Word: judgment
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...descent was precipitous. At the time of his divorce, Ferguson began working for Ademco, a burglar-alarm manufacturer. A year into his job, however, he fell from a stool, receiving a back injury that led to his termination. He sued for compensation, won a $26,250 judgment but, for some reason, tried to reopen proceedings with the New York State workers' compensation board. He complained that he was a victim of racial prejudice and rejected state-appointed doctors sent to examine him because their surnames sounded ethnic and not black. Eventually, Ferguson, who wrote and called incessantly...
...overpowering was its impact that Pope Paul III, upon first seeing it, sank to his knees and murmured, "Lord, charge me not with my sins when thou shalt come on the Day of Judgment." Since being unveiled in 1541, Michelangelo's Last Judgment has been revered for its towering spiritual strength and enduring symbolism. The 40-by-45-ft. fresco on the west altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, on which Michelangelo labored for five years, is also a searing, unsparing personal document -- both of the unsettled world in which Michelangelo lived and of the artist's inner torment...
...exclusive selection of photographs on these pages provides the first extensive look at the newly cleaned Last Judgment, which will go on view in April at an Easter week Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II. Its return to the public realm in dramatically improved condition will be an important event for both art and religion. Notes Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt, a New York University art historian who has followed the project: "Our idea of what art tells us about God is shaped by Michelangelo more than anyone else, and by the Last Judgment more than any of his other...
...rendering of a final verdict is reflected in the Judgment more unmistakably than ever, particularly in the central figure of Christ. Although its cleaning is not yet complete -- and hence the Vatican has released no color photos of it -- the emerging image clearly shows that contrary to a previous assumption that Christ's expression is one of anger, it instead betrays impatience, as though He were saying, "Silence! Now I will pronounce judgment!" Even more significant, no one in the fresco except the Virgin Mary seems to know his own fate, and thus everyone looks fearful. Says Fabrizio Mancinelli...
Agreeing to give only need-based aid andagreeing on "principles of professional judgment"was allowed by the 1992 Higher EducationReauthorization...