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31Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire — Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, Father Henri Dominique Lacordaire, born on the 12 May, 1802 at Recey sur Ource (Côte d Or), died on the 21 November, 1861 at Sorèze (Tarn), a French ecclesiastic, preacher, journalist and political activist. Re… …
32Baroque architecture — Façade of the Church of the Gesù, the first truly baroque façade.[1] Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance… …
33Ancient Rome — For the modern day city, see Rome. For Other uses, see Ancient Rome (disambiguation). The Roman Forum, the political, economic, cultural, and religious center of the city during the Republic and later Empire, now lies in ruins in modern day Rome …
34Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta — Horace Sébastiani Horace Sébastiani in lieutenant uniform, portrait by Jean Baptiste Paulin Guérin, 1793 French Minister of Foreign Affairs In office …
35Thematic development of Italian Renaissance painting — This article about the development of themes in Italian Renaissance painting is an extension to the article Italian Renaissance painting, for which it provides additional pictures with commentary. The works encompassed are from Giotto in the… …
36Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
37stained 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] *… …
38Dürer, Albrecht — born , May 21, 1471, Imperial Free City of Nürnberg died April 6, 1528, Nürnberg German painter and printmaker. He worked as a draftsman in his father s goldsmith workshop before being apprenticed at 15 to a painter and illustrator in his native… …
39French literature — Introduction the body of written works in the French language produced within the geographic and political boundaries of France. The French language was one of the five major Romance languages to develop from Vulgar Latin as a result of the …
40Gothic Architecture — • History of the style Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gothic Architecture Gothic Architecture † …
