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...Thousand Trees, in which a similar chair, borne by 16 eunuchs, ferries Qianlong to a celebration with Torghut Mongols who kneel before him. A circle framing the portrait of Qianlong writing calligraphy on an enormous banana leaf is echoed in an intricate jade carving of a round moon gate - as well as in an architectural moon gate that separates two rooms in the exhibition. A display case of ruyi scepters is paired with a hanging scroll, The Yongzheng Emperor Admiring Flowers, in which that sovereign holds just such a symbol of power. Although the Manchus continued to rule China until...
WHAT ARIA DO YOU MOST LIKE SINGING? The Song to the Moon, from Rusalka, is my signature piece...
...sets. There’s the photographer’s most famous image, “Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941,” in which he does what a photography teacher would almost certainly advise against, leaving the entire top half of the picture black. The tiny full moon sits on that border with darkness, watching over the little village of Hernandez bathed in an unearthly light.But these easily-recognizable prints can be found in art galleries around Boston. What is unique at the MFA is context and variety: photographs of Manhattan that Adams took when he visited...
Most visitors to North Korea find the place weird, but can't quite explain why. On a rare trip last month, another traveler told me it was like going to ?the moon, with people.? I had my own epiphany: North Korea is Pleasantville. Just as in the Gary Ross satire of the 1950s sit-com vision of reality, life in the kingdom of Dear Leader Kim Jong Il is always as pleasant as a picture postcard. The streets are tidy and orderly, the citizens patriotic and the children sing in perfect harmony. From the plastic flowers in the hotels...
...latter move has outraged the PP. Backed by the bishops, it has rushed to the Constitutional Court, insisting it's implicit in the relevant section that marriage must be to a member of the opposite sex. While the court mulls, local mayors continue to wed over-the-moon gays and lesbians, and no one can guess what will become of these legal unions should they be ruled unconstitutional. Can you "unmarry" a couple not seeking divorce? The word nation is an even deeper linguistic black hole. The constitution refers to "the indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation." Clear enough - until...