Word: douthat
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...Ross G. Douthat '02 is a history and literature concentrator in Quincy House. This is his second semester writing a column, and he plans to continue covering politics, culture and anything else that catches his eye. He also looks forward to basking in the reactionary glow of the Bush presidency. His column will appear on alternate Mondays...
...response to Ross Douthat's column, "Looking Backwards" (Editorial, Jan. 17): Somehow I doubt that people back in 1900 were walking around thinking (in French), "Gee, the culture today is positively glittering, on par with the Italian Renaissance, and perhaps even comparable to ancient Athens in breadth and splendor...
...that "great" art rarely gains acceptance while it is contemporary? Perhaps because the close-minded cultural elite refuse to embrace new forms of art that challenge their superiority and notions of taste. Instead of mourning for times past, maybe Douthat simply has to look a bit beyond his own nose...
Consider my fictional ancestor visiting the France of 1901--Rudolph Douthat, we might call him, wandering the Quartier Latin and the narrow, flea-market streets of Montmartre. In the last twenty-five years alone, Paris has seen the sculptures of Rodin, the ballerinas of Degas, the water lilies of Monet, the dreamy Provencal mountains of Cezanne--not to mention to paintings of Manet, Seurat, Bonnard, Renoir and many more. Meanwhile, Toulouse-Lautrec is presiding over the Moulin Rouge nightclub, Paul Gauguin has taken ship for Tahiti and set about painting the native girls--and poor, mad Van Gogh is only...
...Ross G. Douthat '02 is a history and literature concentrator in Quincy House. His column has regularly appeared on alternate Mondays...