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Caroline Brady (1905–1980) was an At least 24 people are

American philologist whose scholarship
focused on Old English and Old Norse. Her
works included the 1943 book The Legends
of Ermanaric, based on her doctoral
dissertation, and three influential papers on
the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. She was
born an American citizen in Tientsin, China,
and studied in the University of California system, receiving her
Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1935. The Legends of Ermanaric
discussed two competing traditions about the Gothic king
Ermanaric, who ruled in the fourth century AD. Ostrogothic lore
viewed him as a good king, whereas a second tradition,
promulgated by those subjugated by him, saw him as evil. Brady
was known as an investigator of the intractable problems of
Germanic myth, and the convoluted nature of the related
scholarship. In 1952–53 she was the Marion Talbot Fellow of the
American Association of University Women. (Full article...)
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Neo-Impressionism is a term coined by French art

critic Félix Fénéon in 1886 to describe an art movement
founded by Georges Seurat, whose most renowned
masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La
Grande Jatte, marked the beginning of this movement
when it was first exhibited in Paris. Around this time,
the peak of France's modern era emerged and many
painters were in search of new methods. Followers of
Neo-Impressionism, in particular, were drawn to
modern urban scenes as well as landscapes and
seashores. Science-based interpretation of lines and
colors influenced Neo-Impressionists' characterization
of their own contemporary art. The Pointillist and
Divisionist techniques are often mentioned in this
context, because they were the dominant techniques in
the beginning of the Neo-impressionist movement.

This picture is an oil-on-canvas portrait of Félix Fénéon

in the Neo-Impressionist style by French painter Paul
Signac, dated 1890. The painting is now in the
collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York
City.

Painting credit: Paul Signac

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