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...professor of history of art and architecture. The Ottomans took over in 1299, conquering neighbors, absorbing artistic styles, and creating a new, recognizable visual idiom. Objects from the first 150 years of their long rule - which ended in the early 20th century - are represented by the gold-decorated ceremonial sword of Süleyman I ("the Magnificent"), its hilt of walrus ivory missing the precious stones it once held; colorful caftans belonging to Mehmed II ("the Conqueror"), as well as the sketchbook he may have carried to lessons as a young prince. "Turks" ends with a flourish: the opulent peak...
...Prize, all-around intelligent bloke?has lots of thoughtful ideas about modern Japanese culture, almost all of which, he comes to discover, are wrong. He's wrong about the symbolism of his son's favorite anim? series, Mobile Suit Gundam. He's wrong about the artistic motivation behind Japanese sword-making. And he's wrong about the otaku, the ultra-obsessive Japanese fans of everything from manga to pop idols, who turn out to have more dimensions than Carey, an Australian living in New York City, could ever have imagined. As a Japanese friend warns Carey, when it comes...
...officers and its annual budget has almost quadrupled, to $A926 million. Australian agents now work in 33 cities in 26 countries. Recalling a talk given to A.F.P. executives by Peter Shergold, the head of the Prime Minister's Department, Keelty says the new status is a "double-edged sword." "He said, 'The good news is that we're at the center of government, getting a lot of resources and attention. But the bad news is that it puts a lot of pressure on us to perform.'" Keelty, who appears comfortable with managing a vast enterprise - and the corporate jargon that...
Coming home late Wednesday night, I ran into a friend in the Winthrop courtyard. It was cold and very clear. Orion, one of three constellations I can identify, hung in the southwestern sky, his belt and sword bright. We could see our breath. I started to push my friend on the tire swing, and he asked whether I knew “Dover Beach...
...sword-fighting, daughter-kidnapping, Johnny Depp-featuring fun of last year’s Pirates followed by the recent French film Love Me, director Laetitia Masson’s story about a young French girl who finds herself without memories or direction in an American airport. Call the Harvard Film Archive at (617) 495-4700 for admission details. Pirates at 6:30 p.m. and Love Me at 9:15 p.m. The Carpenter Center Main Auditorium...