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	Giuseppe Cesari Giuseppe Cesari called Cavaliere d'Arpino , 1568-1640, Italian late mannerist painter. Cesari's outstanding works are the frescoes in the Capitol and in the Borghese Chapel, Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. Other works are Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise (Louvre); a self-portrait... Read more
	Cain Cain , in the Bible, eldest son of Adam and Eve, a tiller of the soil. In jealousy he killed his brother Abel and became a fugitive.... Read more
	Abel Abel in the Bible, son of Adam and Eve, a shepherd, killed by his older brother, Cain; in the Gospel of St. Matthew, mentioned as the first martyr.... Read more
	Lucas Cranach Lucas Cranach , the Elder, 1472-1553, German painter and engraver. The son of a painter, he settled in Wittenberg c.1504 and was court painter successively under three electors of Saxony. There he maintained a flourishing workshop and was twice burgomaster. Cranach was a close friend of Martin ... Read more
	Garden of Eden Garden of Eden in the Bible, first home to humankind. In it were the trees of life and of the knowledge of good and evil. Having eaten the forbidden fruit of the latter tree, Adam and Eve were banished from the garden and God's presence. Eden, often called Paradise, is symbolic of... Read more
	Adams Peak Adam's Peak Sinhalese Sri Padastanaya and Samanaliya, mountain, 7,360 ft (2,243 m) high, S central Sri Lanka. It is a sacred mountain, famous as a goal of pilgrimage for Buddhists, Hindus, and Muslims. On its summit is a large flat rock that bears the impression of a gigantic (c.10 sq ft/.93 sq... Read more
	London Artists Association London Artists' Association (LAA). Organization founded in 1925 under the patronage of John Maynard Keynes to provide exhibition space for promising young artists and give them a small but regular income (£3–£5 a week) if they should fail to sell their work. It lasted until 1934. ... Read more
	Eve Eve [Heb.,=life], in the Bible, the first woman, wife of Adam and the mother of Cain, Abel, and Seth. Fashioned from Adam's rib, she was beguiled by the serpent into eating the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge. Eve then tempted Adam to eat, whereupon they were banished from the Garden of... Read more
	George Grey Barnard George Grey Barnard 1863-1938, American sculptor, b. Bellefonte, Pa. He studied engraving, then sculpture, first at the Art Institute of Chicago, then at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. A strong Rodin influence is evident in his early work, such as Two Natures (Metropolitan Mus.). In 1912... Read more
	Courtaulds plc Courtaulds plc 18 Hanover Square London, W1A 2BB England (44) 171 612-1000 Fax: (44) 171 612-1500 Public Company Incorporated: 1913 as Courtaulds Ltd.Employees: 18,100Sales: Read more