Word: context
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with Karsten Prager, the managing editor of TIME International. "Specifically, we want to widen coverage of the region by devoting more space to New Zealand and the emerging island nations in our area," Michael explains. "That will also allow us to place news about Australia in a more international context, which is one of TIME's great strengths...
...current prejudice against the word discovery, in the context of Columbus' efforts, is interesting. There has never been a shortage of claims and hypotheses about alternative "discoveries" of America. It seems quite certain that the first Europeans to reach the mainland of North America (which Columbus never did: the closest he got to it was Venezuela) were the Vikings, who created a short-lived settlement in Newfoundland around the year...
...presentation of pieces in context of one another succeeds with a series of slightly different fans. For example, Flowers and Rock by Wen Shu, a simple and elegant work, is placed beside Sheng Maoye's fan, a descriptive landscape, allowing the viewer to appreciate each artist's technique...
This work's clear political context is atypical of the show. Generally, the tension between adherence to aesthetic heritage and social conditions remains unexplored. This is most obvious in the case of Wang Hui's colorful masterpiece Southern Inspection Tour: Bennui Zhen to Changzhou on the Grand Canal. This work is a fascinating depiction of the emperor's journey into the country. The small shops and local village society are commemorated carefully and sensitively...
Unfortunately, these questions are not answered. While the works are inspiring, the lack of social context makes for a shockingly simplistic view of the "heritage" of the brush, one that stubbornly avoids the significance of individual works...