The remarkable symbiosis between the two artists is the subject of the exhibition Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism, organized by William Rubin, director emeritus of the department of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art this fall.
In the works of Pioneering Cubism, Picasso is still a discoverer, the inventor of a new formal language that cancels out his extraordinary facility.
Pioneering Cubism offers vindication of the unfashionable belief in the importance and potency of art neither as social commentary, political tract, nor personal advertisement, but as something that addresses both intellect and emotion through the eyes.
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In this, the author's second published work, the author writes about that which she knew best, early pioneer life in Nebraska, the place to which she and her family moved in 1883 when she was a mere slip of a girl.
Her clear, straightforward prose lends itself capably to the story of early pioneers who went to Nebraska and set down roots, weathering the exigencies that often plagued a newcomer to a particular region.
All this is grounded within the context of pioneer life, with all its hardships and privations, as well as its occasional abundance.
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In "OPioneers!", her classic novel first published in 1913, Willa Cather wrote, "The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman." By revealing to us the hearts of those pioneer immigrants in this book, Cather offers a moving meditation on United States culture and history.
Cather published her second novel, OPioneers, in 1913 at the age of 40.
But it was not always this way: a generation earlier, a few pioneers had to struggle mightily to establish their farms, and some perished.
OPioneers is a story of the character Alexandra Bergson, the strong and determined daughter of a Swedish immigrant left to carry on her father's struggle against the harsh prairie lands of the West.
She fights to keep her family together and sacrifices her youth and beauty to a lifetime of hard labor.
The vast land offers possibility and peril for the pioneer settlers who tackled the prairie and tamed it into rich farmland.
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It is known for its vivid portrayal of the hardships of prairie life and of the struggle of immigrant pioneer women.
Partly based on Cather's Nebraska childhood, it reflects her belief in the primacy of spiritual and moral values over the purely material.
Its heroine, Alexandra Bergson, exemplifies the courage and purpose Cather felt were necessary to subdue the wild land.
We'd be remiss if we detailed the accomplishments of the latest wave of innovators without reviewing those of their predecessors — the pioneers of cataloging.
Richard Sears, founder, Sears Roebuck and Co. Launched a watch and jewelry catalog in 1988 with partner Alvah C. Roebuck; the general merchandise title followed in 1895.
Pioneered the “big book” general merchandise concept to sell big-city store products to rural America.
Her novels frequently explore life in the pioneer West, both in her own time and in past eras; for example, OPioneers! (1913) and My Antonia (1918), and A Lost Lady (1923).
Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) is a celebration of the spiritual pioneering of the Catholic Church in New Mexico.
Man's concern with taming wild land, or advancing frontiers, or finding therapy in reversion from the civilized life to the atavistic is well reflected in adventure novels, beginning with James Fenimore Cooper's novels of the American frontier The Pioneers (1823) and The Last of the Mohicans (1826).
Rölvaag, O.E. Giants in the Earth', published in English in 1927, is one of the outstanding American novels dealing with the hopes and broken dreams of pioneers on the frontier.
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OPioneers!, Willa Cather's second novel, tells the story of an immigrant family's struggle to save their Nebraska farm.
Cather's placement of a strong and capable woman at the center of the story, her realistic depiction of life on the midwestern prairie, and her vivid portrayal of the immigrant experience at the turn of the century make OPioneers!
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Along with the equality (not to say the superiority) of women, "the land" and its enduring value is a major issue here.
In it, Alexandra (Erika Rolfsrud) remains the family anchor, putting up with the thick-headedness exhibited by her older brothers (Gregory Jackson and Royden Mills) over the question of when to buy and sell property and what crops to plant on it.
Since Alexandra has trouble talking with Carl, they mostly discuss the air temperature; symbolically, their first conversation ends with her saying that tomorrow will be colder, while their last exchange includes her comment that tomorrow will be warmer.
A pioneer should have imagination, should be able to enjoy the idea of things more than the things themselves.
He was not thinking about the tired pioneers over whom his blade glittered.
The old wild country, the struggle in which his sister was destined to succeed while so many men broke their hearts and died, he can scarcely remember.
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Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for OPioneers!
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And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it — for a little while."O Pioneers!
Cather's heroine is Alexandra Bergson, who arrives on the wind-blasted prairie of Hanover, Nebraska, as a girl and grows up to make it a prosperous farm.
But this archetypal success story is darkened by loss, and Alexandra's devotion to the land may come at the cost of love itself.At once a sophisticated pastoral and a prototype for later feminist novels, OPioneers!