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humor according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined human health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was achieved through a balance of... Read more
Anthony Green Anthony Green
Green, Anthony (1939– ). British painter, born in London, where he studied at the Slade School, 1956–60. He specializes in scenes from his own middle-class domestic life portrayed on a large scale with loving attention to detail and an engaging sense of whimsy. Often he uses irregular... Read more
Carl Spitzweg Carl Spitzweg
Carl Spitzweg , 1808-85, German genre painter and draftsman. Self-taught, he depicted the daily life of his native Munich in small, charming pictures in which realism, fancy, and humor are happily combined. Characteristic are The Poor Poet, Two Hermits, and Scholar in the Attic. He contributed... Read more
Claes Oldenburg Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg , 1929-, Swedish-American artist, b. Stockholm. Usually considered part of the pop art movement, Oldenburg explores the ironic and humorous aspects of common objects by grossly distorting them in scale, shape, and material. He is noted for soft sculptures of stuffed cloth (e.g., ... Read more
William King (poet) William King (poet)
William King 1663-1712, English poet. He supported the Tory and High Church party. He is noted for his humorous and satirical writings, which include Dialogues of the Dead (attacks against Richard Bentley, pub. 1699) and Miscellanies in Prose and Verse (1709).... Read more
Franz von Defregger Franz von Defregger
Franz von Defregger , 1835-1921, Austrian genre and historical painter. He studied in Munich with Piloty. He is known for his popular pictures of Tyrolean life, which depend largely for their interest on their fine characterization and humor. Good examples are The Last Summons and Zither Player ... Read more
William Wymark Jacobs William Wymark Jacobs
William Wymark Jacobs 1863-1943, English author. His humorous sea stories were first collected in Many Cargoes (1896). Of his several horror stories, the most famous is "The Monkey's Paw."... Read more
Edward Noyes Westcott Edward Noyes Westcott
Edward Noyes Westcott 1846-98, American novelist and banker, b. Syracuse, N.Y. He is known for his popular novel, David Harum (pub. posthumously, 1898), which concerns a shrewd, humorous country banker.... Read more
Laughter Laughter
238. Laughter See also 213. HUMOR . Abderian relating to foolish or excessive laughter. [Allusion to Democritus, the laughing philosopher, born in Abdero.] cachinnation raucous laughter; loud whinnying. geloscopy, gelotoscopy a form of divination that determines a person Read more
Diedrich Knickerbocker Diedrich Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker, Diedrich, fictitious chronicler of Irving's humorous History of New York (1809) and in shorter tales and sketches dealing with the Dutch background of the state. Owing to Irving, the name became synonymous with the Dutch in respect to New York. The real Knickerbocker family came to... Read more

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