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...more expressive was John Harbison's Samuel Chapter (1978), for soprano and small ensemble. Composer Harbison presents an episode from the Old Testament's First Book of Samuel in a deliberately archaic way, lending his work an austere, ceremonial quality that suits the text well...
...Sardanapalus. These early modernists were not, after all, deeply concerned with the future, as the avant-garde would be 30 years later. They saw themselves as prophets but obsessed, as prophets often are, with a past they wanted art to recover: a way of visual speech that was archaic, direct and sacramental. If some of the formal reductiveness of modern art begins with cloisonism, so does its hope for "primitive" eloquence about the deepest appetites of the self. The achievement of this marvelous show is to suggest how the two were entwined...
...game was being played in the IAB, and this season, the Crimson has rarely been embarrassed in that archaic structure. Northeastern eventually won the contest, 72-67, but not before the Crimson put some heavy pressure on New England's third-ranked team...
Foti thinks the statues must date from not much later than the Archaic period, which ended in 450 B.C., since their posture is the typical Archaic stance, with the left foot forward. The bronze alloy is typical of that period. But the delicacy and realism of the detail and the elaboration of musculature suggest that the sculptors were already moving toward the exquisite modeling that became the glory of classical Greece in the age of Pericles...
...banks looking for ways to expand their business have long been restricted by some archaic federal laws. Unlike almost any other enterprise, they have been prohibited from doing retail business outside their home state. Such rules would be similar to decreeing that General Motors could only sell cars in Michigan or that Pillsbury could only market cake mixes in Minnesota. This week, however, banks will get some overdue good news: the Carter Administration will recommend to Congress that commercial banks be allowed to open branches outside their home state. Though no one expects longstanding laws to be rewritten quickly...