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Eastern Cape
(Encyclopedia)Eastern Cape, province, 65,238 sq mi (168,966 sq km), S central South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitu...Constable, John
(Encyclopedia)Constable, John, 1776–1837, English painter, b. Suffolk. Constable and Turner were the leading figures in English landscape painting of the 19th cent. Constable became famous for his landscapes of S...contraband
(Encyclopedia)contraband, in international law, goods necessary or useful in the prosecution of war that a belligerent may lawfully seize from a neutral who is attempting to deliver them to the enemy. The term is s...Chertsey
(Encyclopedia)Chertsey chûrtˈsē [key], town, Surrey, SE England. Its market gardens serve London. Varied ...Bushey
(Encyclopedia)Bushey, town, Hertfordshire, SE England. Bushey is a residential town just N of Greater London. The local church contains windows by William Morris. ...Belgravia
(Encyclopedia)Belgravia bĕlgrāˈvēə [key], fashionable residential section of Westminster, London, England. Belgravia surrounds stately Belgrave Square and touches Grosvenor Place on the east. ...Compton-Burnett, Dame Ivy
(Encyclopedia)Compton-Burnett, Dame Ivy kŏmˈtən-bûrˈnət [key], 1892–1969, English novelist. Educated at the Univ. of London, she lived quietly in London for most of her life. She was named a Dame Commander ...Clementi, Muzio
(Encyclopedia)Clementi, Muzio mo͞oˈtsēō klāmĕnˈtē [key], 1752–1832, Italian composer, pianist, and conductor, b. Rome. He wrote more than 100 keyboard sonatas, which set the definitive form, and he had an...Eliasson, Olafur
(Encyclopedia)Eliasson, Olafur, 1967–, Danish sculptor, architect, and installation artist. His work is influenced by nature and natural phenomena. Early works involved frozen water droplets, electric fans, and s...Grant, Duncan
(Encyclopedia)Grant, Duncan (Duncan James Corrowr Grant), 1885–1978, Scottish painter, b. Rothiermurchus, Inverness. He studied at London's Westminster School of Art (1902–4) and Slade School (1907–8) and at ...Browse by Subject
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