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Gentile da Fabriano

(Encyclopedia) Gentile da FabrianoGentile da Fabrianodä fäbrēäˈnō [key]Gentile da Fabriano jāntēˈlā [key], c.1370–1427, Italian painter, one of the outstanding exponents of the elegant international…

Roca, Cabo da

(Encyclopedia) Roca, Cabo daRoca, Cabo dakäˈb&oomacr; ᵺə rôˈkə [key], cape, W Portugal, W of Lisbon. It is the western extremity of Europe.

Caravaggio, Polidoro Caldara da

(Encyclopedia) Caravaggio, Polidoro Caldara daCaravaggio, Polidoro Caldara dapōlēdôˈrō käldäˈrä [key]Caravaggio, Polidoro Caldara da dä kärävädˈjō [key], c.1496–1543, Italian painter. His surname,…

Acosta, Uriel

(Encyclopedia) Acosta, UrielAcosta, Uriel&oomacr;rˈyĕl äkōˈstä [key], or Uriel da CostaUriel da Costadä kōˈstä [key], c.1585–1640, Jewish rationalist, b. Oporto, Portugal. His original name was…

Jacobus da Varagine

(Encyclopedia) Jacobus da VaragineJacobus da Varaginejəkōˈbəs dä värăjˈĭnē [key], c.1230–1298, Italian hagiographer, b. Varazze (then Voraggio), near Savona; also known as Jacobus de Voragine. He…

Melozzo da Forlì

(Encyclopedia) Melozzo da ForlìMelozzo da Forlìmālôtˈtsō dä fōrlēˈ [key], 1438–94, Umbrian painter. His extant works, though few, reveal him as a painter of power and individuality. He is especially…

da Silva, Luiz Inácio

(Encyclopedia) da Silva, Luiz Inácioda Silva, Luiz Ináciol&oomacr;ēshˈ ēnäsˈy&oomacr; dä sēlˈvə [key], 1945–, Brazilian labor leader and politician, known as Lula, b. Vargem Grande (now…

Fonseca, Manuel Deodoro da

(Encyclopedia) Fonseca, Manuel Deodoro daFonseca, Manuel Deodoro damänwĕlˈ dē&oobreve;ᵺôˈr&oobreve; dä f&oobreve;nsĕˈkə [key], 1827–92, first president of Brazil (1891). A leader of the…

madrigal

(Encyclopedia) madrigal, name for two different forms of Italian music, one related to the poetic madrigal in the 14th cent., the other the most common form of secular vocal music in the 16th cent.…

Cunha, Euclides da

(Encyclopedia) Cunha, Euclides daCunha, Euclides daāˌ&oobreve;klēˈdĭsh dä k&oomacr;ˈnyə [key], 1866–1909, Brazilian writer. After his military service, Cunha became a civil engineer and a…