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(Encyclopedia) National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution. Devoted to the collection, presentation, and preservation of the culture of Africa...
(Encyclopedia) Evansville, city (2020 pop. 117,298),
seat of Vanderburgh co., extreme SW Ind., a port on the Ohio River; inc.
1819. It is a rail and river shipping and...
(Encyclopedia) Moreau, Gustave güstävˈ môrōˈ [key], 1826–98, French painter. He was known for his pictures of the weird and mystical. The recipient of many honors, he refused to sell his paintings except to ...
(Encyclopedia) Kurashiki ko͞oräˈshēkē [key], city (1990 pop. 414,693), Okayama prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. A rail junction, the city produces refined petroleum and petrochemicals, motor vehicles, textiles. an...
(Encyclopedia) Huntington Beach, city (2020 pop.
198,711), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an
oil-producing area; inc...
(Encyclopedia) Guangzhou kănˌtŏnˈ, kănˈtŏnˌ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 3,113,800), capital of Guangdong prov., S China, a major deepwater port on the Pearl River delta.
Guangzhou became a part of China in...
(Encyclopedia) Lotto, Lorenzo lōrĕnˈtsō lôtˈtō [key], c.1480–1556, Venetian painter. His work reflects the influence of several great contemporaries from Bellini to Titian, but preserves throughout a fine s...
(Encyclopedia) Fuller, George, 1822–84, American portrait, figure, and landscape painter, b. Deerfield, Mass.; pupil of Henry K. Brown at Albany. He first practiced portraiture in Boston and later in New York City...
(Encyclopedia) tapestry, hand-woven fabric of plain weave made without shuttle or drawboy, the design of weft threads being threaded into the warp with fingers or a bobbin. The name has been extended to cover a vari...
(Encyclopedia) Ansley, Clarke Fisher ănzˈlē [key], 1869–1939, American teacher and editor, b. Swedona, near Springfield, Ill., grad. Univ. of Nebraska, 1890. After teaching English at Nebraska, he was professor...