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"The Touch of the Master's Hand", also sometimes called The Old Violin, [1] is a Christian poem written in 1921 [2] by Myra Brooks Welch. [3]The poem tells of a battered old violin that is about to be sold as the last item at an auction for a pittance, until a violinist steps out of the audience and plays the instrument, demonstrating its beauty and true value.
This has obscured some of the possible original meanings: some have argued that—as "Jim" was a generic name for slaves in minstrel songs—the song's "Jim" was the same person as its blackface narrator: Speaking about himself in the 3rd person or repeating his new masters' commands in apostrophe, he has no concern with his demotion to a field ...
"An Old Master" is a poem by Australian poet C. J. Dennis. It was first published in The Bulletin magazine on 4 August 1910, and later in the poet's poetry collection Backblock Ballads and Other Verses (1913). [1] The poem depicts the problem faced by a bullocky when his team gets stuck in thick mud.
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Landscape with the Fall of Icarus in what is now the Oldmasters Museum, Brussels.It is now usually regarded as an early copy of a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder "Musée des Beaux Arts" (French for "Museum of Fine Arts") is a 21-line poem written by W. H. Auden in December 1938 while he was staying in Brussels, Belgium, with Christopher Isherwood. [1]
"Masters in This Hall" (alternative title: "Nowell, Sing We Clear") is a Christmas carol with words written around 1860 by the English poet and artist William Morris to an old French dance tune. The carol is moderately popular around the world but has not entered the canon of most popular carols.
In art history, "Old Master" (or "old master") [1] [2] refers to any painter of skill who worked in Europe before about 1800, or a painting by such an artist. An "old master print" is an original print (for example an engraving, woodcut, or etching) made by an artist in the same period. The term "old master drawing" is used in the same way.
A master must train apprentices thoroughly for 5–7 years before promotion to journeyman; Sons of masters shall be trained for only 3 years before promotion; Journeymen must swear obedience to masters and keep their trade secrets; Masters should be paid wages according to their skill and experience; Masons shall not steal work or poach labor ...