Word: ruin
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Farabee 3G. and A. M. Tozzer 2G. have been engaged all summer upon special work under the supervision, at the start of Professor Putnam. The former has been in New Mexico exploring the ancient ruin of a small pueblo and also a burial place, while the latter has begun to study the myths and language of the Navajo Indians...
...reinforcing some important idea. Secondly, Turner shows love for human interest. Everywhere he enlivens his already intensely charming landscapes by appropriately placed and logically related human figures. And thus his landscape with human interest has an unusual power *sthetically. Lastly, Turner always takes special delight in contrasting the ruin of the rich with the permanence of the poor--the battered, weatherbeaten castle is contrasted to the busy, still persisting peasants' homes...