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Juan Pantoja de la Cruz
Pantoja de la Cruz, Juan (b Valladolid, c.1553; d Madrid, Oct./Nov. 1608). Spanish painter. He was a pupil of Sánchez Coello and succeeded him as the leading portraitist at the court of Philip II (see Habsburg) and later Philip III. His style was stiff and stately, well expressing the... Read more |
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Tirso de Molina
Tirso de Molina , pseud. of Fray Gabriel Téllez , 1584?-1648, outstanding dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age, b. Madrid. His fame rests on El burlador de Sevilla (1630; tr. The Love Rogue, 1924), the earliest known literary version of the Don Juan legend. Among the 300 or 400 plays by... Read more |
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Felix Lope de Vega Carpio
Félix Lope de Vega Carpio , 1562-1635, Spanish dramatic poet, founder of the Spanish drama, b. Madrid. Lope, born a peasant, was orphaned at an early age. He wrote the first of his nearly 1,800 plays at 12, and by 25 he was an established playwright and a celebrated wit. He was involved in... Read more |
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Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado , 1934-, Mexican public official, president of Mexico (1982-88). As minister of planning and budget in the cabinet of José López Portillo , he was influential in planning the utilization of Mexico's oil wealth to promote economic growth. Known as a... Read more |
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Luis Bunuel
BUfamily:Lucida Sans Unicode;">ÑUEL, Luis Nationality: Spanish. Born: Calanda, province of Teruel, Spain, 22 February 1900. Education: Jesuit schools in Zaragosa, 1906family:Lucida Sans Unicode;">–15, Residencia de Estudiantes, Madrid, 1917family:Lucida Sans Unicode;">–20,... Read more |
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Escorial
Escorial or Escurial , monastery and palace, in New Castile, central Spain, near Madrid. One of the finest edifices in Europe, it was built (1563-84) as the monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial by Philip II to commemorate the Spanish victory over the French at Saint-Quentin (1557). The somber... Read more |
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Vicente Juan Macip
Vicente Juan Macip , c.1523-1579, Spanish religious painter of the Valencian school, known as Juan de Juanes and Vicente Joanes. One of the Spanish mannerists, Macip shows the influence of Italian painters, especially Raphael, in his design. Among his chief works are Holy Family (Academy, Madrid);... Read more |
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Juan Carreno de Miranda
Juan Carreño de Miranda , 1614-85, Spanish baroque painter. A protégé of Velázquez, Carreño eventually succeeded his master as painter to the Spanish court. He is best known for his elegant portraits, such as that of the queen mother, Mariana (Prado).... Read more |
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Repsol SA
Repsol SA Paseo de la Castellana 8928046 MadridSpain(341) 348-8100Fax: (341) 555-7671 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1987Employees: 21,000Sales: Ptal.57 trillion (US$16.43 billion)Stock Exchanges: Madrid New York London Tokyo Repsol, the largest oil company in Spain and the seventh largest oil... 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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DESDE NUEVA YORK "En Sol Mayor"; El maestro Enrique Jorrin, el creador del...
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...muy buena acogida entre el publico, pues tenian...La Habana, lo cual fue el pasaporte de triunfo. En 1927 parten para...En Santiago de Cuba el 15 de abril del 1971 fallecio...Miguel Matamoros, pero su creatividad musical sigue, y seguira... |
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Bush, gran amigo de Mexico
...que a su pas le convena el triunfo de Bush.Sin embargo...sin mayores detalles en el sentido de que elex gobernador...profundo y de una gran creatividad; unlder natural. Luego...escrito suyo publicado en el New York Times y citando... |
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DESDE NUEVA YORK "En Sol Mayor": Damaso Pérez Prado "50 Años de Mambo"
...musical lo conducia por el camino de la creatividad, y en su momento de inspiracion...fuerza extensiva, y es el genial empresario Mariano...con un pasaporte de triunfo a nivel mundial. Sus...nivel internacional. El Maestro Perez Prado ... |
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