Word: art
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first place, it seems a little curious that with the advantages of two of the best galleries in America close at hand, the historical side of Fine Arts is not more emphasized. Would it not be surprising if the English department gave only six courses on English literature? And yet English literature holds very much the same relation toward English composition as the history of art holds toward freehand drawing...
...courses, moreover, are lamentably few to cover the whole field of art. The courses given on German literature alone,--a subject which holds a place among European languages analagous to that of Italian painting among the schools of every period,--amount to twenty-five. The range of Fine Arts would be probably considered as comprehensive as that of Engineering, which requires four times the number of courses; or that for instance of Geology and Mining, which both contain twice as many courses. In fact it is only when we get down to topics such as Petrology and Metallurgy that Fine...
Plans for the new Germanic Museum, drawn by Professor Bestelmeyer, of Dresden, Germany, have arrived and have been provisionally accepted by the Corporation. They are thoroughly representative of the best in modern German art, full of originality, and at the same time measured and restrained. As soon as the details of the working plans have been settled, grounds will be broken for the new building on the corner of Kirkland street and Divinity avenue...
...John L. Gardner's art collection, at her home on the corner of Ruggles and Worthington streets, Boston, will be open exclusively to members of the University today, from 12 until 3 o'clock. Tickets at $1 each may be procured this morning at the office of the Fogg Art Museum...
...pageant which has 'been arranged to celebrate the arrival of M. Eogene Armand Duquesne, the distinguished French architect recently appointed professor of Architectural Design, will be given in the Union on May 3. An entertainment entitled "A Masque of prophecy," depicting the future of the art of Architecture will be the chief feature of the evening...