Word: true
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...looked upon with a certain veneration. This veneration is very much increased, too, if the man in question, besides being a great artist, has qualities in his own nature which make him attractive and worthy of respect. Mr. Irving has this double charm of the artist and the true gentleman and this, it seems to us, is exactly the reason why the students are so much interested in him and in his work. He, and the actors and actresses of his class are not the mere machines that people see and even applaud today; they are thinking beings...
...HAYES'SPEECH.The third speaker for Harvard was Alfred Samuel Hayes. He questioned the adequacy of Mr. Clark's definitions. Party allegiance, said he, was simply the fidelity which a man gives to an organization composed of men who hold like opinion with him. It is perfectly true that men who still continue firm partisans, may occasionally act against the temporary leaders of their party, but it is after all for the sake of the party...
...express in a painting more than the eye can take in at one glance. To put in more confuses and crowds the picture. It is very important before the sketch is begun to pick out the darkest and the lightest points. Even in the dullest subject it is invariably true that one point is a little darker than all others and that one special point is the lightest...
...question of local color is the hardest that comes to the artist. Things are not really the way they look. When we paint for example a summer scene, putting in all the rich greens and other bright colors, we get nothing approaching the true effect. Those artists who have been most successful in catching the salient points of a scene and in making it all true, use always soft colors, gray and yellow ochre. The best examples of this sort of work are the wonderful paintings of Cazin...
...younger men the most prominent is Dana Gibson. His methods are rather peculiar but his effects are always true. F. S. Church is one of the most original of American artists. His picture, "The Viking's Daughter," is an ideal conception of a beautiful woman. It is a picture of a typical American woman...