Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Geological Department has just received from Chicago several sets of maps, charts, photographs and models on geological subjects, that were exhibited in different parts of the World's Fair. These collections which have been made through the efforts of members of the Geological Department, will make a valuable addition to the present collection...
Lecture. Recent Movements in Art with Stereoption Illustrations of Paintings at the World's Fair. Mr. S. s. Curry. Jefferson Physical Laboratory...
LECTURE.Mr. S. S. Curry will speak on "Recent Movements in Art," illustrated with stereopticon views of paintings at the World's Fair, Wednesday, January 10, at 7.30 p. m., in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory...
...former, the author shows the material for a very pretty and interesting story, which he fails to do full justice in the working up. "The Pale Stranger" betrays a lack of originality; for the unknown princely guest who sings a mysterious song and then disappears, leaving the fair maiden dead behind him, is hardly without parallel in fairy tale and legend...
There are three characteristics of modern decoration which deserve especial attention; the quality of vigor, homogeneousness of decoration, and violent foreshortening. Vigor, which has hardly received its fair share of attention, is a feature of decoration which the ancient artists greatly underrated and by exaggerating the importance of each muscle and member of the human frame greatly diminished the effectiveness of their ensemble. The modern artist has learned that simplicity is the most forcible mode of expressing vigor...