Abstract

Art
N. N. | October 26, 1918 issue

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The decoration of Fifth Avenue for the Fourth Liberty Loan was more than a passing show. It meant for American artists the chance to originate and carry out for themselves a scheme of decoration on a large scale. It allowed them to speak to the people through their art as artists spoke in days long past when art was a language the people understood. The artists, of course, had the advantage of a beautiful street to decorate. Pall-Mall, the Corso, Unter den Linden, the Ring-Strasse, by comparison, fade into insignificance. The Rue de Rivoli and the boulevards in Paris have more complete unity but less grandeur and magnificence.

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ARTISTS -- United States; ARTS -- United States; PERFORMING arts; ART & society; CULTURAL activities; UNITED States
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