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The Masjdid-i Djuma in Isfahan, Persia, Which Will Be Discussed In Ars Islamica

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Opera with Mr. Windt as director. Play
na "pera Production. will be assisted by the
School of Music and the department
red Bride of physical education.
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(lhat poveruN was wine spread. Natur-
ally the cultural efforts of the time
reflected these gloomy circumstances.
The opera was thus welcomed not
only for its musical value but for its
spirit of cheerfulness.
The author himself was unhappy
at the time because of the death of
his first wife and the difficulties over-
whelming his beloved country. In ad-
dition to this, Smetana had been ill,
and even in 1870 was threatened with
the most terrible affliction of all for
a musician-deafness.
That he could compose "The Bar-
'red Bride" at such a time is a tribute
t; his irrepressible Slavic tempera-
ment. In spite of everything, he
created a joyous and light-hearted
opera of rural life, which was im-
mediately popular and which has in-
creased rather than declined in pop-
ularity since 1870. Eventually it was
produced in other nations, such as
sue of Ars Islanmica, official Univer- England and America, where ft has
as been enlarged and rebuilt many been successful. It is often present-
ed today, and has become the most
~ people.
Performances will be given Tuesday
sBuildings through Saturday nights, as well as
. at three matinees. The cast has been
Show Rapid Growth chosen and rehearsalshare under way,
---___beloved opera of the Czechoslovakian
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The Masdid-i Djuma of Isfahan, Persia is an important monument of Mohammedan architecture which
sity publication devoted to Islamic art. This mosque was built during the 11th century during the Abbasid
times until it reached its present size. The mosque is in a very pocr state of preservation today.

will be discussed in the Centennia iss
Dynasty. Since its construction it h


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Ars Islamica Publication To Discuss
Decorative Arts In Mosem World

bert Gabriel, Ernest Herzfeld, Ernst!
Kuhnelh Friederich Sarre, Josef
Strzygowski, Gaston Wiet and John!
E. Lodge, director of the Freer Gal-!
lerv Washington DC D..who is takingf

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the place of the late Rudolph Meyer!
Riefstahl.

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Articles On Wood Carving,
Fabric Textiles, Written
By Graduate Students
Ars Islamica, official University
publication devoted entirely to the
art of Islam, will honor the Univer-
sity June celebration in a special
edition twice the usual size which
will be issued the first week in June.
Articles will cover architecture,
with discussions of several unknown.
monuments ,and all branches of the
decorative arts of the Moslem world,
textiles, rugs, wood carving, minia-
ture painting, pottery and metals.
Contributers for this edition in-
clude some of the foremost authori-
ties on Islamic art. Among them are
Josef Stryzgowski, professor-emeri-
tus of the University of Vienna, Aus-
tria; Friedrich Sarre, director-emer-
itus of the Islamic Department of
the State Museums in Berlin, Ger-
many; M. S. Dimand, curator of the
Near Eastern Department of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York City; Ernst Diez, former pro-
fessor at the University of Vienna
and now connected with Bryn Mawr
as professor of' fine arts; A. Sakisian
and Rudolph Meyer Riefstahl, late
professor at New York University.
Of particular interest to the cam-
pus are two articles in this edition
which have been written by Florence
Day, Grad, and Peter Ruthven, Grad,

which are in the possession of The Ars Islamica has peen published In this edition there will also be
University and Ruthven describes twice a year since 1934 when it was general information on exhibitions,
specimens of wood carving also be- first established It is the nl b- and excavations and several book re-
longing to The University. It is the liaio puh oldwih sdvoe views.I
first time that either have been pub- Incation in the world which is devoted Inaddition to the regular sub-
lished. xclusively to Islamic Art. Articles scription list, 100 copies of Ars Isla-
Members of the faculty and con- printed are writtn in English, French mica will be specially bound with
nected With the Research Seminary and German. linen and will be offered for sale.
who have contributed to this issue of Ordinarily the issue contains ap-
Ars Islamica are Prof. Mehmet Aga- proximately 250 pages and 200 " il-
Oglu, Prof. James Marshall Plum- lustrations. There will be 500 pages__
uJhof printed material and more than 600
er, Prof. Clark Hopkins, Isabel Hub- illustrations in this special edition for
bard Haight and Helen Hall. Profes- j the Centennial.
sor Aga-Oglu who is the only profes- -The advisory committee for the
sor in the country having a chair publication includes President Ruth-
devoted entirely to the history of ven, Prof. John Winter, Laurence
islamic art, is also the editor of Ars Binyon, Andanda K. Coomaraswamy,
Islamica. Maurice S. Dimand, Alil Ethem, Al-

others who were spending their first
year on campus. Adelia Cheever, a
gift of Judge Cheever was opened the
following year. The next building to
be erected exclusively for women was
Couzens' Hall, residence for the stu-
dent nurses of University Hospital.
The latest addition to the long list!
of buildings for women is Mosher-
Jordan Halls.

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both members of the Research Sem-
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sity. Miss Day discusses some an-
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