Word: barres
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Alfred H. Barr, Jr., in the preface, summarizes: "The distinguishing aesthetic principles of the International Style as laid down by the authors are three: emphasis upon volume--space enclosed by thin planes or surfaces as opposed to the suggestion of mass and solidity; regularity as opposed to symmetry or other kinds of obvious balance; and, lastly, dependence upon the intrinsic elegance of materials, technical perfection, and fine proportions, as opposed to applied ornament...
...educational feature of the exhibition will be a catalogue giving the first comprehensive survey of the works of modern architects together with historical and critical comment. Among the contributors are Professor Henry Russell Hitchcock of Wesleyan University; Mr. Johnson, Alfred H. Barr, Jr. director of the Museum of Modern Art, and Lewis Mumford. Mr. Mumford is writing a survey of housing problems and their solution from an international standpoint...
...choosing the Permanent Class Secretary, who holds this position as long as he lives, the Seniors also selected six men to be the Permanent Class committee. These men are as follows: Norwood Penrose Hallowell, of Readville; Charles Crehore Cunningham, of Milton; Oscar Sutermeister, of Kansas City, Missouri; James Barr Ames, of Wayland; William Peck Elwell, of Arlington; and Beekman Pool of New York City...
Norwood Penrose Hallowell Charles Crehore Cunningham Oscar Sutermeister James Barr Ames William Peck Elwell Beekman Pool...
...CLASS SECRETARY *John DcQuedville Briggs, Jr. 79 Eustis Dearborn 73 Alexander Cochrane Forbes 57 Augustin Hamilton Parker, Jr. 44 FOR PERMANENT CLASS COMMITTEE *Norwood Penrose Hallowell 213 *Charles Crchore Cunningham 185 *Oscar Sutermeister 171 *James Barr Ames 144 *William Peck Elwell 126 *Beekman Pool 112 Frederick Fessenden Wilder 109 Arthur Willing Patterson 95 George Keith Martin 94 Elting Elmore Morison 75 Josiah Macy Erickson 70 William Francis Brooks 67 Duaue Weills Rainbolt 61 FOR CLASS DAY COMMITTEE *Edmund Austin Mays, Jr. 196 *Robert Morrison Faxon 143 *Wilson Hill Crosby 137 *Thomas Eliss Armstrong 131 *Donald Murdoch Frame 115 *Otto Ernest...