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...world cracked open, and women’s history suddenly became a focal point,” she says...
Though women’s history is the collection’s focal point, Gold emphasizes the evolution of the history of photography as well—from daguerreotypes to tin types to albumin prints...
Ultimately, however, these Spaniards achievd their visions best when dealing with large public projects. The Tharsis housing development makes an interesting use of landscape, but doesn’t truly work as a viable housing development. Rows of houses are aligned in three rows, all converging to create a focal point for human interaction. However, the houses themselves are window-slitted modernist bunkers of concrete and metal that hardly seem conducive to actual human living. Drab and squashed, the dwellings are dwarfed by the surrounding countryside and possess a disquieting uniformity because they are all facing—literally, because...
Copies of these prints line the foyer outside the new exhibition on Toulouse Lautrec at the Fogg Art Museum. The focal point of this exhibit, however, is the collection of six portraits, entitled Three Women: Early Portraits by Toulouse Lautrec, from his pre-Moulin Rouge days. Reflecting impressionist and even Renaissance influences, the portraits are among Toulouse Lautrec’s most conservative works, standing in sharp contrast to the decadent, brazen prints outside...
...deliberations, and, in addition to pursuing its other tasks, has been examining the possibility of instituting an “ethnic studies certificate.” Some students working through the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations have made the desire for the creation of such certificates a focal point of their engagement. The committee appreciates the dedication and interest of these students, and is committed to encouraging engagement with ethnic studies among the widest number of students. As a Faculty committee, however, and not an instructional committee in its own right, the Ethnic Studies Committee is not certain...