Word: solemnizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nothing rugged, but they did succeed in rolling up a mighty snowball of Raphael-belittlement. Even Academicians like John Ruskin agreed that Raphael's Madonnas bore no resemblance to the Jewish Mary. Manet said crudely: "Raphael turns my stomach." In the 20th Century Stark Young, standing in the solemn little chapel in the Dresden Museum before Raphael's Sistine Madonna, could say only: ". . . Fundamentally dull. ... In color it is stupid. . . . The cherubim faces are downright ugly, the infant Jesus equally...
...solemn ritual with which Harvard will surround the award of academic degrees and distinctions on Thursday, June 11, the University's Commencement Day, will begin at 9 o'clock, when the Seniors assemble in the Yard for a procession to the Memorial Church where Dean Willard L. Sperry, Chairman of the Harvard Board of Preachers, will conduct the Senior Class chapel service...
...were about to occur and a new world were to be born." Said he: "I suggest that while the protective forces are on the physical alert all other residents of Westchester declare a spiritual alert between the warning siren and the all-clear signal so that persons may, in solemn unison, lift up their hearts in prayer for the safety of our armed forces and civilians alike in a mighty plea for victory." In the area's surprise black-out this week, prayers will be led by clergy of all faiths over the local radio station...
...solemn three-hour ceremonial, a tiny reliquary (½ by 1½ by 2½ in.) was sealed into the new high altar of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan last Saturday. In the reliquary were bone fragments of each of the twelve Apostles, of St. Patrick, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Rose of Lima (the first American saint) and three Jesuit saints martyred by the Iroquois in 1649. They came straight from Rome, where a special department of the Vatican authenticates relics of the saints and sends them with proper attestation wherever new altars are needed...
...Green Was My Valley" is not great in the sense that it portrays an idea of sweeping magnitude and importance. Its quality lies, rather, in its masterful use of every art and science that the film industry can muster to its service. John Ford's careful, solemn direction; photography that is completely in accord with the spirit of the episode; a musical background that is head and shoulders above even the better things that Hollywood has done along that line in the past; superb acting performances, down to the smallest bit part--all these, have been smoothly welded into...