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DIED. AGNES MARTIN, 92, reclusive abstract painter whose spare yet soulful geometric grids strove to induce nothing grander than, in her words, "a little happiness [and] tranquillity"; in Taos, N.M. Martin's work was sometimes linked to Minimalism, but she insisted it was more a product of Expressionism and certainly "not cool." She won acclaim in the late 1950s for her clean lines, awash in grays or muted pastels, then stopped painting for seven years. Influenced by Buddhism and the colors and shapes of New Mexico, she eventually resumed creating work that can now be seen in collections from...
World War II veterans lauded Steven Spielberg for his chaotically realistic representation of the storming of Omaha Beach. Fuller was a veteran of that invasion himself, and he strove for something other than purely visual realism. Like Spielberg, he was working to convey the brutality of war but, as Connor explains, “unlike in Saving Private Ryan, it was never an exercise in verisimilitude but rather an exercise in filmmaking.” A master of the overstatement, Fuller’s abrupt humor, drama, and violence serve as a means—not an end?...
Though the faculty who crafted Harvard’s program—many of whom have experience with other study abroad programs—strove to create something new, they examined other existing programs...
...primarily a teacher of journal writing, Davis strove to walk “the thin line between helping her students work on their writing and emancipating them as people,” recalled daughter Lydia Davis of Port Ewen...
...said the firm strove to preserve the building’s distinctive Bauhaus style, including a prominent ramp that leads up to the second floor...