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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Photographs on exhibition show the help given by the X-ray in determining whether certain paintings are the work of Rembrandt or of his pupil, Ferdinand Bol, who studied under the master from 1635 to 1641. On one disputed picture, a portrait of "Saskia," the shadow graphs indicate that the underpainting is probably the work of Bol, while the final surface painting is probably by Rembrandt. X-ray evidence shows that several paintings, once attributed to Rembrandt, may really prove to be the work of Bol, whose underpainting is cruder and less decisive than the master...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exhibit at Fogg Shows X-rays | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

...society without caste never was and never will be. Even his own Utopia, where education catapults the men with intellect or talent into positions of power, is possessed of a caste system--with caste resting upon intellect and talent. Even if the ruling class turns over to a certain extent, it is still a ruling class; and there is no real or universal freedom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BRAVE NEW WORLD | 10/25/1939 | See Source »

Generalissimo Pittman quietly held his fire for the moment the battle reached the amendment trenches. Victory was his-if he would make a certain sacrifice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Brass Tacks | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

Still silent remained Il Duce's own paper Il Popolo d'ltalia (to which all Fascist Party members must subscribe), unwilling yet to attack Joseph Stalin or to slam the Moscow-Berlin Axis. There will be time enough for that when it becomes certain that Joseph Stalin is going to thwart Benito Mussolini's ambitions in the Balkans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Retreat of the West | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

Undergraduates frequently chide their elders. More often than not their chidings are ignored or their presumptions are smugly set aside as adolescent insolence. We are not certain, however, that either device will serve in the case of the Harvard Crimson's challenge to its own president and other intellectual leaders, as well as religious spokesmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 10/21/1939 | See Source »

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