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Ivan Mestrovic Comes To Syracuse University, William P. Tolley
Ivan Mestrovic Comes To Syracuse University, William P. Tolley
The Courier
This article, written by former Syracuse University Chancellor William P. Tolley, tells the story of his efforts to secure a professorship for famous Yugoslavian sculptor Ivan Mestrovic, who at the time had legal and health problems while living in Europe.
Ivan Mestrovic: The Current State Of Criticism, Dean A. Porter
Ivan Mestrovic: The Current State Of Criticism, Dean A. Porter
The Courier
Few artists have had careers as long and prolific as Ivan Mestrovic's, and even fewer have known as much success and recognition. It would require volumes of print to document completely and properly, to discuss, and to evaluate the quality and scope of his sculptural, architectural, and literary accomplishments, and then additional volumes to duplicate the many monographs, essays, and articles that have been written about him. A brief mention of these accomplishments and a short review of the art-historical and critical comments on them will provide us with a point of reference from which to consider his position, as …