Murchison meteorite, meteorite that fell as a shower of stones (see meteorite shower) in Victoria, Austl., in 1969. More than 100 kg (220 pounds) of the meteorite were collected and distributed to museums all over the world. The Murchison meteorite is classified as a carbonaceous chondrite. It was

Africa: Metallic deposits: …antimony resources lie in the Murchison Range of South Africa. The major concentrations of beryllium are in Madagascar, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Uganda, and South Africa. The principal sources of cadmium are in Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Deposits of mercury are…

Murchison River, ephemeral river in Western Australia, rising north of Meekatharra on Peak Hill in the Robinson Ranges and fed by its tributaries, the Sandford and Roderick. It flows sporadically (chiefly in winter) west, south, and again west to enter the Indian Ocean at Kalbarri, north of

Ira Murchison was an American track star, noted for his exceptional speed from the starting block. In 1951 Murchison was Illinois high-school champion in the 100- and 220-yard dashes. In 1956 he ran the leadoff leg of the 4 × 100-metre relay for the United States at the Olympic Games in Melbourne,

Sir Roderick Impey Murchison was a geologist who first established the geologic sequence of Early Paleozoic strata (the Paleozoic Era began 542 million years ago and ended about 251 million years ago). Murchison joined the Geological Society of London in 1825 and in the following five years

Murcia, city, capital of Murcia provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), southeastern Spain. It lies at the confluence of the Segura and Guadalentín (Sangonera) rivers in a fertile, irrigated area known as the huerta (orchard land). The site was settled before the Roman

Murcia, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historical region of southeastern Spain that is coextensive with the provincia (province) of Murcia. It is bounded by the autonomous communities of Castile–La Mancha to the north, Valencia to the east, and Andalusia to the west; the

Murcia, independent Muslim (Moorish) kingdom centred on the city of Murcia (Arabic: Mursīyah), Spain. It came into being on two occasions: first in the 11th century, following the disintegration of the Spanish Umayyad caliphate; and again in the 12th century, as part of the Spanish Muslim reaction

the New York Dolls: 1991, New Orleans, Louisiana) Billy Murcia (born 1951, New York City—died November 6, 1972, London, England) Sylvain Sylvain (byname of Sylvain Sylvain Mizrahi; born February 14, 1951, Cairo, Egypt—died January 13, 2021, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.)

Glenn Murcutt is an Australian architect who was noted for designing innovative climate-sensitive private houses. He was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2002. Murcutt was born in London while his Australian parents were en route to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. His father found success as a gold

Glenn Murcutt is an Australian architect who was noted for designing innovative climate-sensitive private houses. He was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2002. Murcutt was born in London while his Australian parents were en route to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. His father found success as a gold

murder, in criminal law, the killing of one person by another that is not legally justified or excusable, usually distinguished from the crime of manslaughter by the element of malice aforethought. The term homicide is a general term used to describe the killing of one human being by another. A

Administration of Justice Act, British act (1774) that had the stated purpose of ensuring a fair trial for British officials who were charged with capital offenses while upholding the law or quelling protests in Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was one of several punitive measures, known as the

Peter Falk: …appeared in the murder-mystery spoof Murder by Death (1976). He was the grandfather-narrator in the popular comedy The Princess Bride (1987) and played himself in Wim Wenders’s Der Himmel über Berlin (1987; Wings of Desire). In addition, Falk originated the role of Mel Edison in the Broadway premiere of Neil…

Ryan Gosling: Remember the Titans and The Notebook: … in the 2002 crime thriller Murder by Numbers.

northern giant hornet, (Vespa mandarinia), species of social hornet (order Hymenoptera), the largest known wasp species in the world. Native to subtropical and temperate mountainous regions of Asia, including northern India, the Korean peninsula, and Japan, the northern giant hornet was introduced

Josephine Bell: In 1937 her first novel, Murder in Hospital, was published, featuring David Wintringham, M.D., a fictional doctor-detective. Dozens of other mysteries followed. She also wrote many nondetective novels, short stories, radio plays, and some nonfiction pieces, such as Crime in Our Time (1962), all under her pseudonym.

Van Johnson: …made his film debut in Murder in the Big House (1942); later that year he was put under contract by MGM. During his years with that studio, Johnson starred in several war films, notably A Guy Named Joe (1943), Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944), Command Decision (1948), and Battleground

Murder in the Cathedral, poetic drama in two parts, with a prose sermon interlude, the most successful play by American English poet T.S. Eliot. The play was performed at Canterbury Cathedral in 1935 and published the same year. Set in December 1170, it is a modern miracle play on the martyrdom of

Denys Arcand: …Le Crime d’Ovide Plouffe (Murder in the Family) in 1984 and the television miniseries based on it that followed the next year.

Margaret Truman: …her Capital Crimes series was Murder in the White House (1980). Subsequent titles were set in such locations as the Supreme Court, the Smithsonian Institution, the CIA, the National Gallery of Art, the Pentagon, and Ford’s Theater. Her other nonfiction works include White House Pets (1969) and First Ladies (1995).

James Stewart: …made his film debut in The Murder Man (1935) with Spencer Tracy.

Dawn French: …of the comic drama series Murder Most Horrid, which ran until 1999. In the meantime, she had demonstrated her dramatic acting talents in 1993 in the BBC drama Tender Loving Care. French’s most popular solo venture began in 1994 with the TV series The Vicar of Dibley, in which she…

Jennifer Aniston: Later films and The Morning Show: …Adam Sandler in the comedy Murder Mystery (2019), playing a married couple framed for killing a billionaire; the duo run a detective agency in the 2023 sequel. During this time Aniston occasionally made guest appearances on TV series, but in 2019 she took a starring role in The Morning Show,…

Adam Sandler: …for killing a billionaire; a sequel appeared in 2023. He earned rave reviews for his performance as a charismatic jeweler in the crime dramedy Uncut Gems (2019). In 2020 Sandler starred in Hubie Halloween, about a man trying to save the October holiday. He later was praised for his portrayal…

Shakespeare on Theatre: …comes to Elsinore and performs The Murder of Gonzago before the Danish court. Once arrived at the Danish palace, the players are servants, and their low social status determines their treatment by the king’s councillor, Polonius; but Hamlet greets them warmly: “You are welcome, masters; welcome, all. I am glad…

murder of James Byrd, Jr., killing of James Byrd, Jr., an African American man, on June 7, 1998, in the East Texas town of Jasper. Byrd was dragged to his death after being chained by the ankles to the back of a pickup truck by three white men—John William King, Lawrence Russell Brewer, and Shawn

James Patterson: Patterson’s nonfiction books included The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King (2009; with Martin Dugard), which explores the centuries-old mystery surrounding the death of the Egyptian pharaoh, and The Last Days of John Lennon (2020; written with Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge), about the…

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, novel by British author of detective stories Agatha Christie. Published in 1926, it was her third novel featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. This novel was the first to bring Christie great recognition and is regarded by many critics as her best novel. The Murder

Ralph Richardson: …Monday (1952; also known as Home at Seven). He was knighted in 1947.

Kenneth Branagh: renowned detective Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express, based on Agatha Christie’s 1933 novel. He then directed and starred in All Is True (2018), which centres on Shakespeare’s final years.

Sidney Lumet: The 1970s: Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and Network: …had another box-office hit with Murder on the Orient Express (1974), a clever adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery. The all-star cast included Albert Finney (as Hercule Poirot), Lauren Bacall, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, and Ingrid Bergman, who won an Oscar for best

Television in the United States: Prime time in the new century: Like Murder One (ABC, 1995–97), a legal drama from the 1990s, each season of 24 was like a miniseries, presenting a single story line (with many intertwining threads) that concluded at the end of the season. In the case of 24, however, each 24-episode season represented…

Alfred Hitchcock: First films: Murder! (1930) provided Hitchcock with another opportunity to explore cinematic suspense. Shot simultaneously in a German-language version (Mary, 1931), it stars Herbert Marshall as Sir John Menier, a gentleman knight and famed actor who turns amateur sleuth in order to save from the gallows an…

Murder, Inc., in popular usage, an arm of the American national crime syndicate, founded in the 1930s to threaten, maim, or murder designated victims for a price; the organization lacked an official name. Murder, Inc., was headed by Louis “Lepke” Buchalter and later by Albert Anastasia, and its

Stuart Rosenberg: Early work: …made his first feature film, Murder, Inc. (1960), though it was completed by producer Burt Balaban when an actors’ strike interrupted filming for several months. The drama, which starred Stuart Whitman and Peter Falk, was a taut account of a real-life gang of killers for hire that flourished in the…

Murder, My Sweet, American film noir, released in 1944, that was notable as the screen debut of author Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled, world-weary detective Philip Marlowe. It was based on Chandler’s 1940 novel Farewell, My Lovely. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) The

serial murder, the unlawful homicide of at least two people carried out by the same person (or persons) in separate events occurring at different times. Although this definition is widely accepted, the crime is not formally recognized in any legal code, including that of the United States. Serial

Angela Lansbury: …Fletcher in the television series Murder, She Wrote, which ran for 12 seasons, beginning in 1984. Lansbury was made executive producer of the show in 1992, and she continued to appear occasionally as Jessica Fletcher in TV movies for years after the series had officially ended. She later returned to…

Tasman: …west of Separation Point in Golden Bay. His encounter there with the Māori was a tragic one, and Tasman sailed away naming the area Murderers’ Bay. In 1770 Capt. James Cook sailed past Golden Bay beyond Separation Point into Tasman Bay/Te Tai-o-Aorere; the latter appeared landlocked, and Cook named it…

New York Yankees: …Earle Combs—earned the nickname “Murderers’ Row.” The 1927 Yankees, distinguished by Ruth’s 60 home runs (a record that stood for 34 years before being surpassed by that of another Yankee, Roger Maris, in 1961) and Gehrig’s 175 runs batted in, are considered by many baseball enthusiasts to be the…

Dean Martin: films: The Silencers (1966), Murderers’ Row (1966), The Ambushers (1967), and The Wrecking Crew (1968).

Bela Lugosi: Lugosi’s subsequent shockers included Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story; White Zombie (1932); Island of Lost Souls (1932); and Mark of the Vampire (1935). He costarred with Karloff in several films, including The Black Cat (1934),

The Murders in the Rue Morgue, short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in Graham’s magazine in 1841. It is considered one of the first detective stories. The story opens with the discovery of the violent murder of an old woman and her daughter. No grisly detail is spared in the description

Iris Murdoch was a British novelist and philosopher noted for her psychological novels that contain philosophical and comic elements. After an early childhood spent in London, Murdoch went to Badminton School, Bristol, and from 1938 to 1942 studied at Somerville College, Oxford. Between 1942 and

Iris Murdoch was a British novelist and philosopher noted for her psychological novels that contain philosophical and comic elements. After an early childhood spent in London, Murdoch went to Badminton School, Bristol, and from 1938 to 1942 studied at Somerville College, Oxford. Between 1942 and

James Murdoch is a British businessman who held various positions at News Corporation, a global media empire founded by his father, Rupert Murdoch. After News Corporation split into two separate conglomerates in 2013, he served as CEO (2015–19) of 21st Century Fox. James Murdoch was the fourth of

James Edward Murdoch was one of the foremost American actors of the 19th century. After performing with amateur groups in Philadelphia, Murdoch made his successful debut at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, in Lovers’ Vows by August von Kotzebue. Following an unsalaried season with the

James Murdoch is a British businessman who held various positions at News Corporation, a global media empire founded by his father, Rupert Murdoch. After News Corporation split into two separate conglomerates in 2013, he served as CEO (2015–19) of 21st Century Fox. James Murdoch was the fourth of

Iris Murdoch was a British novelist and philosopher noted for her psychological novels that contain philosophical and comic elements. After an early childhood spent in London, Murdoch went to Badminton School, Bristol, and from 1938 to 1942 studied at Somerville College, Oxford. Between 1942 and

Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-born American newspaper publisher and media entrepreneur who founded (1979) the global media holding company the News Corporation Ltd.—often called News Corp. It focused on publishing after a reorganization in which its media and television holdings were spun off

Lachlan Murdoch is a British-American media executive who was set to take sole control of the global media empire built by his father, the Australian-American media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, after the latter announced in September 2023 his imminent retirement. At the time of his father’s announcement,

Lachlan Murdoch is a British-American media executive who was set to take sole control of the global media empire built by his father, the Australian-American media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, after the latter announced in September 2023 his imminent retirement. At the time of his father’s announcement,

Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-born American newspaper publisher and media entrepreneur who founded (1979) the global media holding company the News Corporation Ltd.—often called News Corp. It focused on publishing after a reorganization in which its media and television holdings were spun off

Australian literature: Nationalism and expansion: …diverse writers as Mary Gilmore, Walter Murdoch, and Miles Franklin. The life span of each of them stretched from colonial times into the modern era; in both their lives and their writing, they represented continuity. Each expressed a kind of independence from time: Gilmore by the long reach of her…

Titanic: Final hours: First Officer William Murdoch ordered both the ship “hard-a-starboard”—a maneuver that under the order system then in place would turn the ship to port (left)—and the engines reversed. The Titanic began to turn, but it was too close to avoid a collision. The ship’s starboard side scraped…

George P. Murdock was an American anthropologist who specialized in comparative ethnology, the ethnography of African and Oceanic peoples, and social theory. He is perhaps most notable as the originator, in 1937, of the Cross-Cultural Survey, a project of the Institute of Human Relations of Yale

George P. Murdock was an American anthropologist who specialized in comparative ethnology, the ethnography of African and Oceanic peoples, and social theory. He is perhaps most notable as the originator, in 1937, of the Cross-Cultural Survey, a project of the Institute of Human Relations of Yale

Richard D. Murdock is an American business executive who led some of the world’s foremost biotechnology companies. Murdock received a bachelor’s degree in zoology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1969. Following graduation he held positions in sales and marketing, and from 1989 to

William Murdock was a Scottish inventor, the first to make extensive use of coal gas for illumination and a pioneer in the development of steam power. In 1777 Murdock entered the engineering firm of Matthew Boulton and James Watt in their Soho works at Birmingham and about two years later was sent

Edward Murdstone, fictional character, the cruel stepfather of the title character in Charles Dickens’s novel David Copperfield

Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpinar: Mürebbiye (1895; “Governess”) was a bold attack on the prevalent custom of entrusting children to the care of often domineering governesses. Other well-known novels include Metres (1900; “Mistress”); Iffet (1897; “Chastity”); Mutallaka (1898; “Divorcée”), dealing with the plight of the Muslim woman after the failure…

bacteria: The cell envelope: …of a huge molecule called peptidoglycan (or murein). In gram-positive bacteria the peptidoglycan forms a thick meshlike layer that retains the blue dye of the Gram stain by trapping it in the cell. In contrast, in gram-negative bacteria the peptidoglycan layer is very thin (only one or two molecules deep),…

Servius Sulpicius Rufus: …consulship, but was defeated by Lucius Licinius Murena, whom he subsequently accused of bribery. Murena was successfully defended in the suit by Cicero. Sulpicius became consul in 51. During the Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey’s faction (49–46), he decided after considerable hesitation to support Caesar, who made him…

Gaius Maecenas: Her brother by adoption, Varro Murena, quarreled with Augustus, was disgraced, and plotted his assassination. The conspiracy was detected and Murena executed (23), though Maecenas had earlier revealed the plot’s discovery to Terentia, thus giving his kinsman a chance to escape. Augustus forgave the indiscretion, but from that point…

Mureş, județ (county), north-central Romania, occupying an area of 2,592 square miles (6,714 square km). The eastern Carpathian Mountains, including the Călim and Gurghiu ranges, rise above settlement areas in the valleys. The Mureş River and its tributaries flow southwestward through the district.

Mureş River, river, rising in the Giurgeu Range in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, east-central Romania. It cuts a gorge between the Căliman and Gurghiu ranges, crosses the Transylvanian Basin southwestward, and then cuts across the Western Carpathians between the Poiana Ruscăi and the Bihoru

Mureş River, river, rising in the Giurgeu Range in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, east-central Romania. It cuts a gorge between the Căliman and Gurghiu ranges, crosses the Transylvanian Basin southwestward, and then cuts across the Western Carpathians between the Poiana Ruscăi and the Bihoru

Battle of Muret, (September 12, 1213), military engagement of the Albigensian Crusade. It played a significant role in ending Aragonese interests in territories north of the Pyrenees and in bringing the province of Languedoc under the influence of the French crown. French Crusaders led by Simon de

Marc-Antoine de Muret was a French humanist and classical scholar, celebrated for the elegance of his Latin prose style. From age 18 Muret taught classics at various schools; Michel de Montaigne was among his pupils. During the 1540s his play Julius Caesar, written in Latin, was performed; it is

Marc-Antoine de Muret was a French humanist and classical scholar, celebrated for the elegance of his Latin prose style. From age 18 Muret taught classics at various schools; Michel de Montaigne was among his pupils. During the 1540s his play Julius Caesar, written in Latin, was performed; it is

murex, any of the marine snails constituting the family Muricidae (subclass Prosobranchia of the class Gastropoda). Typically, the elongated or heavy shell is elaborately spined or frilled. The family occurs throughout the world but mainly in the tropics. The many muricids that live in rocky

murex: The dye murex (Murex brandaris) of the Mediterranean was once a source of royal Tyrian purple. Another member of this important genus is the 15-cm (6-inch) Venus comb (M. pecten), a white long-spined species of the Indo-Pacific region. Other members of the Muricidae include modestly ornamented…

Venus comb, marine snail, a species of murex

Mary Noailles Murfree was an American writer in the local-colour movement, most of whose stories present the narrow, stern life of the Tennessee mountaineers who were left behind in the advance of civilization. Mary Murfree studied at Chegaray Institute, a French school in Philadelphia, in 1867–69.

Murfreesboro, city, seat (1811) of Rutherford county, central Tennessee, U.S., lying on the West Fork Stones River about 30 miles (50 km) southeast of Nashville. Settled near the end of the American Revolution and originally named Cannonsburgh, it was established in 1811 on a land tract donated by

Battle of Stones River, (December 31, 1862–January 2, 1863), bloody but indecisive American Civil War clash in Tennessee that was a psychological victory for Union forces. General Braxton Bragg’s 34,700-man Confederate army was confronted on Stones River near Murfreesboro by 41,400 Union troops

Morghāb River, river rising in northwestern Afghanistan in a basin bounded on the north by the Torkestān Mountains and on the south by the Safīd Mountain Range. The river flows generally west and then north, passing through the town of Bālā Morghāb, just beyond which it forms the border between

harlequin cabbage bug, (Murgantia histrionica), a species of insect in the stinkbug family, Pentatomidae (order Heteroptera), that sucks sap and chlorophyll from crops, such as cabbage, causing them to wilt and die. Though of tropical or subtropical origin, this insect now ranges from the Atlantic

Morghāb River, river rising in northwestern Afghanistan in a basin bounded on the north by the Torkestān Mountains and on the south by the Safīd Mountain Range. The river flows generally west and then north, passing through the town of Bālā Morghāb, just beyond which it forms the border between

Henri Murger was a French novelist who was among the first to depict bohemian life. The son of a concierge and a tailor, Murger left school at 13. Later he became secretary to Count Aleksey Tolstoy and was able to improve his education. He began writing poems and became part of the bohemian life in

Henri Murger was a French novelist who was among the first to depict bohemian life. The son of a concierge and a tailor, Murger left school at 13. Later he became secretary to Count Aleksey Tolstoy and was able to improve his education. He began writing poems and became part of the bohemian life in

Rosalía de Castro: …1858 Castro married the historian Manuel Murguía (1833–1923), a champion of the Galician Renaissance. Although she was the author of a number of novels, she is best known for her poetry, contained in Cantares gallegos (1863; “Galician Songs”) and Follas novas (1880; “New Medleys”), both written in her own language,…

Muri, town and traditional emirate, northwestern Taraba state, eastern Nigeria. Originally part of the 17th-century Jukun kingdom called Kororofa, the region now known as Muri emirate was conquered in the 1804 jihad (holy war) conducted by the Fulani people. By 1817 Hamman Ruwa, a brother of the

South Asian arts: Folk dance: The bison-horn dance of the Muria tribe in Madhya Pradesh is performed by both men and women, who traditionally have lived on equal terms. The men wear a horned headdress with a tall tuft of feathers and a fringe of cowry shells dangling over their faces. A drum shaped like…

hydrochloric acid, corrosive colourless acid that is prepared by dissolving gaseous hydrogen chloride in

gastropod: Classification: Superfamily Muricacea Murex shells (Muricidae), rock shells (Purpuridae), and coral shells (Coralliophilidae) are common predators, often boring into shells of their prey; rock shells common in cooler waters, others mostly tropical. Superfamily Buccineacea Scavengers that

murex, any of the marine snails constituting the family Muricidae (subclass Prosobranchia of the class Gastropoda). Typically, the elongated or heavy shell is elaborately spined or frilled. The family occurs throughout the world but mainly in the tropics. The many muricids that live in rocky

Muridae, (family Muridae), largest extant rodent family, indeed the largest of all mammalian families, encompassing more than 1,383 species of the “true” mice and rats. Two-thirds of all rodent species and genera belong to family Muridae. The members of this family are often collectively called

Muridae, (family Muridae), largest extant rodent family, indeed the largest of all mammalian families, encompassing more than 1,383 species of the “true” mice and rats. Two-thirds of all rodent species and genera belong to family Muridae. The members of this family are often collectively called

Senegal: Religion: …(Tijāniyyah), and the Mourides (Murid, Murīdiyyah). Spiritual leaders known as marabouts figure prominently in Muslim brotherhoods and are important in maintaining the social status quo. Touba, Senegal’s most sacred city, is the birthplace of Amadou Bamba M’backe, the founder of the Mourides brotherhood. A small segment of the population follows…

Margaret Murie was an American naturalist, conservationist, and writer who was a central contributor in efforts to establish the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, which earned her the popular title “grandmother of the conservation movement.” When Murie was a young girl, her family moved

Margaret Murie was an American naturalist, conservationist, and writer who was a central contributor in efforts to establish the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, which earned her the popular title “grandmother of the conservation movement.” When Murie was a young girl, her family moved

Margaret Murie: She married Olaus Murie that same year. Olaus was then working for the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey (from 1940 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) in Fairbanks, and Mardy, as she was known to her friends and family, joined him on a 550-mile (885-km), eight-month-long expedition…

Alain Resnais: …Marienbad, of police torture in Muriel (1963). He repeatedly presented human relationships that are characterized by reticence, modesty, immaculate courtesy, and a stimulating respect for others, together with overtones of solitude. Resnais regularly worked with such distinguished French literary figures as Marguerite Duras and Alain Robbe-Grillet, encouraging them to write…

ABBA: Cultural significance and reunion: …of the Desert (1994) and Muriel’s Wedding (1994). The group’s enduring appeal was amply demonstrated by the massive success of ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits (1992). The compilation sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, making it ABBA’s most commercially successful recording. In 2021 ABBA Gold became the first album in…

Joaquín Murrieta was a legendary bandit who became a hero of the Mexican-Americans in California. Facts of his life are few and elusive, and much of what is widely known about him is derived from evolving and enduring myth. A Joaquín Murrieta was recorded as baptized in Sonora, Mexico, in 1830;

Oceanic art and architecture: The Sepik River regions: The Murik people at the mouth of the Sepik River were particularly active in this regard. Tribal styles thus spread widely. In some areas local styles incorporated or were supplanted by imported styles, but in many localities a multitude of distinct styles existed side by side.

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was the most popular Baroque religious painter of 17th-century Spain, noted for his idealized, sometimes precious manner. Among his chief patrons were the religious orders, especially the Franciscans, and the confraternities in Sevilla (Seville) and Andalusia. Among

Doctor Atl was a painter and writer who was one of the pioneers of the Mexican movement for artistic nationalism. Educated in Mexico City, Rome, and Peru, he founded the journal Action d’Art in Paris in 1913 and edited it for three years. The paintings he created during that period generally