Word: rome
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden, Roland Flamini Paris: Jordan Bonfante, Adam Zagorin Bonn: William McWhirter, John Kohan Rome: Sam Allis, Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: James O. Jackson, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Johanna McGeary Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: Dean Brelis Beijing: Sandra Burton Hong Kong: William Stewart, Jay Branegan, Bing W. Wong Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa Ottawa: Peter Stoler Mexico City: John Borrell, John Moody Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez
...that Fragonard was born in Grasse, in Provence, in 1732. His father, a glovemaker, apparently moved the family in 1738 to Paris, where young Honore was apprenticed to two distinguished and influential artists, Chardin and Boucher. At the latter's suggestion, Fragonard applied for (and won) the Prix de Rome. He returned to Paris after his studies in Italy, was admitted to the Academy in 1765 -- membership entitled him to an apartment at the Louvre -- and became a commercial success...
...source of enormous curiosity and awe. The Old Testament exclamation "How are the mighty fallen!" was only one of the earliest recorded responses to the spinning wheel of fortune. Ever since, the rubble of old realms has teased and provoked imaginations. In the 18th century, a visit to Rome inspired Gibbon to write an enduring history of imperial decline. Romantic poets found the gloom and doom of antiquity irresistible. Envisioning an ancient toppled monument in a barren desert, Shelley conceived an epitaph that was both ironic and admonitory: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:/ Look on my works...
...quick stop in Cuba, Ortega continued on to Europe. In Madrid, he invited Spain to join his recently proposed international commission to monitor Nicaragua's compliance with the peace plan. Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez accepted, provided that other Central American leaders approved Spain's participation. Ortega then flew to Rome, where he had a 30-minute private audience with Pope John Paul II. It was the first meeting between the two men since the Pontiff's tense visit to Nicaragua in 1983, and the welcome was decidedly chilly. Speaking in Spanish, the Pope spent much of the time lecturing Ortega...
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hector I. Osorio '89 of Winthrop House and Flushing, New York, Photography Chairman; Terry R. R. Roopnaraine '90 of Cabot House and Rome, Italy, Associate Photography Chairman; Gavin L. Villareal '90 of Winthrop House and San Antonio, Texas, Associate Photography Chairman; David K. Eldan '89 of Eliot House and Culver City, California, Assistant Photography Chairman; Eugene L. Jhong '90 of Leverett House and Manila, Phillippines, Assistant Photography Chairman; Anh T. Nguyen '90 of Lowell House and Cleveland, Ohio, Assistant Photography Chairman...