Word: arts
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Open to all members of the University. Lecture. The Art of Reading. Mr. C. T. Copeland. Sever...
Professor Greenough delivered last evening in Harvard 1, a very interesting lecture on Roman Art, - "House Decoration." The lecture was illustrated throughout by the lantern, and the views shown gave one a splendid idea of the old Roman homes...
Variations were frequent in the Roman art; porticos are often found and by the porticos are paintings made so as to resemble hanging pictures. The subjects painted in these panels, are for the most part of a religious and semi-religious character. Sacred trees with emblems are very common pictures. The representation of the Divinity is also common, especially among the poorer classes, as such pictures were thought to protect the inmates of a dwelling...
...such men, joined with the advance in scientific thought, that gave Dante the impulse to his works. To Dante nothing was too great or too small. All that engaged other men's minds interested his. He found his material in philosophy, religion, art, politics, and learning alike, and out of this most disconnected material, he constructed his divine comedy. Through it there runs one fundamental idea, - the idea of love. This idea of love cannot be said to be Dante's distinctively, for it is rather the fusion of three ideas of love which he found prevalent in the world...
...Wednesday evening, Nov. 16th. at eight o'clock Prof. Greenough will speak before the Classical Club in Harvard 1 on Roman Art, - "House Decoration." The lecture will be illustrated by the lantern, and is open to all members of the University...