Word: architects
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...century the enormous artistic value and signficance of this early work is understood more and more. The Fogg Museum has recently acquired some examples of Romanesque art which are among the noblest in America. These capitals were removed from their original places in the 12th century church by an architect in the 18th century who failed to perceive their beauty, and replaced them by work suited to the taste of his own time which the modern world agrees is far inferior. These capitals from the Church of Moutier St. Jean and some others from St. Pons...
...election of Professor G. H. Edgell '09 as Dean of the School of Architecture augurs well for the future of the school. Dean Edgell is not an architect himself; but in his work as a fellow of the American Academy in Rome and in his book on architecture, he has shown himself to be a thorough student of the history of art. The executive ability of which he has given proof in his duties on the Administrative Board as well as his intimate knowledge of other departments of the University, combine to make him eminently qualified to fill...
Dean Edgell, who thus assumes a position which has been vacant since the death of Dean H. Langford Warren in 1917, is one of the youngest men ever chosen to preside over a Harvard faculty. His appointment is interesting also in that he is not an architect himself, but a teacher of the history of art. He is, however, the author, with Flake Kimball, of "A History of Architecture", and it is expected that he will give courses on this subject as dean of the School...
...Topiarian Club will hold a business meeting at 4 o'clock this afternoon in Robinson Hall. After the meeting, at 4.30 o'clock, Mr. Ferruccto Vitale, a prominent New York landscape architect, will address the club. Mr. Vitale is at present designing the Sears estate in Brookline, and will make his work there the subject of his talk...
...building itself is attractive, and is one of the most interesting, architecturally, at the University. It is a late Renaissance type, designed by Professor Bestelmeyer, a leading German architect. Inside--but a personal inspection will tell more than any written account, and will open to lovers of art a profitable field...