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Palma, Jacopo
(Encyclopedia) Palma, JacopoPalma, Jacopoyäˈkōpō pälˈmä [key], c.1480–1528, Venetian painter, called Palma Vecchio. He formed his style under the influence of Giovanni Bellini, Titian, and Giorgione…O'Keeffe, Georgia
(Encyclopedia) O'Keeffe, GeorgiaO'Keeffe, Georgiaōkēfˈ [key], 1887–1986, American painter, b. Sun Prairie, Wis. After working briefly as a commercial artist in Chicago, O'Keeffe abandoned painting…N. Scott Momaday
(Encyclopedia) N. Scott Momaday (Navarre Scott Momaday), 1934–2024, American writer whose works are reflective of his Kiowa culture, b. Lawton, Okla.,…Nakamura, Shuji
(Encyclopedia) Nakamura, Shuji, 1954–, Japanese physicist and electronics engineer, grad. Univ. of Tokushima (D.Eng., 1994). Nakamura joined the Nichia Corporation in 1977, and it was there that he…Moran, Edward
(Encyclopedia) Moran, EdwardMoran, Edwardmərănˈ [key], 1829–1901, American painter of marine and historical subjects, b. England. He came to the United States with his family in 1844. In 1899 he…Medina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duque de
(Encyclopedia) Medina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duque deMedina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duque deälōnˈsō pāˈrĕth thā g&oomacr;thmänˈ d&oomacr;ˈkā ᵺā māᵺēˈnä sēᵺōˈnyä [key], 1550…Masolino da Panicale
(Encyclopedia) Masolino da PanicaleMasolino da Panicalemäzōlēˈnō dä pänēkäˈlā [key], 1383–c.1447, Florentine painter of the early Renaissance, whose real name was Tommaso di Cristoforo Fini. His…Pike, Zebulon Montgomery
(Encyclopedia) Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779–1813, American explorer, an army officer, b. Lamberton (now part of Trenton), N.J. He joined the army (c.1793) and was commissioned second lieutenant in…Brunelleschi, Filippo
(Encyclopedia) Brunelleschi, FilippoBrunelleschi, Filippofēlēpˈpō br&oomacr;nĕl-lĕsˈkē [key], 1377–1446, first great architect of the Italian Renaissance, a Florentine by birth. Trained as…Robert John LAGOMARSINO, Congress, CA (1926)
LAGOMARSINO Robert John , a Representative from California; born in Ventura, Ventura County, Calif., September 4, 1926; attended the public schools of Ventura ; B.A., University of California, Santa…Trending
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