Word: greeks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although the greatest part of his published work has been in the field of Roman art, the central concern of his life has been the complexity and meaning of Greek art. This study he feels can only be approached by an extremely mature scholar, and he is only now beginning a book in this field. The opposite of the caricature of the German scholar of minutiae, Professor von Blanckenhagen makes a great effort to expose the general terms and standards which the art of the period expresses--the "image of man" as he calls it--but he insists...
Boylston Prizes were founded in 1817 "for the delivery of memorized selections from English, Greek, or Latin literature," in honor of Nicolaus Boylston. The competition provides five cash awards to undergraduates in good standing who reach the finals, with two top prizes of $35 each...
...Whitman, Associate Professor of Greek and Latin, has announced the annual competition for three commencement parts-a Latin salutary and two English parts, one by an undergraduate student...
...Western eyes accustomed to classic Greek sculpture, which took as its ideal the figure of the perfect athlete or full-proportioned woman, it is immediately apparent that the goal for Indian sculpture was something quite different. The answer lies in the Indian belief that the aim of life is moksa, release from physical surroundings, and that art should contribute to that goal. Indian artists took their clue from the discipline of yoga, made their ideal the image of a mystical, purifying lightness signifying release from physical bondage, which they called the "subtle body," and believed to be the very form...
...Laius in the Greek myth was the father of Oedipus. Laius tried to kill his son in infancy, but the boy grew up and killed his father instead...