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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...defining character. Ingres's period has coalesced around his art. In the first half of his life, when he was in Italy, the Mecca of the aspiring French painter, his pencil drawings caught the upper crust of foreigners there--the milords Anglais and their families on the Grand Tour, the French officials who ran Napoleon's kingdom in Italy, his fellow expatriate artists--with stylish brio and steely exactness. It is fascinating to see him shifting through different levels of notation--for example, between the subtle, continuous modeling of the face of Mrs. Charles Badham (1816) and the brisker, more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Faces of an Epoch | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...when I'm 15 years old, and it's an entirely different ballgame. The grand design of the rest of my career is to recreate twentieth century American history through fiction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JAMES ELLROY: CRIME PAYS | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

...Papa Aaron might say, It's all under control. Just now becoming comfortable with his "leadership capabilities," Aaron's discovered a penchant for deadline enforcement. As for JP, FM's cantankerous grand-daddy-well, he's never had a problem laying down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEAD HEAT | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...Papa Aaron might say, It's all under control. Just now becoming comfortable with his "leadership capabilities," Aaron's discovered a penchant for deadline enforcement. As for JP, FM's cantankerous grand-daddy--well, he's never had a problem laying down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Dead Heat | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...Planet of the Apes" or "Gamera," but the sci-fi classic Fantastic Planet, which won the Grand Prix at The Cannes Film Festival 25 years ago, is back at the Brattle in all of its French, animated glory. Follow life on Yagan, a planet led by 10 foot humanoids called Draggs that treat "Oms" (human beings) like house pets. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Square...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRIDAY MAR 5 | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

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