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Drouais, François-Hubert

(Encyclopedia)Drouais, François-Hubert fräNswäˈ-übârˈ dro͞oāˈ [key], 1727–75, French painter, a follower of François Boucher, whose style he imitated. Under the patronage of the court he painted portra...

Cosway, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Cosway, Richard kŏzˈwā [key], 1740?–1821, English miniaturist. His work was elegant and modish and became highly popular in his day. There is a collection of his works in Windsor Castle. Perhaps ...

Daurat, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Daurat or Dorat, Jean both: zhäN dōräˈ [key], 1508?–1588, French classical scholar. He taught (1546–56) at the Collège de Coqueret at Paris. Among his pupils were the poets Ronsard, Du Bellay...

Auberjonois, René Victor

(Encyclopedia)Auberjonois, René Victor rənāˈ vēktôrˈ ōbāzhônwäˈ [key], 1872–1957, Swiss artist. Auberjonois settled in Lausanne in 1914 and created costumes for Stravinsky's Histoire du Soldat (1917)....

Metzinger, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Metzinger, Jean zhäN mĕtsăNzhārˈ [key], 1883–1956, French painter and writer. With Gleizes he wrote Du cubisme (1912, tr. 1913), which presented the philosophical basis of the cubist aesthetic....

Nézet-Séguin, Yannick

(Encyclopedia)Nézet-Séguin, Yannick, 1975–, Canadian conductor and pianist. After studying piano at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec, Montreal, and choral conducting at the Westminster Choir College, Pri...

Arlon

(Encyclopedia)Arlon ärlôNˈ [key], Du. Aarlen, town, capital of Luxembourg prov., SE Belgium, near the border with Luxembourg. Livestock and agricultural products are sold in Arlon, w...

Baux, Les

(Encyclopedia)Baux, Les lā bō [key], village, Bouches-du-Rhône dept., SE France, in Provence. Nearby are...

Basselin, Olivier

(Encyclopedia)Basselin, Olivier ōlēvyāˈ bäsəlăNˈ [key], 15th cent., French miller of Vire, Normandy. He was one of the Compagnons du Vau de Vire [companions of the Vire valley], who made drinking songs, lov...

Tienen

(Encyclopedia)Tienen or Thienen both: tēˈnən [key], Fr. Tirlemont, commune (1991 est. pop. 31,567), Flemish Brabant prov., central Belgium. It is a commercial and industrial center, with a major beet-sugar refin...