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...back to the private sector, which, after all, has been the lifeblood of American arts since the 19th century. But how to operate there at such a treacherous time is a puzzle for a lot of arts groups. This is why Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, established Arts in Crisis, a free consulting service for arts groups on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Kaiser is something of a rescue artist. Over the years, he has swooped in as a director to save the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater...
...educated and idealistic, and Tel Aviv's city planners sought an egalitarian architectural style in sync with the socialistic winds sweeping through Europe. They turned to Bauhaus. Founded in Weimar in 1919, the International or Bauhaus style rejected the monumental wedding cakes, dripping with decoration, that prevailed in late 19th century architecture. The movement's leaders - Walter Gropius followed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe - sought a new holy grail in design: the unity of form and function, expressed in ways that were modern, simple and sparse...
...excellence in undergraduate teaching. In addition to the history of photography, Kelsey’s research focuses on landscape and American Art. His first book, “Archive Style: Photographs and Illustrations for U.S. Surveys, 1850-1890,” examined American visual culture through the angle of 19th century geological and geographical surveys. Kelsey is working on a new book about photography and chance, he said. “His work takes the scholarship on photography to a new and different territory,” Roberts said. The combination of both attentive teaching and innovative thought may have...
...February is just 6% of GDP. While upwards of 75% of Chinese spending will go toward infrastructure, just 10% of U.S. spending will. The difference to an extent reflects the fact that the nations are at different stages of economic development: America's railroad networks were built in the 19th century (and show it), and its interstate-highway system was mainly constructed in the 1950s and '60s. But it also speaks to the sheer scale of China's ambition to modernize itself...
...elephants to fight the Romans,” Howe said. “I thought this was the most fascinating stuff imaginable.” Coming from Denver to Harvard was, in those days, still vaguely unusual: Denver was remote and provincial, far from the colorful melting pots of 19th century New Orleans, or ancient Rome. His storytelling father, a newspaperman, died when Howe was eight years old, widowing his mother and making money scarce. It was only a National Scholarship from Harvard that allowed Howe to afford an Ivy League education. Recalling his early days of transition between Denver...