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Aristotle's Hippodamos (Politics 2.1267b22-30), Vanessa B. Gorman

Department of History: Faculty Publications

"Hippodamos, the son of Euryphon and a Milesian, who both invented the division of cities and cut out the Piraeus, was in the rest of his life very extraordinary because of his love of reputation, so that to some people he seemed to live his life very elaborately, wearing his hair long and arranged in a costly manner, while his clothes were of cheap material that was nevertheless warm, which he wore both in the winter and in the summer alike. He wanted to be knowledgeable about nature in general. First among those who were not statesmen he tried to …

Large Noses And Changing Meanings In Sixteenth-Century German Prints, Alison Stewart

School of Art, Art History, and Design: Faculty Publications and Creative Activity

Woodcuts produced by the Nuremberg school during the early sixteenth century provide insights into the history of taste, in particular the changing nature of the bawdy aesthetic so prevalent in the art of the time. Sebald Beham's Nose Dance of c. 1534 (fig. 170) offers a good case in point.' The print represents in the foreground a group of large-nosed men and one woman, and a fool who exposes himself (at lower right). By the early seventeenth century the woodblock had been altered, removing most of the offensive areas -- the large noses and some of the revealed body parts …

A Route Of Evanescence, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For Soprano, Oboe, Cello, and Piano.

Text by Emily Dickinson, letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, April 15, 1862.
Includes:
We Play At Paste
South Winds Jostle Them
Success Is Counted Sweetest
The Soul Unto Itself
As Imperceptibly As Grief
A Route of Evanescence

Die Registrierung Der Orgelwerke J. S. Bachs, Quentin Faulkner

Glenn Korff School of Music: Faculty Publications

"Es versteht sich übrigens von selbst, daß beim Gebrauch die gewählten Verbindungen von Stimmen mit dem Geist und Sinn der vorzutragenden Stücke harmonieren müssen, sonst ist das Ganze nur eine theoretische Spielerei, ohne ailen künstlerischen Wert."

So formulierte Friedrich Konrad Griepenkerl, der erste Herausgeber von Bachs Orgelwerken, zusammenfassend die Bedeutung der angemessenen Registerwahl für das Spiel dieser Kompositionen. Ein erfahrener Organist liest diese Worte jedoch nicht ohne gewisse Bedenken. Wer hilft einem bei der Wahl der passenden Registrierungen? Die verschiedenen Vorschläge Griepenkerls vergrößern eher die Unsicherheit des Organisten; sie sind zwar sinnvoll, aber zu allgemein, um praktischen Wert zu haben. …

Textile Society Of America Newsletter 7:21 – Fall 1995

Textile Society of America Newsletters

Introducing…The Antonio Ratti Textile Center of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Letter from the President
Letter from the Editor
Neutrogena Collections Find a New Home in Santa Fe
1996 Bibliography Issue: Call for Entries
Nominations/Elections Committee
The Collections
Storage Facilities
Textile Conservation Laboratory
Ratti Center Staff
The Study Center
Public Access to the Center
Call for Papers
Announcements
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Exhibitions

Review Of Michael Bishop, Nineteenth-Century French Poetry, Marshall C. Olds

French Language and Literature Papers

Michael Bishop has written extensively and well on some of the best of mid and late twentieth-century French poets--Char, Deguy, Jaccottet-and in this volume turns his attention to a thematic consideration of the major practitioners of the last century. The results are somewhat mixed. On the one hand, just about everyone is included whom one would expect to find (Lamartine, Vigny, Baudelaire, Hugo, Mallarmé, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Lautréamont, Laforgue; Desbordes-Valmore is present, Musset is not). Moreover, Bishop has read through the oeuvre of each poet, so his perceptive observations pertain not only to familiar poems but also to some that have …

Review Of Folklore And Fascism: The Reich Institute For German Volkskunde, By Hannjost Lixfeld, And The Nazification Of An Academic Discipline: Folklore In The Third Reich, Edited And Translated By James R. Dow And Hannjost Lixfeld, Alan E. Steinweis

Department of History: Faculty Publications

Taken together, these two books do much to explode what they characterize as the myth of "two German folklores." This is the notion, still disturbingly widespread in German academia, that during the National Socialist era the field of Volkskunde was split into two distinct groups, the first consisting of serious scholars whose work remained largely untainted by Nazism, and the second consisting of hacks, publicists, and weak scholars who championed the Nazi ideology and program. By dispelling this myth, these volumes contribute to the ever-growing body of scholarship that documents the role of traditional German elites in the legitimation and …

Textile Society Of America Newsletter 8:19 – Summer 1995

Textile Society of America Newsletters

Introducing…The Textile and Costume Collections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Board of Directors
Letter from the President
Info-Xchange
Regional Activities East
Acknowledgment
Letter from the Editor
New Newsletter Editor
Announcements
Symposia/Conferences/Seminars/Workshops
Classes/Lectures/Workshops
Exhibitions – Past, Present, and Future

The Similarities Between Mikahil Bulgakov's The Master And Margarita And Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, Radha Balasubramanian

Russian Language and Literature Papers

After more than a year of silence and hiding since the publication of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie spoke out in a 1990 article appearing in Newsweek "The Master and Margarita and its author were persecuted by Soviet totalitarianism. It is extraordinary to find my novel's life echoing that of one of its greatest models." In this surprising claim, Rushdie not only links his novel with Bulgakov's masterpiece, but also joins his fate with that of the Russian author. For Rushdie, there is a clear parallel between Bulgakov's suffering under Stalinism and his own situation vis-a-vis the Muslim world.

Concretely, …

Being An I-Witness—My Life As A Lesbian Teacher, Barbara Dibernard

Department of English: Faculty Publications

Afterword: It has been four years since I first wrote this essay. I came out as a lesbian to a sophomore-level class for the first time the semester after I wrote it, in circumstances much like those detailed here, while we were discussing Zami. The very next semester, I came out to all my classes in a letter at the beginning of the semester. Initially, being out from the start was a real liberation for me; in addition, I felt that having my lesbianism as a given affected the classes positively in ways I couldn't begin to know about during …

Review Of: Solving The Mysteries Of The Dead Sea Scrolls: New Light On The Bible, By Edward M. Cook, Sidnie White Crawford

Department of Classics and Religious Studies: Faculty Publications

Edward M. Cook's new book makes an excellent addition to the growing list of "introductions" to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Aimed primarily at a Christian lay and clerical audience, it succeeds admirably in leading its readers through the labyrinthine world of Scroll scholarship and controversy. The book divides itself into two uneven parts. In the first part, chapters 1-4, Cook deals with the discovery of the Scrolls in 1947 and the subsequent history of their decipherment and (often delayed) publication. Cook's treatment of this controversial topic is the most fair and evenhanded I have ever read; he has done meticulous …

When Quod Is “Which” And When Quod Is “Because”, Thomas Nelson Winter

Department of Classics and Religious Studies: Faculty Publications

“When is quod ‘which’ and when is quod ‘because’?” asked Betsy A. Beacom, intermediate Latin student. Good question, and once alerted to it, even the professor becomes conscious of starting the wrong way with the word sometimes. The obvious answer about relative pronouns and their antecedents has serious shortcomings. Frequently the entire preceding idea is the antecedent and we do not know if the quod will refer to it or tell the why of it; a neuter antecedent is no guarantee of a “which”: sometimes a preceding neuter noun—even immediately preceding—can still leave you with a “because,” as in items …

Review Of The Usurer's Daughter: Male Friendship And Fictions Of Women In Sixteenth-Century England By Lorna Hutson, Carole Levin

Department of History: Faculty Publications

Hutson's study of the impact of humanism on male friendship and the anxieties in the changing nature of friendship expressed in literature and Shakespearean drama is brilliant and thought provoking, a work that stands at the intersection of economic, cultural, and literary history. Hutson's writing style is dense and rather difficult, and her thesis will certainly provoke debate, especially as she takes on feminist and new historicist critics. Hutson's title is provocative, and a reader would probably pick up her study thinking it was about Jessica, the most famous usurer's daughter, and The Merchant of Venice. Though one would have …

Vergilian Models For The Characterization Of Scylla In The Ciris, Vanessa Gorman

Department of History: Faculty Publications

The Ciris, a Latin epyllion of uncertain date and authorship, exemplifies the late-antique fascination with Vergilian imitation, as explored most thoroughly in the commentary by R. O. A. M. Lyne (1978). Verse by verse, Lyne indicates what he feels are direct verbal borrowings of verses, half-verses, and phrases from Vergil. Yet for all the care Lyne dedicates to this task, for the most part he limits himself to the verbal dimension of the borrowings. The borrowings have other dimensions as well, and it is the purpose of this paper to examine these allusions from a thematic perspective. The focus will …

Choices Of Evil: Brecht's Modernism In The Work With Eisler And Dessau, William Grange

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Faculty Publications and Creative Activity

Brecht wanted composers of music for his mature work who were capable of creating an idiom complementary to his own modernist ideas of theatrical performance. That idiom he called "gestic" music, the kind capable of "conveying particular attitudes adopted by the speaker towards other men" [bestimmte Haltungen des Sprechenden anzeigt, die dieser anderen Menschen gegenüber einnimmt]. When playing a fascist, for example, the actor was not merely to present the character's pompousness; he or she was to illustrate a political stance toward that pompousness. Nor was the actor to reveal layers of the character's motivation, like girls in Broadway burlesque …

Signature-Systems And Tonal Types In The Fourteenth-Century French Chanson, Peter M. Lefferts

Glenn Korff School of Music: Faculty Publications

Beyond the standard and familiar theoretical instruction materials on notation and mensuration, on mode and hexachord, and on the rules of two-part counterpoint, information and insight about the techniques of musical composition in the later Middle Ages are hard to come by. From a modern vantage point, medieval music theory leaves many of the questions most interesting to us unanswered. And for our part, too, analysts of chansons and motets have yet to agree on many basic notions about how this music works, and therefore what is most necessary to talk about. It is symptomatic of this state of affairs …

"The Blondest Of The Blondes", William Grange Prof. Dr.

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Faculty Publications and Creative Activity

The German theatre underwent a revolution of shattering magnitude in 1933 when the National Socialists assumed power. The Nazis had an avid interest in theatre as an expression of “the peoples’ will,” even as they viewed the theatre of the Weimar Republic as a Babylon of “hyper-modern, bolshevistic, mollusk-like, and neurasthenic aesthetics.”

Aquella Cativa, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

Based on poem by Luis Vaz de Camões(1524-1580).

For recitation and flute.

A Route Of Evanescence, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For Soprano, Oboe, Cello, and Piano.

We Play At Paste
South Winds Jostle Them
Success Is Counted Sweetest
The Soul Unto Itself
As Imperceptibly As Grief
A Route of Evanescence

text by Emily Dickinson

58 pages

Trilobite, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For C Trumpet, Trombone, and Tuba.

13 pages

Lincoln Logs, For Oboe, Trumpet, Violin, Piano, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

I Legong Studies (Bali) II Wind, Sand, and Stars (France) III The Sick Man of Europe (Turkey) IV Suzunoya (Japan) V Sarang Ga (Korea) instrumentation Oboe (optional Soprano Sax, Clarinet) Bb Trumpet (optional Alto Sax) Violin Piano notes Score is in C In addition to the complete set, selections or individual movements may be performed seperately. duration: c 15 minutes

Jasmine Dreams, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

I Légong Mantra (Bali) II Odalisque (Persia) III Sarang Ga (Korea) After living in Bali for several years the Canadian-born composer Colin McPhee once wrote “...what a marvelous thing would be a concert made up of new works by composers whose names were not included in the program.” This somewhat enigmatic statement reflected the crisis in his creative life caused by his encounter with Balinese music and concurrently his dissatisfaction with the uniquely Western European, ego-driven emphasis on “free” composition and innovation. Most of McPhee’s later music was either influenced by or transcriptions of Balinese Gamelan music. In a similar, …

Collaborative Multimedia, Judy Diamond, Alan B. Bond, Beth Schenker, Debra Meier, Dana Twersky

Alan Bond Publications

Six natural history institutions contributed video and other images to produce a single multimedia exhibit about famous paleontology sites throughout the United States. In Mesozoic Monsters. Mammals and Magnolias users can view videos of the original excavation of each of the sites and also play computer games relating to each location. This project provides a model for how collaboration among museums can reduce the cost of multimedia exhibits while improving quality and making them available to wider audiences.

Placing The Places In Wordsworth's 1802 Sonnets, Stephen C. Behrendt

Department of English: Faculty Publications

Wordsworth's political sonnets of summer and fall 1802 recount the sights and sounds the poet encountered during the brief respite provided by the Peace of Amiens, which enabled him to return to France and to the woman and child who were the physical reminders of the time he had spent there ten years earlier in the spirited days following the French Revolution. Published together in 1807 in Poems, in Two Volumes, they juxtapose the dispirited and pathetic state of France in 1802 with the ebullience Wordsworth recalled from that earlier time. More important, the sequence documents his "return" to England, …

Textile Society Of America Newsletter 7:18 – Winter 1995

Textile Society of America Newsletters

Introducing…The Smithsonian Institution’s Division of Textiles Collection
Profile: Rita J. Adrosko
Board of Directors
Letter from the Editor
Info-Xchange
Boston Textile Department Restructured
Recent Acquisitions at Cleveland and Indianapolis
Announcements
Symposia/Conferences/Seminars/Workshops
Classes/Lectures/Workshops
Exhibitions – Past, Present, and Future

From Statues To Sculpture: Selections From The Collection Of The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery And Sculpture Garden, Daphne A. Deeds

Sheldon Museum of Art: Catalogs and Publications

The title of this exhibition, From Statues to Sculpture, su~gests the evolution of three-dimensional art, from 19th-century statues that inspire moral fortitude, celebrate historic events and evoke spiritual enlightenment, to sculpture that questions those verities and poses new definitions of reality. From Statues to Sculpture comprises 20 works dating from 1860 to 1988. This selection from the permanent collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery represents a diversity of issues and developments in American sculptural history, from historic monuments to abstract figuration, from images of landscape to architectural forms.

Sculpture is one of the oldest visual art media. It …

Dislocated Emblems: Recent Work By Warren Rosser, Daphne A. Deeds

Sheldon Museum of Art: Catalogs and Publications

Though emerging artists often dazzle us with brash or daring work, the artist at mid-career has reached a level of consistency and retrospection that delivers the work from facile solutions. With a career that now spans more than twenty-five years, Warren Rosser's work has evolved into the kind of subtle dialogue between carefully honed technique and highly articulated personal vocabulary that is achieved only with the diligence and insight of maturity. "Dislocated Emblems" is a watershed of Rosser's long commitment to his art. These new works are the culmination of an intensely productive year when Rosser's aesthetic, philosophical, and emotional …

Test 1701: Ford 3930 8x2 Diesel 8-Speed (Chassis S/N Bd81400 And Higher), Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURE General Tractors are tested at the University of Nebraska according to the Agricultural Tractor Test Code approved by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers or official Nebraska test procedure. The manufacturer selects the tractor to be tested and certifies that it is a stock model. Each tractor is equipped with the common power consuming accessories such as power steering, power lift pump, generator, etc., if available. Power consuming accessories may be disconnected only when the means for disconnecting can be reached from the operating station. An official representative of …

Nebraska Summary: S195 Caterpillar Challenger 45, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …

Nebraska Summary: S194 Caterpillar Challenger 35, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …