Word: arts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Curtis was a devoted lover of nature; he was a diligent student and a past master of literature; he had a strong and true appreciation in art, and he was instantly responsive to the appeal of music. All that he was and all that he acquired, he consecrated quietly and without ostentation to the service of mankind. His letters to his father show that in his early manhood there was manifested the same spirit which was to become constantly more prominent in his later years...
Lecture. English Art in the Eighteenth Century - I. Introductory. Mr. Humphrey Ward. Sanders Theatre...
Lecture. English Art in the Eighteenth Century - II. Sir Joshua Reynolds. Mr. Humphrey Ward. Sanders Theatre...
LECTURES ON ENGLISH ART.Mr. Humphry Ward, of London, will give four lectures on "English Art in the Eighteenth Century," in Sanders Theatre, on the evenings of February 27, 28, March 5 and 6, at 7.45 p. m. Subjects as follows...
...inhabitants of the slums. He thought that by showing people in what a desperate state certain districts of London were, he could induce many to take hold and aid him in the work of salvation. He prefaced his scheme with a diagram, pronounced hideous by the lovers of high art, but by it he hoped to lead people to see the dark sea of misery and crime, which was so near them. We give a man the name of drunkard or tramp, said the general, and then turn away in disgust and think we have done with...