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Grantham

(Encyclopedia) Grantham Grantham grănˈtəm, –thəm [key], town, in the Parts of Kesteven, Lincolnshire, E central…

Warner, Olin Levi

(Encyclopedia) Warner, Olin Levi, 1844–96, American sculptor, b. Suffield, Conn. He studied art in Paris, working for a time as an assistant to J.-B. Carpeaux. He served in the Franco-Prussian War (…

Boethus

(Encyclopedia) BoethusBoethusbōēˈthəs [key], fl. 1st half of 2d cent. b.c., Greek sculptor of genre subjects and worker in silver. He was born in Chalcedon and seems to have worked mainly at Rhodes.…

Borglum, Gutzon

(Encyclopedia) Borglum, Gutzon (John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum)Borglum, Gutzongŭtˈsən dĕ lˈə mät bôrˈgləm [key], 1867–1941, American sculptor, b. Idaho; son of a Danish immigrant physician and…

Laocoön

(Encyclopedia) LaocoönLaocoönlāŏkˈōŏn [key], in Greek mythology, priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans not to touch the wooden horse made by the Greeks during the Trojan War. While he and his two…

Klinger, Max

(Encyclopedia) Klinger, MaxKlinger, Maxmäks [key]Klinger, Max klĭngˈər [key], 1857–1920, German painter, sculptor, and etcher. Before 1886 he produced cycles of original and somewhat morbidly…

Einsiedeln

(Encyclopedia) Einsiedeln Einsiedeln īnˈzēˌdəln [key], town, Schwyz canton, E central Switzerland. Einsiedeln is the…

Rush, William

(Encyclopedia) Rush, William, 1756–1833, American sculptor, one of the earliest in the country, b. Philadelphia. His wood carvings, clay models, and figureheads were famous in their day. Of his other…

Bandinelli, Bartolomeo

(Encyclopedia) Bandinelli, BartolomeoBandinelli, Bartolomeobärtölōmāˈō bändēnĕlˈlē [key] or BaccioBacciobätˈchō [key], 1493?–1560, Florentine sculptor and painter; son of a goldsmith. He attempted to…

Samsun

(Encyclopedia) SamsunSamsunsäms&oomacr;nˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 301,412), capital of Samsun prov., N Turkey, on the Black Sea. The most important Turkish port on the Black Sea, it is also a…