Word: ornamentations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Indeed, it is this peril of the ill found pen which alarms F. P. A. in his "Conning Tower". Disturbed by the statement from Mayor Hylan that he is to ornament his already colored career with an attempt at writing, the genial "colyumist" warns the writing profession to stand by its guns--or pens. No writer can at will become a Walter Johnson or a Paderewski or a Chaliapin; why should the leaders in every profession, great or small, attempt to meet the muses on equal terms? The answer is apparent. One has but to read the published prattle...
Coletti started work as a stone cutter for Boston architects. He became an expert in the creation of architectural ornament and worked with John Singer Sargent in connection with the decoration of the rotunda of the Museum of Fine Arts. Later he came to the University and received the degree of A.A. in February, 1924. While here Mr. Coletti designed and produced a number of University medals, among them the Gold Medal shortly to be awarded in the Harvard Advertising Competition founded by Edward...
...exhibition hall devoted to the Arts are examples of weaving, needlework, lace, jewelry-"faultless taste, painstaking craftsmanship." Ecclesiastical ornament is displayed in a basilica expressly designed for that purpose- banners, books, altar carpets, stained glass, tiled floors, sanctuary lamps, "full of traditional design and symbolism but signifying little." There are interesting photographs of architectural projects as well as the architectural manifestations of the exposition itself. The art of the Theatre is more historical than contemporary in import, as Gordon Craig, Lovat Eraser and others of the modern theorists are absent. There are contemporary drawings of David Garrick, and stage designs...
...short hundred years ago, and in some localities even less, the rapier was not carried purely as an ornament with which to set off the latest thing in filigree lace from Venice or Aleppo. It was a weapon, and for Monsieur le Comte to be seen in public without his hilt resting beneath his left hand was an occasion for the wildest conjecture. As is the case with almost everything else, however, the halo, of romance which formerly hung about the point of the sword has congealed into a small tape-wrapped button, and the wrought gold basket work...
...slight intimacy reveals geniality, kindness, and humor; but his inability to trifle with the truth, his scorn of insincerity and affectation, and his courageous frankness of utterance sometimes frighten the timid. His spoken and written style is a faithful expression of his character. It is a style without applied ornament, without excess of kind, the utterance of a just and valiant man. Though strong-willed and self-assured, he sought to make his policies prevail not by the exercise of autocratic power, but by persuasion. Yet he never flattered, never played politics...