Beyond the legacy : anniversary acquisitions for the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

380 Pages·1998·49.6 MB·English

by  Lawton, Thomas, 1931-

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ANNIVERSARY ACQUISITIONS FOR THE FREER GALLERY OF ART AND THE ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY

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SUPPORTING A NEWLY REVEALED FUNDAMENTAL FACT OF NATURE OR AESTHETICS? OR IS IT NOT THE CONCURRENCES OF BOTH O
FOR GENERATIONS AND CENTURIES TO COME?
MASTERPIECES OF CERTAIN PERIODS OF HIGH CIVILIZATION HARMONIOUS IN SPIRITUAL SUGGESTION, HAVING THE POWER TO Bl
E OR AESTHETICS? OR IS IT NOT THE CONCURRENCES OF BOTH OF THESE WITH THE INDEFINABLE GENIUS WHICH PROJECT
MORE THAN EVER TO BUILD LINKS OF UNDERSTANDING AND MUTUAL RESPECT BETWEEN PEOPLES OF DIFFERENT CIVILIZATIONS.
BRIDGES BETWEEN CIVILISED MEN AND WOMEN OF CULTURE, OF ALL CULTURES THE ARTS, THE SCIENCES, THE HUMANITIES.
NATURE WHICH ARE HIDDEN FROM MOST OF US? IS IT PASSIONATE DEDICATION WHICH EXPLORES, DEFINES, AND RECORDS THE E
BOTH OF THESE WITH THE INDEFINABLE GENIUS WHICH PROJECTS THEM IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO CHANGE THE MINDS AND LIV
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Smithsonian Institution,Washington, D.C.
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