Word: exhibitions
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...fate. Bak was about the same age as this child pictured, and chose to honor in his paintings this image of all children sacrificed in the Holocaust. The little boy, the symbol of the universal purity of the heart, is the main subject of over 12 pieces in the exhibit, each time pictured in the same pose. The desensitization of humanity is reiterated when the boy covers himself with what seems like a shield decorated with a cross, but instead is a type of bullseye used as a target for the murdering of innocence (Rainbow Boy, 1997; Small Target...
Programming this week has included the film "The Message: The Story of Islam," a poster exhibit in the Science Center, calls to prayer on the steps of Widener Library and a panel discussion last night titled, "Islam as Anchor: Grounding the Spiritual, the Social, the Political, the Economic...
...students who worked on the sculpture saidthey were excited about the exhibit and pleased bytheir collaboration with Echelman...
That said, shoe-size supercomputers were the only data-crunching gadgets I did not see at Comdex last week. Plenty of ultrathin, superlight laptops were on exhibit though--the industry's response to the critical acclaim that met Sony's launch of the under-3-lb. Vaio earlier this year. While Sony has just introduced an even newer model, the Vaio 505FX, people looking for a great on-the-road machine should check out Toshiba's Portege 3010CT. The Portege weighs 2.9 lbs. and still packs a 10.4-in. active-matrix color screen, a 4.3-gigabyte hard disk...
...Barbari "Bird's Eye View of Venice" and "The Submersion of Pharoah's Army in the Red Sea" next to each other, if nothing else. Acquiring the Barbari from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts was Pon's great curating acheivement and, as the visual centerpiece of the entire exhibit, it was well worth the effort. Then again, all of Pon's efforts here, if noticed, are fruitful. Pon has provided all of the clues to understanding and appreciating prints and privileges in the Renaissance--all you have to do is look for them...