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Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis
(Encyclopedia) Girodet-Trioson, Anne-LouisGirodet-Trioson, Anne-Louisän-lwē zhērôdāˈ-trēôzôNˈ [key], 1767–1824, French painter. Originally named Girodet de Roussy or Roucy, he was a student of J.-L.…Vida, Marco Girolamo
(Encyclopedia) Vida, Marco GirolamoVida, Marco Girolamomärˈkō jērôˈlämō vēˈdä [key], c.1490–1566, Italian poet, b. Cremona. After joining the humanist court of Pope Leo X, he was given a priory at…Warton, Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Warton, Joseph, 1722–1800, English critic and poet, brother of Thomas Warton. Educated at Winchester and Oxford, he took holy orders in 1744 and served several cures. He spent an…Boccherini, Luigi
(Encyclopedia) Boccherini, LuigiBoccherini, Luigil&oomacr;ēˈjē bôk-kĕrēˈnē [key], 1743–1805, Italian composer and cellist. Together with the violinist Filippo Manfredi he made a highly successful…Strachey, Lytton
(Encyclopedia) Strachey, Lytton (Giles Lytton Strachey), 1880–1932, English biographer and critic, educated at Cambridge. He was one of the leading members of the Bloomsbury group. Strachey is…cast-iron architecture
(Encyclopedia) cast-iron architecture, a term used to designate buildings that incorporate cast iron for structural and/or decorative purposes. After 1800 cast-iron supports were exploited as an…Italian literature
(Encyclopedia) Italian literature, writings in the Italian language, as distinct from earlier works in Latin and French. In the second half of the 19th cent. Francesco De Sanctis, literary critic…Renaissance
(Encyclopedia) RenaissanceRenaissancerĕnəsänsˈ, –zänsˈ [key] [Fr.,=rebirth], term used to describe the development of Western civilization that marked the transition from medieval to modern times.…Renaissance art and architecture
(Encyclopedia) Renaissance art and architecture, works of art and structures produced in Europe during the Renaissance. In England the Renaissance flowered in the middle of the 16th cent. The…Armenian language
(Encyclopedia) Armenian language, member of the Thraco-Phrygian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Indo-European). There is evidence that in ancient times a distinct subfamily of…Trending
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