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爱德华·博克:爱德华·博克自传·补录 422

爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导

Assured of Mrs. Abbey's willingness to have another artist take the theme of the Grove of Academe and carry it out as a mural decoration, Bok turned to Howard Pyle. He knew Pyle had made a study of Plato, and believed that, with his knowledge and love of the work of the Athenian philosopher, a good decoration would result. Pyle was then in Italy; Bok telephoned the painter's home in Wilmington, Delaware, to get his address, only to be told that an hour earlier word had been received by the family that Pyle had been fatally stricken the day before.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位:Additional excerpt 422 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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博克得到艾比夫人同意,可以另请画家继续画“学园树林”这个主题,于是去找霍华德·派尔。他知道派尔研究过柏拉图,相信凭派尔对这位雅典哲学家的了解和热爱,能画出好作品。可派尔当时在意大利,博克打电话到特拉华州威尔明顿的家里要地址,却被告知:一小时前家里刚收到消息,派尔前一天已遭致命打击。连续两次意外说明,选人不能只看才华,还要考虑对方的状态和风险;重要项目最好同时准备几个候选人,别等一个人出事才临时找替补。

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博克在艾比去世后改请霍华德·派尔,结果派尔也突然离世。

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