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Giunta Pisano

(Encyclopedia)Giunta Pisano jo͞onˈtä pēzäˈnō [key], fl. 1236–1255, Italian painter of Pisa. Among his signed works are three very large depictions of the Crucifixion executed for the churches of San Ranier...

Écija

(Encyclopedia)Écija āˈthēhä [key], city, Seville prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on a hill overlooking t...

Cimarron

(Encyclopedia)Cimarron sĭmˈərŏnˌ [key], river, 698 mi (1,123 km) long, rising in NE N.Mex., and flowing generally E to the Arkansas River, W of Tulsa, Okla. It follows the direct route of the Santa Fe Trail fo...

New Mexico, University of

(Encyclopedia)New Mexico, University of, main campus at Albuquerque; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1889, opened 1892. It maintains graduate centers at Los Alamos and Santa Fe and conducts joint research...

Bolsena

(Encyclopedia)Bolsena bōlsĕˈnä [key], town, Latium, central Italy, on picturesque Lake Bolsena, near the ...

Fort Riley

(Encyclopedia)Fort Riley, U.S. military post, 5,760 acres (2,331 hectares), NE Kans., on the Kansas River; est. 1852 to protect travelers on the Santa Fe Trail from attack by Native Americans. Located near the geog...

Foggini, Giovanni Batista

(Encyclopedia)Foggini, Giovanni Batista jōvänˈnē bätēsˈtä fōdjēˈnē [key], 1652–1725, Italian sculptor and architect. An important exponent of the Florentine baroque style, Foggini followed Roman model...

Huntington Beach

(Encyclopedia)Huntington Beach, city (2020 pop. 198,711), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc...

Costa Mesa

(Encyclopedia)Costa Mesa kŏsˈtə māˈsə [key], city (2020 pop. 111,918), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific ...

Ferri, Ciro

(Encyclopedia)Ferri, Ciro chēˈrō fĕrˈrē [key], 1634–89, Italian baroque painter, etcher, and architect, the most celebrated pupil of Pietro da Cortona. He imitated Cortona's style with such success that he ...