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...cusp of a long decline, in its last years as a genuine regional power but arriving at its supreme moment as a center of the Western imagination. The first flowering of the Renaissance had taken place in Florence and then Rome, by way of art that emphasized clear drawing and firmly contoured forms - disegno, as the theorists of the day called it. But by the first decades of the 16th century, Venice had developed a mighty alternative, under the shorthand term colorito, building forms through a multitude of gentle, broadly applied brushstrokes and warm colors...
Opportunity is the silver lining embedded into every crisis. With so many sectors in flux, savvy players will reap rewards. But executives are demonstrating an unwillingness to retrench, and the report mounts a persuasive case for why that's a dangerous thing. Emerging from the tumult unscathed requires a clear-eyed look at the recession's bleak realities-and the talents of a turnaround artist. "The global economic landscape will be changed for at least a generation," the authors write. "Preparing for that eventuality now is essential." Perhaps because they have more to lose from not doing so, the cream...
...Bronze Venus,’” for instance—are completely fabricated. Codrescu shows little regard for facts, suggesting a subversive component to a superficially academic exercise. An idea that he attributes to one Renaissance philosopher may belong to another. It’s not even clear whether the narrative skeleton of the book—a chess game between Tristan Tzara, Dada creator, and Vladimir Lenin, Communist leader in 1916’s Zurich—ever really occurred.“The Posthuman Dada Guide” is destabilizing and it’s meant...
...Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub opened the felt-rope entrance to its new outdoor patio yesterday afternoon under clear skies and in the midst of warm weather, a rarity of late. A cluster of round metal tables and chairs, sectioned off with rope, in front of the Pub’s outside entrance comprise the new seating area. Although it currently seats just over twenty, Pub Manager Joshua P. Woodruff ’11 said there is still room to expand. Both indoors and outside, students and administrators enjoyed the celebration at the Pub. Associate Dean...
...College event earlier this week, but did not end up attending.)The House Renewal Report recommends fostering “casual yet meaningful” exchanges between undergraduates by supplementing the SCR with a pilot House Fellows Program in some Houses. The new initiative will establish clear expectations for Fellows, who will have short tenures, in order to facilitate informal exchanges with undergraduates.Based on his experiences as a resident tutor, when he taught classes in Eliot House, Muirhead said that the most effective way to facilitate an intellectual community—as President Lowell envisioned more than seven decades ago?...