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...half was necessary. Plates are now being taken in the early evening, the middle of the night, and the early morning with time exposures of from one to five minutes only. The plates obtained in the early evening and early morning are carefully compared in order to determine the exact position of the planet. Tests for brightness are also made frequently with the eight inch Draper telescope...
...impulses of the Renaissance by the seventeenth century had lost hold on the artistic imagination in its creative faculty. English landscape painting was involved in mannerisms derived from the landscape backgrounds of the conventional historic figure painting. The Dutch landscape art, while free from these peculiarities and laboriously exact in portrayal of detail, was entirely unimaginative in its inattention to that most worthy of expression. During the early part of the nineteenth century, however, a new tendency appeared toward a more feeling expression of the various moods and aspects of nature. The men first in this movement were unfortunately limited...
...affirmation is untrue that according to Ruskin, perfection of art consists in exact imitation of nature. In the opening of "Modern Painters" he defines great art as that which conveys to the mind the greatest number of the greatest ideas, and he distinctly asserts later that there is a distinction to be drawn between representative art and art as such, in itself. In "Modern Painters," how- ever, Ruskin deals primarily with landscape painting, and landscape art, being a representative art, therefore needs to be truthful. Recognizing this, Ruskin attempts to vindicate Turner on the score of truth, although he nowhere...
...Grecian features. With the exception of the back of the neck, it is in a perfect state of preservation. It is of a later date than the Meleager, the other piece of original sculpture in the Museum, but no definite conclusion has as yet been reached as to its exact...
...date from September 1, 1900: John Hays Gardiner, A.B., to be assistant professor of English for five years; William E. Castle, Ph.D., instructor in zoology, and William R. Spalding, instructor in music. A resolution was passed requesting the faculties of each department to state in the Catalogue the exact conditions on which the several degrees may be obtained. The following rule was adopted: "That no undergraduate should be allowed to remain in residence at the University for any year without taking at least four courses or their equivalent, the present minimum work required in each year, except upon a special...