artist of considerable merit
1Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
2South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
3lacquerwork — Any of a variety of decorative objects or surfaces, usually of wood, to which a coloured, highly polished, and opaque type of varnish called lacquer has been applied. True lacquerwork is Chinese or Japanese in origin. The technique was copied in… …
4Cornelis Boel — Cornelis Boel, a Flemish engraver, was born at Antwerp about the year 1580. He worked chiefly with the graver, in the style of the Sadelers, in whose school it is probable he was instructed. His plates are executed in a clear, neat style, and… …
5keyboard instrument — ▪ music Introduction any musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or parallel levers. In nearly all cases in Western music the keys correspond to consecutive notes in the… …
6Ode on a Grecian Urn — Tracing of an engraving of the Sosibios vase by Keats Ode on a Grecian …
7William Brockedon — (1787 1854) was a 19th century English painter. He lived in London.In 1859, Brockedon illustrated the book Italy, classical, historical and picturesque with 39 plates.WILLIAM BROCKEDON. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. BY E. WINDEATT. [Written for the… …
8Dutch literature — Introduction the body of written works in the Dutch (Dutch language) language as spoken in The Netherlands and northern Belgium. The Dutch language literature of Belgium is treated in Belgian literature. Of the earliest inhabitants of …
9Abraham Goldfaden — Infobox musical artist Name = Abraham Goldfaden Img capt = Abraham Goldfaden Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Starokonstantinov, Russia Genre = Yiddish theatre, operetta Years active = 1876 ndash;1908 Label =… …
10South African literature — Introduction the body of writings in either Afrikaans or English produced in what is now the Republic of South Africa. The rest of African literature is treated in African literature. South Africa was colonized by Europeans against… …
