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...movie - one, moreover, that is essentially a making-of feature about a '70s TV show? Howard knew that to convey the particulars of what must seem like ancient history to younger viewers, he needed to move from the long-shot perspective of a play to the interviews' own visual style: alternating medium shots of Frost with blistering close-ups of Nixon. Thus, what was a pageant on the stage becomes an intimate, magnified TV show, the camera alert to every nuance of Frost's insecurity rising to bravado, Nixon's pugnacity gradually sagging into defeat. This very fine movie doesn...
...full of architects who are desperate to have more money or more status or to be more important, but I don’t feel that that’s what motivated Le Corbusier. I think that what motivated him was a desire to make the world more visually appealing. THC: When you came to Harvard to promote your book last week, you spoke in the Carpenter Center, Le Corbusier’s only building in North America. How well do you think the building reflects the unique personality of its architect? NFW: Well, the Carpenter Center...
...year-old English playwright is of real importance to today’s world. Indeed, even after having written five books on William Shakespeare—most notably one that extensively chronicled all 38 of his plays—Garber, who is a professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies, has yet to exhaust the continuing relevance of Shakespeare’s works in contemporary society. Garber’s scholarly project is to emphasize that literature is not a static entity, but rather a dynamic force that can effect change. For instance, in “Coming...
...when identifying people of different races. When I meet another South Asian girl, I am not going to look to her hair or eye color as a distinguishing feature. Rather, I’ll instinctively note other physical features, like eye shape or the texture of her hair. These visual markers could easily escape someone who has grown up in an environment with few or no South Asians—someone who has never before had to look beyond hair color or general skin tone as a defining visual feature. Errors of identification usually spring from thus approaching all ethnicities...
...problematize one’s physical and emotional situation. Martin began studying art in high school, where he experimented with painting and digital media. In the fall of his freshman year at Harvard, he dove into the arts scene, contributing to a show for a class in the Visual and Environmental Studies Department with works of mixed media. He quickly realized that creating art was the only path for him, but one which can require a significant amount of initiative for a solo artist interested in creating larger-scale works. While Martin praises Harvard’s willingness to support...