Word: detailism
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...with Christ as an agent of divine creation led DŸrer to return to the Passion again and again. His first major series, a sequence of large woodcuts referred to as the Large Passion was begun early in Drer's career, around 1497. These pictures are stuffed with detail, and the later sequences are, in comparison, a relief. The two most captivating series, Small Passion and Engraved Passion, represent a more restrained DŸrer. In the Small Passion, he creates what Fogg Museum print curator Marjorie Cohn describes as a comic book-like effect: 36 prints, each...
...amount Medicare reimburses them for coverage, and they are stymied by tens of thousands of pages of rules for providing services under the program. Bush promises to modernize the regulations and the fee structure--he would add $150 billion more to Medicare over 10 years--but has provided little detail on how he would do so. He cites the popular health program for federal employees as a model for the structure he would set up for Medicare, but critics say the experiences of that younger, healthier government work force have little to do with those of the elderly. Many...
This small reprieve, if it is that, has many around him a little confused. "People aren't sure what's going on," says Twilia. Bruce, who has left no detail to chance, isn't concerned. "I feel at ease. My kidney will shut down whenever it's ready." --By Wendy Cole...
...installed $2,000 worth of software in her omnipresent laptop. She can move her left shoulder enough to make her elbow control a mouse, allowing her to scroll through the alphabet--and communicate. Taped up on two walls of her room are one-page instructions to the staff that detail just how she is to be positioned at the computer and given drinks, including the angle of the straw in her mouth...
...street corners and into the classrooms, so students understand what is at risk when they choose to have sex. Bring teenage mothers into classrooms, as well as those who have had abortions, to talk about their experiences. Perhaps most important, mention abstinence but spend time describing in detail how condoms and other contraceptives work--and make them freely available...