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...developing. The heart of the problem is the challenge Renoir set for himself: to reconcile classical and Renaissance models with the 18th century French painters he loved. To synthesize the force and clarity of classicism with the intimacy and charm of the Rococo is a nearly impossible trick. How do you cross the power of Phidias with the delicacy of Fragonard? The answer: at your own risk - especially the risk of admitting into your work the weaknesses of the Rococo. It's a fine line between charming and insipid, and 18th century French painters crossed it all the time...
...jumped an ocean and half a century to bring forward this episode only because it seems so strikingly relevant. In a curious trick of history, the American Tea Party—those who protest Obama’s tax policies by evoking 1773’s colonial steeping of three shiploads of British loose leaf in Boston Harbor—have much in common with their ex-antagonist country’s Angry Young Men. They’re deeply dissatisfied with the status quo. They think (justifiably) that nobody takes them seriously. They lack any theoretically rigorous suggestions...
...costs; for the narrator, it is simply a question of “lying low” and warding off the cruelty of lovers. Yet the protagonist and Clara, caught in their self-involved and unspectacular web of emotions, are too banal for Aciman’s trick to work, and the protagonist’s dense, slogging thoughts form a thicket of angst that paralyses the narrative. He despairingly thinks, “It occurred to me that rehearsing loss to dull the loss might bring about the very loss I was hoping to avert.” This...
...perilous event. The snowboarding world is still sobered by the frightening recent incident involving Kevin Pearce, the American medal hopeful who struck his forehead on the pipe in December, resulting in a serious brain injury. The Flying Tomato himself, Shaun White, narrowly escaped grave injury while practicing a complicated trick last month. The Americans are favored to win gold. But is that medal worth the price some Olympic athletes...
Molnar scored one as Kennifer tallied her first hat trick of the year. Co-captain Kristina Bergquist, junior Patricia Smith, sophomore Monica Zdrojewski, and Price each netted two as well...