lucas

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Definition of lucas in English English dictionary

A male given name

A patronymic surname

Any of several place names

Cranach Lucas the Elder Lucas Müller Lucas Huyghszoon van Leyden Lucas George Lucas Robert E. Jr. Elizabeth Lucas

{i} George Lucas (born 1944), American film director and producer of fantasy and special effect movies including the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" movies; male first name

An English surname

given name, male

United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944)

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Lucas Huyghszoon van Leyden

born 1489/94, Leiden, Neth. died before Aug. 8, 1533, Leiden Netherlandish painter and engraver. He was trained by his father, a painter, but his great talent was as an engraver. Even such youthful prints as Muhammad and the Monk Sergius (1508) show great technical skill. In 1510, under the influence of Albrecht Dürer, he produced two masterpieces of engraving, The Milkmaid and Ecce Homo, the latter much admired by Rembrandt. He is thought to have developed the technique of etching on copper (instead of iron) plates; the softness of copper permitted him to combine etching and line engraving in the same print. He was also among the first to employ aerial perspective in prints. Though his paintings seldom attain the power of his engravings, he was an outstanding Netherlandish painter of his period; The Last Judgment (1526-27) is his most celebrated painting

Lucas the Elder Cranach

orig. Lucas Müller born 1472, Cranach, bishopric of Bamberg died Oct. 16, 1553, Weimar, Saxe-Weimar German painter and printmaker. He took his name from the town of his birth. Little is known about his early life or training. In Vienna ( 1501-04) he painted some notable portraits and landscapes characteristic of the Danube school. From 1505 to 1550 he was court painter in Wittenberg, where he achieved great success and wealth painting portraits, mythological subjects, and altarpieces for Protestant and Catholic churches. He attracted so many young artists to Wittenberg that the town became an art centre. A friend of Martin Luther, Cranach became known as the chief pictorial propagandist of the Protestant cause in Germany. He produced numerous engravings and more than 100 woodcuts, notably for the first German edition of the New Testament (1522). After his death, his style was perpetuated by his son, Lucas the Younger (1515-86)

Lucas van Leyden

born 1489/94, Leiden, Neth. died before Aug. 8, 1533, Leiden Netherlandish painter and engraver. He was trained by his father, a painter, but his great talent was as an engraver. Even such youthful prints as Muhammad and the Monk Sergius (1508) show great technical skill. In 1510, under the influence of Albrecht Dürer, he produced two masterpieces of engraving, The Milkmaid and Ecce Homo, the latter much admired by Rembrandt. He is thought to have developed the technique of etching on copper (instead of iron) plates; the softness of copper permitted him to combine etching and line engraving in the same print. He was also among the first to employ aerial perspective in prints. Though his paintings seldom attain the power of his engravings, he was an outstanding Netherlandish painter of his period; The Last Judgment (1526-27) is his most celebrated painting

lucas lamp

blinker, signal lamp, flasher lamp

George Lucas

{i} (born 1944) American film director and producer of fantasy and special effect movies including the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" movies

George Lucas

and two other films about the character Indiana Jones (1944- ) a US film director, producer, and film writer, who is most famous for making the Star Wars films. He also worked with Steven Spielberg to make Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). born May 14, 1944, Modesto, Calif., U.S. Film director and producer. He studied filmmaking at the University of Southern California. His first feature film, THX 1138 (1971), was followed by the surprise success American Graffiti (1973). He wrote and directed the immensely popular science-fiction movie Star Wars (1977), which made innovative use of computerized special effects. He formed the production company Lucasfilms (1978), its special-effects division Industrial Light and Magic, and produced the Star Wars sequels, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and The Return of the Jedi (1993), as well as Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and its sequels. He returned to directing with the first Star Wars "prequel," The Phantom Menace (1999), which was followed by other films in the series

Robert E. Jr. Lucas

born Sept. 15, 1937, Yakima, Wash., U.S. U.S. economist. He studied at the University of Chicago and began teaching there in 1975. He questioned the influence of John Maynard Keynes in macroeconomics and the efficacy of government intervention in domestic affairs. He criticized the Phillips curve for failing to provide for the dampened expectations of companies and workers in an inflationary economy. His theory of rational expectations, which suggests that individuals may alter the expected results of national fiscal policy by making private economic decisions based on anticipated results, won him the 1995 Nobel Prize. See also econometrics; inflation

Hyphenation

Lu·cas

Turkish pronunciation

lukıs

Pronunciation

/ˈlo͞okəs/ /ˈluːkəs/

Etymology

[ 'lü-k&s ] (biographical name.) From Latin, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukas, “man from Lucania”).