Marilyn Horne is an American mezzo-soprano noted for the seamless quality and exceptional range and flexibility of her voice, especially in coloratura roles by Gioacchino Rossini and George Frideric Handel. She was also instrumental in reviving interest in their lesser-known operas. Horne studied

James Corden: He and Matthew Horne, who had portrayed Gavin, then wrote and starred in the limited-run sketch comedy Horne & Corden (2009). His noteworthy guest appearance in a 2010 episode of Doctor Who spurred the show’s producers to revive his character the following season. Corden later appeared in…

Sir William Cornelius Van Horne was an American-born Canadian railway official who directed the construction of Canada’s first transcontinental railroad. Van Horne worked as a telegraph operator on the Illinois Central Railroad. By 1880 he was general superintendent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and

chub: …creek and hornyhead chubs (Semotilus atromaculatus and Nocomis, sometimes Hybopsis, biguttata). The creek chub is found in quiet streams in eastern and central North America. Bluish above and silvery below, with a dark spot at the base of the dorsal fin, it grows to about 30 cm (1 foot).…

Leptodactylidae: Horned frogs (Ceratophrys) are frog-eating South American forms that typically have a projecting flap, or “horn,” of skin above each eye. They have wide heads and mouths and range in length from about 2.5 cm (1 inch) in the small species to more than 15…

Wicca: Beliefs and practices: …a mother goddess and a horned god, claiming both to be deities created by an unknowable deistic divinity. Many subsequent Wiccan groups have had different theologies—for instance, promoting goddess monotheism, pantheism, or polytheistic perspectives embracing deities from many world mythologies. There is also divergence among Wiccans as to whether the…

Trois Frères: …and engraved, known as the Horned God, or the Sorcerer. It depicts a human with the features of several different animals, and it dominates the mass of animal figures from a height of 13 feet (4 meters) above the cave floor. Its significance is unknown, but it is usually interpreted…

lark: …horned, or shore, lark (Eremophila alpestris) is native to the New World. The bill is quite variable: it may be small and narrowly conical or long and downward-curving; and the hind claw is long and sometimes straight. Plumage is plain or streaked (sexes usually alike) in a colour closely…

hornwort, (division Anthocerotophyta), any of about 300 species of small nonvascular plants. Hornworts usually grow on damp soils or on rocks in tropical and warm temperate regions. The largest genus, Anthoceros, has a worldwide distribution. Dendroceros and Megaceros are mainly tropical genera.

horned toad, (genus Phrynosoma), any of about 14 species of lizards belonging to the family Iguanidae that are usually characterized by daggerlike head spines, or horns; a flattened oval body, pointed fringe scales along the sides of the body, and a short tail are typical features. The lizards

buffalo bur, (Solanum rostratum), plant of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), native to high plains east of the Rocky Mountains from North Dakota to Mexico. Buffalo bur, named for its prickly berries that were commonly entangled in the fur of American bison (Bison bison), is an aggressive weed in

horned owl, (genus Bubo), any of 17 species of owls with hornlike tufts of feathers on the head. The name refers especially to the great horned owl (B. virginianus) of the Americas. The great horned owl ranges from Arctic tree limits to eastern South America but is absent from the Amazon

bess beetle, (family Passalidae), any of approximately 500 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) mostly found in the tropics, with a few species found in North America. They are characterized by their large size, ranging between 30 and 40 mm (1.2 and 1.6 inches) in length. Because of their

pheasant: The male tragopans, or horned pheasants (Tragopan species), of Asia also, are among the world’s most colourful birds. They show a bright apron of flesh under the bill during courtship, and short fleshy horns. The white-spotted plumage may be mainly red, yellow, or gray.

horned poppy, (genus Glaucium), genus of approximately 25 species of plants of the poppy family (Papaveraceae), native to Eurasia and northern Africa. Horned poppies are often salt-tolerant and have been used to anchor beach sand. Some species are grown as ornamentals in beach gardens. Horned

bullhead, any of several North American freshwater catfishes of the genus Ameiurus (Ictalurus of some authorities) and the family Ictaluridae. Bullheads are related to the channel catfish (I. punctatus) and other large North American species but have squared, rather than forked, tails and are

puffin: The horned puffin (F. corniculata) is a Pacific relative of the Atlantic species. Of more southerly Pacific distribution is the tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), which is black with red legs and bill, a white face, and straw-coloured plumes curving backward from behind the eyes.

screamer: The horned screamer (Anhima cornuta), of northern South America, has a slender, forward-curving, calcified spike on its forehead. The crested screamer, or chaja (a name that comes from its cry; Chauna torquata), of open country in east-central South America, and the black-necked screamer (C. chavaria), of…

bullhead shark, (genus Heterodontus), any shark of the genus Heterodontus, known for its broad head, small mouth, and short snout. The genus contains about 11 species and constitutes the family Heterodontidae (order Heterodontiformes). This exclusively marine group is found only in the tropical

horned toad, (genus Phrynosoma), any of about 14 species of lizards belonging to the family Iguanidae that are usually characterized by daggerlike head spines, or horns; a flattened oval body, pointed fringe scales along the sides of the body, and a short tail are typical features. The lizards

Cerastes: There are two species, the horned viper (C. cerastes), which usually has a spinelike scale above each eye, and the common, or Sahara, sand viper (C. vipera), which lacks these scales. Both species are small (seldom more than 60 cm [about 2 feet] long), stocky, and broad-headed and are found…

Friederich Konrad Hornemann was the first modern European to make the dangerous crossing of the northeastern Sahara. His journal, later published, contained a substantial amount of information on the then-unknown terrain and inhabitants of the central Sudan. In London (1796) he offered to serve as

William George Horner: …whose name is attached to Horner’s method, a means of continuous approximation to determine the solutions of algebraic equations of any degree.

human eye: The muscles of the lids: …have been given separate names—namely, Horner’s muscle and the muscle of Riolan; they come into close relation with the lacrimal apparatus and assist in drainage of the tears. The muscle of Riolan, lying close to the lid margins, contributes to keeping the lids in close apposition. The orbital portion of…

ptosis: In a disorder called Horner syndrome, a slight ptosis occurs in association with a smaller pupil and decreased sweat production on the affected side.

Pali Text Society: In 1959 I.B. Horner was elected president of the PTS. Horner had worked and produced editions for the PTS since 1942, and the era in which she was president was especially productive and prosperous. Under her leadership the society produced revised editions of older PTS editions that…

dinosaur: Reproduction: In 1978 John R. Horner and his field crews from Princeton University discovered dinosaur nests in western Montana. A few other finds, mostly of eggshell fragments from a number of sites, established oviparity as the only known mode of reproduction. In recent years an increasing number of…

William George Horner was a mathematician whose name is attached to Horner’s method, a means of continuous approximation to determine the solutions of algebraic equations of any degree. Horner became assistant master of Kingswood School, Bristol, in 1802, and headmaster four years later. He founded

ovenbird, any of over 200 species of small birds, named for building a domed nest with a side entrance, especially Seiurus aurocapillus, a wood warbler (family Parulidae, order Passeriformes) of North America east of the Rockies; it winters south to Colombia. Brownish olive above, with a streaked

military aircraft: Multimission: …capability; and the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, a single-seat carrier-based aircraft designed for ground attack but also possessing excellent air-to-air capability.

Alameda: The aircraft carrier USS Hornet, which first saw action in World War II and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991, is maintained as a floating museum at Alameda Point. Inc. town, 1854; city, 1884. Pop. (2000) 72,259; (2010) 73,812.

hornet, (genus Vespa), genus of about 20 species of the wasps (order Hymenoptera), most of which are native to Eurasia. Hornets are large social insects that tend to be black or brown with yellow or yellowish markings. Due to their size, hornets have a reputation for being more dangerous than other

Karen Horney was a German-born American psychoanalyst who, departing from some of the basic principles of Sigmund Freud, suggested an environmental and social basis for the personality and its disorders. (Read Sigmund Freud’s 1926 Britannica essay on psychoanalysis.) Karen Danielsen studied

metamorphic rock: Hornfels: The hornfels are formed by contact metamorphism and typically show little sign of the action of directed pressure. They are fine-grained rocks in which crystals display little orientation.

hornfels facies, a major division of metamorphic rocks (rocks that form by contact metamorphism in the inner parts of the contact zone around igneous intrusions). All of the rocks called hornfels—a hard, fine-grained, flinty rock—are created when heat and fluids from the igneous intrusion alter the

Annie Horniman was an English theatre manager who pioneered the British repertory movement, influencing 20th-century drama, acting, and production. The heiress of a wealthy tea merchant, Horniman studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (1882–86), but after visiting Germany, where she was impressed

Annie Horniman was an English theatre manager who pioneered the British repertory movement, influencing 20th-century drama, acting, and production. The heiress of a wealthy tea merchant, Horniman studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (1882–86), but after visiting Germany, where she was impressed

Hornindals Lake, lake, Sogn og Fjordane fylke (county), western Norway. Occupying the trough of a glacial valley, the long and narrow lake has a length of about 16 miles (25 km) and a maximum width of 3 miles (5 km). In the west it tapers to a sharp point and drains westward into Nord Fjord, which

Cape Horn, steep rocky headland on Hornos Island, Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, southern Chile. Located off the southern tip of mainland South America, it was named Hoorn for the birthplace of the Dutch navigator Willem Corneliszoon Schouten, who rounded it in 1616. False Cape Horn (Falso Cabo de

hornpipe: Hornpipe refers also to several dances that Renaissance courtiers believed were once performed to the rustic instrument. At times it meant a jig, a reel, or a country dance. As an Irish, Scottish, or English solo dance, the hornpipe is in 44 time and is…

hornpipe, name of a wind instrument and of several dances supposedly performed to it. The instrument is a single-reed pipe with a cowhorn bell (sometimes two parallel pipes with a common bell) and is often converted into a bagpipe. Known since antiquity, it is today played in Basque Spain (where it

Grateful Dead: …Lesh, Kreutzmann, and Hart enlisted Bruce Hornsby, who had originally filled in on keyboards after Brent Mydland’s death in 1990, to form the Other Ones. The band took its name from “That’s It for the Other One,” a 1968 Grateful Dead song dedicated to the bus that was used by…

Rogers Hornsby was an American professional baseball player, generally considered the game’s greatest right-handed hitter. His major league career batting average of .358 is second only to Ty Cobb’s .366. Hornsby made his major league debut with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1915 at age 19. After

Zingiberales: Inflorescences: In the genus Hornstedtia (family Zingiberaceae), the inflorescences are wholly just above ground level, with firm empty outer bracts forming a spindle-shaped structure out of the top of which the flowers emerge, one or two at a time. In one Malaysian species of Hornstedtia, however, the whole rhizome…

horntail, (family Siricidae), any of about 85 species of solitary (nonsocial), primitive wasps (order Hymenoptera), classified in five different genera, that are moderately large, some reaching 3.75 cm (about 1.5 inches) in length. The cylindrical body is usually brown, blue, or black, often with

A.J. Raffles: …series of short stories by E.W. Hornung that appeared in the Strand and other popular British magazines beginning in the late 1880s.

A.J. Raffles: …series of short stories by E.W. Hornung that appeared in the Strand and other popular British magazines beginning in the late 1880s.

Paul Hornung was a glamorous star of the Green Bay Packers’ championship teams of the 1960s whose versatile on-field performance and off-field reputation as a fun-loving, hard-drinking carouser and playboy mark him as a symbol of an increasingly distant era of American sports and cultural life.

Paul Hornung was a glamorous star of the Green Bay Packers’ championship teams of the 1960s whose versatile on-field performance and off-field reputation as a fun-loving, hard-drinking carouser and playboy mark him as a symbol of an increasingly distant era of American sports and cultural life.

hawk moth: …horn, hence the common name hornworm. Two economically destructive North American species, the tobacco, or southern, hornworm (Manduca sexta) and the tomato, or northern, hornworm (M. quinquemaculata), attack tomato, tobacco, and potato crops. These leaf-feeding pests are green and can be 10 cm (4 inches) long. Control includes the use…

hornwort, (division Anthocerotophyta), any of about 300 species of small nonvascular plants. Hornworts usually grow on damp soils or on rocks in tropical and warm temperate regions. The largest genus, Anthoceros, has a worldwide distribution. Dendroceros and Megaceros are mainly tropical genera.

Ceratophyllales: …with one cosmopolitan genus (Ceratophyllum) containing 10 species.

Ceratophyllales, hornwort order of flowering plants, consisting of a single family (Ceratophyllaceae) with one cosmopolitan genus (Ceratophyllum) containing 10 species. Species of Ceratophyllum, called hornworts for their spiny fruits, are submerged aquatic plants that are mostly free-floating and

cnidarian: Annotated classification: Order Gorgonacea Sea fans and sea whips. Colonies commonly arborescent with axial skeleton of gorgonin and/or calcareous spicules. Polyps rarely dimorphic. Tropical and subtropical. Order Alcyonacea Soft corals. Small to massive colonial forms. Lower parts of polyps fused into a fleshy mass; oral ends protrude. Internal…

epidermis: …the dermis, and the external stratum corneum, or horny layer, which is composed of dead, keratin-filled cells that have migrated outward from the basal layer. The melanocytes, responsible for skin colour, are found in the basal cells. The epidermis has no blood supply and depends on diffusion from the dermal…

acarid: Annotated classification: Suborder Oribatida (oribatid or beetle mites) Usually strongly sclerotized and slow moving, 0.2–1.5 mm in size; eyes and stigmata absent; pseudostigmata generally present, palps without claws, 3–5 segments; chelicerae usually chelate; rutella present; tarsi with 1–3 claws; ventrally with various shields; majority terrestrial in forest humus and soil, a…

scale: Horny scutes, or corneoscutes, derived from the upper, or epidermal, skin layer, appear in reptiles and on the legs of birds. In crocodilians and some lizards, bony dermal scales (osteoderms) underlie the external scales. Bird feathers are developmentally modified epidermal scales. Modified epidermal tissue, mostly…

horny sponge, any sponge of the orders Dictyoceratida and Dendroceratida (class Demospongiae). It has a skeleton consisting exclusively of fibrous organic components. Most other sponges, by contrast, have siliceous or calcareous elements as well as organic materials in their skeletal tissue.

chub: The hornyhead chub is blue-backed with greenish sides and a light belly. It lives in clear streams and is about 15–24 cm (6–9 inches) long. Some chubs will take a fisherman’s artificial fly. Other cyprinid chubs include the western North American fishes of the genera Gila…

horo, communal dance of Bulgaria. Performed for enjoyment at festive gatherings, it has many varieties, the moods of which range from solemn to exuberant. Horos are danced in linked circles, in serpentine chains, and in straight lines. Women’s steps are often simple and subdued, men’s steps

Poland: The rule of Jagiełło: At the Union of Horodło in 1413, Polish nobles offered their coats of arms to a number of Lithuanians as a gesture of solidarity.

ancient Greek civilization: Solon of ancient Greek civilization: …up the boundary markers, or horoi, which indicated some sort of obligation. The act of pulling up the horoi was a sign that he had “freed the black earth.” The men whose land was designated by those horoi were called “sixth-parters” (hektēmoroi) because they had to hand over one-sixth of…

Quintus Mucius Scaevola: …wrote a small handbook called Horoi (“Definitions”), consisting of short rules of law and explanations of legal terms; it was to be the oldest work excerpted in the Byzantine emperor Justinian I’s Digest. He was killed in the massacres directed by Lucius Cornelius Sulla in his struggle against Gaius Marius…

pottery: Porcelain: …1720 a painter from Vienna, Johann Gregor Höroldt, was appointed chief painter (Obermaler) to the factory; he was responsible for introducing a new and much more brilliant palette, as well as some ground colours (Fond-Porzellan). The earliest ground colour to be noted is a coffee brown termed Kapuzinerbraun, which was…

Eastern Orthodoxy: The liturgical cycles: …daily cycle is called the Hōrologion (“The Book of Hours”). The Paschal (Easter) cycle is centred on the Feast of Feasts—i.e., the feast of Christ’s Resurrection. It includes the period of Great Fast (Lent), preceded by three Sundays of preparation and the period of 50 days following Easter. The hymns…

Tower of the Winds, building in Athens erected about 100–50 bc by Andronicus of Cyrrhus for measuring time. Still standing, it is an octagonal marble structure 42 feet (12.8 m) high and 26 feet (7.9 m) in diameter. Each of the building’s eight sides faces a point of the compass and is decorated

Horologium, constellation in the southern sky at about 3 hours right ascension and 50° south in declination. Its brightest star is Alpha Horologii, with a magnitude of 3.9. The French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille formed this constellation in 1754; it represents a pendulum

Tower of the Winds, building in Athens erected about 100–50 bc by Andronicus of Cyrrhus for measuring time. Still standing, it is an octagonal marble structure 42 feet (12.8 m) high and 26 feet (7.9 m) in diameter. Each of the building’s eight sides faces a point of the compass and is decorated

Christiaan Huygens: …publication in 1673 of his Horologium Oscillatorium. That brilliant work contained a theory on the mathematics of curvatures, as well as complete solutions to such problems of dynamics as the derivation of the formula for the time of oscillation of the simple pendulum, the oscillation of a body about a…

human eye: Binocular vision: …point in space, and the horopter is defined as the outward projection of these pairs. One may represent this approximately by a sphere passing through the fixation point, or, if one confines attention to the fixation plane, it may be represented by the so-called Vieth-Müller circle. On this basis, the…

horoscope, in astrology, a chart of the heavens, showing the relative positions of the Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the ascendant and midheaven signs of the zodiac at a specific moment in time. A horoscope is used to provide information about the present and to predict events to come. An

Beastie Boys: …1965, New York City), and Adrock (byname of Adam Horovitz; b. October 31, 1966, South Orange, New Jersey).

Jacob Isaac ben Asher Przysucha: …he was a disciple of Jacob Isaac Horowitz of Lublin, who was known as “the Seer.” Przysucha gradually established a new form of Ḥasidism, Pshishkhah Ḥasidism, based on his belief that the wholehearted observance of one’s duty as a Jew was of greater value than the performance of miracles, which…

Anthony Horowitz is a prolific British author and screenwriter known for his popular young adult fiction. Horowitz has also written for an adult audience and has created and written several television shows that were originally telecast in Great Britain but have since been shown in other countries.

Anthony Horowitz is a prolific British author and screenwriter known for his popular young adult fiction. Horowitz has also written for an adult audience and has created and written several television shows that were originally telecast in Great Britain but have since been shown in other countries.

James Salter was an American fiction writer and screenwriter whose work is characterized by a careful, economical use of language and by themes that often involve the passage of time and the losses experienced along the way. Horowitz was raised in New York City and attended Horace Mann School

Vladimir Horowitz was a Russian-born American virtuoso pianist in the Romantic tradition. He was celebrated for his flawless technique and an almost orchestral quality of tone. Horowitz’s performances of works by Franz Liszt, Sergey Rachmaninoff, Frédéric Chopin, Aleksandr Scriabin, Domenico

Winona Ryder is an American actress who played prominent roles in such popular films as Beetlejuice (1988), Heathers (1988), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), and The Age of Innocence (1993). Ryder initially was known for playing offbeat, outsider characters but later gained critical acclaim in leading

Guinea: Media and publishing: A French-language newspaper, Horoya (“Liberty”), formerly controlled by the PDG, is published in Conakry, as are a handful of weekly independent newspapers. A number of informal newsletters are also published in indigenous languages. A television service was begun in 1977. After much pressure from international groups, in 2006…

Anatolian religion: Prehistoric periods: …discoveries at Alaca Hüyük and Horoztepe in northern Anatolia. Here, dating from the latter half of the 3rd millennium bc (c. 2400–2200), were found royal tombs richly furnished with artifacts in bronze and precious metals. Beside the heads of skeletons lay female figurines; one such figure found in a grave…

Western architecture: Town planning: Great warehouses, called horrea, served in wholesale commerce.

Jennifer Aniston: …retriever; and the dark comedies Horrible Bosses (2011) and Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), in which she played against type as a sex-crazed dentist. Aniston also starred in the romantic comedies He’s Just Not That into You (2009), The Bounty Hunter (2010), The Switch (2010), Just Go with It (2011), and…

Jennifer Aniston: …comedies Horrible Bosses (2011) and Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), in which she played against type as a sex-crazed dentist. Aniston also starred in the romantic comedies He’s Just Not That into You (2009), The Bounty Hunter (2010), The Switch (2010), Just Go with It (2011), and Wanderlust (2012). In We’re…

François Rabelais: First novel: …he published his first novel, Les horribles et épouvantables faits et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel, roy des Dipsodes (1532; “The Horrible and Terrifying Deeds and Words of the Renowned Pantagruel, King of the Dipsodes”), under the pseudonym Alcofribas Nasier (an anagram of his name).

Absolutely Fabulous: …rounded out by Bubble (Jane Horrocks), Eddy’s dim-witted personal assistant and sometime nemesis. The show focuses on Eddy and Patsy’s juvenile adventures as they try to keep up with the latest fashions, uphold their 1960s counterculture self-images, take various fads to their extremes, and embark on numerous self-improvement schemes…

Jeremiah Horrocks was a British astronomer and clergyman who applied Johannes Kepler’s laws of planetary motion to the Moon and whose observations of a transit of Venus (1639) are the first recorded. Horrocks studied at the University of Cambridge from 1632 to 1635; he then became a tutor at

textile: Power-driven looms: Advances made by William Horrocks of Scotland between 1803 and 1813 included an improvement in the method of taking up the cloth (i.e., winding the woven fabric onto the cloth beam) and making a more compact machine of iron, requiring little space as compared with wooden handlooms.

horror film, motion picture calculated to cause intense repugnance, fear, or dread. Horror films may incorporate incidents of physical violence and psychological terror; they may be studies of deformed, disturbed, psychotic, or evil characters; stories of terrifying monsters or malevolent animals;

Black horror, horror subgenre that focuses on the experiences of Black Americans. Films in the Black horror genre feature stories involving Black characters and are usually made by Black writers and directors. Although Black horror is mainly a film genre, it also includes works of literature and

Horror of Dracula, British horror film, released in 1958, that was the first in a series of Dracula films produced by Hammer Films studio in England. A box-office hit, it helped establish Hammer as the successor to the American studio Universal as the leading producer of popular horror cinema. In

horror story, a story in which the focus is on creating a feeling of fear. Such tales are of ancient origin and form a substantial part of the body of folk literature. They can feature supernatural elements such as ghosts, witches, or vampires, or they can address more realistic psychological

William Bernard Ullathorne: In 1836 his Horrors of Transportation Briefly Unfolded was published, and in 1838 he gave evidence before the Parliamentary Commission on Transportation, which influenced the abolition of the transportation system.

Jeremiah Horrocks was a British astronomer and clergyman who applied Johannes Kepler’s laws of planetary motion to the Moon and whose observations of a transit of Venus (1639) are the first recorded. Horrocks studied at the University of Cambridge from 1632 to 1635; he then became a tutor at

Horry, county, extreme eastern South Carolina, U.S. It is a low-lying area on the Coastal Plain bordered to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, to the northeast by North Carolina, and to the west by the irregular curve of the Lumber, Little Pee Dee, and Great Pee Dee rivers. The area along the

Houston Rockets: …from guard Sam Cassell, forward Robert Horry, and (for the 1994–95 season) forward Clyde Drexler (yet another former University of Houston star).

hors d’oeuvre, a small portion of savory food that is usually served as an appetizer. Hors d’oeuvres are typically eaten before the main course of a meal or on their own with beverages, such as at a cocktail party. The term comes from the French phrase hors-d’oeuvre, which translates literally to

Audrey Tautou: …comedies Hors de prix (2006; Priceless) and Ensemble, c’est tout (2007; Hunting and Gathering). In 2009 she portrayed Coco Chanel in the biopic Coco avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel). She evinced a widow who is drawn out of mourning by an oafish coworker in La Délicatesse (2011; Delicacy) and played…

Horsa, the main British-built assault glider of World War II. Designed by Airspeed Ltd., the Horsa first flew in September 1941 and went into production shortly thereafter. A high-winged monoplane with a fabric-covered wooden structure and fixed tricycle landing gear, it had a wingspan of 88 feet

Hengist and Horsa: Horsa, (respectively d. c. 488; d. 455?), brothers and legendary leaders of the first Anglo-Saxon settlers in Britain who went there, according to the English historian and theologian Bede, to fight for the British king Vortigern against the Picts between ad 446 and 454. The…

Raymond Duchamp-Villon: …fully achieved in his masterpiece, Horse (1914), which reduces forms to their geometric essentials and integrates space into the mass of the work. This sculpture is also notable for its dynamic depiction of mechanical motion, a central theme of the Futurists. Duchamp-Villon began to apply Cubist principles to architecture, but…