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...That thought lands us in and around the Tuscan city of Arezzo, staring at the masterpieces of native son and inveterate traveler Piero della Francesca, who, after centuries of being overlooked, is now considered one of the masters of the early Renaissance. Art historian Carlo Bertelli says Piero was appreciated at the time for his innovative way with perspective, but he is now also prized for his "enigmatic" touch. "He is a painter of enormous clarity, but also of great reflection," says Bertelli. "You could say that it was necessary that he 'slept' in these centuries so that he could...
...whether it’s musically or in theater,” he says. “Having a forum to produce or reproduce these types of cultural expression within the black community at Harvard is very important.” In a 1999 Crimson Arts exposé, Francesca J. “Frankie” Petrosino ’02 delved into the lack of ethnic diversity in the theater community. Fred Hood ’02, who directed “The Importance of Being Earnest” that year, felt minorities were unrealistic in their expectation...
...makeshift morgue at Dili's Gido Valadares hospital, it bore the marks of an autopsy-an examination Barros' family say was carried out without their permission. Holes and marks on Barros' clothes suggested he had been wounded in the back of the neck, right buttock and chest. Barros' sister, Francesca da Cruz, speculates that he was hit from behind by bullets fired from a helicopter...
...dying years of the 1800s and the stirrings of the new century. The story of how two American collectors, Egisto Fabbri and Charles Loeser, introduced the Post-Impressionist's art to Italy, and how it influenced painters there, "could have been a film," says 19th century art scholar Francesca Bardazzi. That movie would tell "the fascinating story of two American collectors - rich, handsome, young, the first collectors of Cézanne, the first to understand...
...Staff writer Francesca T. Gilberti can reached at gilberti@fas.harvard.edu