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Pelli is the surname of: * Arttu Pelli (born 1996), Finnish ice hockey * César Pelli (1926–2019), Argentine architect * Denis Pelli (born 1954), Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University * Fulvio Pelli (born 1951), Swiss politician * Jussi Pelli (born 1954), Finnish modern pentathlete and fencer * Leemour Pelli (born 1964), American artist See also * Pelly (surname) Pelly is the surname of: * Blake Pelly (1907–1990), Australian air force officer, politician and businessman * Sir Claude Pelly (1902–1972), British air chief marshal *Fred Pelly (1868–1940), English footballer * Henry Joseph Pelly (1818–18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arttu Pelli
Arttu Pelli (born 22 August 1996) is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman currently playing for KooKoo of the Finnish Liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu .... References External links * 1996 births Living people KooKoo players Finnish ice hockey defencemen People from Kouvola Sportspeople from Kymenlaakso {{Finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Pelli
César Pelli (October 12, 1926 – July 19, 2019) was an Argentine-American architect who designed some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. Two of his most notable buildings are the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the World Financial Center in New York City. The American Institute of Architects named him one of the ten most influential living American architects in 1991 and awarded him the AIA Gold Medal in 1995. In 2008, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat presented him with The Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award. Life and education Pelli was born October 12, 1926, in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. His father was a civil servant, who had been reduced to doing odd jobs due to the Depression, while his mother worked as a teacher. Pelli studied architecture at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. He graduated in 1949, after which he designed low-cost housing projects. In 1952, he attended the University of Illinois Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Pelli
Denis Pelli (born 1954) is a professor of psychology and neural science at New York University studying object recognition and reading. Pelli studied applied math at Harvard, and completed his PhD in physiology at Cambridge with Campbell and Robson in 1981. Since 1995, he is Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University. Pelli is known for his contributions to the fields of visual sensitivity, letter identification, object recognition, the Psychtoolbox, equivalent input noise, QUEST, the Pelli-Zhang video attenuator, and the Pelli-Robson Contrast Sensitivity Chart, which allows for clinical measurement of contrast sensitivity. Current research in Pelli's lab covers object recognition and visual crowding, as well as the experience of beauty Beauty is commonly described as a feature of objects that makes these objects pleasurable to perceive. Such objects include landscapes, sunsets, humans and works of art. Beauty, together with art and taste, is the main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulvio Pelli
Fulvio Pelli (born 26 January 1951) is a Swiss politician. He was the last president of the Free Democratic Party prior to its merger with the Liberal Party of Switzerland. After the merger of the two parties, he served as the first president of FDP.The Liberals from 2009 to 2012. Pelli was a member of the Swiss National Council from 1995 to 2014. He served in the communal legislature of Lugano from 1980 to 1990 and in the Grand Council of Ticino from 1983 to 1995. Biography Pelli was born in Aranno, in the Lugano District of Ticino. His father, Ferruccio, was the mayor of Lugano to 16 years. He studied law in Zurich and worked as a lawyer in Lugano. In 1980, he gained a seat on the municipal council in Lugano, then was elected to the Grand Council of Ticino in 1983. He was active in party politics, taking over the cantonal presidency of the Free Democrats in 1988. In 1992, he also took on a vice presidency in the national party. He was elected to the National Council, rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jussi Pelli
Jussi Pelli (born 4 November 1954) is a Finnish modern pentathlete and épée fencer. He fenced at the 1976 Summer Olympics and competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... Pelli won the Finnish modern pentathlon championship in 1977 and 1981. He won the Finnish men's team pentathlon championship in 1976, 1981 and 1982. References External links * 1954 births Living people Finnish male épée fencers Finnish male modern pentathletes Olympic fencers of Finland Olympic modern pentathletes of Finland Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1976 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1980 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1984 Summer Olympics Spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leemour Pelli
Leemour Pelli (born 1964) is an American artist living and working in New York City. She is primarily a painter and she also makes sculpture, works on paper, installation, prints, and photography. Biography Leemour Pelli was born in 1964 in New York City. Pelli received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting from the School of Visual Arts in New York and she earned a master's degree in art history from Hunter College. Pelli also studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, the Academie Charpentiere in Paris, Cornell University, and the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem. Work Pelli's work resembles medical imagery and x-rays in the way she depicts anatomy and the organs of the body, including the heart, rib cages, and lungs by seeing through the figure itself. Distorted human figures appear with enlarged ribcages and hearts, overlapping lungs, and other anatomical organs such as intestines. According to curator Robin Reisenfeld, Pelli's works use "anatomica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
