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Nutting, Wallace
(Encyclopedia) Nutting, Wallace, 1861–1941, American clergyman, antiquarian, lecturer, and photographer; illustrator and writer of books on life in early America and also on the scenic beauties of…Bourbaki, Nicolas
(Encyclopedia) Bourbaki, Nicolas, pseudonym under which a group of 20th cent. mathematicians has written a series of treatises on pure mathematics. The mathematicians have all been associated with…Calvino, Italo
(Encyclopedia) Calvino, ItaloCalvino, Italoĭtəlō călvēˈnō [key], 1923–85, Italian novelist. Calvino was one of the most popular novelists of the 20th cent. Although loneliness is an essential…Ransom, John Crowe
(Encyclopedia) Ransom, John Crowe, 1888–1974, American poet and critic, b. Pulaski, Tenn., grad. Vanderbilt Univ. and studied at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. He is considered one of the great stylists…Archipenko, Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Archipenko, AlexanderArchipenko, Alexanderärkhĭpĕnˈkō [key], 1887–1964, Ukrainian-American sculptor, b. Kiev. He moved to Moscow in 1906 and to Paris in 1908. There he began to adapt…meter, in music
(Encyclopedia) meter, in music, the division of a composition into units of equal time value called measures, and the subdivision of those measures into an underlying pattern of stresses or accents (…State of the Union Address: George W. Bush (January 20th, 2004)
George W. Bush (January 20th, 2004) Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: America this evening is a Nation called to great…Aalto, Alvar
(Encyclopedia) Aalto, AlvarAalto, Alvarŏlˈvär älˈtō [key], 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer. Aalto is considered one of the foremost architects of the 20th cent. Most of his…Art Institute of Chicago
(Encyclopedia) Art Institute of Chicago, museum and art school, in Grant Park, facing Michigan Ave. It was incorporated in 1879; George Armour was the first president. Since 1893 the Institute has…Uzhhorod
(Encyclopedia) UzhhorodUzhhorod&oobreve;zhˈhôrôtˌ [key], Czech Užhorod, Rus. Uzhgorod, Hung. Ungvár, city (1989 pop. 117,000), capital of Transcarpathian Region, SW Ukraine, in the SW Carpathian…Trending
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