Word: aestheticism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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In spite of objections on aesthetic grounds--that John Harvard is a bit too high or a little too low or what not--his new position in front of University Hall creates an unusually pleasing and dignified effect Those skeptics who seek for some dark design on the part of...
It is perfectly true, as Dean Edgell points out, that many of the buildings are unspeakably bad from an aesthetic standpoint. The Boylston Laboratory for example, has many times crushed out joy from the hearts of happy mortals coming down from examinations; and the dark front of Sever has its...
It is unfortunate that the Professor has left untouched the fertile field of American literature, for he would have found there much to cheer him. F. P. A., to take only one, is known for his callousness toward the seductive charms of feminine inexperience; and it is the off-expressed...
"Plastic surgery" (or the reconstruction of physiognomies for either utilitarian or aesthetic reasons) is no mystery, and is practiced by many competent surgeons in every large city, says Dr. Morris Fishbein, associate editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association.* Dr. Fishbein's discussion is of interest in...
The Seventh International Salon of Photography, at the Los Angeles Museum, had prints by 88 exhibitors representing eleven countries. Bromide prints, "transfers," lithographs, "palladium" prints and many other types of media showed the variety and aesthetic quality which camera art has attained. A feature was the group of "gum prints...