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Word: chiron (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sargent was a great draughtsman and well equipped to champion, in a leveling age, the traditions of an imperious past. The Boston murals all treat classic subjects: Chiron teaching a very delicate Achilles how to handle a bow; Atlas stooping among the golden girls of the Hesperides; Hercules, with a billet the size of a railroad tie in his fist, fencing with the Hydra's ducking heads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arts: Sargent's Murals | 11/16/1925 | See Source »

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