neoclassicist
101Denis Alexandre Volozan — est un peintre français, né à Lyon en 1765, mort à Philadelphie en 1820. Œuvres Portrait de George Washington, 1802 Old State House, Dover, (Delaware). Référence David Sellin: Denis A. Volozan, Philadelphia Neoclassicist, Winterthur Portfolio,… …
102Thorvaldsen, (Albert)Bertel — Thor·vald·sen or Thor·wald·sen (tôrʹwôl sən, thôrʹ , to͝orʹväl ), (Albert) Bertel. 1768? 1844. Danish sculptor. A leading neoclassicist, he executed sculptures of mythological characters, including Hebe (1806), and monuments, such as the Lion of… …
103drawing — /draw ing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that draws. 2. a graphic representation by lines of an object or idea, as with a pencil; a delineation of form without reference to color. 3. a sketch, plan, or design, esp. one made with pen, pencil …
104tragedy — /traj i dee/, n., pl. tragedies. 1. a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society …
105Ukraine — /yooh krayn , kruyn , yooh krayn/, n. a republic in SE Europe: rich agricultural and industrial region. 50,684,635; 223,090 sq. mi. (603,700 sq. km). Cap.: Kiev. Russian, Ukraina. Formerly, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. * * * Ukraine… …
106Louis XVI style — Style of the visual arts produced in France from с 1760 to the French Revolution. The predominant style in painting, architecture, sculpture, and the decorative arts was Neoclassicism a reaction against the excesses of the Rococo style and a… …
107Phyfe, Duncan — orig. Duncan Fife born 1768, near Loch Fannich, Ross and Cromarty, Scot. died Aug. 16, 1854, New York, N.Y., U.S. Scottish born U.S. furniture designer. His family settled in Albany, N.Y., с 1784; there he became an apprentice cabinetmaker and… …
108pencil drawing — Drawing executed with a pencil, an instrument made of graphite enclosed in a wood casing. Though graphite was mined in the 16th century, its use by artists is not known before the 17th century. In the 17th–18th century, graphite was used… …
109Thomson, James — ▪ 2002 On Aug. 9, 2001, U.S. Pres. George W. Bush announced that the federal government would support research on the approximately 60 existing lines (self sustaining colonies) of human embryonic stem cells, microscopically tiny… …
110Chrystian Piotr Aigner — Czartoryski palace, Puławy Mar …
