(Encyclopedia) composition, in art, the organization of forms and colors within the work of art. In traditional sculpture this means the arrangement of masses and planes. In representational painting…
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Dedication
Death
Prologue
Peter Bells, one, two and three,
O'er the wide world wandering be.—
First, the antenatal Peter,
Wrapped in weeds of the same metre,
The so-…
(Encyclopedia) Museum of Primitive Art, New York City, a privately supported institution, established in 1957. It was devoted entirely to the arts of the indigenous cultures of Africa, Oceania, and…
(Encyclopedia) Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, established and incorporated in 1929. It is privately supported. Alfred H. Barr, Jr., was its first director. Operating at first in rented…
is reading the anathema in the church, then closing the Bible, tolling the bell, and extinguishing all the candles, saying “Fiat, fiat! Do-to (close) the Book, quench the candles, ring the…
by Mrs. Emily Crawford Woman, the New Factor in EconomicsThe Pacific NorthwestArt Mrs. Emily Crawford was born in New London, in the County of Middlesex, England. Her parents were…
(Encyclopedia) Brooklyn Museum of Art, museum in the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y. Its predecessors were the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library (1823), the Brooklyn Institute (1843), and the Brooklyn…
(To). to be asked at church, and then defer the marriage so that the bells hang fire. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894HangedHang by a Thread A B C D E F…
