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- (from the article "Swedish literature") At Uppsala, meanwhile, the scholar Petrus Lagerlof attempted to impose purer Classical standards on native literature, and Olof Verelius edited and translated Icelandic sagas. It was Olof Rudbeck, however, who became interested in Verelius's work and developed a theory that ...
- Vereshchagin, Vasily Vasilyevich
- Russian painter noted for his war scenes.
- Verethraghna
- in Zoroastrianism, the spirit of victory. Together with Mithra, the god of truth, Verethraghna shares martial characteristics that relate him to the Vedic war-god Indra. In Zoroastrian texts, Verethraghna appears as an agent of Mithra and Rashnu, the god of ... [2 Related Articles]
- Verey, Rosemary Isabel Baird Sandilands
- British garden designer and writer (b. Dec. 21, 1918, Chatham, Kent, Eng.-d. May 31, 2001, London, Eng.), inspired horticulturists and amateur gardeners alike through her books and the award-winning 1.6-ha (4-ac) English garden at her home, Barnsley House. Verey was ...
- Verfugungstruppe
- (from the article "SS") ...Waffen-SS was made up of three subgroups: the Leibstandarte, Hitler's personal bodyguard; the Totenkopfverbande (Death's-Head Battalions), which administered the concentration camps; and the Verfugungstruppen (Disposition Troops), which swelled to 39 divisions in World War II and which, serving as elite ...
- Verga, Giovanni
- novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, most important of the Italian verismo (Realist) school of novelists (see verismo). His reputation was slow to develop, but modern critics have assessed him as one of the greatest of all Italian novelists. His influence ... [5 Related Articles]
- Vergara, Convention of
- (from the article "Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbon, conde de Molina") ...Zumalacarregui's death in 1835 and the Carlists' failure to take Bilbao, the initiative passed increasingly to the liberals. When, in August 1839, the Carlist general Rafael Maroto signed the Convention of Vergara, by which the liberals recognized Basque legal privileges, ...
- verge escapement
- (from the article "clock") ...clock was the escapement, the system that mediated the transfer of the energy of the gravitational force acting on the weights to the clock's counting mechanism. The most common escapement was the verge-and-foliot.
- Verge, Roger
- (from the article "nouvelle cuisine") ...coined by the French food critics Christian Millau and Henri Gault to describe the styles created by a group of French chefs, notably Paul Bocuse, Jean and Pierre Troisgros, Michel Guerard, Roger Verge, and Paul Haeberlin.
- Vergecius, Angelus
- (from the article "calligraphy") ...their types. But perhaps the most enduring was that of a group of Cretan scribes who were employed by the French king Francis I in his library at Fontainebleau. The writing of one in particular, Angelus Vergecius, was used as ...
- Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de
- French foreign minister who fashioned the alliance with the North American colonists that helped them throw off British rule in the American Revolution; at the same time, he worked, with considerable success, to establish a stable balance of power in ... [1 Related Articles]
- Verger, Treaty of Le
- (from the article "Francis II") ...of Beaujeu, regent of France, had Landais hanged (1485). When Anne sent French troops into Brittany, however, the nobles rallied to the Duke's side. Defeated in 1488, Francis was forced to sign the Treaty of Le Verger, in which he ...
- Vergerio, Pietro Paolo
- Italian educator whose treatises on humanistic education greatly influenced educational methods and curriculum in Renaissance Italy. [2 Related Articles]
- Vergerio, Pietro Paulo
- Italian reformer and most famous of "Old Catholic" bishops in the 16th century who accepted the principles of the Reformation while retaining a historic Roman Catholic episcopate and not withdrawing from the Church. [1 Related Articles]
- Verghina
- archaeological site and ancient capital of Macedonia in Imathia nomos (department), northern Greece. It is situated on a plateau 47 miles (75 km) southwest of Thessaloniki, at the eastern foot of the Vermion Mountains, on the southern edge of the ... [3 Related Articles]
- Vergil, Polydore
- Italian-born Humanist who wrote an English history that became required reading in schools and influenced the 16th-century English chroniclers Edward Hall and Raphael Holinshed and, through them, Shakespeare. [1 Related Articles]
- Verginius Rufus, Lucius
- Roman provincial governor and distinguished official, known for his repeated refusal of the imperial throne. [1 Related Articles]
- Vergne, Philippe
- (from the article "Art and Art Exhibitions") ...on Pretty, Long on Collaboration," summed up the tenor of the 2006 Whitney Biennial exhibition-a show with a myriad of smaller shows under its umbrella. European-born cocurators Philippe Vergne and Chrissie Iles dubbed the biennial "Day for Night," the exhibition's ...
- Vergniaud, Pierre-Victurnien
- eloquent spokesman for the moderate Girondin faction during the French Revolution.
- Verhaegen, Theodor
- (from the article "Western sculpture") ...territories passed to Austria. Eighteenth-century painting and sculpture became increasingly weak and provincial, though fantastic pulpits carved by Hendrik Frans Verbruggen, Michel Vervoort, and Theodor Verhaegen provide a remarkable parallel to those in central Europe.
- Verhaeren, Emile
- foremost among the Belgian poets who wrote in French. The vigour of his work and the breadth of his vision have been compared to those of Victor Hugo and Walt Whitman. [4 Related Articles]
- Verhoeff, Pieter
- (from the article "Coen, Jan Pieterszoon") Coen was raised in a strict Calvinist atmosphere. He received his merchant's training from a Flemish company in Rome, and in 1607 he sailed to Indonesia with the fleet of Pieter Verhoeff as assistant merchant of the United East India ...
- Verhoeven, Willem
- (from the article "Belgian literature") Before the end of the 18th century, however, Willem Verhoeven and Jan Baptist Verlooy had started a reaction against this French influence. Like contemporary historical and scientific writers they reverted to the work of the 16th-century humanists but neglected the ...
- Verhofstadt, Guy
- (from the article "Belgium") Area: 30,528 sq km (11,787 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 10,597,000 | Capital: Brussels | Chief of state: King Albert II | Head of government: Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt | BRITANNICA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2007Belgium
- Verhulst, Rombout
- (from the article "Western sculpture") ...individual style, particularly in his decorations for the Town Hall in Amsterdam, and the tendency toward a painterly style is more pronounced in the work of his son Artus Quellinus the Younger, Rombout Verhulst, and Lucas Faydherbe.
monument at Katwijk
- Verica
- (from the article "United Kingdom") ...Roman aid in their resistance to Catuvellaunian expansion. The decision of the emperor Claudius to conquer the island was the result partly of his personal ambition, partly of British aggression. Verica had been driven from his kingdom and appealed for ...
- veridical perception
- (from the article "space perception") ...unless the environmental information reaching them through the various sense organs offered a perception of space that corresponds to their physical "reality." Such perception is called veridical perception-the direct perception of stimuli as they exist. Without some degree of veridicality ...
- verifiability principle
- a philosophical doctrine fundamental to the school of Logical Positivism holding that a statement is meaningful only if it is either empirically verifiable or else tautological (i.e., such that its truth arises entirely from the meanings of its terms). Thus, ... [9 Related Articles]
- Verigin, Peter
- (from the article "Dukhobor") ...The Canadian government granted them land on easy terms in Saskatchewan and exemption from conscription. Some settled well, but one group started a series of nudist protest pilgrimages, prompting Peter Verigin, the leader of the "large party" faction of the ...
- VeriSign
- (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") A resolution was reached in a long-running dispute between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an Internet oversight group, and VeriSign, the company whose computers controlled much of the flow of traffic destined for Internet addresses that ...
- verisimilitude
- the semblance of reality in dramatic or nondramatic fiction. The concept implies that either the action represented must be acceptable or convincing according to the audience's own experience or knowledge or, as in the presentation of science fiction or tales ...
- verismo
- (Italian: "realism"), literary realism as it developed in Italy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its primary exponents were the Sicilian novelists Luigi Capuana and Giovanni Verga. The realist movement arose in Europe after the French Revolution and ... [5 Related Articles]
- verismo
- a style of Italian opera writing that flourished in the last decade of the 19th century. [2 Related Articles]
- Verissimo, Erico Lopes
- novelist, literary historian, and critic whose writings in Portuguese and in English on Brazilian literature introduced readers throughout the world both to the literary currents of modern Brazil and to his country's social order and cultural heritage. [1 Related Articles]
- Verity, George Matthew
- (from the article "Armco Inc.") The company was founded by a group of investors led by George Matthew Verity (1865-1942), the company's president until 1930 and thereafter chairman of the board. The company's first steel mill, at Middletown, was completed in January 1901, and production ...
- Verizon Communications
- (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") ...per second, about a 25-fold speed increase, but the company said that the technology might not be ready to sell for two more years. Meanwhile, a relatively small number of consumers could get from Verizon Communications a fibre-optic home service ...
- Verkhny Zub, Mount
- (from the article "Khakassia") ...rise the Western (Zapadny) Sayan mountains, reaching 9,613 feet (2,930 m) in Mount Karagosh, and to the west and northwest are the Abakan and Kuznetsk Alatau mountains, with their highest point at Mount Verkhny Zub (7,146 feet [2,178 m]). The ...
- Verkhoyansk
- town, Sakha (Yakutiya), far northeastern Russia, on the Yana River near its confluence with the Sartang. Founded as a fort in 1638 and today a minor centre of tin and gold mining, Verkhoyansk is noted chiefly for its exceptionally low ... [1 Related Articles]
- Verkhoyansk Mountains
- mountains of Sakha (Yakutiya), far northeastern Russia, extending for 700 miles (1,100 km)-in a huge arc parallel to and east of the lower Lena River-to the Laptev Sea. The range represents a major anticlinal structure, created in a period of ... [3 Related Articles]
- Verlaine, Paul
- French lyric poet first associated with the Parnassians and later known as a leader of the Symbolists. With Stephane Mallarme and Charles Baudelaire he formed the so-called Decadents. [9 Related Articles]
- Verlaine, Tom
- (from the article "Television") Guitarist Verlaine (who took his name from the French Symbolist poet Paul Verlaine) and bassist Hell, former boarding-school roommates, formed the Neon Boys with drummer Ficca in New York City in the early 1970s. In 1973 guitarist Lloyd joined them; ...
- Verlander, Justin
- (from the article "Baseball") ...(See Biographies.) In the first World Series opening game ever started by two rookie pitchers, Anthony Reyes gained the victory, while American League (AL) Rookie of the Year Justin Verlander was charged with the loss. The next ...
- Verlooy, Jan Baptist
- (from the article "Belgian literature") Before the end of the 18th century, however, Willem Verhoeven and Jan Baptist Verlooy had started a reaction against this French influence. Like contemporary historical and scientific writers they reverted to the work of the 16th-century humanists but neglected the ...
- Vermeer, Johannes
- Dutch artist who created paintings that are among the most beloved and revered images in the history of art. Although only about 36 of his paintings survive, these rare works are among the greatest treasures in the world's finest museums. ... [4 Related Articles]
- vermeil
- gilded silver produced either by the fire-gilding method or by electrolysis. In the former, earlier method the object is covered with an amalgam of gold and mercury; the mercury evaporates when the piece is fired, leaving a gold deposit. In ...
- Vermeil, Dick
- (from the article "Football") ...the league with 28.25 points per game, and Chicago and Tampa Bay built their improvements on defense, with league-best per-game yields of 12.6 points and 277.8 yd, respectively. Kansas City coach Dick Vermeil retired at 69 after his Chiefs (10-6) ...
- VerMeulen, Michael
- U.S. magazine editor who boosted the circulation of the premier men's magazine GQ by 40% while serving, 1992-95, as editor (b. Dec. 10, 1956--d. Aug. 28, 1995).
- Vermeylen, August
- (from the article "Belgian literature") ...which individual feelings would be given universal significance. In his masterly essays and his symbolic novel De wandelende Jood (1906; "The Wandering Jew"), their leader, August Vermeylen, advocated a rationalism infused with idealism. Prosper van Langendonck, on the other hand, ...
- vermicelli
- (from the article "pasta") Among the popular cord forms are spaghetti ("little string"), a finer type called spaghettini, and the very fine vermicelli ("little worms"). Tubular types include macaroni, shaped into tubes of 12-inch (12.7-millimetre) diameter, such variations as the small elbow-shaped pieces called ...
- vermiculated work
- in masonry, the carving or finishing of building stones with irregular grooves intended to resemble worm tracks. Vermiculation is one form of surface rustication, the intention of which is to create a decorative contrast between the rusticated work, ordinarily confined ... [2 Related Articles]
- vermiculite
- clay mineral similar to montmorillonite in structure and, in some cases, composition. Vermiculite is typically formed by the alteration of biotite, and it occurs both as large pseudomorphs replacing biotite and as small particles in soils and ancient sediments. It ... [1 Related Articles]
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