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...this tragic and short-lived career which is visible, metaphorically, in much of Testa's work. His unique vision relies heavily on classical and mythological events thoughout his career, but when one considers the events of Testa's life, the autobiography behind the predominant themes becomes apparent...
...important and demonstrative works, The Suicide of Cato, followed the withdrawal of this commission, some critics have interpreted this ingenious etching as a dramatic portrayal of anticipated reactions to his subsequent suicide. Perhaps this work was a kind of catharsis for the primarily unhappy and unfulfilled life of this tragic genius...
...only a modernist reading of the artist's role makes it seem contradictory that Goya was both a court artist and an inspired, tragic social critic. Efforts to see him in pop-Marxist terms as "an artist of the people" miss the point. Goya had many disillusioned moments, and by the last years of his life, when -- sick and old and bitterly disappointed by the betrayal of the liberal Spanish constitution at the hands of that squat reactionary King, Fernando VII -- he moved to France, they became a continuous pessimism. He never idealized the Spanish proletariat: it was el populacho...
...selling weapons and attempted robbery, walk into a gun shop in Sandy, Ore., and leave with an AK-47 under his arm? The easy availability of weapons like this, which have no purpose other than killing human beings, can all too readily turn the delusions of sick gunmen into tragic nightmares...
While not ruling out pilot error, investigators are focusing on the possibility that the plane's electronic fire-alarm system failed and indicated trouble in the wrong engine, leading to a tragic mistake. As other Boeing 737s are being checked, the remains of Flight 92's engines have been sent back to their French co-maker, SNECMA, for examination...