Word: expressionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dean David of the Business School, in accepting Rockefeller's pledge said yesterday that he welcomed the opportunity "to express our deep appreciation to Mr. Rockefeller, not only for his generous offer of financial assistance but also for his expression of confidence in the School. His approval of the School...
In 1806, when drunken French soldiers invaded Goethe's house, faithful Christiane defied them. Conscience-stricken and deeply impressed, Goethe rushed her to the church and made her his wife. When later asked by an admirer how he had fared in those critical days of invasion, Goethe instantly assumed...
Silence on the Pedestal. It was this breadth of vision and unity of spirit, plus a high scorn for the battles of the metaphysicians, that aroused the indignation of German pedants and specialists. "People were never thoroughly contented with me," Goethe confided in his last years to Johann Peter Eckermann...
If Mr. Coles has a theory of aesthetics, it apparently is one which admits the moral content of a work of art to be a valid basis for criticizing it. There are several schools of theory ensconced in this opinion; one of them centers in Moscow. I do not share...
Eyes & Mind. What did the subject think of all this? Said well-pleased Poet Eliot: "There is a good deal to be said for sticking to the same doctor . . . There is the same reason for sticking to the same painter-if he is a good painter; he knows the history...