Word: 17th
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...more easily judged than the man, who has always remained curiously elusive. A classical product of a classical British education (Eton, Oxford and the Somme), Eden was an aristocrat by birth, the third son of irascible Sir William Eden, an unlovable country eccentric whose baronetcy dates back to the 17th century...
...loved to caricature his drinking companions, and in The Butcher Shop (see cut) painted a slice of Bologna life that is the hit of the current show. His crowded, Michelangelesque murals for the Palazzo Farnese in Rome set the style for baroque ceilings for the rest of the 17th century, are today ranked by such art historians as New York University's Walter Friedlaender as "second only to Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling...
...extremely unfortunate that in your editorial of October 17th, endorsing Mr. Stevenson for President, you have to dwell at such length with what you consider Mr. Eisenhower's failures to have been, without examining his accomplishments, and without properly analyzing the candidate you are supporting...
...years of still life. Opening this week in Cincinnati, the exhibition ranges from an unknown German's Cabinet with Bottles and Books, dated 1470, down to such later-day works as Georges Braque's Soda and Stuart Davis' Eggbeater V; it includes works by the 17th century Dutch masters, France's Chardin and Spanish Painter Zurbaran. Far from being a drab assortment of pots and pans, dead hares and Dutch ham, the exhibit does much to prove that minor them do not preclude a major work. Says Milwaukee Art Institute Director Edward H. Dwight of their...
After losing six straight at Ebbets Field, the Yanks again crushed Don New-combe in a "big game" to end the Dodgers' one-year reign. This time the score was 9-0. It was the Yank's 17th championship in 22 attempts and their sixth over Brooklyn in seven series...