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...fell foul of him, and then had the poor man denounced for sodomy -- a crime that, in 15th century Venice, carried the death penalty. Mantegna could also be sardonic and disrespectful to tardy patrons, up to and including the Pope himself. When Innocent VIII hired him to decorate the chapel of the Villa Belvedere in the Vatican, he was puzzled to see, tacked onto allegorical roundels of the Seven Virtues, an eighth that held the sketched-in figure of an old woman. What did she signify? asked the Pontiff. "Ingratitude," snapped Mantegna, who had not yet been paid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A Genius Obsessed By Stone | 2/24/1992 | See Source »

...want snazzy backdrops? One scene is played in front of the Grand Canyon. "The Wages of Sin" is delivered in front of a chapel decorated with stained-glass tributes to St. Elvis, St. Cher, St. Frank (Sinatra) and St. Wayne (Newton). The finale happens at the Hitch `n' Run Marriage Parlor/Ditch 'n' Run Divorce Parlor (Mottos: Wedding for Good Dough/May Divorce Be With...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Lotts of Fun in Las Vegas | 2/21/1992 | See Source »

Fundraising and the African-American Church--by Rev. Fred Lucas, Bridge Street A.M.E. Church. Andover Chapel, 45 Francis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Harvard | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

...Chapel Concerts--presents Na'ama Loin, baroque flute; Dana Maiben, baroque violin; Jane Hershey, viola da gama; and Peter Sykes, harpsichord, performing works by Telemann, Le Clair and others. MIT Chapel, 77 Mass Ave., Cambridge. Thursday, Feb. 20. Free...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Everywhere But Harvard | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

Boston Artists' Ensemble--perfroms piano trios by Beethoven, Dvorak, and Fritz Kreisler. Chapel Gallery of the Second Church, 60 Highland St., Newton. Friday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m. $12; $10 for students and seniors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Everywhere But Harvard | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

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