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31classicism — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. aesthetic principles, objectivity, dignity, balance, refinement, formality, simplicity, restraint, pure taste, harmony, elegance, understatement, nobility, formal style, classicalism, reverence for the ancients, observance of …
32Alexander Sumarokov — Aleksandr Petrovich Sumarokov (Russian: Александр Петрович Сумароков) (November 25 1717 October 12 1777), was a Russian poet and playwright who single handedly created classical theatre in Russia, thus assisting Mikhail Lomonosov to inaugurate… …
33Vauxhall Gardens — This article is about The British pleasure gardens. For the New York City pleasure gardens, see New York Vauxhall Gardens. A prospect of Vauxhall Gardens in 1751 Vauxhall Gardens was a pleasure garden, one of the leading venues for public… …
34Paris — /par is/; for 2 also Fr. /pann rddee /, n. 1. Matthew. See Matthew of Paris. 2. Ancient, Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii /peuh riz ee uy /. a city in and the capital of France and capital of Ville de Paris Department, in the N part, on the Seine.… …
35Cesare Candi — This article is part of the Fiddle Violin series. Basic physics of the violin Fiddlers History of the violin Luthiers Musical styles …
36Graham, Anderson, Probst & White — is a Chicago architecture firm that was founded in 1912 originally as Graham, Burnham Co. This firm was the successor to D. H. Burnham Co. by Daniel Burnham s surviving partner Ernest Graham and Burnham s sons Hubert Burnham and Daniel Burnham Jr …
37Macedonian art (Byzantine) — Macedonian art (sometimes called the Macedonian Renaissance) was a period in Byzantine art which began with the reign of the Emperor Basil I of the Macedonian dynasty in 867. The period followed the lifting of the ban on icons (iconoclasm) and… …
38Johann Joachim Winckelmann — Johann Joachim Winckelmann † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Johann Joachim Winckelmann Archaeologist and historian of ancient art, born at Stendal near Magdeburg, in 1717; assassinated at Triest, in 1768. After a wandering life devoted,… …
39John Bacon — (November 24, 1740 ndash; August 4, 1799) was a British sculptor.Born in Southwark, he was the son of a wood carver from Somerset. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to a manufacturer of porcelain at Lambeth, where he was at first employed …
40Charles Estienne — (1504–1564) was an early exponent of the science of anatomy in France. Charles was a younger brother of Robert Estienne, the famous printer, and son to Henri, who Latinized the family name as Stephanus. He married Geneviève de Berly. After the… …
