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...away from Venice so that the old man couldn't mobilize local opinion against it. With Tintoretto, the harmony and serenity of Bellini are entirely a thing of the past. Figures whirl, somersault and lunge like darts in and out of the picture. The palette is iridescent, and at close range, the sketchy forms can dissolve into a tangle of near illegible, stutter-step brushstrokes. Tintoretto's portraits were more restrained - aristocratic clients expected to be offered to the world as paragons of poise. But any religious or mythological scene, he could turn into a costumed mosh...
...last painting in the Boston show is a very somber self-portrait by the 70-year-old Tintoretto. It was painted around 1588, a dozen years after Titian's death and close to the time of Veronese's (he was abruptly claimed by pneumonia at age 60). The graybeard artist with sunken eyes stares out at us from a deep pool of shadow. He's the last man standing, indisputably now the greatest living artist in Venice. The great game is over - and he looks like he misses...
...inning minimum to get on the career list, she will be first in Harvard history with 10.46 strikeouts/7 innings pitched—nearly three strikeouts ahead of current leader Chelsea Thoke ’01. If Brown keeps up this pace, she could finish her career with close to 1000 strikeouts, which would absolutely shatter Thoke’s record...
...Each turned in an impressive rookie season, but none of the three could definitively claim to be the best player on her team. And only Berry was asked to take on even close to the same role of controlling the game that Brown faces every time she steps into the circle...
Instead of taking umbrage, Mullen took notes. In fact, he seemed close to excited as ideas flew around the table. It was not the normal fare for an admiral, but agriculture - specifically, how to get Afghan farmers to plant something other than opium poppies - is a central issue in this very complicated war. Mullen was thrilled to hear positive news about the relative merits of wheat and pomegranates, and the success of U.S. Army National Guard farmer-soldier teams, which were helping to plant and protect in remote Afghan districts. "There are possibilities here we couldn't imagine a year...