Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been built with great care and will have more than ordinary buoyancy. The bracing of the boat is the feature of particular interest, it being a new departure in shell building. A chain of unbroken iron bracing runs from the stroke clear forward to number one thus giving great stiffness, and at the same the braces have been made as light as practicable in order not to weight the boat too much. The slides are inclined so as to require the minimum exertion on the recover; in fact everything possible has been done to make the boat speedy and comfortable...
...these, of which we have only a very few preserved. The examples shown to illustrate his remarks were from the metopes carried to London by Lord Elgin. The subject of the sculptures on the metopes is the battle of the centaurs. The figures are for the most part, rather stiff, but we have two which are really the work of a master. It is probable that the metopes were executed by different sculptors...
...Kidder, (captain), -157 pounds. Overreaches and should limber up; he is too stiff...
...also a favorite subject in every period, although the art-types were very different in the archaic age from those of later times. The series of stereopticon views used to illustrate this incident gave a good idea of the artistic progress of the vase-makers, beginning with the stiff and conventional figures of the early vases and continuing down to the time when landscape and a background were introduced. The abduction of Helen by Paris was a fruitful theme which gave rise to several beautiful representations. Pictures of some of the masterpieces of Greek vase-painting were shown...
...wonder even without the pictures with which they are decorated. The Greek artist was above all a craftsman, and delighted in showing his skill on household vessels. By means of the 20,000 or more specimens which we possess, we can trace the progress of art from the stiff archaic types up to the highest perfection. There are two color schemes: the earlier consisted of black figures on the red surface of the vase, and later, the vase was covered with a black glaze upon which the figures were incised so that the lines were in red. The date...