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Sebald, W. G.
(Encyclopedia) Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg Maximilian Sebald), 1944–2001, German novelist, grad. Freiburg Univ. (1965). Sebald's novels are dense, elegiac, and meditative. They mingle fiction with…Beham
(Encyclopedia) BehamBehambāˈhäm [key] or PehamPehampā– [key], name of two German Renaissance artists, brothers, who were both influenced by Dürer and later by Italian art. Hans Sebald Beham, 1500–…Kulmbach, Hans von
(Encyclopedia) Kulmbach, Hans vonKulmbach, Hans vonhäns fən k&oobreve;lmˈbäkh [key], c.1480–1522, German painter and graphic artist. His real name was Hans Süss. In general his work reveals the…Kraft, Adam
(Encyclopedia) Kraft or Krafft, AdamKraft or Krafft, Adamboth: äˈdäm kräft [key], c.1455–1509, German sculptor of Nuremberg. He moved from an ornamental late Gothic style toward clarity, symmetry,…Pachelbel, Johann
(Encyclopedia) Pachelbel, JohannPachelbel, Johannpäkhĕlˈbĕl, päkhˈəlbĕlˌ [key], 1653–1706, German organist and composer, b. Nuremberg. He held a number of posts as an organist in German churches,…Vertigo (Film)
Author:W. G. Sebald Sebald's fascinating “nonfiction” books, The Emigrants (1996) and The Rings of Saturn (1998), earned the German writer a highly regarded if controversial reputation here…Vischer, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Vischer, PeterVischer, Peterpāˈtər [key]Vischer, Peter fĭshˈər [key], the elder, c.1455–1529, German sculptor, foremost of the bronze founders in Germany. Beginning as the assistant of…2001 National Book Critics Circle Awards
Fiction: Austerlitz, W. G. Sebald (Random House)General Nonfiction: Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper, Nicholson Baker (Random House)Biography or Autobiography: Boswell's…Brewer's: Little Masters
A name applied to certain designers, who worked for engravers, etc., in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Called little because their designs were on a small scale, fit for copper…Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: S
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