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Jehannet

(Encyclopedia)Jehannet: see Clouet, Jean.

Bleimor

(Encyclopedia)Bleimor: see Calloc'h, Jean Pierre. ...

Chapais, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Chapais, Sir Thomas shäpāˈ [key], 1858–1946, Canadian politician and historian, b. Quebec prov.; son of Jean Charles Chapais (1811–85). Thomas Chapais became professor of history at Laval Univ....

overture

(Encyclopedia)overture, instrumental musical composition written as an introduction to an opera, ballet, oratorio, musical, or play. The earliest Italian opera overtures were simply pieces of orchestral music and w...

Taeuber-Arp, Sophie

(Encyclopedia)Taeuber-Arp, Sophie, 1889–1943, Swiss textile designer, painter, and sculptor, b. Sophie Henriette Gertrude Taeuber. She taught textile design (1916–29) at the School of Arts and Crafts in Zürich...

Clericus, Johannes

(Encyclopedia)Clericus, Johannes: see Le Clerc, Jean. ...

Grandville, French caricaturist, illustrator, and lithographer

(Encyclopedia)Grandville: see Gérard, Jean Ignace Isidore. ...

Williams, Gwen

(Encyclopedia)Williams, Gwen: see Rhys, Jean.

Saint Johns, city, Quebec, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Saint Johns, Que., Canada: see St. Jean. ...

Goldwater, Robert

(Encyclopedia)Goldwater, Robert, 1907–73, American art historian, b. New York City. Goldwater taught at Queens College, N.Y., from 1934 to 1957, when he was appointed professor of fine arts at New York Univ. The ...