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Giulio Carlo Argan, doyen of Italian art critics, believes Michelangelo took the Sistine as an opportunity of asserting the power of what his rival could not do: "Michelangelo, who was always in competition with Leonardo, wanted to reaffirm the traditional buon fresco technique. The Sistine is that affirmation." True fresco did not include the use of glue sizing and dark washes a secco. "No other fresco painter applied such a glue," says Head Restorer Colalucci, "so why should Michelangelo have done so? He knew very well that the final result could not have lasted long. To suggest that he gave...
Ellison, who has made a name for himself equally as software doyen and flamboyant aficionado of Italian suits, is the subject of a biography called “The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison.” (The answer, according to its author, Mike Wilson: “God doesn’t think he’s Larry Ellison...
...DIED. SIR HARDY AMIES, 93, dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II and doyen of British couture; in the Cotswalds, United Kingdom. His first royal commission came in 1951, when the then Princess Elizabeth asked him to design her clothes for an official trip to Canada. He continued to design for the Queen until he retired from day-to-day involvement in his fashion house?established in 1945 at 14 Savile Row?when he turned 80. Amies' style was always elegant?and conservative. He never designed a strapless evening dress because, he said, "Anything blatantly sexy can never be chic; overexposure...
With any luck, perhaps the next doyen of the pro-science, anti-creationist movement will be another Harvard professor. Nothing, indeed, could be a more apt or vital part of University President Lawrence H. Summers’ professed commitment to the biological sciences, and nothing could better honor professor Gould’s legacy...
...criminal inquiry into Sabena. His probe is based on three separate suits filed by former workers. Details of his investigation and the suits themselves are confidential, and no charges have yet been filed. But the plaintiffs have handed over evidence they say indicates criminal wrongdoing. Union activist Philippe Doyen has made especially explosive allegations, which he says he'll substantiate in court. Last month, Van Espen raided Airbus headquarters in Toulouse and took away documents. An Airbus spokesman says the company doesn't comment on legal affairs. Sabena was in trouble for years. Founded in 1923, it flew routes across...