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There are splendid things in the Met's show: nobody could say that rooms holding Caravaggio's Uffizi Bacchus or the London Supper at Emmaus or the Thyssen Saint Catherine are underoxygenated. Moreover, the Met has done some good to scholarship by setting Caravaggio against what was painted in Italy, and especially in Rome, when he was alive. Other exhibitions have focused on how the artist influenced 17th century painting all over Europe. This one shows the painting that influenced him when he was growing up--and the visual pedantry he had to contend with. Except for Lotto, Tintoretto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Master of the Gesture | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

Diane Conrad Emmaus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 15, 1983 | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

...patients, who drive up the costs, because they decide what services will be rendered. "There is no good research to make one believe that consumers are abusing the system," says Lori B. Andrews, an attorney on the board of the nonprofit People's Medical Society, based in Emmaus, Pa. "The key to cost control must be the provider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Two Aspirin Won't Do | 2/28/1983 | See Source »

...Emmaus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 15, 1980 | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

That came in 1951, when the abbé lost his assembly seat and with it his only income. But just when the commune seemed imperiled, a chiffonier (ragpicker) at Emmaus devised a new source of money: he taught his colleagues how to rummage through trash for useful objects. Scrap paper was sold, broken furniture and appliances were repaired and marketed. The commune became self-supporting and earned enough to add new centers elsewhere. A credo evolved: "Give instant help to those nearest and in need. Show them how to help themselves. Afterward let them help others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Quiet Miracle of Emmaus | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

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