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Warner, Olin Levi

(Encyclopedia)Warner, Olin Levi, 1844–96, American sculptor, b. Suffield, Conn. He studied art in Paris, working for a time as an assistant to J.-B. Carpeaux. He served in the Franco-Prussian War (1870) and retur...

Borglum, Gutzon

(Encyclopedia)Borglum, Gutzon (John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum) gŭtˈsən dĕ lˈə mät bôrˈgləm [key], 1867–1941, American sculptor, b. Idaho; son of a Danish immigrant physician and rancher. He studied at ...

Grantham

(Encyclopedia)Grantham grănˈtəm, –thəm [key], town, in the Parts of Kesteven, Lincolnshire, E central England, on ...

Rush, William

(Encyclopedia)Rush, William, 1756–1833, American sculptor, one of the earliest in the country, b. Philadelphia. His wood carvings, clay models, and figureheads were famous in their day. Of his other works, carved...

Schlüter, Andreas

(Encyclopedia)Schlüter, Andreas ändrāˈäs shlüˈtər [key], 1664–1714, German sculptor. After studying in France and Italy, he became architect and sculptor to the Hohenzollern at Berlin, where the principal...

Olympia, city, ancient Greece

(Encyclopedia)Olympia, ancient city, important center of the worship of Zeus in ancient Greece, in Elis near the Alpheus (now Alfiós) R. It was the scene of the Olympic games. The great temple of Zeus was especial...

fatigue, in engineering

(Encyclopedia)fatigue, in engineering, microscopic cracking of materials, especially metals, after repeated applications of stress. Fissures may be formed within pieces of metal during their manufacture when, while...

Greenough, Horatio

(Encyclopedia)Greenough, Horatio grēˈnō [key], 1805–52, American sculptor and writer, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1824, and studied in Italy under Thorvaldsen. A protégé of Washington Allston, he was a man of ...

Scopas

(Encyclopedia)Scopas skōˈpəs [key], Greek sculptor, fl. 4th cent. b.c., b. Paros. Although numbered among the Athenians, he wandered from place to place and did not attach himself to any school. He was the first...

Einsiedeln

(Encyclopedia)Einsiedeln īnˈzēˌdəln [key], town, Schwyz canton, E central Switzerland. Einsiedeln is the most ...