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...genius known as El Greco started his working life as icon painter Doménikos Theotokópoulos on the Greek island of Crete. He ended it as the undisputed giant of 16th century Spanish art. Ever since they were rediscovered in the 19th century, his dramatic religious set pieces and dark, melancholy portraits have been regarded as groundbreaking, and 20th century modernists claimed him as a brother. But he used an alchemy all his own to fuse old and new for the greatest possible impact - at least, that's what one takes away from the exhibition of his work...
...town of Yountville (pop. 2,916). The Napa Valley restaurant is regularly rated as one of the best in the nation--and one of the hardest at which to snare a reservation. Keller grosses about $7.5 million annually there, and his 1999 French Laundry cookbook is in its 16th printing and has sold 243,000 copies. He expanded his business carefully in 1998 by opening Bouchon, a bistro-style restaurant that is a three-minute walk down the street from the Laundry. Last year he added a bakery on the same street...
...other islands in the Maluku archipelago by a wide expanse of sea, and has a population nearly evenly composed of Christians and Muslims. And the Noli nut is obviously a variation on nutmeg, which made the Bandas a geopolitical prize in the age of discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries...
While Olivia is dryly funny, the timely Mosque, by trained architect David Macaulay, is smartly informative and probably best for those over 8. With beautifully rendered drawings, Macaulay tells the fictional story of the building of a 16th century mosque. The complex diagrams offer architectural insights that even parents will appreciate...
Harvard was 6-0 and ranked 16th in the country, and with Fitzpatrick set to return against Columbia the following week the theme of the game was simply survival. Though Fitzpatrick had practiced well that Thursday—the only time he had thrown the ball in weeks—he was only supposed to see a couple of series at most...