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...following centuries, the Golan Heights changed hands incessantly, enduring brief bouts of occupation by everyone from Alexander the Great to the Roman Empire. The area finally settled under the control of the Ottomans in the 16th century, where it remained until the dissolution of the Empire after World War I. French mandated modern-day Syria emerged from its ashes and the Golan Heights was included within its newly defined borders...
...vitality of the human body and the expression of human emotion. The show, which runs through November 29, also includes his abstract paintings and sculptures that approach his love for life with softer contours, sweeping strokes, and, oftentimes, a more variegated palette. Portrayals of masculine heroes from Greek and Roman mythology dominate the exhibit, which is the first retrospective of Wein’s work since his death in 1991. Their bodies are clearly defined. Their hands, feet, chests—any limb capable of evoking power—are elongated and disproportionate to the rest of the body. Their...
...this big it’s much harder so I’m worried about it.“ Alongside Gov 20, recently-approved general education offerings were also well-received this fall. Culture and Belief 17: “Institutional Violence and Public Spectacle: The Case of the Roman Games” attracted 171 students, and 116 undergraduates have enrolled in Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 15: “Elements of Rhetoric.” “It’s a little above what we estimated, but it’s certainly within the range...
Japan's ruling party is betting on a little attitude going a long way. On Sept. 22, the Liberal Democratic Party gave itself a personality injection by electing Taro Aso, a Roman Catholic, "manga"-loving conservative with a wry smile and a sharp tongue, as its new president. The LDP must now wait to see if Aso's ascendance will be enough for the party to regain the five-decade legislative stranglehold it lost last year in the Diet...
...step was light. Surely the Viscount and Viscountess would not mind. Look how the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore caught the mid-morning sunshine. Look at those clouds bounding through the blue. Oh, how she loved Florence!As she left the city, passing through its old Roman gate, Roxanna mused again over the improbability of her happiness. To think that Viscount Frederick, always so devoted to his ancestral manse, would suddenly bow to his wife’s request that they go to Italy now, immediately, at once. The couple had brought along only Roxanna, Viscountess Felicity?...