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During the storm, Brown said, he and his companion began to exhibit signs of hypothermia. Though each reportedly tried to sustain conversation in order to keep the other awake and alert, Brown said he did become incoherent for a time...
What is the essence of the modern city? A recently opened exhibit at the Fogg Museum of Art, Imagery of the Modern Metropolis, focuses on this very theme, assessing the impact of urban life on the modern consciousness...
...exhibit offers a variety of perspectives on the city and its inhabitants. The works are arranged topically, in categories such as: views, animation and energy, mood and history. This arrangement succeeds admirably in the difficult task of unifying an exhibit which includes artists of very different periods, outlooks and media. Ranging from European to American artists, Renaissance to modern works, the show includes such notable pieces as a 15th-century German Printed book with woodcut illustrations. Canaletto's Imaginary View of Padua and Joseph Stella's Study for the Brooklyn Bridge...
...exhibit, organized by John Czaplicka, assistant professor of fine arts, accompanies a course offered this spring term. It aims at tracing the evolving conceptions of the metropolis, through the eyes of individual artists who depict its effects upon the inhabitants. The fantastic medley of ideas and experiences present in any modern urban center is reflected in their artistic product and in the show as a whole...
Overall the exhibit is thought provoking and commendable for its contrasting styles and depictions of the urban existence. Because the artists portray varying understandings of the city, the misconception of a "typical" metropolis and its effects is shattered by the diversity of the show. In the end, the exhibit relays as much of the individual ideals of the artists as it does of common perceptions of the city...