Decorative art emphasis marks 19th Century America exhibit
New York AP reports the Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases the 19th Century America exhibit through Sept 7 as part of its centennial series. It features 200 paintings 36 sculptures five period rooms and 300 plus decorative items from 1795 to 1910 spanning Federal Greek Revival American Empire and Eclectic periods with Tiffany glass and Belter furniture contrasted by a downhill arc in taste. The show highlights Hudson River School and 19th century sculpture while noting limited decorative glass silver and ceramics and the overall decline of American sculpture.
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New York
America
Metropolitan Museum of Art
England
Duncan Phyfe
Phyfe
John Taylor Johnston
Connecticut
Tiffany
Hiram Power
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Frederic Remington
Young people's books and a diary from 1913 reviewed
A compilation reviews Barbara Rinkeff's Johnny Pierce about a teen in trouble with police and the realism of family life. It also notes Edwin Tunis's The Young United States 1783 to 1890 with thorough indexing and age guidance, plus Julia and a moon crater Copernicus mention in a miscellaneous note.
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United States
Winnen
Edwin Tunis
World
Julia
Barnard's Open Heart Saga A Surgeon's Honest Tale
Christiaan Barnard's life and the first human heart transplant are recounted with candor. The book follows his rise from rural beginnings to Groot Schuur Hospital and Minneapolis training, revealing his doubts, triumphs, and the teamwork behind a historic operation.
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Christiaan Barnard
South Africa
Barnard
Karroo
Arizona
Cape Town
Ceres
Groot Schuur Hospital
Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
Hotchner details Mussolini treasure in Treasure interview
Author Hotchner explains his novel Treasure blends fact and fiction about Mussolini's loot. He retraces Mussolini's last journey and notes vanished gold, diaries, and state papers likely to resurface as major discoveries.
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A.E
Papa Hemingway
Hotchner
Random House
Mussolini
Ernest Hemingway
OSS
Milan
Congo
Lake Como
Dongo
Switzerland
Price to Exit Met Opera for Global Concert Tour
The Metropolitan Opera confirms Leontyne Price will skip the 1970 71 season and possibly longer, pursuing concert work abroad. At 43 she may seek new repertoire and broader self interest, with operatic plans uncertain until late 1971.
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Metropolitan Opera
Leontyne Price
New York
Fanciulla del West
Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
New Theater
Lincoln Center
Samuel Barber
Anthony and
Cleopatra
Miss Price
Laurel
Miss
Central State College
Wilberforce
Ohio
Juilliard School
Bess
Europe
NBC
San Francisco
Chicago
Vienna
London
Metropolitan
Tyre
Aida
Leonora
Diana
Gluck
Alceste
Weber
Reiza
Books in Brief and Oriental Art at Boston Museum
The review covers a provocative anthology on pornography arguing about freedom versus decadence with critiques by Burgess Hyman Sontag and Elliott. It also notes the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Oriental Collection catalog celebrating the museum's centennial, highlighting 134 illustrated pieces and ancient Chinese paintings. The piece cites a companion Western art volume due in fall 1976.
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Anthony Burgess
Stanley Edgar Hyman
Susan Sontag
George P Elliott
Museum OF Fine Arts
Boston
Oriental Art
Jan Fontein
New York Graphic Society
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Andes
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Gilbert Stuart
Rembrandt Peale
Thomas Scully
Washington Allston
Asher B. Durand
Thomas Cole
Albert Bierstadt
Frederic Church
George Caleb Bingham
Willian Sidney Mount
Winslow Homer
Eastman Johnson
Thomas Eakins
John Singer Sargent
James McNeil Whistler
Mary Cassatt
George Bingham
Missouri
Young People’s Books
Johnny Pierce
Barbara Rinkeff
Seabury
Johnny
Mick
Julia Harrington
Richard Bissell
Little. Brown
Moon
Copernices
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Pisia
Curtis Bill Pepper
Macmillan
John Barkham
University of Minnesota
Medical School
Wangensteen
Lillehei
Minneapolis
Rocks
Saturday Review, Inc
DR. Cuneta
Barnard Curtis Bill Peppep
Nuremburg
Paul Newman
St Louis
Saterday Review, Inc
Gyre, O
Sun
Chronile-Telegram
Met
Douglas A. Hayes
St Martin's Press
Saterday Review
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