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...Wearied Troubadour (1970, pictured). During this period, De Chirico reworked the haunting depictions of piazzas and faceless troubadours from the canvases of the 1910s and '20s that made him famous. There are also neo-Baroque portraits of De Chirico and his wife, Isabella, in regal 17th century attire, which display his masterly brushwork and ironic eye for melodrama...
...where he lived for more than 30 years until his death in 1978, is an intimate way to encounter some of the artist's best-known works. A guide ushers visitors into the living area, which has been left largely as it was during De Chirico's life and displays dozens of his works. "He lived in his own museum," notes Victoria Noel-Johnson, project coordinator for the Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation. The living room features several impressive neo-Metaphysical pieces from the 1960s and '70s, including Orpheus the Wearied Troubadour (1970). During this period, De Chirico reworked...
Unfurled Passion Turks have been gripped by patriotic fervor. The national flag was on display across the country - flying from homes, taxis, city buses, banks and store fronts - after television news showed two boys trying to burn one during the Kurdish new year festival Newroz, when Kurdish nationalist sentiment traditionally runs high. Even Turkey's reticent but powerful military General Staff weighed in, issuing a statement describing the incident as an act of "treason" by "so-called citizens." Civilians, too, felt scorned. "Burning the flag is a slap in our face," said Ahmet Güney, a shop clerk...
...Gophers back line stonewalled the Big Green attack, which entered the game as the second-most prolific scoring offense in the nation, holding it to two goals on 10 shots. In a stunning display of discipline and containment, not a single one of those shots came in the final period, and Dartmouth was forced to watch as the gulf grew wider on goals by Wendell and freshman Jenelle Philipczyk...
...amazing display of courage, [White] acknowledged that the work on the study of children wasn’t adding up to much...He shifted away from micro-analytical studies, becoming more interested in the study of the whole child,” he said...