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...Robert S. Peabody, of Boston, lectured last evening in the Fogg Museum on "The Country House." The lecture consisted for the most part of a tracing of the gradual developent of the modern country house from the ancient Roman villa...
...house shall consist. He may strictly follow the plan of ancient houses, but such an interpretation is too strict to be generally adopted. There are new ideas which must of necessity influence an architect of today. The monkish cloisters cannot be conformed to modern needs. While the ancient Roman villa would answer the requirements of Lenox or Newport, other forms of architecture would be illsuited to our time...
...simple country houses of Pliny and the somewhat more elaborate villas of Cicero would form a not unfitting background to the life of today. In the Italian villa we find brought into subjection the main ideas and features of its Roman predecessor. On the borders of Lake Como we find the best examples of these houses. Here the blue waters of the lake contrast strongly with the pure white country houses with which the lake is bordered. Art and nature seem to have combined to make a paradise. During the Renaissance the art of building was continually changing, largely owing...
...history for 1896-97; C. E. Ozanne, A. M., instructor in history for 1896-97; Charles Palache, Ph. D., instructor in mineralogy for 1896-97; R. J. Forsythe, A. B., instructor in metallurgy and metallurgical chemistry for 1896-97; G. W. Botsford, Ph. D., instructor in Greek and Roman history for 1896-97; G. A. Reisner, Ph. D., instructor in Semitic languages...
...showing the development from the simple Busycon seashell of Florida. The vessels are made to represent all kinds of animals and also human beings. In this collection there are also some fine specimens of old painted pottery. Besides the specimens from Missouri there are some fine examples of old Roman pottery and numerous stone implements from the Pueblo villages...