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Bernardo Bellotto
Bernardo Bellotto , 1720-80, Venetian architectural and landscape painter, also called Canaletto, after his uncle and teacher Canaletto . His paintings, at first resembling those of his master, are numerous and may be seen in most of the leading European museums. They usually depict scenes in the c... Read more
Bernardo Daddi
Bernardo Daddi , fl. 1312-48, Italian painter of the Florentine school. First influenced by his contemporary Giotto, he soon adopted the delicate line and lyrical expression of the Sienese painters, especially the Lorenzetti. Among his dated works are a triptych (1328) in the Uffizi and an altarpiec... Read more
Bernardo Strozzi
Bernardo Strozzi , 1581-1644, Italian painter, b. Genoa. He is considered one of the greatest of the generation of early 17th-century Italian painters who made the transition from the mannerist to the baroque style. In 1598, Strozzi became a Capuchin monk, thus earning the names "Il Cappucino" a... Read more
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci , 1940-, Italian film director and screenwriter, b. Parma. The son of poet Attilio Bertolucci and himself a published poet, he began his film career in 1961 as an assistant to director Pier Paolo Pasolini . Bertolucci made his first feature-length film the following year and sco... Read more
Bernardo O'Higgins
Bernardo O'Higgins , 1778-1842, South American revolutionary and ruler (1817-23) of Chile; illegitimate son of Ambrosio O'Higgins. He was chosen in 1813 to replace José Miguel Carrera as revolutionary leader. After the loss at Rancagua , O'Higgins fled with the remnant of his army to Argen... Read more
Georg Muffat
Georg Muffat , 1645-1704, German organist and composer. Muffat studied in Italy with Arcangelo Corelli and Bernardo Pasquini. He also spent six years in Paris studying Jean Baptiste Lully's music. In 1690 he became kapellmeister at Passau. His compositions advanced the concerto grosso form and the... Read more
Canaletto
Canaletto , 1697-1768, Venetian painter, whose original name was Antonio Canal. He studied with his father, Bernardo Canal, a theatrical scene painter, and spent several years in Rome. Returning to Venice, he devoted himself to painting the linear, dramatic, and topographically accurate Venetian sce... Read more
Ambrosio O'Higgins
Ambrosio O'Higgins , 1720?-1801, Spanish colonial administrator, b. Ballinary, Co. Sligo, Ireland. Educated at Cádiz, Spain, under the care of his uncle, who was a Jesuit, he went to South America as a trader. After an adventurous career he so distinguished himself in campaigns against the A... Read more
Francisco de Miranda
Francisco de Miranda , 1750-1816, Venezuelan revolutionist and adventurer. A hero of the struggle for independence from Spain, he is sometimes called the Precursor to distinguish him from Simón Bolívar , who completed the task of liberation. Before he championed the independence of th... Read more
Santiago
Santiago , city (1990 est. pop. 4,395,000), central Chile, capital of Chile and of Metropolitana de Santiago region, on the Mapocho River. It is the political, commercial, and financial heart of the nation, although Valparaiso has been the seat of the Chilean congress since 1990. Much of Chile's i... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "bernardo"

Bernardo de Gálvez
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Bernardo de Gálvez Bernardo de Gálvez (1746-1786), a Spanish colonial administrator...British during the war won him fame both in Spain and in America. Bernardo de Gálvez was born in Macharaviaya in the province...
Bernardo Bertolucci
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Bernardo Bertolucci Bernardo Bertolucci (born 1940), director of Last Tango in Paris and The...revolutionary who grew up loving the fine arts and literature, Bernardo Bertolucci revolutionized the art of cinema with his frank films...
Bernardo de Gálvez
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Bernardo de Gálvez , c.1746-1786, Spanish governor of Louisiana...Galveston, Tex., was named for him. Bibliography: See J. W. Caughey, Bernardo de Gálvez in Louisiana, 1776-1783 (1934).
Bernardo Strozzi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Bernardo Strozzi , 1581-1644, Italian painter, b. Genoa. He is considered one of the greatest of the generation of early 17th-century...
Bernardo Castello
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Bernardo Castello , 1557-1629, Italian painter of the Genoese school; pupil of Cambiaso, whose style he imitated. He was a friend...
O'Higgins, Bernardo
Book article from: World Encyclopedia O'Higgins, Bernardo (1778–1842) South American revolutionary leader and ruler of Chile. A member of the revolutionary junta in colonial...
Buontalenti, Bernardo
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Buontalenti, Bernardo, see SCENERY and WINGS .
Bernardo O'Higgins
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Bernardo O'Higgins The Chilean soldier and statesman Bernardo O'Higgins (1778-1842) became a leading figure in...and the first head of an independent Chilean Republic. Bernardo O'Higgins was born in Chillán, the illegitimate...
Bernardo Alberto Houssay
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Bernardo Alberto Houssay The Argentine physiologist Bernardo Alberto Houssay (1887-1971) is noted for his research...endocrinology, particularly on the activity of the hypophysis. Bernardo Alberto Houssay was born in Buenos Aires on April 10...
Bernardo Bellotto
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Bernardo Bellotto , 1720-80, Venetian architectural and landscape painter, also called Canaletto...Dresden and in 1770 painter to Stanislaus II at Warsaw. Bibliography: See S. Kozakiewicz, Bernardo Bellotto (tr., 2 vol. 1972).

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Bertolucci, Bernardo
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers BERTOLUCCI, Bernardo Nationality: Italian. Born: Parma...Ranvaud and Enzo Ungari, London, 1987. Bernardo Bertolucci: Interviews, edited by...March 1965. "A Conversation with Bernardo Bertolucci," with John Bragin, in...
Rossellino, Bernardo
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Rossellino, Bernardo ( b Settignano, c. 1409; d Florence...them seem to have worked together under Bernardo's management. He was an architect...x2013;6)—is based on Bernardo's Bruni tomb. It is more elaborate...
O'Higgins, Bernardo
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History O'Higgins, Bernardo ( c. 1778–1842) Chilean revolutionary leader and statesman, head of state (1817–23). The son of a...
Cavallino, Bernardo
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Cavallino, Bernardo ( bapt . Naples, 25 Aug. 1616; d ?Naples, ?1656). Neapolitan painter. He was the most individual and sensitive Neapolitan...
Strozzi, Bernardo
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Strozzi, Bernardo (1581–1644). The leading Genoese painter of his period. He became a Capuchin monk in 1598, hence his nicknames...
Martorell, Bernardo
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Martorell, Bernardo (d. 1452). Spanish painter and miniaturist . He worked in Barcelona (where he is first documented in 1427) and was the outstanding...
Daddi, Bernardo
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Daddi, Bernardo (d. 1348?). Florentine painter, the outstanding painter in Florence in the period after the death of Giotto (who was possibly...
Vittone, Bernardo Antonio
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Vittone, Bernardo Antonio (1702–70). One of the supreme masters of Piedmontese Baroque . He edited Guarini 's Architettura Civile...
Machiavelli, Niccolò di Bernardo dei
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Machiavelli, Niccolò di Bernardo dei (1469–1527) Italian statesman and political philosopher. After holding high office in Florence he was exiled...
Pérez De Vargas, Bernardo
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography P é REZ DE VARGAS, BERNARDO ( b . Madrid, Spain, ca . 1500 – 1533), astronomy, biology, metallurgy. Few biographical data are known of P...

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VITA A. DI BERNARDO, A PTA FORCE IN TEANECK, AT 81
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 1/30/2002; ; 575 words ; 00-00-0000 VITA A. DI BERNARDO, A PTA FORCE IN TEANECK, AT 81 -- ONETIME BROADWAY...Also in One Star B Biographical: VITA ARNONE DI BERNARDO OLD TAPPAN -- Vita Arnone Di Bernardo, who once beat out Mary Martin for a role on Broadway...
RPI's Bernardo carries bigger load.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/17/2005; 700+ words ; ...old, and already RPI running back Jay Bernardo has tied an NCAA record that can't be broken. Bernardo, a junior captain from East Greenbush...It's cool when you think about it," Bernardo said. "No one can break it. It's...
Community Bancorp to Acquire Rancho Bernardo Community Bank.
Business Wire; 4/22/2005; 700+ words ; ...a definitive agreement to acquire Rancho Bernardo Community Bank (OTCBB:RBCB) ("Rancho Bernardo"), a $113.8 million asset institution...north San Diego County community of Rancho Bernardo. The transaction is valued at approximately...
Surviving a Shivering Experience -- Bernardo Barraza
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Wednesday, the only thing going through Bernardo Barraza's mind was that he was going to drown. Bernardo can't swim, and he knew the ditch was...by the house and assumed he was on it. Bernardo tried to get out of the "ice cold" water...
Longs opens store in Rancho Bernardo; Newest store brings San Diego County total to 27.
M2 Presswire; 9/6/2002; 700+ words ; ...Corporation: Longs opens store in Rancho Bernardo; Newest store brings San Diego County...1951, opens its newest store in Rancho Bernardo on Friday, September 6. The 24,000...the Westwood Shopping Center. Rancho Bernardo, a 7,000-acre master planned community...
Bernardo, no.(planes para colocar a Bernardo Gómez Martínez en dirección de la empresa Univisión)
Magazine article from: Proceso; 5/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; Aunque el intento de colocar a Bernardo Gómez Martínez al frente de Univisión aparentemente...Pablo II a la isla. El parentesco entre Bernardo Gómez Martínez, vicepresidente de Televisa...averiguó que Televisa pretendía que Bernardo Gómez asumiera el mando operativo de Univisión...
LINCOLN N.C. REALTY ANNOUNCES THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE PROPOSED DISPOSITION OF ITS RANCHO BERNARDO PROPERTY
PR Newswire; 11/19/1991; 700+ words ; ...THE PROPOSED DISPOSITION OF ITS RANCHO BERNARDO PROPERTY PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov...the proposed disposition of its Rancho Bernardo property, consisting of an apartment complex of 248 units commonly known as the Bernardo Hills Apartments located at 15265 Maturin...
CUBAN COMPOSER BERNARDO TURNS ADVERSITY INTO TRIUMPH BY RON EMERY SPECIAL TO THE TIMES UNION.(PREVIEW)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/12/1998; 700+ words ; ...Cuban classical composer. Jose Raul Bernardo appears Sunday with the Schenectady Symphony...concerto is a recent commission by the SSO. Bernardo, who escaped Castro's Cuba as a teenager...paraplegic.'' In spite of his travails, Bernardo considers himself a lucky man -- lucky...
Entertainment; Bernardo Bernardo
Magazine article from: Filipinas; 6/1/2005; 700+ words ; Who can ever forget Bernardo Bernardo? Not only does he have that unique name, he also is one of...singer and dancer, who has won awards in most of these fields. Bernardo graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a journalism...
JOSEPH G. DI BERNARDO, AT 83; OWNED CHROME-PLATING BUSINESS
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 1/22/2002; ; 389 words ; 00-00-0000 JOSEPH G. DI BERNARDO, AT 83; OWNED CHROME-PLATING BUSINESS By LAURA...Star P, One Star B Biographical: JOSEPH G. DI BERNARDO OLD TAPPAN -- Joseph G. Di Bernardo, whose South Hackensack company made chrome plating...