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Among the greatest single pieces are Ghirlandajo's portrait of Francesco Sassetti (banking partner of de Medici) and his son, seen in his bank at Lyons, against a background of harbor and water front; a Titian representing the Madonna and Infant Christ; Piero di Cosimo's picture of Hylas, Hercules' favorite, discovered in a meadow by water nymphs...
...Piero Pollainoto: Verrocchilo", Verrocchilo", Professor Edgell, Robinson Hall, Fine Arts...
...faculty of 40 were: President Wallace W. Atwood of Clark University, geography; Dean Heckel of Missouri, citizenship; Dean Howes of Williams, Greek and Latin; Professors Piero Glacosa of the University of Turin, institutions and culture; Leslie J. Ayer of the University of Washington, international law; Ellwood Griscom Jr. of the University of Texas, public speaking; Dean Lough and Robert MacDougall of New York University, psychology; Eugen Oberhummer of the University of Vienna, geography; Will C. Rufus of the University of Michigan, astronomy...
Synthetic Italy. There was Prince Piero Ginori Conti of Italy, who described the taming of waterfalls and hot volcanic springs in the Apennines to produce the power to make the electricity that now supplies Italy with acetic acid without apples (vinegar); wood alcohol from coal instead of trees; camphor, ammonia, formaldehyde, artificial silk for black shirts, from their chemical constituents...
Still irreligious, he became an ally of the world's greatest religious organization. Is this a first step towards a true profession of religious faith? Piero Chiminelli, in The Christian Century, asks the question and leaves it unanswered...