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Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian , 1872-1944, Dutch painter. He studied at the academy in Amsterdam and passed through an early naturalistic phase. In 1910 he went to Paris, where the influence of cubism stimulated the development of his geometric, nonobjective style, which he called neoplasticism. He and Theo van Doe... Read more
Passion cycle
Passion cycle in art, the depiction of the last events in the life of Jesus. The Passion was a favorite subject of medieval and Renaissance artists and was considered the most ambitious of projects. The scenes depicted generally include the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, the washing of his feet, th... Read more
Giottino
Giottino , early Florentine painter of the school of Giotto. He is supposed to have lived in the first half of the 14th cent. and has been variously identified as Giotto di Stefano, Tommaso di Stefano, and Maso di Banco. It is possible that the work of more than one man has been associated with this... Read more
Pietersburg
Pietersburg or Polokwane , city (1991 pop. 54,700), Limpopo, NE South Africa. It is primarily the commercial center for the surrounding agricultural area. Iron and other minerals are mined nearby. Pietersburg was founded in 1884 and named for Petrus (Piet) Joubert, a Boer (Afrikaner) general. ... Read more
Francia
Francia , c.1450-1517, Italian painter, goldsmith, and medalist of the early Bolognese school, whose real name was Francesco Raibolini. Until the age of 40 he was famous chiefly as a goldsmith and engraver of nielli and of dies for medals. His paintings reflect the influence of Perugino and Raphael.... Read more
de Stijl
de Stijl [Du.,=the style], Dutch nonfigurative art movement, also called neoplasticism. In 1917 a group of artists, architects, and poets was organized under the name de Stijl, and a journal of the same name was initiated. The leaders of the movement were the artists Theo van Doesburg and Piet ... Read more
Jacopo Bassano
Jacopo Bassano , c.1515-1592, Venetian painter, whose original name was Jacopo, or Giacomo, da Ponte, b. Bassano, Italy. Bassano first studied with his father, Francesco da Ponte, and then went to Venice. There he was influenced by Titian and Lorenzo Lotto, but he soon evolved a more turbulent manne... Read more
Bernardino Luini
Bernardino Luini , c.1480-1532, b. Luino, Italian painter, son of Giovanni Lutero. Among the extant works of his early years (before 1510) are a Pietà (Santa Maria della Passione, Milan) and Madonna and Child with St. John (National Gall., London), in the manner of the Lombard school. He ... Read more
Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg , city (1991 pop. 228,549), cocapital (with Ulundi ) of KwaZulu-Natal, E South Africa, in the foothills of the Drakensberg Range. The city is an administrative and industrial center. Its products include wattle bark extract, furniture, footwear, chocolate, and cloth. Motor vehicles... Read more
Marcantonio Raimondi
Marcantonio Raimondi , b. c.1480, d. before c.1534, Italian engraver. In Venice he was influenced by Dürer to such an extent that he plagiarized the German master's series, Life of the Virgin and the Passion. It is said that Dürer complained to the Venetian senate. Raimondi's art of im... Read more

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Piet Mondrian
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Piet Mondrian The Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) created a geometrical abstract style known...widespread influence on modern painting, architecture, and design. Piet Mondrian was born on March 7, 1872, in Amersfoort. His father...
Hoebens, Piet Hein (1948-1984)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Hoebens, Piet Hein (1948-1984) Dutch journalist who wrote a number of skeptical reports...Hoebens died in the Netherlands, October 22, 1984. Sources: Hoebens, Piet Hein. "The Mystery Men From Holland." Zetetic Scholar 8 (July 1981...
Mondrian, Piet
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Mondrian, Piet (1872–1944) Dutch painter, co-founder (with Theo van Doesburg) of De Stijl and a pioneer of abstract art . Influenced...
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Michelangelo's first important commission: the Piet à now in St. Peter's. The term piet à refers to a type of image in which...version is today the most famous one. In both the Piet à and the Bacchus the effects of hard...
Couples
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...x2014;and thus become The Saltines. Piet Hanema, a redheaded, well‐...University scientist, who becomes pregnant by Piet. She gets an abortion from the dentist...price for the operation is a night with Piet's pretty wife Angela. In time the couples...
Pawning
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Franciscans began advocating monti di piet à — charitable public...pawnbrokers, institutions such as monti di piet à , or, more rarely, large banks...in Late Renaissance Italy: The Monte di Piet à of Florence. Ithaca, N.Y...
Ignaz Günther
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...archangel Gabriel. The highly emotional Piet à at Weyarn (1764), also in...court sculptor. In 1774 he produced the Piet à at Nenningen, one of the most...feeling. A comparison with the Weyarn Piet à reveals how much G ü...
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678–1741)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...maestro di violino for the Pio Ospedale della Piet à , one of four "hospitals" established...begin writing operas. He returned to the Piet à in 1711, becoming maestro de...but he also wrote 140 concertos for the Piet à . Among these are Il cimento...
Michelangelo
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...banker commissioned Michelangelo to carve the Piet à now in St. Peter's. The term piet à refers to a type of image in which...across her knees. Larger than life size, the Piet à contains elements which contrast and...
Sculpture
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...the epitome of worldly classical values, then Michelangelo's Piet à (1499) in St. Peter's was its Christian counterpart...of Christ holds an irresistible appeal for the beholder. The Piet à was recognized both as a masterpiece and a powerful...

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Pietà
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Pietà (It.: ‘pity’...Italy. However, the most celebrated of all Pietàs is that by Michelangelo in St...Descent from the Cross and the Entombment, the Pietà is a timeless devotional image.
pietà
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology pietà representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ. XVII. — It.:- L. pietās , - tāt - PIETY .
Mondrian, Piet
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Mondrian, Piet (1872–1944). Dutch painter, one of the most important figures...artist, even of such supreme masters as Matisse and Picasso ’ ( Piet Mondrian , 1967). This influence was spread by his writings (including...
Blom, Piet
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Blom, Piet (1934–99). Amsterdam-born architect who became one of the most important protagonists of Dutch Structuralism...
Kramer, Piet(er) Lodewijk
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Kramer, Piet(er) Lodewijk (1881–1961). Dutch architect of the Amsterdam School . He worked with van der Mey and de Klerk on...
piteous
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology piteous †pious; exciting pity XIII; full of pity XIV. ME. pito(u)s , pituo(u)s , later pite(o)us — AN. pitous , OF. pitos , piteus :- Rom. * pietōsus , f. L. pietās PIETY ; see -EOUS .
Vivaldi, Antonio
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...congenital chest complaint. Taught vn. at orphanage (Ospedale della Pietà) from 1703 and gave recitals. Pubd. trio sonatas...intermittent disputes over the years, Vivaldi was still maestro at the Pietà and was still writing cantatas for perf. there in...
Masina, Giulietta
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Paisà (Paisan ) (Rossellini) (bit role) 1948 Senza pietà (Without Pity ) (Lattuada) (as Marcella) 1951...Italian film critics' award for best supporting actress in Senza pietà. Collaborating with Fellini in films of the early...
pity
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology ...XIV. ME. pite — OF. pité (mod. pitié ) :— L. pietās , -tāt- PIETY . In later L. pietās acquired the sense of compassion, kindness; OF. pite and piete had both senses...
Fellini, Federico
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...stranger mistaken for St. Joseph); Il mulino del Po (Lattuada) (co-sc); In nome della legge (Germi) (co-sc); Senza pietà (Lattuada) (co-sc); La città dolente (Bonnard) (co-sc) 1949 Francesco, giullare di Dio (Rossellini...

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On a quest to find Oom Piet's ghost.(Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa); 10/20/2006; 700+ words ; Following the trek path of the Boer Piet Retief is a real and an imaginary journey...Don Pinnock rekindled a fading light Piet Retief has gone. Mooimeisiesfontein...Retief and has been in the family since Piet lived there as a youngster. It's stacked...
Anywhere, anytime - Piet's transport business is thriving; The Red Door initiative provides help and guidance.(Workplace)
Newspaper article from: Cape Argus (South Africa); 3/7/2007; 700+ words ; ...abandon in apartheid South Africa. Theo Piet, owner of Groepe's Logistics CC, said his grandfather, Groepe Piet, was a successful businessman, who like...the democratic South Africa. The young Piet, who named his business after his grandfather...
Professor Piet van Duijn (1921 - 2007)
Magazine article from: Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...distinguished and meritorious erudite, professor Piet van Duijn, who was an acknowledged representative...of these hybridocytochemical methods. Piet van Duijn was born July 22, 1921. In...shared in the work of his laboratory. Piet may be proud, as many of them have become...
Could you pick pickled Piet van Zyl out in a rugby crowd?(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Mercury (South Africa); 6/21/2007; 700+ words ; ...meeting with Potchefstroom's Enforcer, Piet van Zyl; and who can forget the resurrection...match? One wonders what has become of Piet and, as one radio station in New Zealand...of Allain Rolland (another Irishman). Piet got a life ban from South Africa's rugby...
De pioniers: Piet Meerburg: 'Ik heb een totaal gespleten leven gehad'
Magazine article from: Skrien; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...al zestig jaar moeilijk los van elkaar: Piet Meerburg en bioscopen als De Uitkijk en...niet te mijmeren over mijn leven', zegt Piet Meerburg. Een stevige infectie houdt hem...hij. 'Ik houd van al die theaters.' Piet Meerburg (1919) laat in die rij zalen...
Piet van Zyl saved the All Blacks from defeat - AJ.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Pretoria News (South Africa); 6/22/2007; 700+ words ; ...meeting with Potchefstroom's Enforcer, Piet van Zyl; and who can forget the resurrection...match? One wonders what has become of Piet and, as one radio station in New Zealand...Radio New Zealand, how do you identify Piet in a crowd? On that fateful day, the...
Piet Koornhof (82) has laughed his last.(News)
Newspaper article from: Pretoria News (South Africa); 11/14/2007; 700+ words ; ...for former National Party cabinet minister Piet Koornhof who died in Stellenbosch on Monday night. Known as Piet Promises during the heydays of National...was his inspiration to go into politics. Piet Koornhof joined the ANC in November 1991...
Zwarte Piet
Magazine article from: Black Issues Book Review; 1/1/2001; ; 534 words ; ZWARTE PIET by Anna Fox, with text by Mieke Bal Black...34.95 ISBN 1-901-033386-4 Zwarte Piet (Black Peter), a mischievous, black...sitters adorned in the costume of Zwarte Piet are not nearly as interesting. Taken between...
ZWARTE PIET.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Black Issues Book Review; 1/1/2001; ; 625 words ; ZWARTE PIET by Anna Fox, with text by Mieke Bal Black...34.95 ISBN 1-901-033386-4 Zwarte Piet (Black Peter), a mischievous, black...portrayed by girls), and class (Zwarte Piet is a servant). Bal questions the relevance...
Black Christmas; zwarte piet This is how Santa's little helpers dress in Holland. Anna Fox photographs a source of much liberal embarrassment
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/27/1999; ; 579 words ; ...decidedly politically incorrect Zwarte Piet are disputed. Some say his face is black...colonial masters of the Netherlands. Zwarte Piet's manner has certainly moderated in recent...albeit somewhat uneasily - with Zwarte Piet the way he has always been, rather as...