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model and modeling

(Encyclopedia) model and modeling, in painting, the use of light and shade to simulate volume in the representation of solids. In sculpture the terms denote a technique involving the use of a pliable…

Charlotte Amalie

(Encyclopedia) Charlotte Amalie Charlotte Amalie əmälˈē [key], town, capital of the Virgin Islands of the United…

Dearborn

(Encyclopedia) Dearborn, city (2020 pop. 109,976), Wayne co., SE Mich., on the River Rouge, adjoining Detroit; settled 1795, consolidated with the city…

Invalides, Hôtel des

(Encyclopedia) Invalides, Hôtel desInvalides, Hôtel desōtĕlˈ dāzăNvälēdˈ [key], celebrated landmark of Paris, France, built (1671–76) by Libéral Bruant as a hospital for disabled veterans. One of the…

Léger, Fernand

(Encyclopedia) Léger, FernandLéger, FernandfĕrnäNˈ lāzhāˈ [key], 1881–1955, French painter. Léger first studied architecture, then he began to paint, studying briefly at the École des Beaux-Arts. He…

Einsiedeln

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

Evans, Walker

(Encyclopedia) Evans, Walker, 1903–75, American photographer, b. St. Louis. Evans began his photographic career in 1928. His studies of Victorian architecture and his photographs of the rural South…

Bourdelle, Émile Antoine

(Encyclopedia) Bourdelle, Émile AntoineBourdelle, Émile Antoineāmēlˈ äNtwänˈ b&oomacr;rdĕlˈ [key], 1861–1929, French sculptor; son of a cabinetmaker of Montauban. He went to Paris in 1884, where…

Cano, Alonso

(Encyclopedia) Cano, AlonsoCano, Alonsoälōnˈsō käˈnō [key], 1601–67, Spanish baroque painter, sculptor, and architect. Cano studied under Pacheco and received painting and architecture commissions…

truss

(Encyclopedia) CE5 A. King post truss B. Queen, with princess posts truss, in architecture and engineering, a supporting structure or framework composed of beams, girders, or rods commonly of…