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American Film Institute

(Encyclopedia)American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide ...

Bill of Rights, in U.S. history

(Encyclopedia)Bill of Rights, in U.S. history: see Constitution of the United States. ...

Broad Contemporary Art Museum

(Encyclopedia)Broad Contemporary Art Museum: see under Los Angeles County Museum of Art. ...

Knight, Charles

(Encyclopedia)Knight, Charles, 1874–1953, American artist, b. New York City. Knight painted and sculpted animal subjects. He is best known for his murals at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. ...

Douglas, city, Isle of Man

(Encyclopedia)Douglas, city, capital of the Isle of Man, Great Britain. It is a popular resort, connected by rail to Ramsey and Port Erin, on the Irish Sea. Tourism i...

American

(Encyclopedia)American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Au...

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

(Encyclopedia)Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: see Guggenheim Museum. ...

American architecture

(Encyclopedia)American architecture, the architecture produced in the geographical area that now constitutes the United States. Wright, generally acknowledged as one of the greatest architects of the 20th cent., ...

Trumbull, John , American painter

(Encyclopedia)Trumbull, John, 1756–1843, American painter, b. Lebanon, Conn.; son of Gov. Jonathan Trumbull. He served in the Continental Army early in the Revolution as an aide to Washington. He resigned his com...

Independence, American War of

(Encyclopedia)Independence, American War of: see American Revolution. ...