LASSO. 795 LAS VEGAS. 'Sotice biographifjue nur Roland dc Lattre, connu suus le noin d'Oiiaiidu dv Lussus ( Valeneieimes, 1830). LASSON, l;l'.sun, Adolf (1832—). A German Illetaplly:^i^•i:nl, hum at Alt.slielitz, ilecklfiiburg. He studied in lieilin, where lie was made privat- doceiit lor pliilo- ipliy at the University, and chairman of the Pliilosopliical Society. The more important of his writings include: Baco von ^'el■ulams irisscnsichdftliclie Principieii (1800); Joliann (joitlich Fichtc iin ^'^■rlluItni.1 zu Khche v.iid Htaat (18(J3) ; Meister Eckharl der ilystiker (1SG8) ; Dus Kiilliirideat und dcr Krieg (1808) ; Princip und Zukunff des Volkerr^chis (1871); (liordnno liruno (18T2): .S';/.s7(«i der Kechtsphi- losophie (1882); Uas Veduchtnis (1804); Der Leib (1898). LASSUS, h'l'sn', Jeax Baptiste Antoine (1807-57). A French architect, born in Paris. He enteri'd the Kcole des Beaux-Arts in 1828, and was a pupil of Lebas and Labronste. In 1840 he and Viollet-le-Duc were associated with Cuban in the restoration of the Sainte Chapellc. which ■was not entirely completed until 18.30. In 1842 Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc were intrusted with the restoration of Notre Uame. This work was interrupted by the restoration of !Saint-Germain I'Auxerrois and of the cathedrals of Chartres and Le JIans. and the building of the parish church at Belleville. He prepared the Album de Villiird de Ilonnecourt for publication (1858), and wrote an elaborate Monogrnphic de In cathe- dirilc dr Clutrlrcx ( 1S43) in collaboration with Didron and Auiaury Duval. Lassus stands at the head of the nineteenth-century Gothic revival in France. LASSUS, Orlaxdus. A Dutch composer. See Lasso. Orlando di. LAST DAYS OF POMPEII, The. A novel by Hulwer (1834). The story is laid immediate- ly before and during the destruction of Pompeii, A.D. 79. LAST JUDGMENT, The. The subject of many media-val paintings. (1) A vast composi- tion in fresco by Michelangelo on the walls of the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, completed in 1541. (2) A painting on the wall of the Campo- Santo of Pisa, formerly attributed to Orcagna. but now ascribed to the Sienese painters Pietro and Ambrogio Lorcnzetti. (3) painting by Rubens in the Munich Pinakolhek. (4) A noted work of Roger van der Weyden in the hos- pital of Beaune, France, made for Chancellor Rollin, whose portrait appears in the painting. (5) Paintings l>y Fra Angelico in the old Mu- seum, BerliB, and the Academy at Florence. (6) A large fresco by Peter von Cornelius on the wall of the Ludwigskirche, Munich. LAST MAN. A title used of Charles I. of England by the Parliamentary Party, intended to signify that he was the last King that Eng- land should have. Charles II. was called the Son of the Last ^lan. LASTMAN, lAst'mAn. Pieter (1583-1633). A Dutch painter and engraver; born according to some authorities at Amsterdam, and according to others at Haarlem. He studied under Gerrit Pieterszen. and about IfiOI went to Pome, where he was influenced by Elsheimer. In 1G22 he became the master of Kembrandt. at Amsterdam. His subjects .are mythical or religious. Vol. XL— 61. LAST OF THE BARONS, TiiE. A novel by iiulwer (1843). The liero is Richard Neville, lOarl of a)ick, and the scene is the War of the Roses in the fifteenth century. LAST OF THE MOHICANS, The. A novel by .Janice 1 eiiiniure Cnciprr (1820). One of the Leatherslocking tales. LAST OF THE ROMANS. A name used of Brutus, Cassius, Aetius, and Cola di Rienzi. In modern times the title has been applied also to Congreve, Horace Walpnlc, and others. LAST OF THE TRIBUNES. A title used of Cola di Rienzi (q.v.). His brief term of ollice is the sul)ject of Bulwer's novel Rienzi, the Last of the 'rrihiiues. LAST OF THE TROUBADOURS. A title given to the (;a>con pot-t .lacques .Jasmin. LAST ROSE OF SUMMER, The. One of the most familiar of the songs written by Thomas Moore for his Irish Melodies. The air was changed fiom an old melody, "The Groves of Blarney." LAST SIGH OF THE MOOR, The (Sp. El ultimo sospiro dr] Morn). The name given to a sandy hillock near Granada. Spain. On it Boab- dil is said to have taken his last view of the Alhambra on .January 2, 1492, after the conquest of the city by Ferdinand and Isabella. LAST SUPPER, The. A celebrated painting by Leonardo da Vinci, on the wall of the re- fectory in the former ilonastery of Santa JIaria delle Grazie, Milan, now a cavalry barrack. It was painted about 1408, in oils instead of fresco, and is almost obliterated, having sulTered greatly from neglect and ill-treatment. The central por- tion of the picture was mutilated by a doorway cut in the wall in 1652. Little but "the attitudes and grouping can now be distinguished, but the painting is one of the best known in the world through numerous copies, of which the most faithful is that of Aggione in the Royal Acad- emy of Arts, London. Of the numerous other representations of the subject the most noted are those by Andrea del Sarto in the ^Monastery of San Salvi. near Florence: Hans Holbein, in Basel: Dirk Bouts, in the Church of Saint Pierre; and Luca Signorelli, in the Cathedral of Cortona, Italy. LA'SUS (Lat.. from Ok. Aatros) (c.515 B.C.). A Greek dilhyrambic poet, born at Ilermione in Argolis. who lived at Athens during the reign of Ilipparchus. He is reputed to have had Pin- dar as his pupil. The few fragments of his poems are given bv Bergk, PoetcB Lyrici Graeci, iii. (4th ed.. Leipzig, 1887). LAS VEGAS, lAs va'gfls. The county-seat of San Miguel County, K. M.. 83 miles (40 in a di- rect line) east of Santa Ff; on the Gallinas, n branch of the Pecos River, and on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa F<'> Railroad (ilap: New ilex- ico, F 2). It includes two parts solidly built together — an unorganized section, the old Mex- ican town, which is the county-seat; and. lying to the east, the modern quarter, incorporated in 1888 under the name East Las Vegas, this fo^vn in 1800 becoming the city of Las Vegas. It is the seat of the New Mexico Normal T'niver- sity. There is a public library. Las Vegas is an important wool market, and the commercial cen- tre for the adjacent covmtry, which is interested
