Word: art
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Fogg Museum has recently received as a loan from the Boston Art Museum, a sixteenth century Flemish copy of Michael Angelo's Holy Family in the Uffizi; also a panel by an unknown master of the south German school, representing the weighing of a human soul by Saint Michael, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint George. Saint Michael holds the scales and pours holy water on the form of a dragon in the scales which represents the soul, thus making the balance go down on the side of purity. The devil, in the form of a dragon, vainly claws...
...have mapped out their plans of study for three years' work according to the new grouping requirements put in force last year. Concentration in the field of History, Government and Economics attracted 45 per cent, of the class, while 30 per cent, is specializing in Languages, Literature, Art and Music. While only two per cent of the class has elected to do major work in Philosophy and Mathematics, it is the group in which more than in any other, men have planned to take two or three of their distributed courses...
Professor Diehl has published a large number of books on Byzantine history. The best known of these is his latest book, "Manuel d'art Byzantine," which traces the development of the art of the Byzantine empire as a whole, and forms the foundation of his public lectures here...
...portal of the Church of Our Lady at Andernach, choir screens from the Church of St. Maria in the capitol at Cologne, finely carved choir stalls from Xanten and Oberwesel. In fact the whole Rhineland from the Moselle to the Dutch frontier will be represented by typical works of art. At the same time the Society of Arts and Crafts of Rhineland and Westphalia has decided to make a similar gift covering the industrial arts of these two provinces. The whole collection, which is now being prepared under the direction of Professor Clemen, will contain some 20 larger...
...Fogg Art Museum has recently received, as a loan from Mrs. Francis P. Nash, a large tondo representing the Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, which has many of the characteristics of Filippino Lippi's work, and which has been attributed...