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Judd, Donald
Donald Judd was an American artist and critic associated with Minimalism. Credited as Minimalism’s principal spokesman,......
Julian calendar
Julian calendar, dating system established by Julius Caesar as a reform of the Roman republican calendar. By the......
Julian period
Julian period, chronological system now used chiefly by astronomers and based on the consecutive numbering of days......
Junod, Henri Alexandre
Henri Alexandre Junod was a Swiss Protestant missionary and anthropologist noted for his ethnography of the Tsonga......
jurisprudence
jurisprudence, Science or philosophy of law. Jurisprudence may be divided into three branches: analytical, sociological,......
Kael, Pauline
Pauline Kael was a prominent American film critic of the second half of the 20th century. Kael graduated from the......
Kahnweiler, Daniel-Henry
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler was a German-born French art dealer and publisher who is best known for his early espousal......
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Kalamazoo, Mich., U.S. It is a liberal......
Kandinsky, Wassily
Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian-born artist, one of the first creators of pure abstraction in modern painting.......
Kenyon College
Kenyon College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Gambier, Ohio, U.S., about 40 miles (65......
Kerényi, Károly
Károly Kerényi was a Hungarian classical philologist and authority in comparative religions, who pioneered research......
Keynesian economics
Keynesian economics, body of ideas set forth by John Maynard Keynes in his General Theory of Employment, Interest......
Kirkpatrick, Ralph
Ralph Kirkpatrick was an American musicologist and one of the most influential harpsichordists of the 20th century.......
Kirkus, Virginia
Virginia Kirkus was an American critic, editor, and writer, remembered for her original book review for booksellers,......
Klemm, Gustav Friedrich
Gustav Friedrich Klemm was a German anthropologist who developed the concept of culture and is thought to have......
Kluckhohn, Clyde K.M.
Clyde K.M. Kluckhohn was an American professor of anthropology at Harvard University, who contributed to anthropology......
Knorozov, Yury Valentinovich
Yury Valentinovich Knorozov was a Russian linguist, epigraphist, and ethnologist, who played a major role in the......
Knox College
Knox College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Galesburg, Illinois, U.S. The college, founded......
Kobayashi Hideo
Kobayashi Hideo was one of the most influential critics in the Japanese cultural world. Kobayashi studied French......
Kochanowski, Jan
Jan Kochanowski was a humanist poet who dominated the culture of Renaissance Poland. Born into the country nobility,......
Kodály, Zoltán
Zoltán Kodály was a prominent composer and authority on Hungarian folk music. He was also important as an educator......
Koechlin, Charles
Charles Koechlin was a composer and teacher who had a strong impact on his own and younger generations of French......
Komitas
Komitas was an ethnomusicologist and composer who created the basis for a distinctive national musical style in......
Komparu Zenchiku
Komparu Zenchiku was a nō actor and playwright who also wrote critical works on drama. Zenchiku, who married a......
Koppers, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Koppers was a Roman Catholic priest and cultural anthropologist who advocated a comparative, historical......
Kraus, Karl
Karl Kraus was an Austrian journalist, critic, playwright, and poet who has been compared with Juvenal and Jonathan......
Krauss, Rosalind
Rosalind Krauss is an American art critic and historian of 20th-century art who first came to prominence when she......
Kreutzwald, F. Reinhold
F. Reinhold Kreutzwald was a physician, folklorist, and poet who compiled the Estonian national epic poem Kalevipoeg......
Kristeva, Julia
Julia Kristeva is a Bulgarian-born French psychoanalyst, critic, novelist, and educator, best known for her writings......
Kroeber, A.L.
A.L. Kroeber was an influential American anthropologist of the first half of the 20th century, whose primary concern......
Krutch, Joseph Wood
Joseph Wood Krutch was an American naturalist, conservationist, writer, and critic. Krutch attended the University......
Krėvė-Mickievičius, Vincas
Vincas Krėvė-Mickievičius was a Lithuanian poet, philologist, and playwright whose mastery of style gave him a......
Kuhn, Adalbert
Adalbert Kuhn was a German language scholar and folklorist who founded a new school of comparative mythology based......
Kulturkreis
Kulturkreis, location from whence ideas and technology subsequently diffused over large areas of the world. It......
Kunst, Jaap
Jaap Kunst was a Dutch ethnomusicologist who was one of the founders of modern ethnomusicology. Kunst began to......
Kuspit, Donald
Donald Kuspit is an American art critic and art historian widely regarded as the foremost practitioner of psychoanalytic......
Kâtip Çelebi
Kâtip Çelebi was a Turkish historian, geographer, and bibliographer. Kâtip became an army clerk and took part in......
Köhler, Oswin
Oswin Köhler was a German linguist and ethnologist specializing in African languages and culture. In 1962 Köhler......
La Farge, John
John La Farge was an American painter, muralist, and stained-glass designer. After graduating from St. Mary’s College......
La Farge, Oliver
Oliver La Farge was an American anthropologist, short-story writer, and novelist who acted as a spokesman for Native......
La Flesche, Francis
Francis La Flesche was a U.S. ethnologist and champion of the rights of American Indians who wrote a book of general......
labeling theory
labeling theory, in criminology, a theory stemming from a sociological perspective known as “symbolic interactionism,”......
Labov, William
William Labov was an American linguist who was known for his pioneering work on regional variations in language.......
Laetus, Julius Pomponius
Julius Pomponius Laetus was an Italian humanist and founder of the Academia Romana, a semi-secret society devoted......
Laforgue, Jules
Jules Laforgue was a French Symbolist poet, a master of lyrical irony and one of the inventors of vers libre (“free......
Lamb, Sydney M.
Sydney M. Lamb is an American linguist and originator of stratificational grammar, an outgrowth of glossematics......
Lambert, Constant
Constant Lambert was an English composer, conductor, and critic who played a leading part in establishing the ballet......
Landowska, Wanda
Wanda Landowska was a Polish-born harpsichordist who helped initiate the revival of the harpsichord in the 20th......
Langer, Susanne K.
Susanne K. Langer was an American philosopher and educator who wrote extensively on linguistic analysis and aesthetics.......
Lascaris, John
John Lascaris was a Greek scholar and diplomat whose career shows the close connections that linked political interests......
Le Braz, Anatole
Anatole Le Braz was a French folklorist, novelist, and poet who collected and edited the legends and popular beliefs......
leap year
leap year, year containing some intercalary period, especially a Gregorian year having a 29th day of February instead......
Lear, Edward
Edward Lear was an English landscape painter who is more widely known as the writer of an original kind of nonsense......
Lebensraum
Lebensraum, policy of Nazi Germany that involved expanding German territories to the east to provide land and material......
Lee Ufan
Lee Ufan is a Korean artist, critic, philosopher, and poet who was a prominent theorist and proponent of the Tokyo-based......
Lefèvre d’Étaples, Jacques
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples was an outstanding French humanist, theologian, and translator whose scholarship stimulated......
Leino, Eino
Eino Leino was a prolific and versatile poet, a master of Finnish poetic forms, the scope of whose talent ranges......
Lemaître, Jules
Jules Lemaître was a French critic, storyteller, and dramatist, now remembered for his uniquely personal and impressionistic......
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German dramatist, critic, and writer on philosophy and aesthetics. He helped free......
Levertin, Oscar Ivar
Oscar Ivar Levertin was a Swedish poet and scholar, a leader of the Swedish Romantic movement of the 1890s. Levertin......
Lewis, Wyndham
Wyndham Lewis was an English artist and writer who founded the Vorticist movement, which sought to relate art and......
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima was a Cuban experimental poet, novelist, and essayist whose baroque writing style and eclectic......
Lhote, André
André Lhote was a French painter, sculptor, writer, and educator who was a prominent critic and teacher of modern......
Li Zhizao
Li Zhizao was a Chinese mathematician, astronomer, and geographer whose translations of European scientific books......
liberal arts
liberal arts, college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general intellectual......
library science
library science, the principles and practices of library operation and administration, and their study. Libraries......
Likert, Rensis
Rensis Likert was an American social scientist who developed scales for attitude measurement and introduced the......
Lily, William
William Lily was an English Renaissance scholar and classical grammarian, a pioneer of Greek learning in England......
Linton, Ralph
Ralph Linton was an American anthropologist who had a marked influence on the development of cultural anthropology.......
Lippard, Lucy
Lucy Lippard is an American activist, feminist, art critic, and curator noted for her many articles and books on......
Lipsius, Justus
Justus Lipsius was a Flemish humanist, classical scholar, and moral and political theorist. Appointed to the chair......
list of critics
This is an alphabetically ordered list of architecture, art, cultural, dance, dramatic, film, literary, musical,......
list of economists
This is a list of economists, ordered alphabetically by country of birth or residence. (See also...
literary criticism
literary criticism, the reasoned consideration of literary works and issues. It applies, as a term, to any argumentation......
living will
living will, document in which an individual specifies medical measures to be taken or withheld in the event that......
Livingstone, Sir Richard Winn
Sir Richard Winn Livingstone was a classical scholar and university administrator who championed the classical......
location theory
location theory, in economics and geography, theory concerned with the geographic location of economic activity;......
Lockhart, John Gibson
John Gibson Lockhart was a Scottish critic, novelist, and biographer, best remembered for his Life of Sir Walter......
Lomax, Alan
Alan Lomax was an American ethnomusicologist, one of the most dedicated and knowledgeable folk-music scholars of......
Lopes, Fernão
Fernão Lopes was a Portuguese historian, the first and greatest of the Portuguese royal chroniclers and the most......
Loras College
Loras College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. Affiliated with the......
Lowie, Robert H.
Robert H. Lowie was an Austrian-born American anthropologist whose extensive studies of North American Plains Indians......
Lugones, Leopoldo
Leopoldo Lugones was an Argentine poet, literary and social critic, and cultural ambassador, considered by many......
lunar calendar
lunar calendar, any dating system based on a year consisting of synodic months—i.e., complete cycles of phases......
Lundkvist, Artur
Artur Lundkvist was a Swedish poet, novelist, and literary critic. Lundkvist grew up in a rural community, where......
Luria, A R
A.R. Luria was a Soviet neuropsychologist. After earning degrees in psychology, education, and medicine, he became......
luxury
luxury, word that implies a relatively large consumption of wealth for nonessential pleasures. There is, however,......
Lycoming College
Lycoming College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, U.S. It......
Lévi-Strauss, Claude
Claude Lévi-Strauss was a French social anthropologist and leading exponent of structuralism, a name applied to......
Lönnrot, Elias
Elias Lönnrot was a folklorist and philologist who created the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala (1835, enlarged......
L’Hospital, Michel de
Michel de L’Hospital was a statesman, lawyer, and humanist who, as chancellor of France from 1560 to 1568, was......
Mabillon, Jean
Jean Mabillon was a French monastic scholar, antiquarian, and historian who pioneered the study of ancient handwriting......
MacCarthy, Sir Desmond
Sir Desmond MacCarthy was an English journalist who, as a weekly columnist for the New Statesman known as the “Affable......
Macdonald, Dwight
Dwight Macdonald was an American writer and film critic. He graduated from Yale University. In the 1930s he became......
Machiavelli, Niccolò
Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance political philosopher and statesman, secretary of the Florentine......
Mackinder, Halford
Halford Mackinder was a British political geographer noted for his work as an educator and for his geopolitical......
macroeconomics
macroeconomics, study of the behaviour of a national or regional economy as a whole. It is concerned with understanding......
Maffei, Francesco Scipione, marchese di
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei was an Italian dramatist, archaeologist, and scholar who, in his verse tragedy......

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