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Seymour Lipton Seymour Lipton
Seymour Lipton 1903-86, American sculptor, b. New York City. Self-taught as a sculptor, Lipton worked directly in sheet metals and molten alloys, creating organically twisting forms with richly brazed textural effects. During the 1940s he sculpted heavy jagged shapes suggesting spiritual conflict.... Read more
Andrew Jackson Davis Andrew Jackson Davis
Davis, Andrew Jackson (1826-1910) Medium, channel, and one of the founders of modern Spiritualism. He was born August 11, 1826, at Blooming Grove, Orange County, New York. Young Davis had gifts of clairvoyance and heard voices at an early age. On advice so obtained he pursuaded his father in... Read more
Dietrich Buxtehude Dietrich Buxtehude
Dietrich Buxtehude , c.1637-1707, Danish composer and organist. From 1668 until his death he was organist at Lübeck, where he established a famous series of evening concerts that attracted musicians from all over northern Germany. On one occasion J. S. Bach walked about 200 miles (320 km) to... Read more
George Meredith George Meredith
George Meredith 1828-1909, English novelist and poet. One of the great English novelists, Meredith wrote complex, often comic yet highly cerebral works that contain striking psychological character studies. As a youth he attended a Moravian school in Germany and eventually became apprenticed to a... Read more
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anti-hero principal character of a modern literary or dramatic work who lacks the attributes of the traditional protagonist or hero. The anti-hero's lack of courage, honesty, or grace, his weaknesses and confusion, often reflect modern man's ambivalence toward traditional moral and social virtues.... Read more
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Sir Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner , 1902-83, English architectural historian, b. Germany. Influenced by Heinrich Wölfflin , Pevsner contended in his many works that art must be considered within its historical and social context. For many years Pevsner was art editor of Penguin Books. He was knighted in... Read more
Nikos Kazantzakis Nikos Kazantzakis
Nikos Kazantzakis , 1883?-1957, Greek writer, b. Crete. After obtaining a law degree he studied philosophy under Henri Bergson in Paris and traveled widely in Europe and Asia. Attracted to Communism early in life, he grew disillusioned with revolutionary materialism and rationalism. As the Greek... Read more

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