Word: academicized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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1911. Matisse paints The Red Studio, "discarding perspective, abolishing shadows, repudiating the academic distinction between line and color," as his biographer Hilary Spurling puts it. Already burdened by the Fauve ("wild beast") misnomer, his public saw his work as a threat "to undermine civilization as they knew it." At virtually...
Some Harvard organizations have taken a more celebratory attitude towards the new millennium, marking the occasion's academic significance.
The Medieval Studies Committee is also offering an academic perspective on the millennium. The committee hosted a mini-conference called "Y1K: Did the Millennium Make a Difference?" yesterday afternoon in the Barker Center.
5 SPINNING INTO BUTTER A small Vermont college is the setting for this edgy exploration of racism and political correctness, touched off by some anonymous hate letters. Rebecca Gilman's searching play, given a fine staging at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, shows a keen eye for the culture of academic...
At least it has seemed so until now. One of the New Republic pieces, by Jonathan Chait, argued that, partly because voters seem to be in a mood to prize personal authenticity over ideas, candidates see some advantage in presenting themselves as, if not flat-out stupid, at least aggressively...