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Critic's Talk Will Weigh Art Values

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The roles of the critic and historian, and what they contribute to the appreciation of art, will be analyzed next Thursday at 3 p.m. in Lamont Library by Ernst H. Gombrich of Oxford University, now with the Summer School faculty.

Titling his remarks "Pictures and Words," Professor Gombrich will also discuss artistic forgeries. He also intends to comment on what can be learned about a society and its critics when poor works are accepted as authentic masterpieces.

In addition to the Slade Professorship of Art at Oxford, Gombrich is also a lecturer at the Warburg Institute of the University of London.

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