Word: neoclassicism
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Night before the inaugural, the 400-year-old city had echoed with jubilant whistles, bells, fireworks. For sheer noise, the celebration far surpassed similar demonstrations in March 1934 when President Roosevelt signed H. R. 8573 to free the Islands; or in March 1935 when he squiggled his approval on the...
A "plain" bathroom fixture is hard to get. The three leading manufacturers (Standard Sanitary, Crane, Kohler) now create in five main art periods: i) the heavy "masculine" Renaissance; 2) the light "feminine" periods such as 18th Century, Empire, Directoire; 3) the neoclassic; 4) the Colonial; 5) the modernistic. Standard Sanitary...
Little known outside their profession are the master creators of bathroom fixtures. Best known is Standard's George Sakier, a tall, dark, sardonic bachelor with long tapering hands, who was educated to be a mechanical engineer. He creates five new model bathrooms every six months for private exhibition to...
The exhibit is to cover the whole scope of French decorative art during the century, from Nicholas de Largilliere who retained most of the characteristics of the Louis XIV period, to David, who was the first of the neoclassic, painters. Among the groups which will be included are six excellent...