This was indeed a courtly compliment, twin-targeted, for Apelles was the most celebrated of ancient Greek painters, excelling all others in grace and realism - fine praise for Holbein and praise too for the King, as Apelles was court painter to Alexander the Great, and thus, if Holbein ...
The original territory of Clermont County included that of the present boundaries and also a major part of the present Brown County. According to historical accounts, the Court of General Quarter Sessions made Williamsburg, which was near the geographical center of the county, the county seat in ...
“While the NCAA’s vendor has apologized for the error, we will investigate how this happened in the first place. The NCAA is working now to ensure the accuracy of all court markings for future games,” Holzman said. “We are not aware of any other issues at any of the prior sites f...
Cloud. If my talents to delineate equal my zeal to inquire and my industry to examine; if I am as able a painter as I have been an indefatigable observer, you will be satisfied, and with your approbation at once sanction and reward my labours. With most Princes, the supple courtier and...
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in whose service he has since remained as painter to his chamber and he has daily a friendly, Apelles-like association with this great Alexander, and is esteemed and valued by him.' (2) During his time in Prague, from his marriage in 1595 to Regina di Lasso (the composer Orlando di ...
He became the recognized court painter ofPhilip IIof Macedonia and his sonAlexander IIIthe Great. His picture of Alexander holding a thunderbolt ranked among his outstanding works. Other notable works of Apelles include portraits and a great allegorical picture representing Calumny and apaintingreprese...
(Smithv.Allwright[1944]), state judicial enforcement of racial “restrictive covenants” in housing (Shelleyv.Kraemer[1948]), and “separate but equal” facilities for African American professionals and graduate students in state universities (Sweattv.PainterandMcLaurinv.Oklahoma State Regents[both ...