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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Professor Greenough delivered last evening in Harvard 1, a very interesting lecture on Roman Art, - "House Decoration." The lecture was illustrated throughout by the lantern, and the views shown gave one a splendid idea of the old Roman homes...
...most striking thing, said Professor Greenough, in Roman life is the scarcity of houses furniture. The Romans seemed to prefer fine decorations to comfortable rooms. The amount and variety of decorations attract ones attention, especially those on the walls. Usually two rows of columns supported the ceiling, the rows being on either side of the room, and the wall between these rooms was always decorated. Plates or slabs of marble were usually used as an ancient form of decoration. A representation of windows was often resorted to as a mode beautifying a room, while on these windows, which were themselves...
...previous lectures he dealt with poetry in Provence and France, last evening with that of Italy. After the downfall of the empire, in the midst of the barbaric invasions and factional quarrels, Italy still kept her spirit of superiority over all surrounding races. She clung to the idea of Roman jurisprudence that all men are equal, hence she would not accept the spirit of feudalism and so fell into a number of small, disconnected states between whom no national spirit was possible. More than this, the domination of the Roman church worked directly against the national spirit...
...Wednesday evening, Nov. 16th. at eight o'clock Prof. Greenough will speak before the Classical Club in Harvard 1 on Roman Art, - "House Decoration." The lecture will be illustrated by the lantern, and is open to all members of the University...
Renan was of mixed Celtic and Gascon blood, and inherited the traits of both. From the Celtic or Breton side he had his deeply imaginative and conservative qualities and from the Gascons his light and vivacious nature. He received his early education in a Breton Roman Catholic seminary, where thought was simple and religion sincere. From there he went to Paris, where he found everything more gorgeous and splendid and less real and earnest. To complete his education he went to another seminary, where he first learned that he was not a Christian in the real sense of the word...