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Porter, Arthur Kingsley

(Encyclopedia) Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883–1933, American art historian. Interested primarily in medieval and ancient art, Porter revolutionized the understanding of the chronology and diffusion of…

Mitla

(Encyclopedia) MitlaMitlamētˈlä [key] [Nahuatl,=abode of the dead], religious center of the Zapotec, near Oaxaca, SW Mexico. Probably built in the 13th cent., the buildings, unlike the pyramidal…

Mendes da Rocha, Paulo Archias

(Encyclopedia) Mendes da Rocha, Paulo Archias, 1928-2021, Brazilian architect, b. Vitoria, Brazil, Mackenzie Presbyterian Univ. (B.Arch., 1954).…

École des Beaux-Arts

(Encyclopedia) École des Beaux-ArtsÉcole des Beaux-Artsākôlˈ dā bōzärˈ [key][Fr.,=school of fine arts], French national school of fine arts, on the Quai Malaquais, Paris, founded in 1648 by Charles…

Rossi, Aldo

(Encyclopedia) Rossi, AldoRossi, Aldoälˈdō rôsˈsē [key], 1931–97, Italian architectb. Milan; grad. Milan Polytechnic (1959). He began working for the design magazine Casabella-Continuità in 1954 and…

rustication

(Encyclopedia) rusticationrusticationrŭstĭkāˈshən [key], in building construction, method of creating textures upon masonry wall surfaces, chiefly upon those of stone, by projecting the blocks beyond…

Ryder, Donald P.

(Encyclopedia) Ryder, Donald P., , 1926-2021, African-American architect, b. Springfield, Oh., Univ. of Illinois (BA, 1951). Ryder was raised in Dayton…

Perrault, Claude

(Encyclopedia) Perrault, ClaudePerrault, Claudeklōd [key]Perrault, Claude pĕrōˈ [key], 1613–88, French architect, scientist, and physician. One of the most eminent French scholars of his time, he…

Betjeman, Sir John

(Encyclopedia) Betjeman, Sir JohnBetjeman, Sir Johnbĕtˈjəmən [key], 1906–84, English poet, b. London. Traditional in rhyme and meter, his verse combined a witty appraisal of the English present with…

Spanish colonial art and architecture

(Encyclopedia) Spanish colonial art and architecture, fl. 16th–early 19th cent., the artistic production of Spain's colonies in the New World. These works followed the historical development of…