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...Although anger at the U.S. remains high, Arabs are recognizing that the fall of the seemingly invincible dictator has destroyed a powerful myth. Events in Iraq have made clear that the authoritarian regimes that have dominated Arab politics for more than a half century will not last forever. Few Arabs, of course, want democracy imposed by America. Many see a charade in the U.S.-sponsored meetings of Iraqis debating the future. Yet, after 9/11 and especially now after the Iraq war, Arab democrats are sensing an opening. The columns of the Arab press are filled as never before with commentaries...
...classroom. Some study of the practice arts emerged at the recommendation of the 1955 Brown Report, a still-cited product of a committee on the visual arts at Harvard chaired by John Nicholas Brown. The Brown report attempted to debunk what it called “the myth of the inspired idiot [which] denies any serious intellectual component in artistic creation.” It was the suggestions of the Brown Report—and the convenient donation of money to build the Carpenter Center for the Visual Art—that created the Visual and Environmental Studies Department...
...while funding and space are lagging for the arts, the Corporation approved a new $100 million science building last month, undermining the myth that the arts come first even immediately before Arts First weekend itself. “There’s no question that arts education is not a priority,” says Engel. “All you have to do is look at the buildings being built...
...want the show to be just a collection of Henri's best photographs," says curator Robert Delpire, founding director of the Centre National de la Photographie and a close friend who has worked with Cartier-Bresson since 1952. "I wanted to try to explain the man behind the myth, and how he became who he is, to show the exceptional coherence of everything he's done." The show includes a raft of family-album pictures, memorabilia and snapshots of Cartier-Bresson as a PoW in World War II. "Luckily," says his wife, the photographer Martine Franck, "Henri kept almost everything...
...Myth #3 :: The Core is part of a well-rounded liberal arts education