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...paintings in the show that the visitor will probably be most drawn. Florentine mannerism--"the stylish style," as one art historian called it--reached its apogee under the immediate and inescapable influence of Michelangelo. Its hallmarks were the extreme grace and elongation of the figures and their twisting, flamelike pose, known as the figura serpentinata. Thirty years ago, the fashion among (mainly Marxist) art historians was to attribute this artificiality to social anxiety among the artists: how different was the overrefined melancholy of Pontormo from the solid materiality of earlier Renaissance artists like Masaccio! Actually there's no basis...
...paintings in the show that the visitor will probably be most drawn. Florentine mannerism - "the stylish style," as one art historian called it - reached its apogee under the immediate and inescapable influence of Michelangelo. Its hallmarks were the extreme grace and elongation of the figures and their twisting, flamelike pose, known as the figura serpentinata. Thirty years ago, the fashion among (mainly Marxist) art historians was to attribute this artificiality to social anxiety among the artists: how different was the overrefined melancholy of Pontormo from the solid materiality of earlier Renaissance artists like Masaccio! Actually there's no basis...
...that is set to music from the movie pi. This piece boasts both technically demanding dance skill that brings the dancers to their pointed toes and a score with ominous and throbbing club-like beats. A few minutes before the world-famous steps of Balanchine’s genius grace the stage, the three pi dancers circle chaotically to music that might signal the end of the world. A shrieking pierce of sound ensues, followed by a deep voice that breaks the cacophony to declare: “Mathematics is the language of nature...
...certain customs and religions, many Asians aren’t as willing,” said Grace C. Cho ’05, a volunteer for the drive. “For example, many Asian families refuse to talk about sicknesses, and other family members don’t even know bone marrow is needed...
...FORMALLY CHARGED. YANG BIN, 39, Chinese-born Dutch tycoon who only two months ago was appointed head of a North Korean Special Administrative Region; after being placed under house arrest on Oct. 4 for charges of fraud and other commercial crimes; in Shenyang, China. Yang's fall from grace is an em-barrassment for North Korea, and may strain the country's historically close ties with China. Trading of shares in Yang's Hong Kong-listed orchid exporter Euro-Asia Agricultural Holdings has been suspended since late September, and the company has virtually collapsed, unable to repay its loans. Hong...