Word: 19th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...indeed the Moses of late 19th century art, the conflicted, inspired, sometimes enraged patriarch who led painting toward Modernism--a deceptive Canaan sometimes, not always flowing with milk and honey, but radically new territory all the same. The essential point, however, is that just as Moses died before reaching Canaan, so Cezanne never lived to see Modernism take hold--and he might not have liked what he saw, had he lived. It used to be one of the standard tropes of art history that Cezanne "begat" Cubism, and it is a fact that no serious painter since 1890 has been...
Russell's office in City Hall is graced by portraits of 19th century Cambridge mayors--all of whom were white males...
...went to John Stuart Mill, President Eliot and writers of the 19th century precisely to avoid bringing politics into the debate...
...written the most interesting and richly textured crime story of the season. What is unexpected about Rose (Random House; 364 pages; $25) is its setting: not the disorder of present-day Russia but the rigidly stratified society of a Welsh coal-mining town toward the end of the 19th century. As must be true in a period thriller, the setting drives the plot and makes the crime--in this case, the disappearance and presumed murder of a young and idealistic clergyman--seem inevitable. As Smith tells it, the town of Wigan is a place of impacted resentments on the part...
...field stadium got its first full-dress workout with the paying public last week, thanks to the Atlanta Grand Prix international meet. Carl Lewis, at 34, clocked under 10 sec. in the 100 m for the first time since 1991. Michael Johnson came from behind to win his 19th consecutive 200-m victory on what athletes deemed a fast track. The stadium has just one hurdle remaining before the Olympics: next month's U.S. trials...