(Encyclopedia) Moore, Henry, 1898–1986, English sculptor. Moore's early sculpture was angular and rough, strongly influenced by pre-Columbian art. About 1928 he evolved a more personal style which…
(Encyclopedia) UdaipurUdaipur&oomacr;dĭp&oobreve;rˈ, &oomacr;dīˈp&oobreve;r [key] or MewarUdaipurmāwärˈ [key], city and former princely state, now part of Rajasthan state, NW India.…
(Encyclopedia) Woodbury, Levi, 1789–1851, American cabinet officer and jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1845–51), b. Hillsboro, co., N.H. Important as a politician and jurist in…
(Encyclopedia) plaster casting, as a sculpture process, is of three kinds. One employs a waste mold, another a piece mold (both plaster of paris), and the third a gelatin mold; all reproduce the…
(Encyclopedia) Queneau, RaymondQueneau, RaymondrāmôNˈ kĕnōˈ [key], 1903–76, French author and critic. He was an advocate of surrealism during the middle and late 1920s. Queneau is best known for his…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Vermont Member Name Birth-Death AIKEN, George David 1892-1984 ALLEN, Heman (of Colchester) 1779-1852…
(Encyclopedia) Compromise of 1850. The annexation of Texas to the United States and the gain of new territory by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the close of the Mexican War (1848) aggravated the…
(Encyclopedia) Polk, James KnoxPolk, James Knoxpōk [key], 1795–1849, 11th President of the United States (1845–49), b. Mecklenburg co., N.C.
To the surprise of many, the new President proved to be…
Senate Years of Service: 1945-1946Party: DemocratHUFFMAN, James Wylie, a Senator from Ohio; born in Chandlersville, Muskingum County, Ohio, September 13, 1894; attended the public schools;…
Senate Years of Service: 1921-1931Party: DemocratCARAWAY, Thaddeus Horatius, (husband of Hattie Wyatt Caraway), a Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; born on a farm near Springhill,…
