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Arthur kingsley porter february 6, 1883 july, 1933. Porter died just before midnight on june 30, 2015, at a cancer hospital in panama. The irish academic press, under their new imprint merrion, will publish the book, glenveagh mystery. Work on a documentary and a film is also under way. Spanish romanesque sculpture arthur kingsley porter.
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The life, work and disappearance of arthur kingsley porter 9781908928108. Student school of architecture, columbia, 19041906. This particular intersection deserves attention from those interested in music, the reception of classical latin literature, the history of education, and the development of punctuation. Arthur kingsley porter 1883 1933 was an american archaeologist, art historian and.
Between the late tenth century and the late twelfth century, the musical notation known as neumes was. The harvard club hosts the 2020 bostons most influential. Arthur kingsley porter, who met an untimely death near his summer. Romanesque sculpture of the pilgrimage roads by porter, arthur kingsley, 18831933. Over the decades stories of porters disappearance turned into legend. His father was timothy hopkins porter, a banker in stamford, and his mother was maria louisa hoyt, one of the first women to study at vassar. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Get free shipping on art studies by arthur kingsley porter, from. Todd, and the book was released on september 12, 2014.
Porter attended the browning school in new york and then entered yale university. Arthur kingsley porter 1883 1933 was een amerikaans medievist en kunsthistoricus, gespecialiseerd in romaanse architectuur en beeldhouwkunst. We thought you might like to know which books our students and faculty are reading today. Son of timothy hopkins and marie louise hoyt porter. Romanesque sculpture of the pilgrimage roads by porter, arthur kingsley, 1883. Riddle of the gay harvard millionaire who vanished from. Later, ensconced at harvard, where he taught art history, he took a young male lover.
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The harvard club of boston honored seven women at its 2020 bostons most influential women gala on feb. Nota bene explores a littleknown juxtaposition of verbal text and musical notation in the middle ages. The present two volumes by no means cover the entire. His study of lombard architecture also remains the first in its class. When millionaire harvard professor arthur kingsley porter vanished without trace on a remote donegal island almost 80 years ago, the rumour mill kicked into overdrive. Monday 35 or by appointment eric rentschler received his academic training in german literature, german history, and european intellectual history, studying in stuttgart, bonn, and prague, before taking his doctoral degree at the university of washington. Arthur kingsley porter professor of germanic languages and literatures. The life, work and disappearance of arthur kingsley porter, he disappeared forever without a.
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