nobility+loftiness+of+character
11dignity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. repute; nobility, eminence; pride, stateliness, decorum; greatness, station, honor. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A presence that commands respect] Syn. stateliness, nobility, self respect, pride, hauteur,… …
12Columbus, Christopher — Italian Cristoforo Colombo Spanish Cristóbal Colón born between Aug. 26 and Oct. 31?, 1451, Genoa died May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain Genoese navigator and explorer whose transatlantic voyages opened the way for European exploration,… …
13Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
14Gothic architecture — See also: Gothic art The western façade of Reims Cathedral, France …
15Samuel Rawson Gardiner — (4 March 1829 24 February 1902) was an English historian.The son of Rawson Boddam Gardiner, he was born near Alresford, Hampshire. He was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford, where he obtained a first class in literae… …
16Jean-Francois Millet — Jean François Millet † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jean François Millet French painter; b. at Gruchy, near Cherbourg, 4 October, 1814; d. at Barbizon, 20 January, 1875. This great painter of peasants was a son of peasants: he himself… …
17Lucien Durosoir — (1878 1955) was a French composer and violinist whose works were rediscovered thanks to manuscripts found by his son Luc. Durosoir studied the violin with Joseph Joachim and Hugo Heermann in Germany before his first tour as a young virtuoso in… …
18Hubert and Jan van Eyck — Hubert and Jan van Eyck † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Hubert and Jan van Eyck Brothers, Flemish illuminators and painters, founders of the school of Bruges and consequently of all the schools of painting in the North of Europe. Hubert was …
19distinction — I (difference) noun antithesis, characteristic difference, contrariety, contrast, differentia, differential, differentiation, disaccord, disagreement, discongruity, discrepancy, discrimen, discrimination, disharmony, disparity, dissension,… …
20eminence — I noun aggrandizement, amplissimus gradus, authority, celebrity, consequence, dignity, distinction, elevated rank, elevation, esteem, exaltation, fame, fastigium, glory, grandeur, great station, greatness, height, high position, high rank, high… …
