“With 1,119 pages of drawings and notes, almost all of them in Leonardo’s own hand, the Atlantic Codex is by far the largest set of works by the archetype of universal genius.” Milan’s Biblioteca Ambrosiana is putting all of it on view over the next six years, bit by bit.
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‘One Of The Finest Dance Films Ever Made”: Wiseman’s La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
A.O. Scott: “[The documentary’s] greater virtue, and the substance of Mr. Wiseman’s particular genius, is the way it transfixes you with the inner workings of an institution you may not otherwise care about.”
Claude Lévi-Strauss, 100, ‘The Father Of Modern Anthropology’
“Part philosopher, part sociologist and entirely humanist, he studied tribes in Brazil and North America, concluding that virtually all societies shared powerful commonalities of behavior and thought, often expressing them in myths.” Lévi-Strauss called those commonalities “structures,” and his insight was the basis of the school of thought known as “structuralism.”
What David Robertson Loves About The St. Louis Symphony
“The greatness in this orchestra is right there, so I didn’t need to build it. They don’t bring their egos onto the stage, just their creativity.” What’s more, “[they] give close to 300 community concerts versus 75 in Powell Hall. And they didn’t cut those when they had problems, which said to me this orchestra has its heart in the right place.”