Word: romanized
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...other hand, the art of the Renaissance reflected the freedom of though and the tendency to classicism of the Renaissance itself. Its spirit was essentially mundane and finally became, in imitation of the Greeks, a mere effort to depict physical beauty. The Italian antists, however, took the later Graeco-Roman period for a model rather than the classic Greek and in consequence took eventually a very artificial tone. In the fifteenth century this was less noticeable, but in the sixteenth century art became very artificial and in many cases coarse. The really great work of the Italian Renaissance...
...bibliography of the various branches of Greek and Roman culture was taken up, particular attention being paid to the studies of philosophy, medicines, astronomy. grammar and inscriptions. The study of the two classes of inscriptions, sepulchral and dedicatory, was shown to be steadily growing in importance. The works on the Greek and Latin languages were then discussed and the lecturer stated that much greater attention had been given by the grammarians to the former than to the latter language...
...Horace and Virgil as the exponents of Roman patriotism and religion...
...Roman ideals of literary culture...
...walls of the upper rooms and corridor, an extensive collection of photographs representing works of art of all epochs and all countries-embracing architecture, sculpture and painting-is stored in cases, and is always accessible on application to the Curator's Assistant. The illustrations of Greek and Greco Roman art, of Mediaeval art, and of the arts of the Renaissance are practically exhaustive. Every facility for leisurely examination and note taking is afforded at all hours of the day and from 7 to 9 in the evening. So that a student may always find here abundant material for the study...