The story of Pittsburgh: Education

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623714

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241132

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Education

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 14

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: [ca. 80] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Department of fine arts

Collection:: Economics Books

been held each year since 1896 with the exception of the five years of the Great War. Averaging about three hundred paintings, these exhibitions have been recognized as among the most important held either in Europe or America. They present paintings representative of the best standards of art and taste, works both by artists of established reputation and by young men and women who have yet to become known in the art world. These exhibitions, which are in the nature of a clearing house of the best in American and European art, attract many critics, artists, amateurs, and lealers from all parts of the United States. The twenty-seventh Carnegie Institute International Ex- hibition opened on October 18 and continued through Decem- Yer 10, 1927. Of course, in a general way all the activities of the depart- ment are educational, but more than that, it strives to edu- cate, in the stricter sense of the word. the young and old alike. For the children the department conducts this work especially through the agency of the public and parochial schools, where it has proved of unusual importance in the development of public taste in the community. The students of the entire eighth grade of the public and parochial schools, numbering almost eight thousand, come three times during the school year with their teachers, as part of their school work, to study the permanent collections of the Department of Fine Arts. For adults the main work of education consists of a series of morning and evening lectures given during the winter and spring in the lecture hall of the Institute. The majority of these talks are informal in character. The main purpose of the lectures is to popularize the refinements of nfe. DEPARTMENT OF THE MUSEUM The museum occupies the greater portion of the eastern side of the main building, with a floor space at its command of 152,074 square feet. In its activities it covers the natural sciences and the applied arts. Fifteen sections are already

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