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Bellotto
Italian painter of topographical views, known as vedute ("view paintings"). He was the nephew of Canaletto, with whom he studied and from whom he took the name by which he is sometimes known. In 1747 he left Italy to spend the rest of his life working at various European courts, most notably at Dresden for Frederick Augustus II (1747-66) and at Warsaw for Stanislaus II (1767-80). His detailed views of the Polish capital were used as guides to reconstruct the historic sections of the city after their destruction in World War II. His style is distinguishable from his uncle's by its Dutch characteristics (e.g., cast shadows, massed clouds, somber tone and color).
eclogite
Any member of metamorphic rocks whose original composition is similar to that of basalt. Eclogites consist primarily of green pyroxene (omphacite) and red garnet (pyrope), with small amounts of various other minerals such as kyanite and rutile. These minerals in the eclogite are the result of reactions in originally igneous minerals having been subjected to extremely high pressures and moderate to relatively high temperatures.
Eleatics
School of philosophy that flourished in the 5th cent. BC. One of the principal schools of pre-Socratics, it took its name from the Greek colony of Elea (Velia) in S Italy. It is distinguished by its radical monism--i.e., its doctrine of the One, according to which all that exists is a static plenum of Being as such, and nothing exists that stands either in contrast or in contradiction to Being. Thus, all differentiation, motion, and change must be illusory. Its literary sources consist of fragments (most less than 10 lines long) preserved by later classical authors: 19 from Parmenides, four from his pupil Zeno of Elea, and 10 from another pupil, Melissus (fl.5th cent. BC).
election
Formal process by which voters make their political choices on public issues or candidates for public office. The use of elections in the modern era dates to the emergence of representative government in Europe and N. America since the 17th cent. Regular elections serve to hold leaders accountable for their performance and permit an exchange of influence between the governors and the governed. The availability of alternatives is a necessary condition. Votes may be secret or public. See also electoral system, party system, plebiscite, primary election, referendum and initiative.
Loti
French novelist. As a naval officer, Loti visited the Middle East and E. Asia, which later provided the exotic settings of his novels and reminiscences. His first novel, Aziyadé (1879), won him critical and popular success. Other novels include An Iceland Fisherman (1886), Japan: Madam Chrysanthemum (1887), and Disenchanted (1906). Among his recurring motifs are love, death, and despair at the passing of sensuous life. He reveals his compassion in such works as The Book of Pity and of Death ...
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