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...Charles Dillingham first brought him and his little ones to Manhattan in 1923 when they failed dismally. Last year Podrecca came again, succeeded hugely, toured the country, ending this week in Manhattan. Sometime lawyer, author, art critic, children's magazine publisher and War hero, Podrecca began his Teatro dei Piccoli in Rome in 1913. In 1923 he married Cissie Vaughan, an Irishwoman, who sings the parts of Josephine Baker and Don Juan's peasant girl. Says her husband: "As an Irishwoman she is the most Italian of the English-speaking peoples. As an Italian, I am the most...
...Host there may be a full-voiced Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth- "Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts," recalling Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem. And at the great moment of communion with the Body and Blood of Christ, the congregation may sing in supplication, Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis: "Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy...
...second group contains all manner of Utopias, more than one hundred volumes altogether, ranging from Plato's "Republic" and St. Augustines "De Civitate Dei" to Bacon's "New Atlantis" and Hobbes "Leviathan...
...interest in the phenomenon of the human personality, and so it is not surprising to find that the Italian sculptors represented in the Fogg Museum have mirrored the multiple facets of that interest in their works. The arrogance and strength of the Renaissance prince speaks in Verrocchio's Giuliano dei Medici, the refinement and culture of the day, in Desiderio's Giovanna degli Albizzi. The mystic, contemplative personality is portrayed in Donatello's St. John, and, in the Madonna that della Robbia has set against an infinite blue sky, we have the religious sincerity that survived the enthusiasm for pagan...
...work of the two men, Verrocchio the realist and Desiderio the exquisite sentimentalist, dominates the exhibition. The same Verrocchio who produced the mighty Colleoni has given us the forceful bust of Giuliano dei Medici. The sculptor has portrayed Lorenzo's brother as the victor in the great Tournament of 1475, the here of Politian's Stanze rejoicing in his youth and virile beauty. The tilt of the noble head, the pride of race stamped on the curling lips and firm-set jaw make this not only the portrait of a Medici but of the whole class of cultured despots...