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Volk, Leonard Wells
(Encyclopedia) Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828–95, American sculptor, b. Wellstown (now Wells), N.Y. In 1848 he went to St. Louis, where he studied drawing and worked at funerary sculpture. With the aid of…Tuwim, Julian
(Encyclopedia) Tuwim, JulianTuwim, Juliany&oomacr;lˈyän t&oomacr;ˈvēm [key], 1894–1953, Polish poet. A leader of the Skamander group of experimental poets, he was also a major figure in his…trapezoid
(Encyclopedia) trapezoid, closed plane figure bounded by four line segments, or sides, two of which are parallel and two of which are nonparallel. The parallel sides of a trapezoid are called bases…Prescott, Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Prescott, SamuelPrescott, Samuelprĕsˈkət [key], 1751–c.1777, American Revolutionary figure, b. Concord, Mass. On the night of Apr. 18, 1775, he, Paul Revere, and William Dawes set out…Pilon, Germain
(Encyclopedia) Pilon, GermainPilon, GermainzhĕrmăNˈ pēlôNˈ [key], 1535–90, French sculptor. He was court sculptor under the later Valois sovereigns. He executed several sculptures on Henry II's…Severini, Gino
(Encyclopedia) Severini, GinoSeverini, Ginojēˈnō sāvārēˈnē [key], 1883–1966, Italian painter. In 1906 he settled in Paris. First associated with the cubist painters, he later became a principal…Semiramis
(Encyclopedia) SemiramisSemiramissĕmĭrˈəmĭs [key], mythical Assyrian queen, noted for her beauty and wisdom. She was reputed to have conquered many lands and founded the city of Babylon. After a long…Shannon, Charles Haslewood
(Encyclopedia) Shannon, Charles Haslewood or Hazelwood, 1865–1937, English portrait and figure painter, etcher, and lithographer. He was an aesthete and lifelong companion of fellow artist Charles…simile
(Encyclopedia) similesimilesĭmˈəlē [key] [Lat.,=likeness], in rhetoric, a figure of speech in which an object is explicitly compared to another object. Robert Burns's poem “A Red Red Rose” contains…corset
(Encyclopedia) corset, article of dress designed to support or modify the figure. Greek and Roman women sometimes wrapped broad bands about the body. In the Middle Ages a short, close-fitting, laced…Trending
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