Word: casualness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...clear, concise, and logical manner, by means of excellent colored reproductions, the various phases of modern painting that have been singly shown by the society in the past. The exhibitions during the last season presented an opportunity for viewing many different artists and tendencies which, to the casual observer, seemed arbitrary and haphazard. The present show summarizes and clarifies the past efforts of the society...
...permanent collection as the nucleus around which loan exhibitions of worthwhile German originals can from time to time be grouped. As silver sparkles and bright paint shines, the museum takes on fresh interest. Some will decry this rejuvenation of the Fogg's "poor step-sister" as a concession to casual taste; but in an age when so many interests compete for attention, it appears a legitimate way of making Mr. Busch's gift a going concern...
...Philadelphia to work as a printer. How he dropped into a bakery one night and bought great sticks of French bread. How his future wife laughed at him loafing up the street. This is all old stuff. His political and diplomatic career is also well enough known in the casual way. Everyone knows, that he foresaw the United States at Albany. There are countless stories of his graceful mots when he bowed low in the court of France. School boys are raised on the story of the kite...
Episcopalian Sumner's objection to the heroine of Daniel XIII was reported in the papers. Next day so many casual art lovers came to admire the work of Tintoretto that police were assigned to keep the crowds moving. Proud of the picture, the Silberman Galleries' doorman, a Eugene Herr, was conscience stricken to realize that the show window was not so clean as it ought to be. He got his bucket. Late comers expecting to see Susanna in the nude saw instead Mr. Herr in his overalls. They raged...
...show, as the headlines indicate, but even her contributions are not highly inspired. The fact that she can do well enough without a striking background only adds to her due of praise. The other individual parts are not badly done. The story is nothing unusual and arouses only casual interest. But then few people attend musical comedies for the stories. The music and the show are the things and in the case of the "Little Racketeer" the show is little; the music is good...