This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... etchings by Messrs. J. C. Vondrous and Gianni Caproni complet' ed the exhibition. Great interest was manifested in the etchings by Signor Caproni, who besides being the world's greatest designer of aeroplanes, is an etcher of considerable ability and has executed a number of plates depicting the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... etchings by Messrs. J. C. Vondrous and Gianni Caproni complet' ed the exhibition. Great interest was manifested in the etchings by Signor Caproni, who besides being the world's greatest designer of aeroplanes, is an etcher of considerable ability and has executed a number of plates depicting the aerial side of modern warfare. XV With Mr. Thomas Hastings as architect and Mr. Paul W. Bartlett as the chief sculptor, a temporary arch was erected at Madison Square and Fifth Avenue, New York, to do honor to New York's returning troops. This Victory Arch, about one hundred and fifty feet high, was the largest arch ever built in America. Surmounting this arch, which was an excellent piece of work, was a large equestrian group, the work of Messrs. Paul W. Bartlett and Attilio Piccirilli. This group showed a chariot, drawn by six horses and surmounted by a winged figure. On the main columns were panels by Messrs. Daniel Chester French and Herbert Adams. The spandrils were by Messrs. Isidore Konti and Andrew O'connor, while bas'reliefs were by Gertrude V. Whitney [Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney Mr. Mahonri Young, and fourteen other sculptors. The art committee of the Liberty Loan Committee was responsible for a well'designed Victory Way on Park Avenue, New York. Rows of Doric columns formed the two sides of the scheme. A frieze of paint' ings supplied a background to the speakers' rostrum. Mr. Arthur Crisp had a painting of Victory in the center, and Mr. J. Monroe Hewlett paintings of New Zealand and Australia, while South America was painted by Mr. Charles S. Chapman and North America by Mr. Fred' Erick J. Waugh. Mr. W. T. Benda painted Europe and Mr. Arthur Covey Africa. The color scheme was the same in all of these paintings, as well as the scale, and...
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