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71Böhm, Karl — born Aug. 28, 1894, Graz, Austria died Aug. 14, 1981, Salzburg Austrian conductor. Having risen from rehearsal pianist to chief conductor at the Graz Opera House, he was invited to conduct at the Munich Opera in 1921. As director of the Dresden… …
72Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
73Morandi, Giorgio — born July 20, 1890, Bologna, Italy died June 18, 1964, Bologna Italian painter and etcher. He first exhibited his paintings with the Futurists and was closely associated with the Metaphysical painters, but he is identified with neither school. He …
74Oudry, Jean-Baptiste — born March 17, 1686, Paris, France died April 30, 1755, Beauvais French Rococo painter, tapestry designer, and illustrator. Like his paintings, Oudry s tapestries were highly regarded for their tonal subtlety and lively study of nature. His… …
75Schiele, Egon — born , June 12, 1890, Tulln, Austria died Oct. 31, 1918, Vienna Austrian painter, draftsman, and printmaker. He was strongly influenced by the Jugendstil movement, and the linearity and subtlety of his work owe much to Gustav Klimt s decorative… …
76Southeast Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The classical literatures of Southeast Asia can be divided into three major regions: the Sanskrit region of… …
77Terborch, Gerard — or Gerard ter Borch born 1617, Zwolle, Neth. died Dec. 8, 1681, Deventer Dutch painter. After travels in England, Italy, Westphalia, and Spain, he returned home in 1648 and settled in Deventer in 1654. His works consist almost equally of… …
78Yourcenar, Marguerite — orig. Marguerite de Crayencour born June 8, 1903, Brussels, Belg. died Dec. 17, 1987, Northeast Harbor, Maine, U.S. Belgian born French U.S. novelist, essayist, and short story writer. Independently wealthy after her father s death, she led a… …
79rug and carpet — Any decorative textile normally made of a thick material and intended as a floor covering. Floor coverings made of plaited rushes date from the 5th or 4th millennium BC. Carpets were first made in central and western Asia as coverings for earthen …
80Nobel Prizes — ▪ 2009 Introduction Prize for Peace The 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former president (1994–2000) of Finland, for his work over more than 30 years in settling international disputes, many involving ethnic,… …
