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...Although the debt owed to Islamic art by painters like Henri Matisse and Paul Klee is well documented, Muslim influence on Western aesthetics began far earlier, says the curator of "Beyond Orientalism," Lucien de Guise. The Muslim domination of Spain between the 8th and 15th centuries enabled the transmission of advanced artistic and architectural techniques - as well as great accomplishments in music, science, philosophy and even cuisine. Until the industrial era, when interest in Islamic arts declined in the West, "Europeans were totally in awe of Islamic art," argues de Guise. "They couldn't get enough...
...theories developed in Ec10 are extraordinarily basic,” Mankiw wrote. “No math is used beyond what a typical Harvard student would have learned in the 8th or 9th grade...
...Nearly half of the Hyakunin Isshu poems are about love. Teika drew from poets as far back as the 8th century, and one of the pleasures of reading the collection is to realize that nothing has changed. A millennium later, in our drastically different culture, we immediately relate to the 9th century provincial governor Taira no Kanemori ("Though I try to keep it secret,/ my deep love/ shows in the blush on my face./ Others keep asking me/ - Who are you thinking of?"). We recall the first rush of our own romances upon reading the 10th century aristocrat Fujiwara...
...round three. Mayer’s rounds displayed more consistency. Shooting even par on day one—three birdies and three bogies—Mayer set the bar for the team. A rough start to round two, bogeying five of the first six holes, then double bogeying the 8th was balanced by an uneventful back nine, where Mayer shot par on eight of the final nine holes. Sunday, a problematic day for the entire field, saw Mayer have a consistent front nine before hitting trouble on 11 and 12—a triple bogey and a double bogey...
...men’s basketball beat writer, I know more than most just how stagnant the experience at Lavietes has been this past season. God bless the band, because without them the silence would be deafening. By February 8th (when the men’s team picked up their third Ivy loss), the season was essentially over for the Crimson. From a fan’s perspective, why bother showing...