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(Encyclopedia) Leinsdorf, ErichLeinsdorf, Erichĕrˈĭkh līzˈdôrf, līntsˈ– [key], 1912–93, American conductor, b. Vienna. Leinsdorf studied at the Vienna state academy of music and in 1934 began his…
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(Encyclopedia) Gide, CharlesGide, Charlesshärl [key]Gide, Charles zhēd [key], 1847–1932, French economist. A professor at the universities of Bordeaux, Montpellier, and Paris, Gide was an expert on…
(Encyclopedia) epigram, a short, polished, pithy saying, usually in verse, often with a satiric or paradoxical twist at the end. The term was originally applied by the Greeks to the inscriptions on…
(Encyclopedia) functionalism, in art and architecture, an aesthetic doctrine developed in the early 20th cent. out of Louis Henry Sullivan's aphorism that form ever follows function. Functionalist…
(Encyclopedia) Wirth, Karl JosephWirth, Karl Josephkärl yōˈzĕf vĭrt [key], 1879–1956, German statesman. A leader of the Catholic Center party, he succeeded (1920) Matthias Erzberger as minister of…
(Encyclopedia) Watts-Dunton, Theodore (Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton), 1832–1914, English poet, novelist, and critic. A member of the staff of the Examiner (1874–76), he became editor of the Athenaeum…
artist, cartographer Born: c. 1533Birthplace: Dieppe, France A French cartographer (mapmaker) and painter, Le Moyne de Morgues produced the first map of Florida. His paintings and sketches are…
designerBorn: 1974Birthplace: Iehman, PennsylvaniaBest Known as: Winner of Project Runway Season 1 Jay McCarroll grew up in a small mountain town in Pennsylvania…
