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Pennell, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Pennell, JosephPennell, Josephpĕnˈəl [key], 1857–1926, American illustrator, etcher, lithographer, and author, b. Philadelphia, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.…

South Bend

(Encyclopedia) South Bend, city (1990 pop. 105,511), seat of St. Joseph co., N Ind., on the great south bend of the St. Joseph River, in a farming and mint-growing region; inc. as a city 1865. An…

Roth, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Roth, Joseph or JózefRoth, Joseph or Józefyōˈzĕf rōt [key], 1894–1939, Austrian novelist, essayist, journalist, and publisherb. Brody, Galicia. An outspoken critic of Hitler and…

poster

(Encyclopedia) poster, placard designed to be posted in some public place for purposes of commercial announcement or propaganda. Advertising makes wide use of posters, as do charitable and political…

Herskovits, Melville Jean

(Encyclopedia) Herskovits, Melville JeanHerskovits, Melville Jeanhûrsˈkəvĭts [key], 1895–1963, American anthropologist, b. Bellefontaine, Ohio; educated at the Univ. of Chicago (Ph.B., 1920) and…

Lully, Jean Baptiste

(Encyclopedia) Lully, Jean BaptisteLully, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ lülēˈ [key], 1632–87, French operatic composer, b. Florence, Italy. His name originally was Giovanni Battista Lulli. A self-taught…

Machault d'Arnouville, Jean Baptiste de

(Encyclopedia) Machault d'Arnouville, Jean Baptiste deMachault d'Arnouville, Jean Baptiste dezhäN bätēstˈ də mäshōˈ därn&oomacr;vēlˈ [key], 1701–94, French statesman. He held a succession of…

Millet, Jean François, 1814–75, French painter

(Encyclopedia) Millet, Jean François, 1814–75, French painter. He was born into a poor farming family. In 1837 an award enabled him to go to Paris, where he studied with Delaroche. In 1849 he settled…

Chouans

(Encyclopedia) ChouansChouanssh&oomacr;ˈənz, Fr. shwäN [key] [Norman Fr.,=owls], peasants of W France who rose against the French Revolutionary government in 1793. One of their first leaders was…