Word: forme
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Matisse's goal was, in his own words, to establish "a sort of hierarchy of all my sensations," to possess and minutely articulate the nuances of feeling. There was nothing more decisive than the actual process of cutting, the shears slicing through the painted paper, dividing the final form from its surplus without ambiguity...
...that Matisse was obsessed with dialogue between nature and culture is, perhaps, to say no more than that he was a painter. But the intensity of that conversation between perceived and stylized form in the cut-outs renders them heroic. They are the climax of the symbolist tradition in France, and may be the greatest works of visual art in that tradition...
...athletic-looking young man with wispy blond hair. He begins to speak-and the effort is as painful to the viewer as it is for him "They told my parents I'd never live past three," he says, his face contorted by the struggle to form the words. "But here I am." Pause. "They told my parents that I'd never talk, but I talked at five. They said I'd never be able to drive, but after nine years of training my body"-he pants with the effort of speaking-"I can drive a car." Then...
...gradually broken down and absorbed until the hand is left with only short stumps where fingers and thumb should be. Foot drop-paralysis caused by nerve damage to the muscles that control lifting of the foot-is also a common feature of leprosy's ravages. The lepromatous form of the disease causes "lion's head," the most severe facial disfigurement...
...guaranteed income for those who "cannot work or should not have to," and assistance in the form of "income supports" for those whose wages are too low. The estimated price tag of the program would be $40 billion to $50 billion beyond current costs, paid by the wealthier 25% to 30% of the taxpayers...