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Liss
Liss (or Lys, Johann) (c.1597–1631). German painter, active mainly in Italy. Apart from Elsheimer, he was the most brilliant German painter of the 17th century. He trained in the Netherlands (probably in Amsterdam, possibly with Goltzius) and visited Paris before moving to Italy c.1620. Venice seems to have been the main centre of his activity, but he also worked in Rome, and Caravaggesque influence is clearly seen in such vivid and strongly lit works as Judith and Holofernes (c.1622, NG, London). His work enjoyed considerable popularity in Venice (where there was a dearth of talented native painters at this time) and his Vision of St Jerome in the church of S. Nicolo da Tolentino (c.1628) was much copied. It shows the remarkably free brushwork and brilliant use of high-keyed colour that were the salient features of his style and which were influential on Venetian painting when its glory revived in the 18th century. It was formerly assumed that Liss perished in the Venetian plague of 1629–30, but it is now known that he died in Verona in 1631.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Liss." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Liss." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-Liss.html IAN CHILVERS. "Liss." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-Liss.html |
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liss, lis [OIr. les, liss, space about a dwelling enclosed by a rampart; ModIr. lios; akin to W llys, court]. The enclosed ground of an ancient dwelling, including what might have been originally a storage space enclosed by a circular mound or trench or both; more simply, the word describes what is perceived to have been the outer court or garth of an ancient chieftain's fortification. By extension a liss could be a ring-fort, and in oral tradition it becomes one of many words for a fairy fort. First word in innumerable place-names, e.g. Lismore [lios mór, big liss]. See also DÚN; RÁTH.
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "liss." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "liss." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-liss.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "liss." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-liss.html |
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Liss
Liss Hants. Lis 1086 (DB). Celtic *lïss ‘a court, chief house in a district’.
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A. D. MILLS. "Liss." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Liss." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Liss.html A. D. MILLS. "Liss." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Liss.html |
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