Word: coreness
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...individual technique: when he dabbled in Cubism, as in his Flowers of the World Blooming (1915), he did so like no one else. "Picasso was preoccupied in Cubism with finding forms and artistic language to render an object," maintains Avtonomova. "Filonov's concern was that object's philosophical core." She sees Filonov as an artist-scholar who first defines a key idea, then gears his vision, palette and expression to that idea...
...gone too far with this philosophy in its final report, which was released last week and will be discussed by the full Faculty today. Unlike the original report, which emphasized the openness and flexibility of the new system, this latest report perpetuates one of the worst features of the Core: it is overly constraining.We hope instead that the Task Force’s report forms the foundation for a two-tiered system of general education, one which marries the limited system of special “general education” courses laid out by the Task Force with a second...
Thus the more Obama tries to avoid offending particular groups with “safe” arguments, the less likely it is that he will be able to sustain enthusiasm among his core followers. It would be a shame if he took this path; of all the candidates, Obama has the greatest ability to excite liberals with politically strong and courageous positions and still maintain the support of moderate Democrats and Independents. Indeed, I strongly believe that, if elected, Obama has great potential to unify this divided nation and become one of America’s truly great presidents...
...major themes of American history. But for the past two years, Harvard has not offered one. There was previously such a course in the form of History 71a and 71b, but it was discontinued in 2005, to the detriment of our education. Harvard should, with its scrapping of the core, take the opportunity to restore these vital courses to the books...
After all, for an international with no background in U.S. history, taking a general survey course on the subject would prove far more useful in understanding modern America than the more specific history core offerings, such as Historical Study B-34. “The World in 1776” or Historical Study B-40, “Pursuits of Happiness: Ordinary Lives in Revolutionary America.” If international students are not familiar with the basic events and people of the American Revolution, then how are they expected to appreciate classes as narrow in scope as these? Without...