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De Patinir, Joachim

(Encyclopedia) De Patinir, De Patenier, or De Patiner, Joachim: see Patinir, Joachim de. ...

Stijl, de

(Encyclopedia) Stijl, de də stīl [key] [Du.,=the style], Dutch nonfigurative art movement, also called neoplasticism. In 1917 a group of artists, architects, and poets was organized under the name de Stijl, and a ...

Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de

(Encyclopedia) Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de pyĕr də bo͞ordāˈyə sānyörˈ də bräNtōmˈ [key], 1540?–1614, French courtier, soldier, and author of memoirs. He accompanied Mary Stuart to Sco...

Castillejo, Cristóbal de

(Encyclopedia) Castillejo, Cristóbal de krēstōˈbäl dā kästēlyāˈhō [key], c.1490–1550, Spanish poet of the Renaissance. As secretary to the king of Bohemia, Castillejo visited Vienna and other European c...

American Ballet Theatre

(Encyclopedia) American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the foremost international dance companies of the 20th and 21st cents. It was founded in 1937 as the Mordkin Ballet and reorganized as the Ballet Theatre in 1940 ...

Lautrec, Odet de Foix, vicomte de

(Encyclopedia) Lautrec, Odet de Foix, vicomte de ôdāˈ də fwä vēkôNtˈ də lōtrĕkˈ [key], 1485–1528, marshal of France. In the Italian Wars he fought at Marignano (1515) and was subsequently governor of M...

Gálvez, Matías de

(Encyclopedia) Gálvez, Matías de dā gälˈvāth [key], 1717–84, Spanish colonial administrator, captain general of Guatemala (1779), viceroy of New Spain (1783–84); brother of José de Gálvez. He was succee...

Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc de

(Encyclopedia) Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc de sülēˈ [key], 1560–1641, French statesman. Born and reared a Protestant, he fought in the Wars of Religion under the Huguenot leader Henry of Navarre (later ...
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