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International style, in painting

(Encyclopedia)International style, in painting: see Gothic architecture and art. ...

Dome of the Rock

(Encyclopedia)Dome of the Rock: see Islamic art and architecture. ...

Noguchi, Isamu

(Encyclopedia)Noguchi, Isamu ēsäˈmo͞o nōgo͞oˈchē [key], 1904–88, American sculptor, b. Los Angeles. The son of a Japanese poet father and an American mother, he was a student of Gutzon Borglum and won Gug...

Breuer, Marcel Lajos

(Encyclopedia)Breuer, Marcel Lajos broiˈər [key], 1902–81, American architect and furniture designer, b. Hungary. During the 1920s he was associated, both as student and as teacher, with the Bauhaus in Germany....

Barnes Foundation

(Encyclopedia)Barnes Foundation, museum and arborteum in Merion and Philadelphia, Pa. Founded in 1922, it houses the impressive art collection amassed by Albert Coombs Barnes, 1872–1951, a wealthy Philadelphia ph...

window

(Encyclopedia)window, in architecture, the casement or sash, fitted with glass, which closes an opening in the wall of a structure without excluding light and air. It may have a square, round, or pointed head; may ...

Morris, Lewis, 1698–1762, American colonial landowner

(Encyclopedia)Morris, Lewis, 1698–1762: see under Morris, family. ...

Morris, Richard, d. 1672, American colonial landowner

(Encyclopedia)Morris, Richard, d. 1672: see under Morris, family. ...

Prince, Thomas, 1600–1673, American colonial governor

(Encyclopedia)Prince, Thomas, 1600–1673: see Prence, Thomas. ...

Morgan, Julia

(Encyclopedia)Morgan, Julia, 1872–1957, American architect, b. San Francisco, B.S. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1894. Trained as an engineer, she became the first woman to study architecture at the École des B...