(Encyclopedia) GaulGaulgôl [key], Lat. Gallia, ancient designation for the land S and W of the Rhine, W of the Alps, and N of the Pyrenees. The name was extended by the Romans to include Italy from…
(Encyclopedia) Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva yVelázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva yrôᵺrēˈgāth ᵺā sēlˈvä ē vāläthˈkāth [key], 1599–1660, b. Seville. He was the most celebrated painter of the…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government and Institutions Foreign Relations U.S.-Holy See Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYAlmost all of Vatican City's citizens…
(Encyclopedia) French architecture, structures created in the area of Europe that is now France.
Engineers and architects, including François Hennebique, Auguste Perret, and Tony Garnier, pioneered…
(Encyclopedia) Japanese architecture, structures created on the islands that constitute Japan. Evidence of prehistoric architecture in Japan has survived in the form of models of terra-cotta houses…
(Encyclopedia) EsteEsteĕsˈtā [key], Italian noble family, rulers of Ferrara (1240–1597) and of Modena (1288–1796) and celebrated patrons of the arts during the Renaissance. Probably of Lombard origin…
(Encyclopedia) Roman architecture, structures produced by the ancient Romans.
Most important among the structures developed by the Romans themselves were basilicas, baths, amphitheaters, and…
(Encyclopedia) Roman art, works of art produced in ancient Rome and its far-flung provinces.
The continued striving after three-dimensional illusionist effects revealed in the various phases of…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy U.S.-Djiboutian Relations PEOPLEAbout two-thirds of the Republic of Djibouti's 650,…
