Word: european
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...important influence on modern artists. In recent months first-rate exhibitions of this art have been held in Manhattan, Paris, London (TIME, April 119th). Plain gallery-goers sometimes find it difficult to understand much of an art which has nothing whatever to do with the civilized European concept of Beauty, but which stems directly from the basic emotion of fear. But one fact is plain to all eyes: in any showing of African art the bronzes and carvings of the vanished Kingdom of Benin are definitely superior in spirit and technique to other Negro art. Proudly last week in Manhattan...
...task of bringing world news of a great European embroilment was the first task to fall on shoulders of Hugh Baillie, U. S. C. '15, and journalism student who made good . . . new president or United Press . . . winner in June of the U. S. C. Asa V. Call trophy given to graduate attaining most out standing recognition in his field...
This stone, obtained through the generosity of A. Kingsley Porter, William Dorr Boardman Professor of Fine Arts at that time, was from the Sahagun Tomb of Alfenso, tutor of King Alfenso VI, who reigned from 1072 to 1109. It is considered to be the most ancient example of European sepulchral sculpture which remains from the middle ages...
...European diplomatic front of the Ethiopian war last week tension rose again toward the breaking point. Three brawling boasters could scarcely have vaunted themselves more ready to fight at the drop of a Sanction than did Britain, France and Italy in the suave and supple but exceedingly dangerous communiqués of their respective governments to the Press...
Still later the Ogpu was given yet another name to make it seem more like a normal European Ministry of Interior, became the Commissariat of Interior, under the reigning Ogpu chief, smudge-mustached, pudgy-fingered Comrade Genrikh ("Henry") Grigorevitch Yagoda. Moscow's official daily Pravda ("Truth") hailed the terrorist clique in its new role as Commissariat of Interior thus: "Long has the Ogpu worn a halo formed of the deep love of tens of millions of workers and peasants both in our Soviet land and abroad!"* Last week Comrade Yagoda's Commissariat of Interior became the Commissariat General...