Nourathar by Mary Hallock Greenewalt

This bound document represents an illustrated lecture given by Mary Hallock Greenewalt (1871-1951). Images 001-008 display the text; images 011-012 display two paintings by Greenewalt. Greenewalt spoke on what she identified as the sixth fine art--the play of light and color rays to express human em...

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Main Author: Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt, 1871-1950 (Creator)
Collection:Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt papers (#0867)
Date:1879-01-01/1944-12-31
Box Number:Box 12
Folder Number:Folder 3,6
Format: Electronic
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Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5086
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Summary: This bound document represents an illustrated lecture given by Mary Hallock Greenewalt (1871-1951). Images 001-008 display the text; images 011-012 display two paintings by Greenewalt. Greenewalt spoke on what she identified as the sixth fine art--the play of light and color rays to express human emotion. Borrowing from the Arabic words for "all light" (nour) and "essence of, flavor of, influence" (athar), she coined the term "nourathar" to describe this art form. The "paintings" are the lighting accompaniments she created for an unidentified love song and the "Ave Maria."