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Van Dyck, Anthony. 1599-1641. Flemish portrait painter. Subjects showed dignity, elegance. Charles I 1635.
Van Gogh, Vincent. 1853-90. Dutch expressionist painter. Passionate intensity revealed in colors. Sunflowers. Potato Eaters 1885. Starry Night 1889. Wheat Fields. Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear 1889.
Van Goyen, Jan. 1596-1656. Dutch landcape painter of familiar, commonplace.
Van Loo, Carl. 1705-65. French Rococo portrait painter.
Van Rensselaer, Stephen. 1764-1839. US politician. Key to Erie Canal.
Vanbrugh, John. 1664-1726. English Restoration dramatist, Baroque architect: Castle Howard 1702. Blenheim Palace 1705.
Vancouver, George. 1757-98. English explorer to British Columbia 1791-4.
Vandals. Germans fleeing Huns, invaded Gaul, Spain 409 and Africa 429-534. Sacked Rome 455. Arians, persecuted other Christians. Routed by Byzantines 533.
Vanderbilt. 19C US Railroad magnate family. Founded university.
Vanderlyn, John. 1775-1852. US Neoclassical artist. Ariadne 1812.
Vanuatu. New Hebrides. 1980 Independent.
Varangian Guard. 977-15C. Byzantine infantry recruited from Scandinavia and later England.
Varangians. ‘Rus’. 9-10C. Norse conquerors of Russia, hence name.
Varèse, Edgard. 1883-1965. French composer of dissonant electronic music. Hyperprism 1923.
Vargas, Getúlio. 1883-1954. Dictatorial Brazilian president by revolution 1930-45, 51-. Modernization.
Varna, Battles. 1444 Ottoman Turks defeat Hungarians, expand to Balkans. 1828 Russians defeat Turks.
Varro, Marcus. 116-27BC. Prolific Roman scholar, satirist. 600 books. “Know thyself”.
Vasa. 1523-1818. Swedish dynasty. Ruled Poland 1587-1668. Dominated 17C Baltic.
Vasa. 1628. Swedish warship sank in harbour before maiden voyage.
Vasarely, Victor. 1908-97. Hungarian/French Op art kinetic painter.
Vasari, Giorgio. 1511-74. Italian Mannerist painter, architect, writer. Coined term Renaissance. Painters Lives 1550. Uffizi Palace architect.
Vassal. Feudal holder of a fief in exchange for services.
Vatican. 1146 Palace begun. 1377 Principal Papal residence. 11,000 rooms; world’s largest residence. 1929 Sovereign. Lateran Treaty.
Vatican City. 1929 State established by Lateran Treaty.