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While the staging is shot through with explosive moments in its world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the tragedy of the 17th-century polymath never catches fire in this sluggish three-hour-long production.
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Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
The polymath spent his final years in France, living near Amboise on the Loire River and working under Francis I as a painter, architect and engineer.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
Unlike typical lawyers with one specialty, Lenkov emerges as a polymath fueled by the excitement and challenges of being multifaceted.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
It was established by eighteenth-century polymaths as an expression of the Enlightenment conviction that universal truths might be arrived at through intellectual inquiry and scientific reason.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
The British polymath Edmond Halley, best remembered as the namesake of Halley’s comet, had foretold it.
—Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
The festival’s final night on Sunday, May 12 will feature performances by the iconic genre-bending polymath Beck and hip-hop’s greatest live band, The Roots.
—Spin Contributor, SPIN, 18 Mar. 2024
Depending upon your point of reference, most people know Terry Allen as the west Texas musician behind the conceptual outlaw country albums Juarez and Lubbock, or as the polymath multimedia artist who attended the Chouinard Art Institute and palled around with the Cool School.
—Michael Slenske, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024
The new film, which Burns co-directed with daughter Sarah Burns and son-in-law David McMahon, examines the Italian polymath’s unrelenting drive to understand the world and the enduring influence of his legacy.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
The polymath spent his final years in France, living near Amboise on the Loire River and working under Francis I as a painter, architect and engineer.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
Unlike typical lawyers with one specialty, Lenkov emerges as a polymath fueled by the excitement and challenges of being multifaceted.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
It was established by eighteenth-century polymaths as an expression of the Enlightenment conviction that universal truths might be arrived at through intellectual inquiry and scientific reason.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
The British polymath Edmond Halley, best remembered as the namesake of Halley’s comet, had foretold it.
—Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
The festival’s final night on Sunday, May 12 will feature performances by the iconic genre-bending polymath Beck and hip-hop’s greatest live band, The Roots.
—Spin Contributor, SPIN, 18 Mar. 2024
Depending upon your point of reference, most people know Terry Allen as the west Texas musician behind the conceptual outlaw country albums Juarez and Lubbock, or as the polymath multimedia artist who attended the Chouinard Art Institute and palled around with the Cool School.
—Michael Slenske, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024
The new film, which Burns co-directed with daughter Sarah Burns and son-in-law David McMahon, examines the Italian polymath’s unrelenting drive to understand the world and the enduring influence of his legacy.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
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“Polymath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polymath. Accessed 22 May. 2024.
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