Word: visual
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...high school math textbooks, the three intersecting circles help clarify the mess of human sexuality that people cannot seem to avoid. As the caption reads, the diagram presents an "alternative sexual response cycle--an ongoing continuum of pleasure, orgasm and ecstasy." Although this continuum requires some further explanation, the visual aid provides a critical framework for discussion. To corroborate the scientific nature of the writing, the book includes an appendix with flow charts, graph and sample questionnaires...
...incensed at the tragedy in which U.S. military planes shot down two friendly helicopters over Iraq's no-fly zone ((IRAQ, April 25)). I have many questions, but chief among them are, How can an interceptor justify shooting someone down without prior verbal warning? What was the visual-I.D. training that the pilots received? Have the tremendous budget cuts caused a reduction in the readiness and capability of our military? This is one of the more serious military accidents we have experienced in recent years. There are so many ways the deaths of 21 fine people could have been...
...Visual aids are important devices in journalism, but the ghastly photograph that accompanies your article on Rwanda goes too far. The horrors of bloodshed may be sufficiently communicated through writing, without employing photographs unfit for publication...
...Sharp Appetites" consists of three different approaches to the phenomenon of the female body in visual culture. "Fleshbags" is the most ambitious part of the exhibition because it spans the historical scope of the construction of female sexuality. Displays ranging from details of Botticelli's "Venus" to Manet's "Olympia" to Playboy cartoons remind the viewer that this is not just a criticism of a contemporary issue, but rather the problematic perceptions of the female body have been deeply imbedded and indoctrinated into social standards. The responsibility of art is a central issue; female nudes once considered the norm...
...Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts...