Italian sculptor, major innovator in Renaissance art, b. Florence. His full name was Donato di...
(môr s´ d n ´) (KEY) , 1870–1943, French painter and writer on art. His paintings, usually on religious themes, have not proved so influential as...
(d m´ f n) (KEY) , fl. 2d cent. B.C., Greek sculptor of Messene. He is remembered for colossal heads of Demeter and Artemis, found in Arcadia. He was...
1897–1994, Belgian painter. Delvaux, influenced by Magritte and Chirico, created meticulous surreal compositions based on Renaissance ideas of persp...
(lw zhäk mäNd ´ dägâr´) (KEY) , 1789–1851, French scene painter and physicist, inventor of the daguerreotype, a photograph produced on a silv...