Antenor

Antenor's bronze sculpture of the tyrannicides probably dates from about 510. In 480, when Xerxes I captured Athens,

Hestia

She was worshipped chiefly as goddess of the family hearth; but, as the

Photometry

The earliest observations of the apparent brightness of the stars were made by Greek astronomers. The system used by Hipparchus about

Noverre, Jean-georges

Distinguished French choreographer whose revolutionary treatise, Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets (1760), still valid, brought about major reforms in ballet production, stressing the importance of dramatic motivation, which he called ballet d'action, and decrying overemphasis on technical virtuosity. His first choreographic

Vitale Da Bologna,

The first official record of Vitale was in Bologna, where he painted the Odofredi Chapel in the Church of San Francesco. During this period he is credited with painting the “Last Supper” (1340; Pinacoteca, Bologna)