Columbia Encyclopedia

(Encyclopedia) Bleimor: see Calloc'h, Jean Pierre. ...

(Encyclopedia) overture, instrumental musical composition written as an introduction to an opera, ballet, oratorio, musical, or play. The earliest Italian opera overtures were simply pieces of orchestral music and w...

(Encyclopedia) Chapais, Sir Thomas shäpāˈ [key], 1858–1946, Canadian politician and historian, b. Quebec prov.; son of Jean Charles Chapais (1811–85). Thomas Chapais became professor of history at Laval Univ....

(Encyclopedia) Taeuber-Arp, Sophie, 1889–1943, Swiss textile designer, painter, and sculptor, b. Sophie Henriette Gertrude Taeuber. She taught textile design (1916–29) at the School of Arts and Crafts in Zürich...

(Encyclopedia) Clericus, Johannes: see Le Clerc, Jean. ...

(Encyclopedia) Williams, Gwen: see Rhys, Jean.

(Encyclopedia) Grandville: see Gérard, Jean Ignace Isidore. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Johns, Que., Canada: see St. Jean. ...

(Encyclopedia) ormolu ôrˈməlo͞o [key], finish used on metal to imitate gold. It is employed chiefly for furniture mountings. The term originally applied to a coating of ground gold and was extended to alloys of ...

(Encyclopedia) Brosse, Salomon de sälōmôNˈ də brôs [key], 1571–1626, French architect, trained by his grandfather, Jacques du Cerceau, the elder. He paved the way for the next generation in the use of classi...