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Bell, Clive

(Encyclopedia) Bell, Clive, 1881–1964, English critic of art and literature. He was a member of the Bloomsbury group. His works include Art (1914), Since Cézanne (1922), Landmarks in Nineteenth-…

bell, musical instrument

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Bell bell, in music, a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow metal vessel, often cup-shaped with an outward-flaring rim, damped at one end and set into vibration by a…

Marion Bell Biography

Marion Bellsinger, actressBorn: 1919Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri An acclaimed light opera singer most active during the 1940's, she appeared on stage as Fiona MacLaren in the original…

Brewer's: Bells

The Koran says that bells hang on the trees of Paradise, and are set in motion by wind from the throne of God, as often as the blessed wish for music. (Sale.) Bells as musical As those…

pun

(Encyclopedia) pun, use of words, usually humorous, based on (a) the several meanings of one word, (b) a similarity of meaning between words that are pronounced the same, or (c) the difference in…

Schnabel, Julian

(Encyclopedia) Schnabel, JulianSchnabel, Julianshnäˈbəl [key], 1951–, American artist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. He studied art at the Univ. of Houston and the Whitney Museum. A neoexpressionist, he became a…

Ruth Bell Graham Biography

wife of Billy GrahamDied: June 14, 2007 (Montreat, North Carolina) Best Known as: wife and confidant of Reverend Billy Graham Wife and confidant of Reverend…

Merovingian art and architecture

(Encyclopedia) Merovingian art and architectureMerovingian art and architecturemĕrˌəvĭnˈjēən [key]. This period is named for Merovech, the founder of the first Germanic-Frankish dynasty (c.a.d. 500–a…

Bell, Alexander Melville

(Encyclopedia) Bell, Alexander Melville, 1819–1905, Scottish-American educator, b. Edinburgh. Bell worked out a physiological or visible alphabet, with symbols that were intended to represent every…

Allentown

(Encyclopedia) Allentown, city (2020 pop. 125,845), seat of Lehigh co., E Pa., on the Lehigh River; inc. as a borough 1811, as a city 1867. The largest city in the agricultural and…