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21Johannes Wiedewelt — Johannes Wiedewelt, (July 1, 1731 December 17, 1802), Danish neoclassical sculptor, was born in Copenhagen to royal sculptor to the Danish Court, Just Wiedewelt, and his wife Birgitte Lauridsdatter. Following in his father’s footsteps, he too… …
22bone china — a fine, naturally white china made with bone ash. Also called bone porcelain. [1900 05] * * * Hard paste porcelain containing bone ash. It was developed by Josiah Spode (1754–1827) in England с 1800. The addition of bone ash to china stone and… …
23France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
24Wedgwood ware — English stoneware made by Staffordshire factories originally established by Josiah Wedgwood. Creamware appealed to the middle class because of its high quality, durability, and affordability. Black basaltes (from 1768), unglazed stoneware of fine …
25Andrea Contucci Del Sansovino — Andrea Contucci del Sansovino † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Andrea Contucci del Sansovino Born at Monte San Sovino, Arezzo, 1460; died 1529. He was a sculptor of the transition period at the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the… …
26Dago dazzler — A dago dazzler is an elaborately decorated document used to identify its bearer, usually an academic, as someone with an official association with an institution, usually a university or college, with the purpose of impressing low level… …
27Arts and Crafts Movement — The Arts and Crafts Movement was a British, Canadian, and American aesthetic movement occurring in the last years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century. Inspired by the writings of John Ruskin and a romantic idealization of… …
28Billy Sunday — William Ashley Billy Sunday (November 19 1862 – November 6 1935) was an American athlete and religious figure who, after being a popular outfielder in baseball s National League during the 1880s, became the most celebrated and influential… …
29Horace Cleveland — Horace William Shaler Cleveland (16 December, 1814 December 5 1900) was a noted American landscape architect, sometimes considered second only to Frederick Law Olmsted. His approach to natural landscape design can clearly be seen in projects… …
30Marchand-mercier — Edme François Gersaint s shop, in Antoine Watteau s L Enseigne de Gersaint, in form a shop sign, though never used as such. A marchand mercier[1] is a French term for a type of entrepreneur working outside the guild system of craftsmen but… …
