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Daddi, Bernardo

(Encyclopedia) Daddi, BernardoDaddi, Bernardobārnärˈdō dädˈdē [key], fl. 1312–48, Italian painter of the Florentine school. First influenced by his contemporary Giotto, he soon adopted the delicate…

Chattahoochee

(Encyclopedia) ChattahoocheeChattahoocheechătˌəh&oomacr;ˈchē [key], river, 436 mi (702 km) long, rising in N Ga., and flowing generally SW to the Ala.-Ga. border and then S along it to join the…

charleston, dance

(Encyclopedia) charleston, social dance of the United States popular in the mid-1920s. The charleston is characterized by outward heel kicks combined with an up-and-down movement achieved by bending…

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway

(Encyclopedia) Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O), former U.S. transportation company with railroad lines in eight states, Washington, D.C., and Ontario, Canada. Founded as the Louisa RR Company…

Dushanbe

(Encyclopedia) Dushanbe Dushanbe d&oomacr;shănˈbə, –shänˈ– [key], city, capital of…

Holbrook

(Encyclopedia) Holbrook. <1> City (2020 pop. 4,858), seat of Navaho co., NE Ariz.; founded c. 1881; inc. 1917. The town was established with the…

Hammond

(Encyclopedia) Hammond. 1 City (2020 pop. 77,879), Lake co., extreme NW Ind., bounded by Lake Michigan, the Ill. state line, and the Little Calumet…

Hartigan, Grace

(Encyclopedia) Hartigan, Grace, 1922–2008, American painter, b. Newark, N.J. Hartigan moved to Manhattan in 1945 and began painting semiabstract canvases after her introduction to the works of the…

Harunobu

(Encyclopedia) Harunobu (Suzuki Harunobu)Harunobus&oomacr;z&oomacr;ˈkē här&oomacr;ˈnōˈb&oomacr; [key], 1724–70, Japanese color-print artist of the ukiyo-e school. He was the first to…

Rockford

(Encyclopedia) Rockford, industrial city (1990 pop. 139,426), seat of Winnebago co., N Ill., on the Rock River near the Wis. line; inc. 1839 with the merger of two settlements on opposite sides of…