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17 matches to Gabriel
Annunciation. Angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary re Jesus.
Art Deco. 1920-39. Elegant Parisian decorative style. Erte. Lalique. Chanel.
Champ-de-Mars. Garden under the Eiffel Tower. Originally Gabriel’s parade ground for École Militaire.
Chanel, Gabrielle (Coco). 1883-1971. French haut couture, perfume doyenne. Simplicity.
D’Annunzio, Gabriele. 1863-1938. Italian nationalist writer. Siezed Fiume 1919. Revived Roman salute.
École Militaire. 1752. French Royal Military Academy. Gabriel.
Estrées, Gabrielle d’. 1573-99. Mistress of French Henry IV.
Fahrenheit, Gabriel. 1686-1736. German physicist, inventor of temperature scale 1712. Alcohol thermometer 1709. Mercury thermometer 1714.
Gabriel. Archangel. God’s messenger. Made Annunciation to Mary, and revealed Koran to Muhammad.
Gabriel, Jacques-Ange. 1698-1782. French Architect: École Militaire 1752. Champ-de-Mars. Place de la Concorde 1755. Petit Trianon 1762.
Gabrieli, Andrea. c1510-86. Venetian church music composer. First to combine voice and instruments in concerto form.
Gabrieli, Giovanni. c1557-1612. Nephew of A. Wrote sacred symphonies of voice and instrument.
Jibril. Islamic archangel. God’s messenger to Muhammad. = Gabriel.
Marcel, Gabriel. 1889-1973. French Existential philosopher. Experience more important than metaphysics.
Place de la Concorde. 1775. Paris. Designed by Gabriel 1755. Site of guillotine 1793.
Renaissance Music. c16C. Freer, flexible polyphony; steady, predictable rhythm. Palestrina. Gabrieli. English madrigals.
Stokes, G. Gabriel, Baronet. 1819-1903. Irish discoverer of ultraviolet flourescence. Law of Viscosity.