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Bilbao
Bilbao , city (1990 pop. 383,798), capital of Vizcaya prov., N Spain, in the Basque Country, on both banks of the Nervión River, near the Bay of Biscay. A leading Spanish port and commercial center since the 19th cent., it is at the heart of an important industrial area with iron mines... Read more |
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Francisco Pacheco
Francisco Pacheco , c.1564-1654, Spanish portrait and religious painter. Although fine examples of his work are in the galleries of Madrid and Seville, he is best known as the instructor and father-in-law of Velázquez and as the author of Arte de la pintura (1649), which contains... Read more |
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Therapeutic touch
Therapeutic touch Definition Therapeutic touch, or TT, is a noninvasive method of healing derived from an ancient laying-on of hands technique. In TT, the practitioner alters the patient's energy field through a transfer of energy from the hands of the practitioner to the... Read more |
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Abstract impressionism
Abstract Impressionism. A term coined by Elaine de Kooning to describe paintings that resemble certain late Impressionist pictures (notably those of Monet) in their brushwork but have no representative content: ‘Retaining the quiet uniform pattern of strokes that spread over the canvas... Read more |
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Claude Monet
Claude Monet , 1840-1926, French landscape painter, b. Paris. Monet was a founder of impressionism . He adhered to its principles throughout his long career and is considered the most consistently representative painter of the school as well as one of the foremost painters of landscape in the... Read more |
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Perugino
Perugino , c.1445-1523?, Umbrian painter, b. near Perugia. His real name was Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci. Perugino is, after Raphael, the greatest painter of the Umbrian school. His tenderness of color and simplicity of style evolved into a more contemplative expression in his later years. He... Read more |
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Francisco de Goya
Goya, Francisco de (b Fuendetodos, Aragon, 30 Mar. 1746; d Bordeaux, 16 Apr. 1828). Spanish painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He was the most powerful and original European artist of his time, but his genius was slow in maturing and he was well into his thirties before he began producing work... Read more |
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Oscar de La Renta
Oscar de La Renta , 1932-, French fashion designer, b. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He studied in Madrid and began a career in fashion with Balenciaga . Moving to France in the 1960s, he became known for his luxurious clothes, especially evening wear, of extravagant materials. He designed for... Read more |
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Jean de Reszke
Jean de Reszke , 1850-1935, Polish singer. His voice, at first a baritone, developed into one of the finest tenors of the 19th cent. He first appeared as a tenor in Madrid in 1879, but it was after his debut (1884) at the Paris Opéra, where he created the leading roles in several of... Read more |
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Miguel de Unamuno
Miguel de Unamuno , 1864-1936, Spanish philosophical writer, of Basque descent, b. Bilbao. The chief Spanish philosopher of his time, he was professor of Greek at the Univ. of Salamanca and later rector there. His criticism of the monarchy and especially of the dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera caused... Read more |
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