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SOCIETIES OF See also:
SPECIAL
SPECIAL STUDY, PRACTICE AND See also:
PROTECTION
PROTECTION . Under this See also:

head should be placed those associations which affect a cult, or are composed of particular workers, or which protect public or private interests. Perhaps the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the first See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind is the See also:

JAPAN

Japan Society, which, since its inception in 1892, has been joined by over 1350 members interested in matters See also:

RELATING

relating to See also:

JAPANESE

Japanese See also:

art and See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries. The See also:

DURER, ALBRECHT (1471-1528)

Durer Society, formed in 1897, has for its See also:

main See also:

OBJECT

object the See also:

REPRODUCTION

reproduction of See also:

WORKS

works by Albrecht Durer, and his See also:

German and See also:

ITALIAN

Italian contemporaries. The See also:

VASARI, GIORGIO (1511-1571)

Vasari Society, founded in 1905, works in See also:

HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony with the See also:

Arundel See also:

CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club and the Dtirer Society, reproducing drawings by the Old Masters. In this See also:

CATEGORY (Gr. Karrlyopia, " accusation ")

category of special study may also be placed the Society for the Encouragement and Preservation of See also:

INDIAN

Indian Art, the See also:

EGYPT

Egypt Exploration Fund, and the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. Of the societies of special practice it has already been noticed that some are purely exhibiting associations, such as the Portrait Painters, the See also:

PASTEL

Pastel Society, and the two See also:

MINIATURE

miniature bodies. The formation of the Society of See also:

MEZZOTINT

Mezzotint Engravers in 1898 is an example of the leaguing together of particular workers to See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to their interests. See also:

ORIGINAL

Original and translator engravers, together with collectors and connoisseurs, comprise the membership. The decaying art of See also:

wood See also:

ENGRAVING

engraving is also fostered by the See also:

INTERNATIONAL, THE

International Society of Wood Engravers, and the Society of Designers, founded in 1896, safe-See also:

GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards the interests of professional designers for applied art, without holding exhibitions. Special practice and protection are also considered by the Society of Illustrators, composed of artists who See also:

WORK

work in See also:

black and See also:

white for the illustrated See also:

PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press. This society was inaugurated in 1894, and fifteen of the members of the See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee must be active workers in See also:

ILLUSTRATION

illustration.

As an instance of the tendency of art workers to combine, the Society of Art Masters is a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good illustration. This is an association of teachers of art See also:

SCHOOLS

schools, controlled by the art See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of See also:

EDUCATION

Education, and has a membership of over 300. Good work of another kind occupies the See also:

NATIONAL

National See also:

TRUST

Trust for Places of Historic See also:

INTEREST

Interest or Natural Beauty. The See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of the Trust includes representatives of such bodies as the National See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery, the Royal See also:

Academy, the Royal Society of Painters in See also:

WATER

Water See also:

COLOURS, MILITARY

Colours, the Society of Antiquaries, the Royal See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of See also:

BRITISH

British Architects, the See also:

UNIVERSITIES

Universities, See also:

KYRIE (in full kyrie eleison, or eleeson, Gr. Kvpte MEssvov; cf. Ps. cxxii. 3, Matt. xv. 22, &c., meaning " Lord, have mercy ")

Kyrie Society, Society for the Protection of See also:

Ancient Buildings and the See also:

Selborne Society.

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