Word: portrayal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...former president says it "makes him sick" that the student activists' versions of the events of 1969 often portray him as a villain. "But it doesn't make any difference, because someday, the historians will straighten all this out," he adds...
Many of the pieces on display portray the splendor and glory of the reign of Suleyman I (1520-1566). The collection presents portraits of the emperor as he was perceived by resident European artists in the Turkish court. An anonymous Italian woodcutting shows the ruler's strong profile, adorned by an incredibly ornate hat. Next to the Italian woodcutting are several engravings by the German artist Melchior Lorichs, who lived in the Ottoman court. Like the Italian piece, Lorichs' works show the monarch surrounded by temporal and religious glory. He appears to be grim and strong-willed; in "Suleyman...
...believe that the political and cultural work of those who have not abandoned the best of the spirit of '68 and '69 is largely, and consciously, ignored by the 'media' who are desperate to portray a generation of burned out, sold out or 'reformed' radicals."--Charles Bernstein...
...most sensitive question is how to portray Jesus Christ. Some tribes show him with a huge head to symbolize great wisdom or a massive chest to convey strength. But should he be depicted as an African? Urban Christians are more open to this than believers in the bush. Commissioned by the Catholic Cathedral in Kananga, Zaire, Enkobo Mpane created his first Bantu Christ from ebony in 1969. Parishioners rejected the work, so it hangs in a nearby convent. "Our parishioners still think of Christ as a Jew and not an African," reports Arley Brown, a U.S. Baptist teaching in Kinshasa...
...most part the essays are enjoyable--an honest and profound look at America, at human success and failure and at growing up. They portray an era and are perhaps more meaningful than the slew of backward-looking books that vomit up recent social history...