Word: art
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...devotee of art in the University Community, activity in the Fogg Museum is no stranger. Behind the quiet of its galleries, he sees the active aspects which the casual visitor is likely to miss, the careful arrangement of a special exhibit or intense study for a Fine Arts 13 exam, the photographing of an ancient sculpted head or the creation of a new piece of sculpture. Available to all, however, is the distinctive atmosphere of Fogg's pleasant corridors and light-bathed courtyard...
Leighton pointed out that Dudley has had joint tutorial sessions and concentration dinners since 1952, and that a Harvard-Radcliffe Undergraduate Art Exhibition was held in that House in 1957. "The wives of the more than 100 married students belonging to this House have long been welcome at meals and in any activities," he added...
...most star-studded event of the evening, the 1000, the varsity's Art Cahn will have to improve even to place. Tommy Carroll, the Yale sophomore who turned in a 1:54 leg in the two-mile relay three weeks ago, is a prohibitive favorite, and defending titlist Ed Slowik could give the Elis a one-two sweep...
Duveen, a history of the British house of art dealers, is considered one of Behrman's finest journalistic accomplishments. The Duveens, however, are not among its admirers. Lady Duveen--whom he has never met--spits, Behrman says, whenever she hears his name. "Of course," he adds, "she may have a glandular condition...
...ones: Bach's Prelude and Fugue in B-minor, BWV 544, and Piston's Prelude and Allegro for Organ and Strings. The Bach was especially welcome, for it is not often heard these days; it is a lofty master-piece built on unpromising material--one more proof that, in art, manner is more important than matter. Professor Piston's piece, idiomatically written and solidly crafted, still stands up admirably after fifteen years...