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...Boston show is full of groupings that allow you to compare how all three artists handled similar subjects. At various times, each of them produced a rendition of the Supper at Emmaus, the story from the New Testament in which the risen Christ reveals himself to a pair of astonished disciples. Titian's came first, in 1533-34, a picture of masterly calm and balance that borrows the stabilizing horizontal format of Leonardo's Last Supper. In 1542 the young Tintoretto took on the same subject and made it a scrum, full of lunging bodies and energies exploding outward...
...democracy. If the ANC is in for an upset on polling day, even simply a reduced majority, it will be receiving a lesson learned by revolutionary groups before it. Fatah's loss to Hamas in the 2006 Palestinian elections was a boost for militancy, sure, but also a testament to Hamas's superior social-service delivery. Mugabe's efforts to hold onto power, trying to alter the constitution to allow him everlasting rule, was the spur for the formation of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change...
...central religious institution at Harvard? While the history of Harvard has always been intertwined with Protestantism, Harvard was not founded simply as a Puritan seminary. From the beginning, Harvard had no institutional affiliation with a denomination. The installation of lawyer John Leverett as university president in 1708 was a testament to Harvard’s secular—rather than religious—roots...
...Choosing our current Energy Secretary as our Commencement speaker is a testament of how important energy and climate issues are in society today,” said Daniel P. Schrag, an environmental science and engineering professor who also heads the University’s Center for the Environment. “I think hearing his perspective on how [the nation’s] efforts are progressing will be fantastically important...
...Their sound was still intact—it just had vocals. We wanted to bring in a singer that was more of an ensemble member and not a big jazz diva.”King hopes that the concert at the Berklee Performance Center will be a testament to their versatility, diversity, and ability to incorporate the sound of The Bad Plus across many genres. “We open the show with the trio, we do some original music, we do some contemporary classical music from the new record,” says King...