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Schar said the university chose Segal to do the work because he was internationally recognized as an important "force in realism," and was "very sensitive to the issue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kent State Sculpture | 5/17/1978 | See Source »

...show, which includes over 100 pieces, catalogs every step of Davis's career. Davis started out painting realism and moved quickly out of that stage under the influence of European post-Impressionists and cubists. Indeed the first two rooms of paintings strongly echo Picasso, Gris and Leger. Davis, as the chronology points out, was heavily involved in artists organizations, especially during the Depression, and campaigned for recognition of the political and social importance of art and artists. After the Depression, Davis developed some of his most important theories and settled into a style using brilliant colors, well-defined shapes...

Author: By Amy B. Mcintosh, | Title: Profundity or Paint Rags? | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

...Zaccagnini, like the one sent the week before to Interior Minister Francesco Cossiga, was handwritten. In his earlier message Moro wrote that he feared he would be forced to disclose official secrets harmful to the government. This time he plaintively accused his colleagues of forsaking him. Pleading for "realism," he argued that "the only possible positive solution" was "the liberation of prisoners on both sides. Time is running out fast." He concluded: "In truth, I feel somewhat abandoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: A Further Plea | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

Female viewers may respond with anything from detached amusement to fury, because the film is utterly and blissfully sexist. If a defense must be advanced for this undiplomatic realism, it is that Claude is as helpless as a blown seed. This prank of nature is the comedy's single but sufficient joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Blown Seed | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...ballet fan; b) a ballet fan tolerant enough to overlook the lumps and warts of the Boston Ballet (well, what do you want, Balanchine?); and c) a ballet fan tolerant enough to overlook the lumps and warts of the Boston Ballet who can suspend cynicism and realism long enough to become imaginatively involved in a fairy tale. Now that I've eliminated jocks, pre-meds (sorry, that's the second snide remark this column!), and Crimson editors, I suppose I ought to let you know that the Boston Ballet is performing the Tchaikovsky-scored classic Sleeping Beauty; tonight through Monday...

Author: By Jurretta J. Heckscher, | Title: Blues from the Bottom of the Barrel | 4/6/1978 | See Source »

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