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In Baltimore, Faulty Impressionism; Disjointed Timeline Nearly Masks Portrait Exhibit's Finest Faces
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Among the first, but not the last, to tire of the impressionists
was the French painter Paul Gauguin, who'd once been one himself.
In 1896, briefly back home on a visit from the palm-tree-shaded
isles of the far-away South Seas, Gauguin made a prophecy.
"The Impressionists," he wrote, "are the official [painters] of
tomorrow, terrible in a different way from the official ones of
yesterday."
Turns out he was right.
The works of the impressionists--those bright untroubled pictures
of ladies in big hats, and weekends in the country and flickerings of
light--were once considered dangerously ...
 "Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)")
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Saving savannas Local efforts to save these `islands' of the prairie
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)
; ...that help make up a savanna in the Hickory Creek...sea. Illinois' oak savannas, the other part of...is being paid to the savanna, the prairie's woody...restore some remnant oak savannas, most of which have...County, describes the savanna as an area of widely...
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Ecology and Management of North American Savannas.
Magazine article from: Ecology
; ...recognize that savannas are a typical...fact that most savanna ecosystems in...which examines savanna genesis and...question, "Why do savannas occur?" He...in the future savannas will continue to change. Some savanna experts have...
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A gradient analysis of oak savanna community composition in western Wisconsin
Magazine article from: Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society
; ...analysis of oak savanna community composition...2002. Oak savannas were historically...interest in oak savanna restoration...composition of oak savannas, especially...guild, oak savanna, soil quality. Oak savannas historically...
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Richness and Diversity of Oak Savanna in Northwestern Ohio: Proximity to Possible Sources of Propagules
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist
; ...northwestern Ohio, the proportion of oak savanna, woodland and forest in upland sites...of spring flooding, likely contained savanna species and, therefore, may have been sources of propagules of savanna species that colonized areas of newly...
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Clearcutting is intended to restore U. Wisconsin Arboretum to savanna
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...said the creation of savannas is very important. "The act of creating a savanna can appear to be destructive...want to restore the savanna in order to have a place...Since most of the savannas in Wisconsin disappeared...the Frautschi Point savanna can serve as a research...
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Gradients in the composition, structure, and diversity of remnant oak savannas in southern Wisconsin.
Magazine article from: Ecological Monographs
; ...composition of oak savannas, a lively debate...regarding the nature of savanna ground layers...peak abundance in savannas. Packard (1988b...uniqueness of the savanna flora, and that...attempting to restore savannas, Packard (1988b...had been several savanna specialists, but...
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A 200-year Fire History in a Remnant Oak Savanna in Southeastern Wisconsin
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist
; ...In oak (Quercus) savannas in the Midwest region...sections from an oak savanna remnant in Kenosha County...constructed for the oak savanna using the cross sections...and composition of the savannas (Anderson, 1983...openings in the oak savanna landscape can more resemble...
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Western Lakota and Savanna to Merge: A Dominant New Growth Oriented Contract Drilling and Oilfield Services Force in North America
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire
; ...ALBERTA--(CCNMatthews - June 20, 2006) - Savanna Energy Services Corp. ("Savanna') (TSX:SVY) and Western Lakota Energy Services...merged company will operate under the name "Savanna Energy Services Corp." Under the terms of the...
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Savannas leave signs of slow takeover. (Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News
; ...transition to widespread savannas in eastern Africa began...million years ago, with savanna grasses and plants achieving...botanical building blocks of savannas emerged in central Asia...signifies the presence of savanna grasses and plants in...and plants typical of savannas, as well as ...
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Plant functional group responses to fire frequency and tree canopy cover gradients in oak savannas and woodlands.
Magazine article from: Journal of Vegetation Science
; ...role in structuring savanna and woodland understorey...restoring degraded savannas, direct manipulation...Prescribed fire; Grass; Savanna restoration; Woody...Introduction Savannas, with continuous...and many pine) savanna ecosystems, but...and composition in savannas. Prescribed ...
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