Charles Griffes was the first native U.S. composer to write Impressionist music. Intending to become a concert pianist, Griffes went to Berlin in 1903 to study piano and composition, but his teacher, Engelbert Humperdinck, turned his main interest toward composition. In 1907 he returned to the

Charles Griffes was the first native U.S. composer to write Impressionist music. Intending to become a concert pianist, Griffes went to Berlin in 1903 to study piano and composition, but his teacher, Engelbert Humperdinck, turned his main interest toward composition. In 1907 he returned to the

Ken Griffey, Jr. is an American professional baseball player who was one of the iconic athletes of the 1990s and ranked among the best power hitters and defensive outfielders of all time. In 1987 Griffey was the first player selected by the Major League Baseball draft and was signed by the American

Ken Griffey, Jr. is an American professional baseball player who was one of the iconic athletes of the 1990s and ranked among the best power hitters and defensive outfielders of all time. In 1987 Griffey was the first player selected by the Major League Baseball draft and was signed by the American

Ken Griffey, Jr.: His father, outfielder Ken Griffey, Sr., was playing for the Cincinnati Reds in that year, and the Griffeys thus became the first father and son ever to play in the major leagues at the same time. Griffey, Sr., arranged to be traded to the Mariners late in the…

Tri-State Tornado of 1925: …it demolished the towns of Griffin, Owensville, and Princeton and devastated about 85 farms in between. Having taken 71 lives in Indiana, the storm dissipated about 4:30 pm approximately 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Petersburg.

griffin, composite mythological creature with a lion’s body (winged or wingless) and a bird’s head, usually that of an eagle. The griffin was a favourite decorative motif in the ancient Middle Eastern and Mediterranean lands. Probably originating in the Levant in the 2nd millennium bce, the griffin

Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on May 25, 1964, ruled (9–0) that a Virginia county, in an attempt to avoid desegregation, could not close its public schools and use public funds to support private segregated schools. The court held that

Archie Griffin is an American football player. Griffin played college football for the Ohio State University, and he is the only two-time winner, in 1974 and 1975, of the Heisman Trophy, which is awarded annually to the most outstanding college football player. Griffin played seven seasons as a

Archie Griffin is an American football player. Griffin played college football for the Ohio State University, and he is the only two-time winner, in 1974 and 1975, of the Heisman Trophy, which is awarded annually to the most outstanding college football player. Griffin played seven seasons as a

Chris Paul: …as he and fellow All-Star Blake Griffin both sustained season-ending injuries (a broken hand and quadriceps tear, respectively) in the team’s fourth playoff game, and Los Angeles was eliminated in its opening postseason series. He missed 14 games in the 2016–17 season with a torn ligament in his left thumb…

Harry James: …joined trumpeters Ziggy Elman and Chris Griffin to form the “powerhouse trio,” one of the most celebrated big band trumpet sections in jazz history. James was the primary soloist in the section and soared to fame with his solo turns on such songs as “Ridin’ High,” “Sing, Sing, Sing,” and…

Donald Redfield Griffin was an American biophysicist and animal behaviourist known for his research in animal navigation, acoustic orientation, and sensory biophysics. He is credited with founding cognitive ethology, a field that studies thought processes in animals. Griffin received a Ph.D. from

Irish literature: Roman Catholic writers: …period was John Banim’s associate Gerald Griffin, who was born just after the union and died a few years before the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s. His novel The Collegians (1829) is one of the best-loved Irish national tales of the early 19th century. Based on a true story,…

Johnny Griffin was an American jazz tenor saxophonist noted for his fluency in the hard-bop idiom. Griffin began playing woodwinds at Du Sable High School in Chicago, and after graduation he toured with Lionel Hampton’s big band (1945–47) and with trumpeter Joe Morris (1947–50). After two years in

John Howard Griffin was a white American author who temporarily altered the pigment of his skin in order to experience firsthand the life of a black man in the South. Griffin described his experience of racism in the best seller Black like Me (1961). The book—which detailed countless incidents of

Johnny Griffin was an American jazz tenor saxophonist noted for his fluency in the hard-bop idiom. Griffin began playing woodwinds at Du Sable High School in Chicago, and after graduation he toured with Lionel Hampton’s big band (1945–47) and with trumpeter Joe Morris (1947–50). After two years in

Kathy Griffin is an American comedian and actress known for her lacerating observations about celebrity culture. Griffin was the youngest of five children born to a stereo store manager and a hospital administrator. Growing up in Chicago’s suburbs, she evidenced an early desire for the spotlight,

Kathy Griffin is an American comedian and actress known for her lacerating observations about celebrity culture. Griffin was the youngest of five children born to a stereo store manager and a hospital administrator. Growing up in Chicago’s suburbs, she evidenced an early desire for the spotlight,

Michael Ovitz: …representing such television talents as Merv Griffin and Bob Barker. In 1975 he joined with four other Morris agents to form Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

Michael Ovitz: …representing such television talents as Merv Griffin and Bob Barker. In 1975 he joined with four other Morris agents to form Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

Michael Griffin is an American aerospace engineer who was the 11th administrator (2005–09) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). As an undergraduate, Griffin attended Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, and received a bachelor’s degree (1971) in physics. He earned

Michael Griffin is an American aerospace engineer who was the 11th administrator (2005–09) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). As an undergraduate, Griffin attended Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, and received a bachelor’s degree (1971) in physics. He earned

Public Enemy: …1966, New York City), and Professor Griff (original name Richard Griffin; b. August 1, 1960, Long Island).

Washington Commanders: …standout play of rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III, the team posted a 10–6 record in 2012, but it lost its opening playoff game. Griffin was injured in that playoff loss, and he hobbled through a disastrous 2013 season that saw the team lose 13 games to post the worst record…

Walter Burley Griffin was an American architect, landscape designer, and city planner whose most ambitious work is the Australian capital, Canberra. After studying at the University of Illinois, Urbana, Griffin worked in Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural studio at Oak Park, Ill., in the first

Josephine Sophia White Griffing was an American reformer and a strong presence in the women’s rights movement in the mid-19th-century. She also campaigned vigorously and effectively for Abolition and later for aid to former slaves. Griffing moved with her husband to Ohio about 1842 and settled in

Griffith, town, south-central New South Wales, southeastern Australia. It lies in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. The areas was surveyed in 1916 and designed by the U.S. architect Walter Burley Griffin. It was proclaimed a town in 1918 and named for Arthur Griffith, then state minister for public

Florence Griffith Joyner was an American sprinter who set world records in the 100 metres (10.49 seconds) and 200 metres (21.34 seconds) that have stood since 1988. Griffith started running at age seven, chasing jackrabbits to increase her speed. In 1980 she entered the University of California,

Florence Griffith Joyner was an American sprinter who set world records in the 100 metres (10.49 seconds) and 200 metres (21.34 seconds) that have stood since 1988. Griffith started running at age seven, chasing jackrabbits to increase her speed. In 1980 she entered the University of California,

Los Angeles: Sports and recreation: …the world’s largest urban park, Griffith Park, covering some 6.5 square miles (17 square km) of rugged mountainous terrain. Exposition Park, Hancock Park, and Elysian Park are among other popular city recreation areas. Of the regional parks, the most important is the sprawling 239-square-mile (619-square-km) Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation…

The Los Angeles Zoo, zoological park founded in 1912 in Los Angeles as the Griffith Park Menagerie. It is a completely outdoor zoo that has holdings of the emperor tamarin, mountain tapir, and California condor. The Los Angeles Zoo was also the first to breed the tarictic hornbill. Comprising a

mechanics of solids: Stress concentrations and fracture: …by the British aeronautical engineer A.A. Griffith in 1921 to describe a crack in a brittle solid. In that work Griffith made his famous proposition that a spontaneous crack growth would occur when the energy released from the elastic field just balanced the work required to separate surfaces in the…

Andy Griffith was an American actor who was perhaps best known for his portrayal of homespun characters, notably the sheriff on the television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (1960–68) and a defense attorney in the dramatic series Matlock (1986–95). While attending the University of North Carolina on

Andy Griffith was an American actor who was perhaps best known for his portrayal of homespun characters, notably the sheriff on the television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (1960–68) and a defense attorney in the dramatic series Matlock (1986–95). While attending the University of North Carolina on

Arthur Griffith was a journalist and Irish nationalist, principal founder of the powerful Sinn Féin (“We Ourselves” or “Ourselves Alone”) movement, and acting president of Dáil Éireann (Irish Assembly) (1919–20) and its president from Jan. 10, 1922, until his death. After working as a typesetter in

D.W. Griffith was a pioneer American motion-picture director credited with developing many of the basic techniques of filmmaking, in such films as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), Broken Blossoms (1919), Way Down East (1920), Orphans of the Storm (1921), and The Struggle (1931).

D.W. Griffith was a pioneer American motion-picture director credited with developing many of the basic techniques of filmmaking, in such films as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), Broken Blossoms (1919), Way Down East (1920), Orphans of the Storm (1921), and The Struggle (1931).

Florence Griffith Joyner was an American sprinter who set world records in the 100 metres (10.49 seconds) and 200 metres (21.34 seconds) that have stood since 1988. Griffith started running at age seven, chasing jackrabbits to increase her speed. In 1980 she entered the University of California,

Emile Griffith was a professional American boxer who won five world boxing championships—three times as a welterweight and twice as a middleweight. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Griffith came to the United States as a teenager and was encouraged to become a boxer by his

Emile Griffith was a professional American boxer who won five world boxing championships—three times as a welterweight and twice as a middleweight. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Griffith came to the United States as a teenager and was encouraged to become a boxer by his

Frederick Griffith was a British bacteriologist whose 1928 experiment with bacterium was the first to reveal the “transforming principle,” which led to the discovery that DNA acts as the carrier of genetic information. Griffith studied medicine at the University of Liverpool and later worked at the

Frederick Griffith was a British bacteriologist whose 1928 experiment with bacterium was the first to reveal the “transforming principle,” which led to the discovery that DNA acts as the carrier of genetic information. Griffith studied medicine at the University of Liverpool and later worked at the

Hugh Emrys Griffith was a British actor who won an Oscar from the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences for his role in Ben Hur (1959) and brought energy and ebullience to such character parts as Professor Welch in Lucky Jim (1957) and Squire Western in Tom Jones (1963). Although as a film

Melanie Griffith is an American actress whose best-known characters were noted for their strength and sex appeal. Her most memorable role was in the movie Working Girl (1988), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for best actress. Griffith is the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren—who

Melanie Griffith is an American actress whose best-known characters were noted for their strength and sex appeal. Her most memorable role was in the movie Working Girl (1988), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for best actress. Griffith is the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren—who

Sir Richard John Griffith, 1st Baronet was an Irish geologist and civil engineer who has sometimes been called the “father of Irish geology.” Griffith spent two years studying to be a civil engineer in London and then went to Cornwall to gain mining experience. He attended chemistry and natural

Wikipedia: Issues and controversies: …of such self-interested editing inspired Virgil Griffith, a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), to create Wikipedia Scanner, or WikiScanner, in 2007. By correlating the IP addresses attached to all Wikipedia edits with their owners, Griffith constructed a database that he made available on the Internet for…

boxing: Australia: Albert Griffiths, who fought under the ring name Young Griffo, captured the world featherweight title in 1890, which made him Australia’s first native-born world champion. The most famous fight to occur on Australian soil was held in Sydney on December 26, 1908, when Jack Johnson…

Ann Griffiths was a Welsh hymnist whose works are characterized by complex scriptural allusions, bold figures of speech, and deep spiritual fervour. They are written in a somewhat uneven metre that is troublesome to performers. Ann Griffiths recited her hymns to her maid, Ruth Evans, who kept them

Clyde Griffiths, the doomed protagonist of the novel An American Tragedy (1925) by Theodore Dreiser. Having escaped a constricted religious life, Griffiths finds himself in the grip of events beyond his

John Willis Griffiths was an American naval architect who created the first extreme clipper ship, the Rainbow, which was designed to engage in the China trade. The Rainbow was launched in 1845 and began a new era in shipbuilding. Griffiths began to write and lecture on shipbuilding in 1836 and soon

Six Feet Under: …his wife, and Brenda (Rachel Griffiths), who struggles with her legacy as the childhood subject of a famous book by her psychologist parents and with a codependent relationship with her brilliant but disturbed brother, Billy (Jeremy Sisto). Likewise, David’s partner, Keith (Mathew St. Patrick), a policeman, and Federico (Freddy…

Salman Rushdie: Honors and personal life: …he married poet and novelist Rachel Eliza Griffiths. It was Rushdie’s fifth marriage.

history of publishing: Great Britain: …devoted mainly to books, and Ralph Griffiths, a Nonconformist bookseller, founded The Monthly Review (1749–1845), which had the novelist and poet Oliver Goldsmith as a contributor. To oppose the latter on behalf of the Tories and the Church of England, The Critical Review (1756–1817) was started by an Edinburgh printer,…

English literature: Drama: Trevor Griffiths, author of dialectical stage plays clamorous with debate, put television drama to the same use (Comedians [1975] had particular impact). Dennis Potter, best known for his teleplay The Singing Detective (1986), deployed a wide battery of the medium’s resources, including extravagant fantasy and…

italic: …Virgil”), created in 1501 by Francesco Griffo, typecutter to the printer Aldus Manutius, in Venice. He designed his type on models of an informal, handwritten letter used in the papal chanceries of the time, and he cut his new face in lowercase letters only. He combined these with a suitable…

griffin, composite mythological creature with a lion’s body (winged or wingless) and a bird’s head, usually that of an eagle. The griffin was a favourite decorative motif in the ancient Middle Eastern and Mediterranean lands. Probably originating in the Levant in the 2nd millennium bce, the griffin

Buffalo: History: …Salle, built his ship the Griffon in 1679. A French trading post under Chabert Joncaire was established in 1758 but was abandoned the following year after it was burned by the British. Seneca Indians under British protection settled the area in 1780. The town was laid out in 1803–04 by…

Stephen Dobyns: His subsequent poetry volumes include Griffon (1976), Heat Death (1980), Black Dog, Red Dog (1984), Cemetery Nights (1987), Velocities: New and Selected Poems, 1966–1992 (1994), Common Carnage (1996), The Porcupine’s Kisses (2002), Winter’s Journey

vulture: Old World vultures: The common griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), or Eurasian griffon, is an Old World vulture of northwestern Africa, the Spanish highlands, southern Russia, and the Balkans. Gray above and reddish brown with white streaking below, it is about one metre (three feet) long. The genus Gyps contains…

Pippin III: Background and kingship: …had a third son, however—Grifo, who had been born to him by a Bavarian woman of high rank, probably his mistress. In 741, when his two brothers were declared mayors of the Franks, Grifo rebelled. He led a number of revolts in subsequent years and was several times imprisoned.…

Stephen Frears: …films Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and The Grifters (1990), for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He subsequently directed the comedies The Snapper (1993) and The Van (1996), both based on novels by Roddy Doyle, and Mary Reilly (1996), a retelling of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

griseofulvin, drug produced by the molds Penicillium griseofulvum and P. janczewski and used in the treatment of ringworm, including athlete’s foot and infections of the scalp and nails. Griseofulvin exerts its antimicrobial activity by binding to microtubules, cellular structures responsible for

gregale, strong and cold wind that blows from the northeast in the western and central Mediterranean region, mainly in winter. Most pronounced on the island of Malta, the gregale sometimes approaches hurricane force and endangers shipping there; in 1555 it is reported to have caused waves that

Agrihan, one of the Mariana Islands and part of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States. It lies in the western Pacific Ocean, 350 miles (560 km) north of Guam, and has an area of 18 square miles (47 square km. An active volcano that last erupted in 1917, it rises to 3,166

Giotto: …encounter with the nucleus of Comet Grigg-Skjellerup. Giotto, no longer returning data, remains in orbit around the Sun.

Griggs v. Duke Power Co., case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision on March 8, 1971, established the legal precedent for so-called “disparate-impact” lawsuits involving instances of racial discrimination. (“Disparate impact” describes a situation in which adverse effects of

In Harm’s Way: Loyal Griggs earned an Academy Award nomination for his cinematography. Although the model work in the battle scenes has long been criticized as clumsy, In Harm’s Way is widely considered one of the best war movies of its era.

African American literature: The novel as social analysis: …in the hands of Harper, Sutton E. Griggs, and Charles W. Chesnutt, the novel became an instrument of social analysis and direct confrontation with the prejudices, stereotypes, and racial mythologies that allowed whites to ignore worsening social conditions for Black Americans in the last decades of the 19th century. Harper’s…

Salem witch trials: Fits and contortions: …behaviour medically, the local doctor, William Griggs, put the blame on the supernatural. At the suggestion of a neighbour, a “witch cake” (made with the urine of the victims) was baked by Tituba to try to ferret out the supernatural perpetrator of the girls’ illness. Although it provided no answers,…

Graubünden, largest and most easterly canton of Switzerland; it has an area of 2,743 square miles (7,105 square km), of which two-thirds is classed as productive (forests covering one-fifth of the total). The entire canton is mountainous, containing peaks and glaciers of the Tödi (11,857 feet

Victor Grignard: …for his development of the Grignard reaction. This work in organomagnesium compounds opened a broad area of organic synthesis.

Grignard reagent, any of numerous organic derivatives of magnesium (Mg) commonly represented by the general formula RMgX (in which R is a hydrocarbon radical: CH3, C2H5, C6H5, etc.; and X is a halogen atom, usually chlorine, bromine, or iodine). They are called Grignard reagents after their

Victor Grignard was a French chemist and corecipient, with Paul Sabatier, of the 1912 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his development of the Grignard reaction. This work in organomagnesium compounds opened a broad area of organic synthesis. In 1898, while a student under Philippe Barbier at Lyon,

Victor Grignard was a French chemist and corecipient, with Paul Sabatier, of the 1912 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his development of the Grignard reaction. This work in organomagnesium compounds opened a broad area of organic synthesis. In 1898, while a student under Philippe Barbier at Lyon,

Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort ; canonized 1947; feast day April 28) was a French priest who promoted the devotion to the Virgin Mary and who founded the religious congregations of the Daughters of Wisdom and the Company of Mary (Montfort Fathers). Ordained priest in 1700 at Paris, Montfort

Germaine Guèvremont was a French-Canadian novelist who skillfully recreated the enclosed world of the Quebec peasant family. Grignon, educated in Quebec and at Loretto Abbey, Toronto, married Hyacinthe Guèvremont, a Sorel, Que., druggist; they had a son and three daughters. She worked on Le

Nicolas de Grigny was a French organist and composer, member of a family of musicians in Reims. Grigny was organist (1693–95) at the abbey church of Saint-Denis in Paris. By 1696 he had returned to Reims and shortly thereafter was appointed organist at the cathedral there, a post he held until his

human intelligence: Psychometric theories: … (author of this article) and Elena Grigorenko, contributors to the edited volume provided competing views of the g factor, with many suggesting that specialized abilities are more important than a general ability, especially because they more readily explain individual variations in intellectual functioning. Second, psychometric theories cannot precisely characterize all…

Apollon Aleksandrovich Grigoryev was a Russian literary critic and poet remembered for his theory of organic criticism. He argued that the aim of art and literature, rather than being to describe society, should instead be to synthesize the ideas and feelings of the artist in an organic and

Greece: The millet system: …Independence in 1821, the patriarch Grigorios V was executed in reprisal, despite the fact that he had vigorously condemned the insurgents, whose efforts to create an independent Greek state he saw as a threat to his power. In the West his execution was seen as an act of mindless barbarity.…

Yuri Grigorovich is a Russian dancer and choreographer who was the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1964 to 1995. Grigorovich graduated from the Leningrad Choreographic School in 1946 and joined the Kirov (now Mariinsky) Ballet, specializing in demi-caractère roles. He is best known,

Yuri Grigorovich is a Russian dancer and choreographer who was the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1964 to 1995. Grigorovich graduated from the Leningrad Choreographic School in 1946 and joined the Kirov (now Mariinsky) Ballet, specializing in demi-caractère roles. He is best known,

False Dmitry: …Boris Godunov succeeded him, the first False Dmitry appeared and challenged Godunov’s right to the throne. The first pretender is considered by many historians to have been Grigory (Yury) Bogdanovich Otrepyev, a member of the gentry who had frequented the house of the Romanovs before becoming the monk Grigory and…

Apollon Aleksandrovich Grigoryev was a Russian literary critic and poet remembered for his theory of organic criticism. He argued that the aim of art and literature, rather than being to describe society, should instead be to synthesize the ideas and feelings of the artist in an organic and

Geoffrey Grigson was an English editor, poet, and literary critic who became known in the 1930s primarily as the founder-editor of the influential periodical New Verse (1933–39) and afterward as the editor and author of many poetry anthologies. Grigson’s later career as polemical journalist, art

Geoffrey Grigson was an English editor, poet, and literary critic who became known in the 1930s primarily as the founder-editor of the influential periodical New Verse (1933–39) and afterward as the editor and author of many poetry anthologies. Grigson’s later career as polemical journalist, art

ashrama: …teacher, (2) the householder (grihastha), requiring marriage, the begetting of children, sustaining one’s family and helping support priests and holy men, and fulfillment of duties toward gods and ancestors, (3) the forest dweller (vanaprastha), beginning after the birth of grandchildren and consisting of withdrawal from concern with material things,…

Grihya-sutra, in Hinduism, any of a number of manuals detailing the domestic (grihya) religious ceremonies performed by both male and female householders over the fire. The Grihya-sutras, together with the Shrauta-sutras (which deal with the grand Vedic sacrifices) and the Dharma-sutras (which deal

Juan de Grijalba was a Spanish explorer, nephew of the conquistador Diego Velázquez; he was one of the first to explore the eastern coast of Mexico. Grijalba accompanied Velázquez in the conquest of Cuba (1511) and founded the city of Trinidad (1514). In 1518, Velázquez, as governor of Cuba, sent

Grijalva River, river in southeastern Mexico. Its headstreams, the largest of which is the Cuilco, rise in the Sierra Madre of Guatemala and the Sierra de Soconusco of Mexico. The Grijalva flows generally northwestward through Chiapas state, where it is known locally as the Río Grande de Chiapa, or

Juan de Grijalba was a Spanish explorer, nephew of the conquistador Diego Velázquez; he was one of the first to explore the eastern coast of Mexico. Grijalba accompanied Velázquez in the conquest of Cuba (1511) and founded the city of Trinidad (1514). In 1518, Velázquez, as governor of Cuba, sent

Grijalva River, river in southeastern Mexico. Its headstreams, the largest of which is the Cuilco, rise in the Sierra Madre of Guatemala and the Sierra de Soconusco of Mexico. The Grijalva flows generally northwestward through Chiapas state, where it is known locally as the Río Grande de Chiapa, or

metalwork: Germany: The first iron grilles were imitations of French work, with C-scrolls filling spaces between vertical bars. Typical examples of door hinges prior to the 14th century were those at Kaisheim, St. Magnus Church, Brunswick, and St. Elizabeth’s Church, Marburg (the latter having a curious cross in the middle).…

Beppe Grillo is an Italian comedian and social critic who cofounded the Five Star Movement, a political party in Italy that espoused a broadly populist, antiestablishment platform. Grillo grew up in working-class surroundings near the port city of Genoa. Having demonstrated an aptitude for musical

Latin jazz: … with the establishment of the Machito and the Afro-Cubans orchestra, under the musical directorship of Cuban-born trumpeter Mario Bauzá. For many jazz critics, Bauzá’s tune “Tanga,” one of the Machito orchestra’s hits dating to the early 1940s, was the first true example of the music that is now known as…

Beppe Grillo is an Italian comedian and social critic who cofounded the Five Star Movement, a political party in Italy that espoused a broadly populist, antiestablishment platform. Grillo grew up in working-class surroundings near the port city of Genoa. Having demonstrated an aptitude for musical

Franz Grillparzer was an Austrian dramatist who wrote tragedies that were belatedly recognized as the greatest works of the Austrian stage. Grillparzer’s father was a lawyer who died in debt in 1809; his markedly neurotic mother committed suicide 10 years later. Grillparzer studied law at the

Latin American art: Trends, c. 1950–c. 1970: …work of the Argentine couple Sarah Grilo and José Antonio Fernández-Muro dealt with clashing geometry, often focusing on circles and X’s. These works have some connection to the dispassionate target paintings of Jasper Johns in New York City—where the couple lived in the 1960s—and they also express the violence of…