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The academic tendency of Vignola's mind is epitomized in his Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura of 1562, which remained a standard textbook on the architectural orders for three centuries.
Webster exerted a powerful influence on Ellington during his 1939 42 tenure with the Ellington orchestra, while Young spawned an important new school of saxophone playing (epitomized by Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, and Al Cohn).
December 6 , 1920Concord, California December 5 , 2012Norwalk, Connecticut Dave Brubeck, byname of David Warren Brubeck (born December 6 , 1920 Concord, California, U.S. died December 5 , 2012 Norwalk, Connecticut) popular American jazz pianist who brought elements of classical music into jazz and whose style epitomized that of the "West Coast movement".
British author whose novels and short stories epitomized the brittle gaiety and underlying cynicism and disillusionment of fashionable post-World War I London society.
West Germany produced other great designers, such as Dieter Rams, who, beginning in 1955, was the creative force behind all Braun electric appliances, which epitomized the clean, minimalist look of modern German design.
Schoenberg's far-reaching musical philosophies, which were epitomized in his invention of the technique of serialism, have had a potent impact on the music of the decades following his own writing.
Wise's growing reputation for an insistence upon accuracy and realism was epitomized in the memorable barroom brawl between leading actors Robert Mitchum and Robert Preston in the moody film-noirish western Blood on the Moon (1948).
Pete Sampras of the United States best epitomized this style of play, using devastating serves and ground strokes, along with exceptional agility, to claim a record-setting 14 Grand Slam titles; the record was later surpassed by Roger Federer of Switzerland.
The new improvements were epitomized in the French 75-millimetre field gun; it remained motionless during firing, and it was not necessary to readjust the aim in order to bring sustained fire on a target.
June 9 , 1942 August 6 , 1996aymond ClaRaymond Clark, British fashiOSSIEsigner whose whimsical and romantic creations of the mid-1960s to early '70s epitomized that free-spirited era; his designs, often worn Britishcians and actors, were noted fashionir excellent cut (b. June 9, 1942--designer6, 1996).
The spirit of the Renaissance was epitomized in the words of the Greek philosopher Protagoras: "Man is the measure of all things".
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