Word: abstraction
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...program, featured on her website (www.people.harvard.edu/~zakharev), has two parts. The part that a user sees is a display of white boxes, controlled by a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) script, that organizes numbers in a sudoku grid. Another program, written in a computer language called Objective Categorical Abstract Machine Language (OCaml), does the actual number evaluation behind the scenes...
...varied works. The exhibit’s selection of paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures drawn from Harvard collections spans most of Degas’ life. Iconic Degas images of ballet dancers and women bathing are paired with informal portraits of Degas’ family members and an abstract landscape he painted late in his career.Wolohojian did not suggest a specific path viewers should take through the three modest-sized rooms of the exhibit; navigating the gallery chronologically or thematically is not necessary. What is important is that viewers appreciate Degas’ artistic fusion—the way images...
...lyrics, as usual, straddle the line between abstract imagery, Shakespearean references (at one point mentioning “the beast with two backs”) and intricate self-aggrandizing wordplay; if anyone can “eat a rapper for lunch and spit out the chain,” it’s the metal-faced supervillain...
...compositions with homages to his pop heroes. From the album's first track, a propulsive version of Radiohead's Knives Out, to a plaintive reading of the theme from Alfie, to the laid-back swing of the Nat King Cole favorite No Moon at All, Mehldau expertly blends the abstract with the familiar, making even a tune as dated as Paul Simon's 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover sound new again...
...Howard is not all abstract words. He balances his sterile language by staging sensual, mid-life forays with thinner women, whose simple lives Smith seems to despise...