Word: art
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This afternoon Dr. Ananda K. Coomarasawamy of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts will give the first of his series of lectures on "Indian Art and Culture" in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Art Museum at 4.30 o'clock...
What Major Higginson did for the social and athletic aspects of College life is so prominently before us in such concrete forms as the Harvard Union and Soldiers Field, that we often overlook the great influence exerted by his foresight and generosity in the development of music--that art which, although it appeals so elementally to all human beings, is often difficult to estimate, just because it is so elusive and mysterious...
...course of ten lectures on "Indian Art and Culture" will be given in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Art Museum during the remainder of the fall term. These have been arranged under the auspices of the Division of Fine Arts, and will be given by Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Keeper of the Section of Indian Art in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The lectures, which are open to the public, will commence at 4.30 o'clock on November 19, and will run every Wednesday and Friday afternoons until December...
November 19, Rig Veda, Uponishads, Vedanta, Yoga; November 21, Buddhism, Jainism; November 26, Vaishnava, Saiva and Sakta Theology; November 23, Epics, Drama, Music and Dancing; December 3, Theory of Art Silpa Sastras, Caste Status of Craftsmen; December 5, Buddhist Sculpture; December 10, Brahmanical Sculpture; December 12, Buddhist and Jaina Painting; December 17, Rajput and Mughal Painting; December 19, Architecture...
Second in the list comes an exhibition of early American portraits belonging to the University, while the third consists of the best of the works of art now permanently lodged in the Museum itself. Drawn from the most artistic examples of early American portraiture contained in the various buildings and departments of the University, the second exhibition will be chosen particularly from the Memorial and University Hall collections...