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Dante, Piazza: (from the article "Naples") Debouching into the Neoclassical hemicycle of Piazza Dante, Via Toledo resumes its route under other names, skirting the western flank of the National Archaeological Museum in its ascent toward Capodimonte.
Dantec, Maurice G.: (from the article "Literature") The strangest novel of note was Maurice G. Dantec's fascist-leaning Cosmos Incorporated, in which a mechanically enhanced contract killer in a postapocalyptic future begins to wonder if he himself is not the last hope for freedom and creation in a ...
Danter, John: (from the article "publishing, history of") ...in the dedication is thought by some to be the person who procured him his copy. The first Shakespeare play to be published (Titus Andronicus, 1594) was printed by a notorious pirate, John Danter, who also brought out, anonymously, a ...
Danthonia: (from the article "oat grass") any of the perennial plants of two genera of grasses, Arrhenatherum and Danthonia (family Poaceae). Approximately six species of tall grasses, native to temperate Europe and Asia, constitute the genus Arrhenatherum. Tall oat grass (A. elatius), which has been introduced ...
Danti, Vincenzo: (from the article "Western sculpture") Whether in Rome or Florence, Michelangelo had a strong influence on sculptors of the 16th century. Vincenzo Danti followed closely in Michelangelo's footsteps. His bronze "Julius III" of 1553-56 in Perugia is derived from Michelangelo's lost bronze statue of Julius ...
Danticat, Edwidge: Haitian American author whose works focus on the lives of women and their relationships. She also addressed issues of power, injustice, and poverty. [1 Related Articles]
Dantidurga: (from the article "India") ...regions often erupted. The next 100 years of Calukya power witnessed the continuation of this conflict, weakening both contenders. Ultimately, in the mid-8th century, a feudatory of the Calukyas, Dantidurga of the Rashtrakuta dynasty, rose to importance and established himself ...
Dantiscus, Johannes: Polish poet and diplomat who was among the first representatives in Poland of Renaissance humanism. Dantiscus wrote, in Latin, incidental verse, love poetry, and panegyrics (formal speeches of praise). [1 Related Articles]
Danto, Arthur: (from the article "art criticism") ...of perspectives. This became especially apparent in the 1980s and '90s, when a variety of critical approaches emerged. A new philosophical criticism emerged in the person of American critic Arthur Danto, who came out with the idea that "the objects ...
Danton, Georges: French Revolutionary leader and orator, often credited as the chief force in the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of the First French Republic (September 21, 1792). He later became the first president of the Committee of Public Safety, ... [6 Related Articles]
Dantzig, George: American mathematician (b. Nov. 8, 1914, Portland, Ore.-d. May 13, 2005, Stanford, Calif.), devised the simplex algorithm, a method for solving problems that involve numerous conditions and variables, and in the process founded the field of linear programming. Dantzig earned ...
Danu: in Celtic religion, the earth-mother goddess or female principle, who was honoured under various names from eastern Europe to Ireland. The mythology that surrounded her was contradictory and confused; mother goddesses of earlier peoples were ultimately identified with her, as ...
Danube Bend: (from the article "Pest") The most-visited tourist area of the county is the Danube Bend, which stretches from Esztergom to Szentendre. Szentendre still reflects the influence of its Dalmatian Serb founders in its Mediterranean-style cityscape, Baroque buildings, and numerous museums-including the Hungarian Open Air ...
Danube delta: (from the article "Romania") On the northern edge of the Dobruja region, adjoining the Moldavian Plateau, the great swampy triangle of the Danube delta is a unique physiographic region covering some 2,000 square miles (5,180 square km), of which the majority is in Romania. ...
Danube River: river of Europe, the second longest river after the Volga. It rises in the Black Forest mountains of western Germany and flows for some 1,770 miles (2,850 km) to its mouth on the Black Sea. Along its course, it passes ... [24 Related Articles]
Danube school: a tradition of landscape painting that developed in the region of the Danube River valley in the early years of the 16th century. [6 Related Articles]
Danube Water Meadows Nature Reserve: (from the article "Ukraine") ...Reserve shelters many species of waterfowl and is the only Ukrainian breeding ground of the Mediterranean gull (Larus melanocephalus). Also located on the Black Sea, the Danube Water Meadows Reserve protects the Danube River's tidewater biota. Other ...
Danube-Black Sea Canal: (from the article "Danube River") ...the construction of a series of canals, and river traffic has increased considerably. The most important canals-all elements in a continentwide scheme of connecting waterways-include the Danube-Black Sea Canal, which runs from Cernovada, Romania, to the Black Sea and provides ...
Danubian Convention: (from the article "Danube River") ...World War II, free international navigation along the course of the river was interrupted by the hostilities, and a consensus concerning the resumption of navigation was not reached until the Danubian Convention of 1948. The new convention provided for the ...
Danubian Plain: (from the article "Bulgaria") ...often steep banks on the Bulgarian side contrast with the swamps and lagoons of the Romanian side. Extending southward from the Danube to the foothills of the Balkan Mountains is the fertile, hilly Danubian Plain. The average elevation of the ...
Danubian principalities: (from the article "Crimean War") Supported by Britain, the Turks took a firm stand against the Russians, who occupied the Danubian principalities (modern Romania) on the Russo-Turkish border in July 1853. The British fleet was ordered to Constantinople (Istanbul) on September 23. On October 4 ...
Danubyu: (from the article "Bandula, Maha") After raising a large army in northern Myanmar, Maha Bandula marched to Danubyu, on the Irrawaddy River, where he established his headquarters in October 1824. In December he attempted, unsuccessfully, to encircle the British, who were entrenched in the neighbourhood ...
Danvers: town (township), Essex county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies just northeast of Boston. Founded in the 1630s by Governor John Endecott, it was part of Salem and originally known as Salem Village (site of the witchcraft hysteria of 1692). Set ...
Danville: city, seat (1827) of Vermilion county, eastern Illinois, U.S. It lies on the junction of forks of the Vermilion River (there bridged) near the Indiana border, about 35 miles (55 km) east of Champaign. Early inhabitants of the area included ...
Danville: city, administratively independent of, but located in, Pittsylvania county, south-central Virginia, U.S. It lies along the Dan River, just north of the North Carolina border, 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Greensboro, North Carolina.
Danville: city, seat of Boyle county, central Kentucky, U.S., in the Bluegrass region, 36 miles (58 km) southwest of Lexington. Located along the Old Wilderness Road, it was settled in about 1775 and named for Walker Daniel, who purchased the deed ...
danzante: (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") ...that site's history, a peculiar group of reliefs was carved on stone slabs and affixed to the front of a rubble-faced platform mound and around a contiguous court. The reliefs are usually called danzantes, a name derived from the notion ...
Danzi, Franz: the most important member of a German family of musicians of Italian ancestry. Although Danzi was a prolific composer of operas, church music, lieder, symphonies, and concerti, it is for his chamber music, particularly for woodwind ensemble, that he is ...
Danzig trilogy: (from the article "German literature") ...the same time, Gunter Grass, perhaps the most important writer of the period and later, in 1999, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, began to publish what eventually became known as his Danzig trilogy, consisting of
Danzig, Sarah Palfrey: U.S. tennis champion who combined grace and skill at the net to capture 18 Grand Slam titles, 16 of them collected in doubles and mixed doubles competition (b. Sept. 18, 1912--d. Feb. 27, 1996).
Danziger, Paula: American children's author (b. Aug. 18, 1944, Washington, D.C.-d. July 8, 2004, New York, N.Y.), wrote more than 30 books, notably the popular Amber Brown series, that presented serious issues with humour and honesty. Danziger was also well known for ...
dao: in Chinese philosophy, a fundamental concept signifying "the proper way," or "heaven's way." In the Confucian tradition, dao signifies a morally proper path of human conduct and is thus limited to behaviour. In the rival school of Daoism (the name ... [11 Related Articles]
Dao Tan: (from the article "Southeast Asian arts") ...of Emperor Tu Duc, and it is probable that the present form of hat boi dates from this period. At Tu Duc's court in Hue, the playwright and scholar Dao Tan gathered 300 actors and with them ...
Daodejing: classic of Chinese philosophical literature. The name was first used during the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); it had previously been called Laozi in the belief that it was written by Laozi, identified by the historian Sima Qian as a ... [10 Related Articles]
Daoguang: reign name (nianhao) of the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty of China, during whose reign (1820-50) attempts to prevent governmental decline met with little success. [3 Related Articles]
Daoism: indigenous religio-philosophical tradition that has shaped Chinese life for more than 2,000 years. In the broadest sense, a Daoist attitude toward life can be seen in the accepting and yielding, the joyful and carefree sides of the Chinese character, an ... [52 Related Articles]
Daonella: genus of extinct pelecypods (clams) useful as a guide, or index, fossil in Triassic rocks. The shell is characterized by a wide dorsal region and by fine, radiating, riblike lineations. The shell is circular in outline and may show fine ...
daoshi: (from the article "China") ...decapitated. With the elimination of its highest leadership, the movement had fallen apart into many small religious communities, each led by a local Daoist master (daoshi), assisted by a council of wealthy Daoist laity. Under such circumstances, ...
daotai: (from the article "China") ...as the population expanded, and as administration became increasingly complex, coordinators proliferated even at sub-provincial levels in the form of circuit intendants (daotai), who were delegated from provincial agencies as functionally specialized intermediaries with prefectural administrations.
Dapenkeng culture: (from the article "China") ...shale plow for cultivating the wet soils of the region. Fragments of woven silk from about 3000 BC have been found at Qianshanyang (northern Zhejiang). Along the southeast coast and on Taiwan, the Dapenkeng corded-ware culture emerged during the 4th ...
Dapha Bum: (from the article "Purvachal") ...is unstable; it is crisscrossed by several faults. Its north-south-aligned hill ranges are defined by narrow parallel valleys tending toward the west. The highest peak in the region is Mount Dapha (in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh), with an elevation ...
Daphnae: ancient fortress town (Fortress of Penhase), situated near Qantarah in northeastern Egypt. Excavations by Sir Flinders Petrie in 1886 uncovered a massive fort and enclosure surrounded by a wall 40 feet (12 metres) thick, built by Psamtik I in the ... [2 Related Articles]
Daphne: in Greek mythology, the personification of the laurel (Greek daphne), a tree whose leaves, formed into garlands, were particularly associated with Apollo (q.v.). Traditionally, the special position of the laurel was connected with Apollo's love for Daphne, the beautiful daughter ... [3 Related Articles]
Daphne: genus of about 50 species of flowering shrubs of the mezereum family (Thymelaeaceae) native to Eurasia but widely cultivated for their form and flower clusters. The most popular species include low-growing evergreen types that are often grown in borders and ... [1 Related Articles]
Daphne: (from the article "Antiochus IV Epiphanes") ...state for about a century. The fighting spirit of the Jews was all the more impressive because at the beginning of their rebellion in 166 Antiochus had just demonstrated his might to the world at Daphne, near Antioch, with a ...
Daphnephoria: in Greek religion, festival held every ninth year at Thebes in Boeotia in honour of Apollo Ismenius (after the Theban river called Ismenus) or Apollo Chalazius (god of hail). It consisted of a procession in which the chief figure was ...
Daphnephoros: (from the article "Daphnephoria") ...In front of the boy walked one of his nearest relatives, carrying an olive branch hung with laurel (daphne) flowers and bronze balls and twined round with ribbons. Then followed the Daphnephoros ("Laurel Bearer"), i.e., the young priest of Apollo ...
Daphnia: (from the article "Daphnia") well-known water flea (q.v.) genus.water fleaWater flea (Daphnia).Fritz Geller-Grimm
Daphnia magna: (from the article "crustacean") The water flea (Daphnia magna) and the brine shrimp (Artemia salina) are used as fish food in aquariums and fish ponds, and the larvae of the latter are widely used as food for the larvae of larger crustaceans reared in ...
Daphnia middendorffiana: (from the article "branchiopod") ...conditions. Many anomopods survive the winter as fertilized eggs; species that dwell in temporary pools lay such eggs to survive periods of drought. Certain Arctic or alpine anomopods, such as Daphnia middendorffiana, produce resistant eggs that do not require fertilization. ...
Daphnis: legendary hero of the shepherds of Sicily and the reputed inventor of bucolic poetry. According to tradition, Daphnis was the son of Hermes and a Sicilian nymph and was found by shepherds in a grove of laurels (Greek daphne). He ...