Word: artists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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TIME, Jan. 16, p. 12-that's what I call a map. Let there be more by the same artist...
...studio near the site of a powder magazine. This, one disastrous day in 1675, exploded, removing all trace of Jan Vermeer, together with the majority of his works. In the excitement of losing so much good gunpowder, it was possible for people to forget the loss of an artist. The few of his paintings, about 40, which were not destroyed, remained obscure until 1871 when they came to the attention of one Thore-Burger, an intelligent connoisseur. Noting the brilliant detail, the warm true precision, the clear light which was poured into them like gold, he brought the paintings...
...Michelson-Morley experiment in interference of light, with bearing on the Einstein theory. But the learned world did not know him as a former naval officer, nor as an excellent violinist, nor as a keen tennis player, nor as an amateur of literature and drama. A self-taught artist, Dr. Michelson had his only instruction in drawing as a midshipman at Annapolis...
...water colors, "The Union of Body and Soul," "The Grave", and "America", together with "The Book of Job" and Robert Blair's "The Grave", both illustrated by Blake, are included in the Memorial Room Exhibit. One of the few copies of Edward Young's "Night Thoughts" in which the artist colored the printed illustrations completes the exhibit...
Thus man's experimenting swerves back over old trails. More than 400 years ago Leonardo da Vinci, great artist, scientist, wished to fly. That seems to have been the one constant wish throughout his long & lively life-to fly. He knew of course nothing about modern motive power, although he did make some contraptions to operate by steam force. Therefore it was directly to birds that he turned discerning thoughts. He studied the mechanics of their flights, the comparative anatomy of their bodies. He built flying machines and, superb and practical engineer, he knew before he tried them that...