Word: classicized
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...between the motives that actuated the art of the Middle ages and those actuating the art of the Renaissance. Religious faith was the dominant note and the inspiration of mediaeval art; on the other hand, the art of the Renaissance reflected the freedom of though and the tendency to classicism of the Renaissance itself. Its spirit was essentially mundane and finally became, in imitation of the Greeks, a mere effort to depict physical beauty. The Italian antists, however, took the later Graeco-Roman period for a model rather than the classic Greek and in consequence took eventually a very artificial...
Columbia University is to have a new boathouse which will cost $15,000. It is to be erected on the Hudson river, and will be of classic style with colonial front...
...Yale faculty has decided to drop the popular course in "modern novels" which has been given during the last few years by Dr. W. L. Phelps. It is the largest course in college and the reason given for its withdrawal is that it takes too much time from the classic and history courses...
...year ago the Delta Upsilon discussed the scheme of giving instead of an original play, some English classic, but when it was learned that the English department would present "Epicoene" or "The Silent Woman," the society let the matter rest for the time. But this year it was decided to give "The Good Natured Man," by Goldsmith. This comedy, though not as well known as "She Stoops to Conquer," abounds in witty dialogue and humorous situations. For six weeks the men have been at work on their parts, and for a fortnight daily rehearsals have been held...
...classic fables have come down from early times under the name of Esop's fables; but Esop, like Homer, is an unknown person. The first known collections of Greek fables was made about 300 B. C., by a certain Demetrius. Upon his version succeeding collections were made, with additions of tales from the East. From Greece the fables spread to Rome and thence over Europe, until in the Middle Ages several collections of tales were made in England and France, notably by Romulus Imperator and Marie de France...