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Massys, Quentin
(Encyclopedia) Massys, Matsys, Messys, or Metsys, QuentinMassys, Matsys, Messys, or Metsys, Quentinkvĕnˈtĭn mäsīsˈ, mätsīsˈ, mĕ–, mĕt– [key], c.1466–1530, Flemish painter. After studying in Louvain,…Jordaens, Jacob
(Encyclopedia) Jordaens, Jacob or JacquesJordaens, Jacob or Jacquesyäˈkôp yôrˈdäns, zhäk [key], 1593–1678, Flemish baroque painter, b. Antwerp. After the deaths of Rubens and Van Dyck, by whom he was…Bacon, Francis, English painter
(Encyclopedia) Bacon, Francis, 1910–92, English painter, b. Dublin. A self-taught artist, Bacon rejected abstraction in painting to explore a repertoire of strange, fractured, and often bizarre…Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig
(Encyclopedia) Mies van der Rohe, LudwigMies van der Rohe, Ludwigl&oomacr;tˈvĭkh mēˈĕs vän dĕr rōˈə [key], 1886–1969, German-American architect. A pioneer of modern architecture and one of its…Van Allen radiation belts
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Van Allen radiation belts: The solar wind, a stream of protons, electrons, and ions coming from the sun, gives the belts their asymmetrical shape. Van Allen radiation belts,…Ghent
(Encyclopedia) Ghent Ghent gĕnt [key], Du. Gent, Fr. Gand, city, capital of East Flanders prov…The Top Ten: American Film Institute's Greatest Female Screen Legends
December 10 - 17 Greatest Female Screen Legends The American Film Institute defines an American screen legend as "an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in…Biographies: 2019 People in the News
2019 People in the News See also 2018 People in the News 2016 People in the News 2015 People in the News 2014 People in the News 2013 People in the News 2012 People in the News 2011 People…Ames, Ezra
(Encyclopedia) Ames, Ezra, 1768–1836, American painter, b. Framingham, Mass. Early in his life he worked as a carriage painter, miniaturist, engraver, and decorator, first in Worcester, Mass., and…Pea Ridge
(Encyclopedia) Pea Ridge, chain of hills, NW Ark., where the Civil War battle of Pea Ridge (or Elkhorn Tavern) was fought Mar. 6–8, 1862. Earl Van Dorn, leading a large Confederate command, which…Trending
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