Word: artful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have asked me to contribute to the present discussion with regard to the teaching of the fine arts in the university, a discussion provoked by the recent decision of Harvard's Department of Fine Arts concerning Mr. Robin Feild. What I have to say is, of course, the personal opinion which I hold as an individual. The whole foundation of my own fifteen years of teaching in art was acquired at Harvard; much that was taught me there I have taught to others during this period. Experience, however, tests theories and modifies the practice based on theories; and my present...
...obvious that, in a world which undergoes so many major changes and which faces, ill-prepared, so many crucial dilemmas, men should begin to reconsider not only the meanings of art in our time, and the place of the creative artist, but also the purposes and desired results of education in the fine arts. Certain traditional functions of the college art department have a degree of usefulness, to be sure, which is relatively independent of these world changes, because they have a value which remains relatively constant. I refer to the preparation of the scholar-specialist whose activity will...
Present Taste Judges Past Art...
...purpose of the school would be to teach Portuguese, and to stress the history, geography, art, literature, and economics of Brazil. Instruction would be free to qualified Harvard students, and the Brazilian government would support it financially...
Open to all Harvard and Radcliffe students, one of the stated aims of the organization is to investigate "the relationship of art to society." Members, who have held a total of six meetings to date, will attempt to obtain a studio-workshop...