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...Virginia Anderson, assistant curator of American art, “The Last Ruskinians” will be on view at the Fogg Art Museum until July 8. John Ruskin was a 19th-century British watercolorist who took what he called a “truth to nature” approach, producing realistic, vibrantly colored, and detailed images. He found a strong following among a group of Americans, who keenly imitated his no-frills style.The show displays a selection of Ruskin’s own drawings and watercolors, the works of two British artists he admired—Joseph Mallard William...
...Nations resolution condemning human-rights violations in Myanmar, and its policy of “silent diplomacy” in regard to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s “assault on civil liberties” in his country. “[South Africa’s] approach to foreign relations is rapidly undermining our international credibility and has all but obliterated the moral high ground we struggled so hard to achieve through our transition to democracy,” he said. But, Leon said, South Africa has also had several notable accomplishments that have allowed...
...upside is the necessity of student involvement: “If there were a department putting on theater, then they wouldn’t have needed me as a student producer.”As for her role in professional theater, Mangu-Ward takes a down-to-earth approach.“My ideal situation, which is really hard to get, is to book a Broadway show or a touring show within a year to a year-and-a-half,” she says. “I don’t want a lead...
...softening of the condom ban to allow for distribution in AIDS-ravaged Africa. The release last month of the Pope's final document on what had seemed to be a convivial and intellectually open October 2005 bishops' meeting on the Eucharist is a good example of the Pontiff's approach. According to a senior Church official who participated: "He took all that debate of the Synod, and then gave us a document that simply defends the status quo." This same official acknowledges a bit of past excessive optimism on Benedict: "People were hoping that with his intellectual acumen and understanding...
...significant part of any Pope's job is to manage questions of doctrine and discipline. Benedict's "no wiggle room" approach is increasingly seen in the context of his great battle to defend Catholicism on its historical home turf of Europe, where he sees a kind of cult of secularism. The Pope's response is not simply to reaffirm the Christian values of the old continent, a goal also expressed by the continent's more liberal leaders and theologians like Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Cardinal Godfried Daneels. In addition, Benedict professes a very specific kind of Christianity...