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...falls short of its goal: to provide a lens with which to understand the modern fascination with horror.“Defaced” is both well-written and accessible. Filled with visual aids, it serves as a comprehensive introduction for readers with no previous exposure to art history or medieval culture. Despite its qualities as a work of art history, however, it lacks credibility as a work of social theory. The book begins with a comment on a photograph of the mutilated body of an anonymous Haitian in Port au Prince in 1994. At the end of the book...
...ability to serve as a forum of creative exploration and interaction for artists. Despite the recent economic downturn, global sales of video games have risen since 2007, reaching $32 billion at the end of the last fiscal year, according to the Berklee College website. While most other art forms struggle to find support from a weary and wary society, more and more artists are looking to the video game industry for lucrative and creative outlets for their work. At nearby Brandeis University, the college’s administrative staff recently announced the closing of its Rose Art Museum...
...higher standard since its creation, which other comics artists and writers have sought to emulate. Driven by the philosophical influence of “Watchmen,” the past few decades have witnessed a dramatic shift in comic books, from childhood escapism to serious art, a development noted by fans and scholars alike. Though some professors have introduced the medium in the classroom, the graphic novel has still not been fully integrated into the Harvard curriculum. FROM PAGE TO SCREENAs the quality of comic books has improved, there has been a proliferation of film adaptations, the most recent...
...Aquarius” has come back to Broadway with the new revival of “Hair,” and 50 Harvard College students got a sneak peek at its final dress rehearsal a day before previews began on March 6. Sponsored by the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA), the event gave the attendees an insider’s view of the making of a Broadway musical. It is emblematic of the new direction the College has taken in an attempt to provide off-campus artistic experiences for students. “Hair” is directed...
Dining Hall: Abysmal. Leverett’s dining hall could have just been quietly mediocre, but they insisted on throwing up that mess of a painting that someone, at some point, thought was good “modern art.” And have you seen the windows? Those are definitely jail cell bars on them. And while the food is quite good and the guys at the grill are speedy and friendly, don’t count on brain break—Lev Dhall is notorious for being flooded with hungry physics nerds at night...