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Title: Greece
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Puaux, René, 1878-1937 Brown, Carroll N. (Carroll Neidé), 1869-1938, tr
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Publisher: New York City, Greek Government Exhibition
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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tcontent with merely opening an office andappointing a number of men to serve on theGeneral Council. The exhibition at the GrandCentral Palace is an eloquent witness to theintelligent activity of the young society, whosevarious publications had already contributedmuch to the information available for Ameri-can students of Greek affairs. The exhibition is admirably well balanced.The glories of ancient Greece have not blindedthe society to the fact that it exists primarilyto interest the public in Greece as it is today.The photographs are in themselves sufficientto kindle interest in the heart of Americans. The Stymphalian Lake, famous as thehome of the man-eating birds destroyed byHercules, and now to be used as the watersupply for Athens, is one of the most interest-ing pictures in the exhibition. Side by sidewith Acheron, the stream of sighs and thespring of Peirene, which gushed forth at thestroke of Pegasuss hoof, the society has as-sembled a collection of modern Greek textiles. 40
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Greek peasant embroidery and rug. From collection shown at the exhibition. 41 It is inevitable that the casual observershould always try to trace some subtle rela-tionship between the art of ancient and mod-ern Greece. While in this particular casesuch an effort requires a considerable stretchof the imagination, the very presence of mod-ern pottery and textiles is valuable in so farthat it proves that Greece is not living en-tirely in the past. Of her political vitalityMr. Venizelos gave the members of the PeaceConference abundant evidence; those whostill question the existence of her commercialand artistic aspirations should visit this ex-hibition at the Grand Central Palace. New York Times, March 7, 1920. GREEK ART EXHIBIT NOW ON VIEW HERE Governments Photographs of Classic Wonders to be Seen at Grand Central Palace. MONASTERIES OF MT. ATHOS Ten Thousand Ascetics Perched High on a Rock Overlooking the Aegean Sea. It took the world war to make people real-ize how small the world is a

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