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  • 91stained glass — stained glass, adj. glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, esp. by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades, etc. [1785 95] *… …

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  • 92textile — /teks tuyl, til/, n. 1. any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting. 2. a material, as a fiber or yarn, used in or suitable for weaving: Glass can be used as a textile. adj. 3. woven or capable of being woven: textile fabrics. 4 …

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  • 93Herrera, Francisco, the Elder — born с 1576, Sevilla, Spain died 1656, Madrid Spanish painter. His early works are in the Mannerist style. Under the influence of Francisco Zurbarán, he developed the naturalistic style seen in his four scenes from the life of St. Bonaventure… …

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  • 94Lorenzo Monaco — orig. Piero di Giovanni born с 1370/71, Siena, Republic of Siena died с 1425, Florence, Republic of Florence Italian painter. He took the vows of the Camaldolese order in Florence in 1391 (Monaco means Monk ), but in 1402 he was enrolled in the… …

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  • 95Pacher, Michael — born с 1435, County of Tirol died August 1498, Salzburg?, Archbishopric of Salzburg Austrian painter and sculptor. His colossal altarpiece for the Pilgrimage Church of St. Wolfgang in Upper Austria (1479–81) is a masterpiece of late Gothic… …

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  • 96Scorel, Jan van — born August 1495, Schoorel, Habsburg Netherlands died Dec. 6, 1562, Utrecht Dutch humanist, architect, engineer, and painter. He studied briefly with Jan Gossart, who encouraged him to travel. Five years of work and study in Europe eventually… …

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  • 97stage design — Aesthetic composition of a dramatic production as created by lighting, scenery, costumes, and sound. While elements such as painted screens and wheeled platforms were used in the Greek theatre of the 4th century BC, most innovations in stage… …

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  • 98Jehan Fouquet —     Jehan Fouquet     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jehan Fouquet     (Or JEAN FOUQUET)     French painter and miniaturist, b. at Tours, c. 1415; d. about 1480. He was perhaps the son of Huguet Fouquet, who about 1400 worked for the Dukes of Orléans… …

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  • 99Lorenzo di Cione Ghiberti —     Lorenzo di Cione Ghiberti     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Lorenzo di Cione Ghiberti     Sculptor; b. at Florence about 1381; d. there, December, 1455. He ushered in the early Renaissance in his native city of Florence as a sculptor in bronze,… …

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  • 100Déjanire — Camille Saint Saëns Operas …

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