Word: 20th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wars of the 20th Century have twice balked quatercentenary celebrations of Vesalius (born in 1514) and his book. But, war or no war, the Medical Library Association has now printed a Vesalius Number of its Bulletin. The majestic, often astounding full-page delineations of skeletons, muscles, veins and viscera found in the Fabrica* are generally attributed to Jan van Calcar, Flemish pupil of Titian. But Andreas Vesalius, to a certain extent an unscrupulous self-promoter, brought his book out with no credit to his collaborator...
...Calcar-attributed woodblocks. More than 200 turned up, in perfect condition. Bremer Presse craftsmen made restrikes of the blocks, on dampened rag paper, with such exquisite care that the results are far more legible than in the first great 16th Century editions. The book has yet to find a 20th Century publisher who will reprint it at a popular price; but the supposed Calcar plates were used repeatedly in anatomy books after the Renaissance, and were even re-engraved on copper to suit 17th-18th Century printing methods...
Wendell Willkie sold One World's movie rights to 20th Century-Fox for a reported $100,000, planned to turn the money over to war charities...
...select 21-piece nucleus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, directed by Hernard Z gave a program this week, flavored on the modern side in contrast to the all-Mozart program of last week. The opening and closing selections--both 20th century arrangements of 18th century compositions--furnished an interesting contrast between the idioms of the two centuries, and between different methods of arrangement. adaptation of a harpsichord suite by Dominico Scarlatti left the original melody and harmony unaltered, merely adding drum, tambourine, triangle, and xylophone to the traditional 18th century orchestra. Even those additions did not alter the character...
...Hollywood standards, the famed Brown Derby's 20th anniversary was a quiet celebration. Rita Hayworth and Paul Whiteman posed for pictures. Charlie Chaplin and his fourth bride arrived. Hollywood adolescents gawked, clutching their autograph books, watching at the door of the onetime hamburger stand which has now become four restaurants doing a gross business of $2 million a year...