Word: interior
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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READ THE ARTICLE BELOW.- We have found after many years that in photographing rooms or interior work of any kind, much better results can be obtained when the ground is covered with snow, giving a soft diffused light in many rooms that would without snow make hard black and white effects. We trust that all the men who desire work of this king will take advantage of this tip at once. No better souvenir can be had of a college than a well-made picture of one's room. Appointments can be made now at Pach's Studio...
...Grand Falls of Labrador, which are said to be the largest in the world, and which only four white men are known to have visited. Another object of the trip is to gather collections of the fauna and flora of Labrador, about which little is definitely known, for the interior of this country is the largest unexplored tract of land in America. The expedition will leave New York in the latter part of June, to return by the first of October. The party will be composed in the main of Pennsylvania students...
...meeting of the Canadian Club on Saturday evening, Mr. B. G. Gordon, the leader of the Harvard Honduras expedition, lectured on the "Ancient Cities of Central America." Mr. Gordon described his trip to Honduras and his visit to the old cities of the interior, whose remarkable ruins give some idea of the civilization which flourished there ages before the coming of Europeans to America. These cities, once so magnificent, are now overgrown by forests, inhabited only by wild animals, and many of them seldom visited by man. Mr. Gordon also told several anecdotes illustrative of the character and customs...
...study of homogeneousness in decoration requires particular attention because of the great variety of styles which have developed of late. Formerly there was little choice in the matter of style, but now many a fine interior is completely spoiled by the combination of too many styles. The Hotel de Villi is a famous example of this fault. If homogeneous decoration is desired, the artist should always consider his architect...
Venice stands by itself in the history of painting; its art was more modern than anything before. Every Venetian painter was a Midas with the touch of gold. Art became so popular there that every one took it up. They carried it so far that, besides covering the interior of the buildings, they covered the exterior with paintings...