Word: striken
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Dates: during 1888-1888
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...before him, the student may gain in a few minutes a better idea of the principles of art than the readings of columns can convey; if the two methods of reading and practical study of illustration are combined, rapid advance is possible. The library of the University is poverty striken as far as classical and contemporary art is concerned. Of artists now living or of those belonging to the last generation, there is not a trace. Classic art is represented only by a few wood cuts and copies of drainings. The deficiency in modern art might be supplied to some...