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Meanwhile, ABC, the chief beneficiary of make-a-wish TV, will rub that lamp several more times. On The Scholar (Mondays, 8 p.m. E.T.), 10 honor students vie for a college scholarship worth as much as $240,000. On this summer's inspirationally themed Brat Camp, troubled kids have their lives turned around by counseling. And for viewers who like to see heartstrings tugged literally as well as metaphorically, next season The Miracle Workers will give away medical care. A man gets treatment for severe tics so he can hold his baby again; a boy gets cochlear implants to hear...
...Since China's Song dynasty (960-1279), these interconnected arts have been considered the "three perfections," fitting pastimes for scholar-officials, or literati, who for political or personal reasons, often had little else to do. The idea of using simple calligraphic brushstrokes to create lyrical paintings (many of which featured poems along their borders) reached Korea in the early Choson period some 600 years ago. Judging by the Guimet show, which runs until June 6, the technique thrived in the Land of Morning Calm. The museum has turned its exhibition space into a haven of tranquility, with rooms of graceful...
...much flora and fauna on display, the show offers relatively few pictures of people. Only one portrait is included: the stern Cho Man-young, with stringy beard and moustache, painted by Yi Han Chul in the 19th century. Still, there are some lovely renderings of the literati themselves: scholars alone in their pavilions admiring nature, or meandering through the countryside on the backs of donkeys, or on a picnic?challenging one another to produce the best picture or most expressive calligraphy. One of the most charming is Yi Song Rin's 1748 Sage and Child Under the Moon...
...combination of Renaissance and 20th century makes him very broad and very exciting as a scholar and teacher,” said Department Chair and Smith Professor of French Language and Literature Christie McDonald. “We look forward to seeing the expansion of Italian studies with his arrival...
...Vinci scholar, Fehrenbach added that he was not impressed by Dan Brown’s best-selling book...