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Word: peritura (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...nosed Cupid who has pulled a honeycomb from a tree, and suffered severe bee stings as a result. In the upper right hand corner Medievalist Cranach appended his moral: Dum Puer Alveola Furatur Mella Cupido, Furanti Digit um Cuspite Ficit Apis. Sic Etiam Nobis Brevis et Peritura Voluptas Quam Petimus Tristi Mixta Dolore Nocet.* Because of the retreat of many of the best early paintings, the show leans heavily on the mystical 19th Century Romantics that for a brief while made Munich an art centre almost equal to Paris and Rome, profoundly influenced U. S. painters of the "Hudson River...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Retreat | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

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