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...enter the most recent wing of the Fogg Art Museum, you will be struck by the first exhibit on display: the bust of Saint Jerome, the third century Italian translator of the Bible into the Latin Vulgate. Stained with the terrible anguish that comes with the recognition of the sin of intellectual pride, Saint Jerome's eyes are closed, yet you can tell that they are full of the sorrow and contrition that only a sincerely devout human being can experience. Browsing through the corpulent volume entitled "Bernini" that is conveniently provided at the front of the exhibit, you will...
...inauguration of the exhibit Gian Lorenzo Bernini: Sketches in Clay, in a permanent collection gallery of the Fogg Art Museum celebrates the quartercentenary of Bernini's birth. The works on display are studies for some of Bernini's most important projects, including the design for the sculptural decoration for the Ponte Sant' Angelo, the Tiber River bridge for pilgrims approaching St. Peter's Basilica and the architectural and sculptural setting for the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa...
...perfect compliment to the great master'sgenius, an appropriate citation from Hesiod's"Works and Days" was emblazoned on the glowinggreen walls that surrounded the exhibit...
While sad stories of childhood trauma and freaks of plastic surgery do abound, such unfortunate victims of life would certainly find an equally tragic resting place even if institutions like Hooters were not there to welcome them with open arms. Further, there are plenty of women who exhibit their bodies simply out of a healthy pride in their own appearances...
What gives the exhibit its overwhelming character is the range and fecundity of Picasso's talent--the flashes of demonic restlessness, the heights of confidence and depths of insecurity, the relationships to the art of the past, the sustained intensity of feeling. "Pablo Picasso: A Retrospective" contains good paintings and bad, some so weak that they look like forgeries, as well as works of art for which the word masterpiece--exiled for the crime of elitism over the past decade--must now be reinstated...