Word: lacks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Andrea del Sarto was of the Florentine type, pure and simple. His subjects were always given to him by the church and were ill chosen to express his skill. He was a materialist in his work, and lacking in loftiness of view. If Leonardo da Vinci looked too deep, Andrea hardly looked deep enough, and we find a lack of spirit and feeling in his pictures. As a craftsman, however, he was faultless. The best painter and colorist of them...
...because they differ from modern paintings, but they do these old masters injustice to compare them with modern artists. Even if they are not understood now-a-days the Italians were skilful painters for the times in which they lived; in fact, one of the chief causes for this lack of appreciation is that the old masters worked under the inspiration of religion, while nature was a comparatively new field for them...
...given to the movement, we see no reason why it should not reach a thoroughly firm basis. It meets a need of the times, and the ready cooperation which has been given by other universities evidences how general is this need. University men are becoming conscious of a certain lack of proportion in the attention given to their different pursuits and are seeking, in various ways, to obtain the needed balance...
...call attention to the trip which the Cricket Club intends to make to Philadelphia the last of May to play the Pennsylvania and Haverford teams. We believe that the trip may be made a very good thing for Harvard. Not long since the Harvard Club of Philadelphia, owing to lack of interest, gave up its rooms, and will content itself, in future, with an annual dinner. Such a deficit of interest in one of the most populous cities from which come many college men is unfortunate and ought to be remedied if possible...
...second base Dean and Stevens are doing very well, but show a lack of experience...