Sacred Art & Music, TYE-ZUR
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Tye, Christopher
Christopher Tye was a composer, poet, and organist who was an innovator in the style of English cathedral music......
U Thong style
U Thong style, one of the canonical styles for Buddha icons developed in Thailand (Siam) in the southern capital......
Uccello, Paolo
Paolo Uccello was a Florentine painter whose work attempted uniquely to reconcile two distinct artistic styles—the......
Unkei
Unkei was a Japanese sculptor of the Late Heian (1086–1185) and early Kamakura (1192–1333) periods, who established......
Uragami Gyokudō
Uragami Gyokudō was a Japanese painter and musician who excelled in depicting scenes of nature realistically and......
van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck was, after Peter Paul Rubens, the most prominent Flemish Baroque painter of the 17th century.......
Van Loo, Charles-André
Charles-André Van Loo was a Rococo painter especially known for his elegant portraits of European royalty and fashionable......
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer in the first half of the 20th century, and the founder of the nationalist......
Vecchi, Orazio
Orazio Vecchi was an Italian composer best known for his madrigal-comedy L’Amfiparnaso and other entertainment......
Vedic chant
Vedic chant, religious chant of India, the expression of hymns from the Vedas, the ancient scriptures of Hinduism.......
Velázquez, Diego
Diego Velázquez was the most important Spanish painter of the 17th century, a giant of Western art. Velázquez is......
Veronese, Paolo
Paolo Veronese was one of the major painters of the 16th-century Venetian school. His works usually are huge, vastly......
Victoria, Tomás Luis de
Tomás Luis de Victoria was a Spanish composer who ranks with Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso among the greatest......
Vivaldi, Antonio
Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian composer and violinist who left a decisive mark on the form of the concerto and......
Vivarini, Alvise
Alvise Vivarini was a painter in the late Gothic style whose father, Antonio, was the founder of the influential......
Vivarini, Antonio
Antonio Vivarini was a painter who was one of the most important and prolific Venetian artists of the first half......
Vivarini, Bartolomeo
Bartolomeo Vivarini was a painter and member of the influential Vivarini family of Venetian artists. Vivarini was......
Vouet, Simon
Simon Vouet was a painter who introduced an Italianate Baroque style of painting into France. Vouet formed his......
Walther, Johann Gottfried
Johann Gottfried Walther was a German organist and composer who was one of the first musical lexicographers. Walther......
Walton, Sir William
Sir William Walton was an English composer especially known for his orchestral music. His early work made him one......
Watts, Isaac
Isaac Watts was an English Nonconformist minister, regarded as the father of English hymnody. Watts, whose father......
Weber, Max
Max Weber was a Russian-born American painter, printmaker, and sculptor who, through his early abstract works,......
Weelkes, Thomas
Thomas Weelkes was an English organist and composer, one of the most important composers of madrigals. Nothing......
Wert, Giaches de
Giaches de Wert was a Flemish composer best known to his contemporaries for his madrigals. He was highly praised......
Wesley, Charles
Charles Wesley was an English clergyman, poet, and hymn writer who, with his elder brother John, started the Methodist......
Wesley, Samuel
Samuel Wesley was a composer and organist who helped introduce the music of J.S. Bach into England. The son of......
Wesley, Samuel Sebastian
Samuel Sebastian Wesley was a composer and organist, one of the most distinguished English church musicians of......
West, Benjamin
Benjamin West was an American-born painter of historical, religious, and mythological subjects who had a profound......
Weyden, Rogier van der
Rogier van der Weyden was a Northern Renaissance painter who, with the possible exception of Jan van Eyck, was......
Willaert, Adriaan
Adriaan Willaert was a Flemish composer who contributed significantly to the development of the Italian madrigal,......
Williams, William
William Williams was a leader of the Methodist revival in Wales and its chief hymn writer. His parents were Nonconformists,......
Winans, CeCe
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Wither, George
George Wither was an English poet and Puritan pamphleteer, best remembered for a few songs and hymns. Wither entered......
Witz, Konrad
Konrad Witz was a late Gothic Swiss painter who was one of the first European artists to incorporate realistic......
Wolgemut, Michael
Michael Wolgemut was a leading late Gothic painter of Nürnberg in the late 15th century. After an obscure early......
Wood, Sir Henry J.
Sir Henry J. Wood was a conductor, the principal figure in the popularization of orchestral music in England in......
Wu Daoxuan
Wu Daoxuan was a painter of the Chinese Tang dynasty (618–907) who was so praised by later critics that his contributions......
Zelter, Carl Friedrich
Carl Friedrich Zelter was a composer and conductor, and the composition teacher of the young Felix Mendelssohn.......
Zemlinsky, Alexander
Alexander Zemlinsky was an Austrian composer and conductor whose craftsmanship in both areas was and is highly......
Zumsteeg, Johann
Johann Zumsteeg was a German composer and conductor known as a pioneer in the development of the ballad. Zumsteeg......
Zurbarán, Francisco de
Francisco de Zurbarán was a major painter of the Spanish Baroque who is especially noted for religious subjects.......