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...modest-sized rooms of the exhibit; navigating the gallery chronologically or thematically is not necessary. What is important is that viewers appreciate Degas’ artistic fusion—the way images and techniques in his work recur, evolve, and interact.The exhibit, Wolohojian explains, is arranged to make this fusion easier to see and appreciate. Degas’ statues of ballet dancers are placed at the same level as drawings of girls in the exact same poses, making the interplay of line and form more obvious.Wolohojian particularly drew my attention to subtle considerations. The figures in “Dancers...
...world-renowned Louvre Museum, and Peter Perin, the director of the French Musee d’Archeologie Nationale—focused on the duo’s discoveries of a link between India and France in the 6th century. Calligaro and Perin said that by using a fusion of physics and history, they were able to determine that garnets with which a French queen was laid to rest had Indian origins. The garnets were set in cloisonne, and French garnets rarely are set that way. Perin traced its origins and Calligaro employed particle induced x-ray emission, or PIXE...
...honor the Silk Road’s legacy of fusion among Eastern and Western cultures, Ma and a rotating group of musicians from around the world play traditional and original music in concert and host educational events. They’ve recorded three albums and traveled from Manhattan to Kyrgyzstan. But according to SRP Chief Executive Officer Laura Freid, the organization agreed last year on the need to “look for a new intellectual home?...
...captain of the Harvard Asian-American Dance Troupe, who was seated with the SRP’s Programs Coordinator, found the organization’s attempts at fusion between past and present inspiring. “Maybe this is far-fetched,” says Luo, “but we’d really like to dance to some of their music.” However, she adds that she “didn’t get a chance to find out to what extent that would be possible...
...shouldn’t be too surprising that no one is too sure about the form that their five-year residency at Harvard will take. Shelemay felt the situation could be summed up in a quotation from late composer Lou Harrison, known for his fusion of Eastern and Western styles: “Cherish the hybrids—they’re all we?...