Word: artists
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...passages in which the lecturer rose to the height of true eloquence, the audience showed its appreciation by applause, while the frequent pleasantries brought in to illustrate some maxim of the actor's art were met with responsive laughter. The lecture as a whole was worthy of the distinguished artist by whom it was delivered, and the lesson it taught will surely not be lost upon those who were so fortunate as to hear...
...likely to be diminished. Therefore, it seemed to Dr. Everett, that it was inappropriate to commemorate the greatness of Washington by a monument that was to be regarded for its beauty alone. The rest of Dr. Everett's address, was occupied in the disession of the limitations of an artist-in regard to the interpretations of his subject,-and in regard to the regard for the morale of the subject, Dr. Everett closed his address by reciting some lines written by him after passing through the "offices" at Florence, when the Venuses of Titian are. The address was interesting throughout...
...write a thing is almost to remember it; to have classifications and diversions, chapters and paragraphs in visible form on paper, is to give to them more decided shape in the mind, and therefore, greater possibility of being readily comprehended. The careful note-taker is a sort of artist, and in a page covered with paragraphs, and sub-paragraphs, a-b.c's and 1-2-3's he sees a picture, a closer scrutiny of which reveals to him the thought and life that it represents. Who knows the meaning of a painting better than the painter? Who knows...
...giving the impression that the building was made to last through many years of hard usage. Though substantial and solid in appearance, the building, neither without nor within, is unsightly, the decoration and finish in the quiet style and colors now prevalent satisfying even the eye of the artist. The first specific thing which attracts attention is an inscription on the wall above the staircase, giving in a few words a short history of the medical department of Harvard. The first lectures were given in 1783 in Harvard Hall, Cambridge. In 1810, the school was moved to Boston, where...
...best and most attractive pictures in the present exhibition at the American Art Galleries in New York. is a portrait of professor James Mills Pierce by Collins, a young Cambridge artist. The genial professor is represented as seated with a closed book in one hand...