Word: snobbism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...down to such details, Berenson became the reigning expert on the subject. His overriding idea-that art must be experienced to be appreciated, that the viewer should try to lose himself in the beauty of the picture-has liberated many of his readers from the cold bonds of snobbism and artificial art-loving. Self & Non-Self. Today Berenson's nickname, "B.B.," is as familiar to the art world as B.B.D. & O. is to admen. His villa has become a must for American tourists in Italy. Lucky visitors are entertained at tea, where the conversation ranges from English through French...
...word, courage," Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government, explained. "He is one of the few men never intimidated by England's monolithic party system, by Tory snobbism, by shot or shell, or even by failure. He is particularly remarkable because he has not always been right or free of vices...
...twist has been added to the charges that Harvard breeds Communists. Whittaker Chambers has accused William L. Marbury, LL.B. '24, a Fellow of the College, of rallying to the defense of Alger Hiss, LL.B. '29, in a pique of snobbism...
...Special Award Winner Gene Kelly (who last November complained that academy "snobbism" would bar a musical from the laurels), for his acting-dancing "contribution" to the Technicolor musical, An American in Paris...
February 8 will also mark the date for the Forum's next program. Rudolph Halley, president of New York's City Council, and Jerome L. Rappoport '47, director of the New Boston Committee, will speak on "Municipal Reform." A later program will be on "Snobbism in Music." Aaron Copland, Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry, Arthur Fiedler, and Martin Buxband will be among the speakers...