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...years of teaching in Europe at the Grand Ducal School, during which time he applied his own ideas of instruction to his students, have given him all the background and experience that could possibly be deemed necessary along these lines. There he stressed the practical approach to architecture; this emphasis, and also his theory that architecture should be studied as a social science, and not merely an aesthetic art, indicate that Mr. Gropius thoroughly understands the modern spirit, which demands utility and comfort in its buildings as well as beauty. He was among the first to realize the growing importance...
...brownish-gray walls of broad weave and the walnut background of the show cases bring out the delicate colorings of the Chinese pottery which are in most museums lost in the glare of a white-walled room. This is well illustrated in the Korean Room where there is much pottery from 5th and 13th century tombs. The vases and bowls have a unique inlay which the Chinese were never able to achieve. This inlay gives them an extra richness when it is seen with the faint blues and greens of the ordinary glazed ware. This extra richness and beautiful coloring...
...problems of government, the course covers three years. The so-called "public interneship" which occupies the second year gives the Fellows practical training in whatever branch of public service he intends to follow. The combination of practical experience with the more theoretical aspect of government activity provides an excellent background for the budding political genius...
From his heredity and background it was natural that Maurice Utrillo should have a talent for painting, but more startling is the fact that Maurice Utrillo was a sodden, wild-eyed dipsomaniac at the age of 15. No school would keep...
...little on the faint side: "Chekhov is a great artist using a small canvas, a poet of the little." Princess Toumanova regards him as the mouthpiece of "the superfluous man," as the sad "voice of twilight Russia." "He lived among the inactive, talkative, dissatisfied intelligentsia, which formed the background of his literary efforts and, as a true physician who diagnoses the disease, he observed stagnation and inertia and gave us a perfect picture of what he saw around him." But that was the later Chekhov. In his early days he set whole vistas of tables on a roar...