Word: barre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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These have long been the public's favorite area of Picasso's work; to some degree they still are, and the desire to treat Picasso as if he had been a master from birth has absurdly inflated them. Thus Alfred Barr once wrote that a Picasso of 1905, Boy Leading a Horse (10), "makes the official guardians of the 'Greek' traditions such as Ingres ... seem vulgar or pallid." Rather, the Blue and Pink periods contain the most accessible images Picasso ever produced-sensitive, mannered and drenched in pathos. Those who have problems decoding the intricate Cubist...
...reactionary-that is, a conservative who is not cute," is Donald Barr's own description of himself. To some of the militantly progressive parents of Manhattan's prestigious Dalton School, the very word reactionary is anathema, and some of the methods Barr has imposed on the generally permissive Dalton system in his seven years as headmaster have aroused fierce controversy. Just three months ago, dissident parents mounted a major effort to oust him, and were only narrowly defeated...
Judging from the contents of his new book, Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? Dilemmas in American Education Today, Headmaster Barr relishes such controversy. His collection of short essays and book reviews is by turns irritating, perceptive and amusing. It is also the work of a man who cares deeply about children and their education. Some excerpts...
...Some of Barr's notions show more passion than thought. What, for instance, is a "dangerous child"? And some of his ideas about sex sound as if they came from a manifesto issued by a corporate state. Still, he is eminently readable and endlessly provocative...
...Your report [April 5] on the Dalton School was most unfair. Instead of heaping snide ridicule on the school and Mr. Donald Barr, its headmaster, you should have reported that a group of trustees, in utter disregard of the wishes of the overwhelming majority of the parents, has attempted to oust Mr. Barr. The P.T.A. removed Dr. Myron Hofer, the only representative of the parents on the board of trustees, from his P.T.A. offices because he failed to in form the parents fairly and openly of his and the board's actions. The parents will continue...