Word: arte
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bernard Berenson, the most cultivated of men and renowned of art historians, died yesterday after a long illness. "B.B.", as his many friends called him, classified the vast, disorganized material of Florentine drawing and Italian Renaissance painting; he was the Linnaeus of art history...
More important, perhaps, than Berenson's scholarly achievements were his extensive contributions to the education of young scholars. "B.B." opened his villa, "I Tatti," to students who wished to use his enormous library and art collection, and to learn from his brilliant, instructive conversation. For those who have known "B.B.", for those who have experienced his incisive intellect through his numerous writings, or for those who have seen the fruits of Berenson's taste exhibited in major art collections both here and abroad, it will be impossible to forget his personality and achievement...
...miles in the five-mile race, Mullin was engaged in a neck-and-neck battle for the lead with B.U.'s Art Freeman, and Fitzgerald was a yard behind Bob Bomberger of Providence in fourth place. In the next mile, the battle tightened considerably, and the four leaders passed the three-mile mark almost abreast...
...does not seem likely to figure in today's race, although its leading runner, sophomore Art Freeman, is a competitor with a strong finishing kick. The Terriers are sorely deficient in depth; they will send only five men to the starting line...
...longer content with murky monographs on the mud turtle, or the academic jargon of cloistered professors, the presses have become favorites of U.S. readers. This year the 50 members of the Association of American University Presses will produce 1,300 new books on subjects ranging from art to zoology. In their own field-adult, hardcover nonfiction-universities will account for one out of every four original books in the U.S. and sell them for about $14 million, more than double their income of ten years...