Word: rembrandt
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...Belseys are an unlikely pair: Howard, a poor North London son-of-a-butcher who snagged a professorship by cutting up Rembrandt, is celebrating his 30th anniversary with Kiki, a black Floridian who escaped from her family’s servant legacy through inheritance and marriage. They made love for the first time, the two recall without irony, in Kiki’s New York walk-up, Howard’s white, gangly feet sticking out the fire escape...
...prose and the passion," wrote British novelist E.M. Forster, "and both will be exalted." Zadie Smith's third novel, On Beauty, does, and they are. Beautifully written, it is - like her debut best seller White Teeth - essentially a story about families, expansive enough to encompass questions of race, Rembrandt, aging gracefully (or not), love, fidelity and, as the title suggests, recognizing what is truly beautiful and how we make it a part of our lives. Smith, as she makes clear in her acknowledgments, is indebted to Forster for more than good advice. On Beauty is a rambunctious, 21st century take...
...Copley Square, which is the impressive, older entrance, and much more aesthetically pleasing than the new entrance. The Boston Public Library features an outdoor courtyard within the library complex, as well as famous artwork on public display, including the John Singer Sergent murals, as well as artwork by Picasso, Rembrandt, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Winslow Homer...
...with the Golden Helmet hung in my father's living room throughout my youth. Now The Man rests on the wall in my study, watching me work and challenging me to find his strength in myself. It does not matter if he was created by Rembrandt or Joe Schmalz. The Man with the Golden Helmet is a part of my life and cannot be diminished. Bruce D. Anderson Bound Brook...
...Book of Abraham, like its cast, is hardly flawless. Famous historical figures too often behave like cutouts in a Michener mini-series: " 'Your dream, young man, is also ours,' said Gutenberg. 'But wood engraving isn't the solution.' " " 'You've changed,' the painter Rembrandt van Rijn told Herschel a few days later. 'Your face is less luminous.' " The novel fulfills its mission when it leaves the famous and concentrates on the lives of the obscure--the uncelebrated and faceless figures who make history happen. Furnished with voices, the long silent tribe of Abraham reiterates the observation made by Playwright...