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Epstein, Sir Jacob

(Encyclopedia) Epstein, Sir JacobEpstein, Sir Jacobĕpˈstīn [key], 1880–1959, sculptor, b. New York City. He studied with Rodin in Paris and later worked chiefly in England. In revolt against the…

Romanesque architecture and art

(Encyclopedia) Romanesque architecture and art, the artistic style that prevailed throughout Europe from the 10th to the mid-12th cent., although it persisted until considerably later in certain…

Merovingian art and architecture

(Encyclopedia) Merovingian art and architectureMerovingian art and architecturemĕrˌəvĭnˈjēən [key]. This period is named for Merovech, the founder of the first Germanic-Frankish dynasty (c.a.d. 500–a…

Hittite art and architecture

(Encyclopedia) Hittite art and architecture, works of art and structures created by the ancient Hittites The principal architectural remnant of the Hittite civilization is at Boğazköy, where…

wage and price controls

(Encyclopedia) wage and price controls, economic policy measure in which the government places a ceiling on wages and prices to curb inflation. Also known as incomes policy, such programs have…

Canadian art and architecture

(Encyclopedia) Canadian art and architecture, the various types and styles arts and structures produced in the geographic area that now constitutes Canada. For a discussion of the art of indigenous…

German art and architecture

(Encyclopedia) German art and architecture, artistic works produced within the region that became politically unified as Germany in 1871 generally followed the stylistic currents of Western Europe…

Uralic and Altaic languages

(Encyclopedia) Uralic and Altaic languagesUralic and Altaic languagesy&oobreve;rălˈĭk, ăltāˈĭk [key], two groups of related languages thought by many scholars to form a single Ural-Altaic…

Saint Kitts and Nevis

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Saint Kitts and Nevis or Saint Kitts–NevisSaint Kitts and Nevisnēˈvĭs, nĕvˈĭs [key], officially Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, island nation (2015 est. pop. 52,000), 120…

Bel and the Dragon

(Encyclopedia) Bel and the Dragon, customary name for chapter 14 of the Book of Daniel, a passage included in the Septuagint and the Apocrypha. It was written possibly in the 1st cent. b.c. as a…