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...certain portions of the feather add to its real-as-life three-dimensionality. The magnifying glasses provided upon one’s entrance to the exhibit come in handy and, at the very least, add an element of fun to the show.Ruskin’s “Coral Oysters” (1868) has a tiny inscription along the image that adds an element of playfulness: “Little Coral Oysters. Magnified. J Ruskin. Aged Forty-nine. Waste Paper.” His “Study of a Magnified Pheasant’s Feather?...
...unspoilt beauty-aquamarine waters, coral reefs, lush forests and white sands-that lures foreign adventurers to these temperate parts has already hosted man-made destruction. It experienced the blood and thud of modern warfare when Japanese and Allied Forces fought crucial battles here during World War II. Still, outsiders don't play much of a part in the traditional lifestyle of fishing, gardening and carving that has sustained these Melanesian people of the islets and lagoons. Christian missionaries, as well as some shady proselytizers, have founded peaceful flocks. Time lolls about in this clime, news occasionally wafts in. Now they...
...have perished during the Indonesian occupation. Determined to help reconstruct a country that had been birthed in such chaos, the U.N. set up shop in 1999. A constitution was written, universities were built. Charismatic former guerrilla commander Xanana Gusmão was elected President. Boasting pristine beaches and untouched coral reefs, the Catholic country-a legacy of centuries of Portuguese colonialism-was trumpeted as a future tourism destination. In 2004, the U.N.'s troops began withdrawing (though peacekeepers returned after last spring's violence), and East Timor was hailed as the little nation that could. The euphoria lasted long enough...
Sleep with the Fishes A U.S. company, Eternal Reefs, puts remains in a module that mimics a coral reef. The reef balls, which last 500 years, are then dropped into the ocean to create new marine habitats...
...dolphins danced and seabirds swooped in an imaginary lagoon, eventually finding their perfect expression in the floating fabrics of his late, great silkscreen panels of Oceania, which can be seen at the National Gallery of Australia. "From the first, the enchantments of the sky there, the fish, and the coral in the lagoons, plunged me into the inaction of total ecstasy," Matisse would recall. "The local tones of things hadn't changed, but their effect in the light of the Pacific gave me the same feeling as I had when I looked into a large golden chalice...