| 单词 | emperor |
| 例句 | “It is an honor. Your performance of Lady Anne was breathtaking. The name’s Louis Napoleon. No relation to the diminutive temperamental French emperor, I’m afraid.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “What does my hair have to do with the emperor?” she asked. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “So why did you come to Japan if you aren’t loyal to the emperor?” the small girl scoffed. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “The emperor probably had some built in his throne room.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Outside, she decided to cross the school yard like an emperor. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Meanwhile, I must make plans...” the emperor muttered to himself. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “If my ancestors knew how I have helped the emperor, they would be ashamed.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Bah! Last time was a wasted question,” the emperor said with a snort of irritation. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Amerigo Vespucci, on the other hand, was no divinity, no emperor and no king. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Each new emperor was born in one panaqa but created a new one when he took the fringe. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They could both see the emperor and the king clearly now, both of them in the well-lit pavilion as if they were standing on a stage. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "Do you know what the emperor will do? He will take away your kingdom! He might even execute you for the insult!" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But just as the peach was almost within arm's distance of the emperor, someone broke through the mesmerized crowd and grabbed it! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I didn’t see the emperor, and the Villac Uma rarely left the litter. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The emperor looked around the hut as if it smelled of rotten fish. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emperor waved his hands impatiently at one of the guards. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z None of those packages ever reached the emperor. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “My father got into some trouble—a long time ago—before the Tiger King became emperor.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emperor laughed again and waved his hand. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z For, as she suspected, standing next to the emperor in white funeral robes was Lady Meng. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Finally an emperor outlawed this cruel knot, and the nobles could not order it anymore. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “While the emperor is here, you are never to go on the western side of the Long Walkway,” Yanna said, raising her voice for emphasis. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “It would never have lit the night like the one the emperor keeps asking for.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But the last emperors of dynasties must not have been facing in the right direction, for they would have seen us and not let us get this hungry. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one crosses over to the western side when the emperor is here,” she said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The Paqo explained to me, “The runners deliver fish from the ocean all the way to the capital city. The emperor enjoys eating freshly caught fish at least once a day.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Surely you know my masters are highly favored by the emperor.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “So then your father is loyal to the emperor?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “But you are not!” the emperor continued, ignoring the king’s protests. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In 1930, Haile Selassie became emperor and the shaping force of contemporary Ethiopian history. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am told,” the king said, sagging like the winter branches weighted by snow, “that the workers are treated worse than slaves and the emperor has the fallen buried under the wall.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Ha! Maybe if you took a swim at the Crystal Palace at Sea Bottom you could figure it out,” the emperor chortled. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Now that the emperors were wailing at the ship, it sounded to everyone’s ears like a dirge. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “It was that village where the emperor collected his latest workers.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Those are the emperor’s great deeds,” he said as the stonecutter crawled on his hands and knees to retrieve the scroll. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Along with most of the other Aztec emperors. And the Tlatocan.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “And what would the emperor want with a stone that doubles rice and dumplings? He has plenty of both!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “But a new emperor is supposed to pay tribute to the mountain!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Hanako remembered suddenly that the emperor’s name was Hirohito, but she was sure this little snippet of information wasn’t going to impress these girls. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “We just received some bad news. The emperor has conscripted the men of a village north of here and we”—the king hesitated and glanced around warily—“and we...have friends there.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There were some men whose sons had died during the war who chose a certain way to tell their emperor there had been enough sacrifice. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Put the moon back. We can’t trade Amah for the moon. We...the emperor...have no right to take it.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emperor had already turned back around, eager for the burial to be completed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I heard the emperor himself will follow the coffin,” another woman said, “wearing mourning robes!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “This is no place for children or friends. The emperor...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Upon learning that Washington intended to reject the mantle of emperor, no less an authority than George III allegedly observed, “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Just as the emperor was being carried over the last carved ramp, a servant came running up with a large, steaming bamboo basket. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They waited in silence, the emperor’s figure getting smaller and smaller as he walked away, the snow slowly veiling him from view. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z So Bing wandered down the beach, walking stiffly like an ousted emperor, picking up shards of rock and chunks of driftwood and flinging them with all his might into the surf. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was the emperor,” Pinmei said, closing her eyes as the violence of the evening washed over her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Was Amah with this emperor now, a man who didn’t sound like a man at all? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In his other world he was very important-—maybe he was even emperor—but with me he was just my loving, talkative friend. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “You will marry me!” the emperor said, his voice dangerous. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “A walled city for the king of Bright Moonlight, the Vast Wall for the emperor,” Yishan said in a mocking tone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emperor did not normally make policy decisions, but in times of crisis his word was final. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s important to the emperor,” Yanna said, turning to lead them farther. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “So the emperor was angry and probably wanted to punish her, right?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He was finally able to obtain a match for his son with one of the emperor's many granddaughters, and his son would inherit the rule of a remote city. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Wishing, therefore, to reply to these objections, I shall discuss the characteristics of several emperors, showing the reasons for their downfall, which are not different from those that I myself have already presented. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “Here is a small pup pretending to be a dog,” the emperor mocked. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "Each one of you is to plant and care for your seed as if it were your kingdom," said the emperor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z These things always brought about the downfall of those emperors who, by nature or experience, did not have so great a reputation that they could keep both the people and the soldiers in check. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z But, instead, the emperor smiled and stood and motioned for the young king to stand. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “And who is your grandmother?” the emperor said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Jalil was busy telling her that Kabul was so beautiful, the Moghul emperor Babur had asked that he be buried there. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Ah, the Storyteller has arrived,” the emperor said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Before the children could crawl, the friend was named by the emperor to an important post in the Capital. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Some brave Japanese people tried to let their emperor know how they felt. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The Paqo had just said that the emperor was making a sacred journey to Sacred Sun City, but I had never met the emperor. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “And now he is buried,” the emperor said, “and you are to be my wife.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The French emperor’s grand plan failed, but he was resourceful. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z There were no political parties, no popular organs of government, no separation of powers; only the emperor, who was supreme. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For when the emperor saw the king's pot, his face turned as black as iron. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When it finally fell upon the ground, it covered the emperor completely and turned into a mountain! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “We are prisoners. It is obvious the emperor does not keep many. He prefers to send them to work or have them killed.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When they were far enough, the old man tossed the white-rabbit rice bowl at the emperor’s lifeless body. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Carrying the news about the new emperor, I went home, where one more battle awaited me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z To fill the gap between 660 B.C. and the earliest historically documented Japanese monarchs, the chronicles invented 13 other, equally fictitious emperors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Because,” the emperor said with the beginning of an ominous roar, “I think you...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Very well. I will wait,” the emperor said, and in a more satisfied tone: “What is another moon when I will have eternity anyway?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Japanese scholars traditionally took the missing characters to mean that the king was the Japanese emperor Mizuha-wake of the Beautiful Teeth named in the 8th-century Japanese chronicles. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “But dragon, they do good thing, too. Bring rain for crops. They king among all. . . all reptile. They emperor of all animal.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The emperor was tossed forward and backward, his robe making him look like a golden ingot being juggled. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “This is a good time for a story,” the emperor said with an unkind smile. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The first was in Asia, where Pescennius Niger, commander of the Asian armies, had himself proclaimed emperor. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe the emperor would want it so he could be transformed into a dragon,” Old Sai suggested. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I meant seeing him the way emperors are supposed to when they pay tribute to the mountain—as an old man talking to them.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z His august head of a tormented emperor had acquired a strange air of grandeur. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “That was quite an interesting story,” the emperor said, his voice dangerous. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “After the visit from the emperor’s soldiers, no one else in this village has any hospitality left.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z If I left immediately, I could join the emperor’s entourage and be in Sacred Sun City well in time for the Inti Raymi festival. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “But you,” the emperor continued, looking at Pinmei, “you must know a story of your grandmother’s. You tell one.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I think,” Pinmei said, “the emperor was saying that the Luminous Stone is at Sea Bottom.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I wanted to study the litter for evidence of the emperor within. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z In two ferocious strides, the emperor seized and lifted the boy as if he were an animal the emperor planned to slaughter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Marcus had already given him hints that the reason Aurelia had never been to the circus was because her father feared she was too sensitive—not a quality appropriate to an emperor’s daughter. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The room gasped, and all expected the emperor to call his guards to drag the king away. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “The emperor could have come here from our mountain...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The Roman emperor Caligula allegedly planned to appoint his favourite horse, Incitatus, to the consulship. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The Paper had told the emperor that the secret to immortality was stories and that was why he had taken Amah! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But why would the emperor even wish to come to the dungeon? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Do you remember what the emperor said to the king about the stone? How the king would understand if he went to Sea Bottom?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Even though he was supposed to be the king’s guard, his helmet had the emblem of the emperor—the face of a snarling tiger, the metal already turning green. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z We were better equipped than many founders of dynasties had been when they walked north to dethrone an emperor; they had been peasants like us. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Tell Japanese leaders they could keep their emperor—as long as it would get them to surrender. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now that he is emperor, the mountains bleed red where he has whipped them to make room for his Vast Wall,” the king continued, either not hearing Yishan or ignoring him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The fourth question asked which church was built by the emperor Justinian to demonstrate his superiority to the late Theodoric’s Ostrogothic successors. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “All celebrated when the old emperor was overthrown, but now we tremble. For the new emperor is brutal and fierce. They call him the Tiger Emperor.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Sumac and I found the emperor’s entourage just as they were preparing to start the day’s travels. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Tell me,” the emperor said, “is that the end?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Who ever heard of making an emperor into a prince?” he continues. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I’ve seen the imperial family several times, the emperor an ugly, hard-looking man, the empress pale and pretty, but dressed in bad taste, I thought—purple dress, green hat, and yellow gloves. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z By doing so, Octavian was elevating himself almost to the level of emperor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His footsteps were not stomping, powerful ones like the emperor’s, but they too were weighted. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Well, if the emperor’s soldiers didn’t do this to you,” said Yishan, nodding at the man’s injuries, “who did?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z At that, the emperor hesitated, for there was truth in his words. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emperor’s eyes flashed in the light of the lanterns, showing sudden terror. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I was scheduled to speak after the emperor, the only other speaker that morning. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You want the old woman? Bring the emperor a Luminous Stone That Lights the Night, and you can have her.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I don’t mean to be so stingy. It’s just that the emperor’s men seized everything. We would have nothing at all to eat if I hadn’t managed to hide this.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "You could not grow a simple seed? How incompetent are you?" the emperor barked. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “If the emperor were ever to know you were….What did you hear?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He sat in the emperor’s box wearing purple robes and golden laurels. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “With one hand. Huge Feng Fu! The man who strangled an ox with his bare hands! The emperor’s soldiers must have special powers. They are invincible.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Sugar was now a Muslim luxury, a sign of the wealth and generosity of Islamic emperors and kings. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Bandit felt as if she had been summoned by an irate emperor. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Ashoke, the name of an emperor, means “he who transcends grief.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z To everyone's surprise, it was a magistrate who was distantly connected to the emperor by marriage. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “See you! The emperor?” the other soldier said, laughing coarsely. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It seemed as though their brilliance must shine through his rags and someone cry out, “Now here is a poor man carrying an emperor’s treasure!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “The Paper said the emperor would be immortal.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Many people traveled to Cuzco, the grand city where the Sapa Inca, our emperor, lived. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “We do not heavily guard it, for only an immortal could take it from Sea Bottom. Your emperor must have gotten an immortal to steal it for him.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Although the Japanese emperor was ready to offer unconditional surrender, not all of the military officers agreed. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z All she saw were the emperor’s piercing black eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Bring them through the Long Walkway; the emperor will take the other path,” the king said to the girl. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Banzai is a word that the Japanese said when they were saluting their emperor, who was sort of like a god to them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Take Lady Meng and these children to the Hall of Distant Clouds before the emperor or his men see them. They are friends and they must stay out of sight until after...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emperor leaned forward, and the crowd murmured. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emperor stared at Amah, his expression slowly transforming into a glare. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It wasn’t uncommon for people to join a group of travelers, even one that included the emperor himself. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z And while the emperor ate it with much delight, even he must have wondered how much sweeter the peach would have been if he had gotten the first bite. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When it came time to line up and answer the many questions posed by the emperor’s nosy men, the saying among the people was “Keep quiet and you will not get into trouble.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Ask the Paper,” the emperor said, “if I will achieve immortality.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z ‘He seized power and became emperor,’ Mike rumbled. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The birds and flowers whispered the message ahead: 7he emperor is coming! The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z They were here to take it to the emperor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Its potters produced the delicate celadon ware that had achieved fame not only in Korea but as far away as the court of the Chinese emperor. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Stories!” the emperor said, dismissing the king’s words. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emperor’s box was draped with silk, flanked by banners and golden eagles. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps it may seem to many who have studied the lives and deaths of some Roman emperors that they provide examples contrary to this opinion of mine. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z She squinted, a vague memory flicking past her as the emperor continued, “We cannot test the stone in the day, in any case.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “A Luminous Stone could be a dragon’s pearl,” the emperor laughed again. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The cities of Germany are completely independent, they control little surrounding territory, they obey the emperor when they please, and they fear neither him nor any other nearby power. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “Come!” the emperor demanded, beckoning with his arm. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z If you look at pictures of Roman emperors you’ll see there’s always a great hint of crossed eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He could be talking to a farmer or an emperor, Pinmei thought, remembering Yishan’s unbowed head the night the hut burned, and it wouldn’t matter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He is traditionally considered the 125th direct descendant of the legendary first emperor, Jimmu, the great-great-great-grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As the procession stopped and the chair was lowered, the emperor called out again. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Piper and Nico struggled down from the emperor’s box as the Colosseum’s magical renovations began to turn into mist. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the evening of October 25, a troop of eight emperor penguins waddled out of the fog and stood looking at the embattled ship. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “We thought the tent was….We’re looking for...prisoner...the emperor we thought maybe...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Chop, chop, chopping for hours through the ice! Just so they can throw in the coffin! The emperor will do anything to get her to marry him.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There was even talk that the emperor himself was interested in seeing it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “The emperor has them all. They must all be in the palace. That means we have to get in there. How are we going to do that?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He thinks for a while and then asks: “And would a king have to stand up stiff to an emperor?” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He was staring back at the emperor in shock and, for the first time Pinmei could remember, she saw a flicker of fear on Yishan’s face. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “The emperor is spying on the king? Why?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Let me see the stone,” the emperor said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Even I have never met with the emperor! How would two little beggars like you meet with him?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In consequence, the court nobles were left to choose the emperor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z One Mogul emperor of India kept a stable of a thousand cheetahs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When she opened them again, there stood a giant bed fit for an emperor. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “I have done as you asked!” the emperor said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Although all the men had seen emperor penguins before, none of them had ever heard the birds utter a sound. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z As he inspected it, Amah wondered: Why did the emperor disguise himself as a lowly guard? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "Ah," said the magistrate, who, contrary to the emperor's words, was not a fool. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir,” Ben yelled, sighting Matt and Karen tiptoeing down the stairs, “here come three hundred crack troops from the emperor’s own regiment.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Prosperity and peace came to the city, and slowly it became one of the most magnificent cities of the land, perhaps even outshining the emperor's Capital City. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Everyone except Yishan fell to their knees as the emperor pushed his way off the sedan chair, his eyes glittering. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I hadn’t had a turn at this since that first time, with the Aztec emperors. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z "No one could have grown a flower from the seeds I gave," the emperor said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “However, that was last time,” the emperor said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He also served Commodus, who was the son of Marcus Aurelius and became emperor when his father died in AD 180. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Ammu smiled at the silence around the table as she picked fried emperor fish off the bone. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a tiny fish, a thought wavered in her mind—only to swim away as the emperor sat up and grunted. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Aftermath After the deaths of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Octavian changed his name to Augustus Caesar and assumed sole power as emperor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “What was I saying? Oh, yes. Henry tells me that this particular sort of mushroom was a great favorite of the emperor Claudius. Interesting, because you remember how Claudius died.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Enraged, the emperor had the thief brought before him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The next weekend he played the tuba and announced, “All hail Aven Laura Green, future emperor of the Desert Ridge Middle School soccer team!” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Patrolman Mancuso’s situation reminded Ignatius of the situation of Boethius when he was imprisoned by the emperor before being killed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It fell to the ground, and the emperor disappeared beneath it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They couldn’t attend to their duties properly if they didn’t devote themselves entirely to the emperor and to Inti. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “How?” the emperor said, the excitement palpable in his voice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Besides, didn’t the old man say you had to be pure of heart? You couldn’t say that about the emperor.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “And now you use that knowledge to help the emperor?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The guards shoved them forward and all dropped onto their knees in the cold snow as the emperor pushed open the drapes of his sedan chair. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He was about to marry one of the emperor's granddaughters, and with the marriage he would be given rule of the city. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They had to do what they were told because their emperor could do no wrong. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m traveling to Sacred Sun City with the emperor’s entourage. Why are you here?” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z However, instead of kicking and thrashing, Pinmei clutched at the emperor’s golden robes, searching. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Even with the Luminous Stone, it was not easy to see the emperor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “There are all the men’s empty beds in this village. And empty horse stalls, pigpens, and chicken houses! The emperor’s men took everything and left the villagers shells for their tears.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was also hard for the Japanese to speak up because they believed that their emperor was a god, the son of the Sun God. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z At his word, a hundred llamas would be sacrificed, the emperor would fast for ten days, a statue of pure gold would be erected in honor of any of the deities. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Why do you look at me like that?” the emperor barked. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z After a brief stunned moment, the emperor barked an order, and the guards clamored. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He reported that when the Persian emperor Darius I invaded India around 510 B.C., his men found a sweet reed that produced honey. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Mataoka lived in the central town of the Powhatan alliance, a small empire in tidewater Virginia; she was the daughter of Wahunsenacawh, the emperor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Up in the emperor’s box, Piper cried out, but her voice was drowned in the roar of the crowd. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Let me say that anyone who considers the discourse written above will see how either hatred or contempt has been the cause of the downfall of these previously mentioned emperors. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Kepler’s patron, the Holy Roman emperor Rudolph II, is represented by the eagle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This time her scream released her legs, and she flew at the emperor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Even under the soldier’s helmet, Pinmei could see the emperor’s eyes narrow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Along the way, the dead emperor's executors, four high-ranking nobles, schemed to depose and murder Washkar and install yet another son in his place. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They reported that they were indeed from the south, from the empire of Concordia to be exact, and they had come north to spread the wisdom of their emperor. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “When the emperor comes, he and the king go out to the western side of the garden—and all his guards have to camp on the eastern side of the Long Walkway.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z If the emperor allowed me to join his journey. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The Aztec emperor Montezuma miscalculated even more grossly when he took Cortes for a returning god and admitted him and his tiny army into the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “He killed the snake and the poison-feather bird!” the emperor said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z From 4 P.M. into the evening, I was lectured on military science by Colonel Tadesse, who was also assistant commissioner of police and had been instrumental in foiling a recent coup attempt against the emperor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was imprisoned by the emperor when he was still known as the Tiger King,” the man said with a bitter laugh. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A faint light streamed through the carved openings, causing a decoration on the emperor’s collar to flash in Pinmei’s eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It rolled on the floor toward the emperor, and all gazed in horror as they saw that a bite had been taken out of it! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z So, with the emperor’s laughter still echoing across the courtyard, Pinmei grabbed the needle and yanked the Iron Rod off the Black Tortoise of Winter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “The emperor and his men are only here for one night,” she said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z This visible evidence of political centralization that the kofun provide reinforces the accounts of Kofun era Japanese emperors written down much later in Japanese and Korean chronicles. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I was surprised how they tried to make everything look like an old imperial city or an emperor’s tomb. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “The emperor is not known for his humility,” Amah said, “and great deeds carved in stone do have much power.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There were only a dozen or so tents, nowhere near large enough for an emperor’s army. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A long time ago, even before the time of my grandmother, the emperor called all the kings of his land to his Spring Festival celebration. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “This emperor has a habit of making the impossible happen.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “The emperor declared he’d kill anyone and their family if they were found on the western side while he’s here. So don’t cross the walkway. Do you understand?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I thought he looked like a Chinese emperor. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He thrust the container between the curtains of the chair and, after a bark from the emperor, jumped into the chair himself. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Old Man of the Moon! Spirit of the Mountain! Whatever they call you!” the emperor continued. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The real power in Japan during World War Two was held by the Supreme Military Council, who assured the emperor that their decisions were best for their nation. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z With almost a dozen immortal emperors jostling for position, high-level Inka society was characterized by ramose political intrigue of a scale that would have delighted the Medici. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “He was the last of the Min emperors, killed by the soldiers of Emperor Shang.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Before Jason could register that the voice had come from somewhere else, he sliced off the emperor’s head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When the son told him of the emperor's task, the father was excited. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "But look,” he announces, "I simply can’t believe that an emperor has to go to the latrine the same as I have.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z None of them had ever expected to personally hear their emperor. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Open, by order of the emperor!” the soldier barked. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Because of her great beauty, the emperor himself had chosen her to be the next offering to Inti if the times demanded a human sacrifice. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Hanako didn’t know what a braid had to do with loyalty to the emperor; she didn’t know much about the emperor. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Fortunately for Pizarro and unfortunately for the Incas, smallpox had arrived overland around 1526, killing much of the Inca population, including both the emperor Huayna Capac and his designated successor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s all yours,” he said with much fanfare, and bowed deeply as if I were the emperor of China. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The emperor would not take the first bite of his peach. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I could go on for days and days about everything I saw in his palace, but the meanest rooms there, which were assigned to the scrubdragons, were worthy of human emperors. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hatun will return as planned. He has served the emperor well and received much praise for his skill and dedication.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Its generals planned to attack Pizarro, he said, and free the emperor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Another story: the emperor despairs of Ending a horse able to run a thousand li. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “The emperor is here!” the servant girl gasped. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The palace had once been the home of Portugal’s Princess Isabel, the daughter of Dom Pedro II, Brazil’s last emperor. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I led my army northward, rarely having to sidetrack; the emperor himself sent the enemies I was hunting chasing after me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely he could have shortened his options and not guessed his way through all the emperors. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The emperor, who sat facing south, must have been very frightened—peasants everywhere walking day and night toward the capital, toward Peiping. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Had she borne the cold, run from soldiers, gone through the frozen sea, and fought the emperor for this? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The stone flew in a direct arc toward the emperor’s chest, like a shooting star in the dark sky. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He just stood at the pavilion, perhaps watching the emperor as well. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emperor would saw off the explorers’ heads if they returned without the herbs of immortality. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The emperor sent curacas, special men to take a census of the number of births and deaths and marriages that had taken place during the year. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z When he arrived in Rome the Senate elected him emperor out of fear, and put Julian to death. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “The moon is full here! And any immortal can read the Paper—the emperor said so, remember?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The bodies of the past emperors were guarded carefully and brought out on special occasions. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z And sure enough, the emperor soon has so many to choose from that he easily finds the one he needs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is mine!” the emperor said with an anger that would have surprised Pinmei had she been capable of feeling any more shock. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I don’t think the emperor’s going to get his Luminous Stone,” he said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And maybe she would see farther than this town, she would understand the emperor and even beyond. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I see immediately that Captain Smith was right—an emperor should not be invited to come to another town to receive gifts. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “When anyone—a wife, a child, a mother—begs for a man’s freedom, the soldiers always say the same. ‘Bring the emperor a Luminous Stone That Lights the Night and you can have your wish.’” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I recalled when Yawar had visited our family to say that it was time for Hatun to serve the emperor by helping with the roads and bridges. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Any Japanese defeat was too embarrassing for the military leaders to admit to their immediate superiors, much less to their divine emperor. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The emperor replaced his helmet as the commander strode to the doorway. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “A new emperor wears the gold silk robe,” they whispered, as if afraid even up on the mountain they would be overheard. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There was no ancient emperor for him to measure up to. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z After twenty years of hard work and ruthless manipulation of small farmers, Marshall Turner had become the emperor of truck farming in one of the most fertile agricultural areas of the state. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And what had the emperor meant about the Crystal Palace? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z From nowhere, a large, elaborate sedan chair was brought forward, which the emperor settled into with great comfort. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “That woman is never to speak in my presence again!” the emperor snarled. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “It glows!” the emperor said, his eyes widening. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z His code name for the invasion was “Operation Barbarossa,” after the great twelfth-century tactician and emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who unified many European kingdoms under German rule as leader of the Holy Roman Empire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Everyone pushed forward, the people to gape and the guards to act as the emperor bellowed, “Get her! She is not to get away!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “A story, of course,” the emperor said with irritation. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Make an emperor into a prince? Ask an emperor to travel to receive gifts? I assure you, this will not sit well with Chief Powhatan,” he says. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “It is done,” the emperor said, this time his voice loud enough for all to hear. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Of course the emperor would be sure to care for so powerful a place. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Boethius, the late Roman who had written the Consolatione while unjustly imprisoned by the emperor, had said that a blind goddess spins us on a wheel, that our luck comes in cycles. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The emperor’s attendants and guards flapped and scattered in a large wave. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “The emperor would have you killed just for knowing I have the Paper.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emperor stood, shoving aside his bowl and chopsticks. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Obviously,” Yishan said, “the emperor only uses the men from the mountain villages for his slaves. Let’s go see what the fuss is about.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He knew the Roman emperors, which impressed me even more. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Reyna used to dream about going there with Jason to admire their favourite emperor’s home. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I was surprised by how small the emperor appeared, but his dignity and confidence made him seem like the African giant that he was. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "The guy had a hundred palaces and solid-gold toilets. Statues on every street corner. He lived the life of an emperor. Or a god." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Paraguay’s right-wing national police chief, for example, named his son Adolfo Hirohito, a tribute to Hitler and his soon-to-be ally, the emperor of Japan. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Japan’s Emperor Akihito, who reigns today, is the 82nd direct descendant of the emperor under whom that first chronicle of A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z "Answer carefully, young king," the emperor said in a menacing tone, "for your life may depend on your answer. Who is to blame for this empty pot?" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z These men were called the feet of the emperor. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Did the emperor plan on being invincible forever? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was an honor that Uncle might not have given the emperor himself—not even a real emperor of the Tang people, to say nothing of that upstart Manchu one that claimed the throne. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And so those emperors who had need of extraordinary support because of their newness in power allied themselves with the soldiers rather than the people. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z As the emperor stammered his gratitude, the Queen Mother nodded to him and gave the sea of bowed heads a glance of acknowledgment. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “They aren’t here. The emperor has sent them off to the Vast Wall already.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The sweet fragrance wafted through the air like an intoxicating wine, and it was not only the emperor's mouth that watered. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emperor’s face was frozen in a glare, and his arms were locked in an empty grip, as if even in his final moments he was grasping. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I thought the emperor took him to work on the Vast Wall...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “You didn’t ask me if I know anything about the emperor,” Akira suddenly piped up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “No, some girls were asking if I respected the emperor.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The emperor, already licking his lips, waved his hand for the peach to be brought to him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Here, only a mountain can lift the moon!” the emperor cackled. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And there was a sacred sector, a complex of temples and palaces, the tallest clearly the emperor’s home here in the city. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The emperor was looking at Yishan with malicious triumph, an almost hungry look in his eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Yes, Your Exalted Majesty,” the commander said as the emperor handed the bowl to him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “The emperor has a bit of an obsession with immortality.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I guessed there to be perhaps thirty in all, but the emperor was nowhere to be seen. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z In a time when kings and emperors ruled much of the world, the Dutch Republic was governed, more than any other nation, by the people. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Meeting the emperor himself would be like shaking hands with history. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If nothing grew by the Moon Festival, the king's father thought this chance would be lost and, considering the emperor's ire, perhaps worse. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z What historian Barbara Tuchman called the emperor’s “wooden-headedness, in the special variety of religious mania” is often said to be why he didn’t order his army to wipe out the Spaniards immediately. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The peasants would crown as emperor a farmer who knew the earth or a beggar who understood hunger. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And so the official was taken away and the emperor finally received his peach. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “The emperors used to eat the peaked hump of purple dromedaries,” she would say. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Remember how angry the emperor was after what she had done to his wall? But as soon as he saw her, he was enchanted.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z For example, a smallpox epidemic devastated the Aztecs after the failure of the first Spanish attack in 1520 and killed Cuitlahuac, the Aztec emperor who briefly succeeded Montezuma. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z If the emperor had the Black Tortoise of Winter, he was invincible, and they knew the emperor had taken Amah because he wanted to be immortal. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z For in the falling light, she could see what had glinted from the emperor’s collar. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The same thing happened to those emperors who came to power from being private citizens by corrupting the soldiers. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The magistrate was said to have the ear of the emperor's most trusted advisor, and his own son was king of a neighboring city. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Will the emperor achieve immortality?” the king said in a loud voice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emperor was moving closer, like a stalking animal. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As a Roman emperor’s daughter she already had some duties, but they were not of a kind to alleviate the boredom she felt in doing them or in looking ahead to doing them again tomorrow. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “How has the emperor captured the Black Tortoise of Winter?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "How dare you take a bite of my peach!" the emperor roared. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “The first king’s father turned back into a man? He could be the emperor!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She had seen it before, under the emperor’s green soldier’s uniform. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I know we’re not sure about the dragon’s pearl....Do you think maybe that’s the stone the emperor is looking for?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z For a moment, the emperor and his guests could only stare up at the heavens. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emperor laughed, a cruel, cold laugh that filled the sky. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Pinmei twisted again to see him gazing bleakly at the shadows on the icy lake, looking, she thought, as if he were seeing his own life of endlessly serving the emperor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “The emperor was always trying to steal immortality. He never understood immortality is a gift that has to be given. A gift you will give him, even though he does not deserve it.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But Pertinax was made emperor against the will of the soldiers, who, accustomed to living licentiously under Commodus, could not tolerate the honest way of life to which Pertinax wished to return them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He’d cut off a chunk of the Aztec emperors and whittled them down until there was only one remaining. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The emperor’s litter was at the very front. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z All, including the emperor, sank to the floor in deference, and one of the queen’s companions had to nudge a servant to rise in order to take the peach. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emperor inserted his silver chopsticks in the dishes several times, inspecting the chopsticks after each jab. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “The emperor wants Amah for her stories, right?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Stop here!” the emperor’s voice barked out from the sedan chair. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Policy decisions were not usually made by Japan’s emperor, Hirohito. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “My father loves the emperor. He hopes to meet him one day.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She mined archival Chinese-language materials, like official correspondence between emperors and generals, as well as poems, essays and fiction. Books: Highlighting Differences in Interpretations of the Opium War 2011-08-18T15:14:28Z But the forgiving nightingale returns, death is placated by the bird’s rapturous song, and the emperor is reprieved. Music Review: Stravinsky?s Tales, Dunked in the Spin Cycle 2011-03-02T22:59:11Z “Do This and You’ll Be Welcome Anywhere” — is bolstered by testimonials that range from, say, Napoleon, an emperor in France, to C.M. ‘How to Win Friends & Influence People’: Why the granddaddy of self-help endures 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z As such, it’s a fitting introduction to an emperor whose story was largely written by enemies after his death, creating what curator Francesca Bologna calls “the Nero we love to hate.” Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome’s Nero 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z The emperor promised, and delivered, a hefty ransom: a room filled with gold and silver vessels from all over the empire. Three Solo Shows at SculptureCenter in Queens 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Bob Dylan is a fascinating subject, both as a musician and as a man, but this film's multiple emperors have no clothes. Dylan biopic I'm Not There: a ragtag and Bob tale 2012-12-05T13:57:00Z The argument about alchemy advanced by Metzler in her biographical essay enhances the understanding of Spranger’s work beyond the obvious and simple fact that he worked for a notoriously sensual emperor. Bartholomeus Spranger’s wild, weird and voluptuous art at the Met Plus, there’s his last name — which he shares with the Roman emperor who built a massive wall in what is now northern England. Almost 100 California entities are interested in building Trump's border wall 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Seeing the emperor at his chessboard, the peasant chooses rice, requesting one grain for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on. Mark Wallinger: Site; Yoko Ono: To the Light – review 2012-06-23T23:05:31Z “When I studied Greek and Roman art,” Close says, “I didn’t know or care who the subjects were. Now I’m thinking, Hey, who’s Hadrian? Turns out he was a gay emperor. And a pacifist.” T Magazine: The Collections of Artists: Inside the Homes of Jeff Koons, KAWS, Ugo Rondinone and Chuck Close 2013-12-05T14:00:42Z This is what worries him, that slight, off-chance possibility that a customer would leave Alinea wondering if the emperor is wearing clothes. Grant Achatz: The making of Chicago's top chef ... and what's Next 2011-02-15T06:00:00Z Constantine was proclaimed emperor here, and a fine statue of him sits beside York Minster. You don't have to go to the British Museum – Rome leads to all roads 2013-04-12T21:00:04Z Gone is the cliché of Alexander invading an unknown Middle East in retaliation for the “Median Wars” waged by the emperors Darius and Xerxes against Greece. Art: Macedonia's Riches Before Alexander 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z A 1947 law limits succession to male descendants of an emperor. Japan's little prince could be last emperor on unreformed Chrysanthemum Throne 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z This impressive nature documentary series wraps up with what may be its cutest episode: a look at a colony of emperor penguins preparing to raise a new generation on the coast of Antarctica. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘We the Animals’ and an Olivia Newton-John Biopic 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z The crown, inspired by the laurel wreath worn by Roman emperor Julius Caesar, contained more than fifty leaves and was melted down in 1819. Golden leaf cut from Napoleon's crown goes under hammer in France 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Josephus, whose life spanned all three Flavian emperors, would have come to the Domus Flavia to pay homage to his patrons and perhaps murmur a prayer before the sacred scroll they had cached here. Rome, Through the Eyes of Flavius Josephus 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z On Sept. 7, 1695, the pirate ship Fancy, commanded by Every, ambushed and captured the Ganj-i-Sawai, a royal vessel owned by Indian emperor Aurangzeb, then one of the world’s most powerful men. Ancient coins may solve mystery of murderous 1600s pirate 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Seneca was, as the Op-Ed writer puts it, “the adult in the room” in these tense episodes, quite literally in a case where the emperor, in modern-day terms, was still a legal minor. Seneca Could Have Written the Anonymous Times Op-Ed About Trump 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z But the emperor winds up going to the palace of another of his consorts. Mei Lanfang Jingju Troupe Begins a Rare Tour 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Why, in the fantastical past, can we not see beyond monarchs, emperors, and kingdoms? Why can't sci-fi and fantasy imagine alternatives to capitalism or feudalism? 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Someday, he says, he’s going to be emperor. Review: A Minimalist Version of ‘Peer Gynt’ Still Provokes 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z That egregious competitor, the emperor Nero, took part and, inevitably, won. Fortune-told 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z To call out the emperor for wearing no clothes. To the crimes of "Inventing Anna," add atrocious journalism 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z An actual viewing of the film revealed this to be an unsexily naked emperor, although the second film, being even worse, might bolster it in retrospect. The Handmaiden: the return of erotic cinema 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z I know Vienna only slightly and the emperor's tomb not at all. The Emperor's Tomb by Joseph Roth – review 2013-01-25T20:00:01Z For one thing, when the emperor said they would visit his gardens, he meant that he, Rosethorn, and Briar, as well as a gaggle of mages and courtiers, watched as gardeners dealt with the plants. Exclusive: An Excerpt from the Upcoming YA-Fantasy Novel by Tamora Pierce 2013-05-30T16:41:07Z Six women of a chorus announce themselves as the emperor’s “misdeeds.” Music Review: Stravinsky?s Tales, Dunked in the Spin Cycle 2011-03-02T22:59:11Z He might have defied the Roman emperor by standing up for Christ. Doctor Who slays St George 2010-04-21T16:00:00Z A native of New Orleans, Cannon moved to New York in the early 1960s and was eventually dubbed “the emperor of the Lower East Side” by his friend and sometime collaborator, Ishmael Reed. Steve Cannon, writer and patron of the arts, dead at 84 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z In the finale, this emperor soloist tossed aside majestic reserve and engaged the musicians in a sly game of wits. Review: Strangers and Familiar Friends of Classical Music 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Lee Pace, who plays a galactic emperor in “Foundation,” said that even though he and Harris appeared together only in the show’s first episode, they ate dinner regularly and compared notes. Jared Harris Is (and Isn’t) His Father’s Son 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z At the behest of an emperor, Faustus conjures the spirit of Alexander the Great. Review: ‘Doctor Faustus,’ All That Heaven Won’t Allow 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The story is a pulpy one of Roman palace intrigue, with the reader playing as a poet named Marcus whose patron, the general Artus, has decided to challenge the emperor. Text Games in a New Era of Stories 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z When the Mughal emperors settled in Kolkata in the 15th century, they brought their refined courtly cuisine, which flourished there, even after declining elsewhere. Bengali Cuisine in the Suburbs of Mumbai 2010-07-25T10:00:00Z This section was completed in 1983, and was inspired by the terra-cotta warriors that had been excavated in the 1970s from the mausoleum of the first emperor of China. Decoding Robert Rauschenberg 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Rastafarians, who consider the late Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie the messiah, view death simply as a step that brings believers closer to God, or "Jah." Reggae fans in Jamaica mark Bob Marley's death 2011-05-11T21:47:09Z The imperial response to all this was slack and inept, and Huang, fulfilling his duty as a public intellectual, said so directly to the emperor. Art Review: ?The Art of Dissent in 17th-Century China? at the Met Museum - Review 2011-09-08T22:36:02Z He even competed in the races at Rome’s Circus Maximus, and was the first emperor to perform onstage. Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome’s Nero 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Persian emperor’s origin story — his transformation into a bejeweled, manscaped god-king — is revealed, in a process evoking a brisk dip in molten gold. Movie Review: In ‘300: Rise of an Empire,’ Greeks Under Siege Again 2014-03-07T01:38:02Z Hadrian here is an intellectually curious and sensitive emperor, more scholar than militarist. Theater Review: ‘Open Up, Hadrian,’ From Magic Futurebox 2012-09-28T22:46:01Z There are oOther uniforms in the exhibition, including those of the emperors of Austria and Russia, are also travelling abroad for the first time. Nelson engages the French again as uniform goes on show in Paris 2013-03-27T16:43:00Z The great terrace, stretching from the château to the river, is a geometric presentation of square grassy lawns hugged by squat hedgerows and studded intermittently with 18th-century statues of Roman emperors. Inside France's $100 Million Palace Pompadour, A Royal Chateau Restored By A Press-Shy Philanthropist 2013-03-28T11:00:00Z A young, idealistic rebel from a desert planet seeks to fight an unjust, tyrannical emperor with a space station capable of destroying planets. Dark Horse Comics brings 'The Star Wars' to life 2013-09-04T19:29:55Z When Luther spoke out against corruption in the Catholic Church, he made enemies of the pope and emperor. Visiting Germany’s Lutherland during 500th anniversary 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z The novel, the first in a planned series, opens with the brutal emperor Mapidéré of the Seven Isles of Dara close to death. The best science fiction and fantasy novels for April 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Other vendors sold pirated Bollywood movies, and Rastafarians offered reggae CDs and tapestries of the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie. Latin America 2011 : Suriname, South America?s Hidden Treasure 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z “My gut feeling is that it’s actually an insult to most Roman emperors,” she said. Tracing the roots of misogyny to ancient Greece and Rome with Mary Beard 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The museum called the figure simply a “Bronze statue of a nude male figure” and said in a wall label that it “may depict a god, a hero, a Hellenistic ruler, or a Roman emperor.” Where Are Their Heads? Hordes of Ancient Statues Pose That Puzzle 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z “I don’t think the TikTokers have the same propagandistic goals as the Roman emperors!” she clarified. Thinking Hard About Their Hair 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z With the Pope denounced, the emperor ignored, and all the established authorities questioned and ridiculed, the entire social order came under scrutiny, and the threat of revolution hung in the air. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z Preisinger said he can still remember when Pilate was depicted as “a good man who wants to protect Jesus,” whereas now he is portrayed as “a cruel emperor who killed with no reaction.” ‘It’s My Tradition Too’: A Town’s Centuries-Old Passion Play Evolves 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The emperor, foolishly going into a pitch meeting drunk, soon had no clothes, tossing out lame slogans for Life breakfast cereal as Pete vainly tried to limit the damage. Monday morning "Mad Men" 2010-08-30T16:29:00Z Nearby text describes how another emperor’s mother was strangled during this period, and the father of a third was “forced off a precipice on his elephant.” Art Review: ?Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi? at Asia Society 2012-03-08T22:18:28Z Admire the glittering tiles of green and gold that depict the Byzantine emperor Justinian; his wife, Theodora; and their considerable entourage. Hidden Gems of Europe 2012-10-12T20:14:25Z On the walls are images of Roman emperors presenting offerings to Egyptian gods. A Nile Journey Guided by 19th-Century Women 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z As always, the wannabe emperor died at the hands of his own cohort and rivals. Review | Shakespeare still matters. A new book reminds us why. 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The romantic yet modern restaurant, its walls hung with billowing sheer curtains, is tucked into the former private quarters of the emperor. 36 Hours: Vienna 2012-01-05T15:57:17Z It includes “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,” “Sunday Morning” and “The Emperor of Ice-Cream”: “Let be be finale of seem./ The only emperor is the emperor of ice- cream.” Review | The copyright has expired on thousands of books. Here are the best ones to read. 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z After a year, his parents were given a questionnaire asking if they forswore their loyalty to the Japanese emperor. George Takei Is Still Guiding the Ship 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z It was probably commissioned by the Muslim emperor Shah Jahan as a gift to a friend, the Hindu ruler Rana Jagat Singh, who worshipped the goddess. Art Review: The Met?s New Islamic Galleries - Review 2011-10-27T23:27:21Z Stoicism, framed in the Greek world as a path toward personal happiness, became, under the Romans, an increasingly political creed as the early emperors expanded their powers. Seneca Could Have Written the Anonymous Times Op-Ed About Trump 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Tacitus's Annals , a history of the emperors of Rome written in the early 2nd century AD, should be on any government's reading list. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z In the fifth century, Roman law mandated that only emperors could write with prized purple ink made from charred seashells, for example. Solving the Mystery of Ancient Ink Origins 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z He was working on a novel he would abandon titled “A Happy Death”; a play about the emperor Caligula; and a philosophical essay, “The Myth of Sisyphus.” Review: ‘Looking for “The Stranger,”’ the Making of an Existential Masterpiece 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z "I'd rather make a movie about a guy walking his dog than about the emperor of China," he once said. Cannes celebrates the movie mavericks 2013-05-25T23:06:17Z From Rudolph II onwards, emperors would invite princely visitors to look at their cabinets of unique objects, whether art or jewellery or vessels. Hapsburg exhibition reveals Holy Roman emperors' taste in bling 2011-08-15T17:55:55Z He temporarily retired at age 50 and traveled the globe photographing wildlife, from leopards in the Serengeti to emperor penguins in Antarctica. How our photo-contest winner got this spectacular shot of a great big bear 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z We may laugh at the emperor’s nakedness, but so what? Jon Stewart doesn’t give a damn anymore: Why the “Daily Show” host has never been more watchable 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The tomb chamber houses the emperor and his bride in highly decorated sarcophagi of marble and pietra dura, fashioned into exquisite floral patterns and calligraphy of Koranic script. The real magic of the Taj Mahal 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Craven points to the story of the Roman emperor Elagabalus, who supposedly smothered his dinner guests to death with heaps of rose petals. The New Generation of Rose Perfumes 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Every emperor of the Qing dynasty had dozens of wives, concubines and serving girls, but only one of them could hold the title of empress. 22 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z He even gives the emperor and Christian an opportunity to discuss the “living, harmonious continuum” that connects “the countless parts of creation.” Unmasking Magic and Murder in the Best New Crime 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Splattered across the lands of central Europe are countless territories overseen by an emperor who shared power with a hierarchy spanning princes, bishops and dukes, down to abbots, knights and city councils. Neither holy nor a failure 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z For thousands of years, the isle has attracted emperors and outcasts, revolutionaries and exiles, artists and criminals, tycoons and paupers. Review | How Capri became a hotbed of hedonism 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z I think the same thing about the wickednesses of the emperors, like what Tiberius got up to the in swimming pool… It’s important to understand why those were told. We still think like ancient Romans: “The clash between the demands of homeland security and rights of the individual? We haven’t solved that” 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Scholars reckon that the guns he sold in 1887 likely helped the emperor defeat Italy in 1896 when the country’s troops tried to invade Ethiopia. Where Rimbaud Found Peace in Ethiopia 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Critics say that while a form of the ritual existed more than 1,000 years ago, its current shape dates from efforts in the late 1800s to unite Japan around the emperor. Japan monarch spends symbolic night with goddess to end throne rituals 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z At the museum's blockbuster exhibition on Hadrian in 2008, a survey showed most visitors had no idea of the married emperor's intense feelings for another man. British Museum explores historic secrets of gay love 2013-06-20T18:08:56Z It shows 20 social classes, each dancing with the Grim Reaper — starting with the pope and the emperor. Cobbles and castles in the Bavarian Alps 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z My father had turned into a black emperor. Gavin Friday: 'You can't be what you were' 2010-03-25T22:10:00Z What is truly troubling about the emperors is that there were just so many of them. The Bizarre Lives of Rome’s Emperors 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z What is certain is they amounted to a haven for the emperor. A Remnant from Caligula’s Ship, Once a Coffee Table, Heads Home 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z He took detailed plans of numerous forts, camps and the Antonine Wall, the barrier built between the firths of Forth and Clyde in the 140s by the emperor Antoninus Pius. History in the making: a Roman map… and an 18th-century hoax 2013-07-19T07:30:01Z Here, in the land where the Adriatic meets the Alps, lies a romantic getaway that once entertained emperors and presidents — Lake Bled. Lake Bled: Exploring Slovenia’s romantic alpine retreat 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Supreme imperial power was initially vested in the emperor himself, but by the 15th century had evolved into structures never before seen in European history. Neither holy nor a failure 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Roman emperors trained professionals to mingle with crowds at key moments, encouraging the dull roar of approval that speaks of a mandate. Designated Cheering Spectators Thrive at the Bolshoi Theater 2013-08-14T21:19:18Z In the short term, I would put my money on a number of Chinese works of art made for Ming and Qing emperors inching their way up toward the $100 million mark. Special Report: The New Art Season: Art Anchored in History Will Soar This Season 2011-09-07T10:30:06Z Asked about his expectations for the new emperor, he said: “Simply by existing, rather than by doing something, the emperor is a support for our hearts.” Some Japanese welcome emperor's enthronement, others shrug 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z In the 18th century, a Qing dynasty emperor visiting the Qufu temple was surprised to find its metal altar vessels to be of indifferent quality. Art Review: At China Institute, Envisioning Confucius, an Abstraction 2010-03-25T22:43:00Z In return, the emperor must sign the order to crush all enemies who believe in monotheism, a creed that threatens Plotina’s status as a god. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Miles's investigations began with Constantine, the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, who sent his ancient mum, Empress Helena, to the Holy Land to find conclusive proof of the New Testament story. Archaeology: A Secret History; Alex Polizzi: The Fizer Returns – TV review 2013-05-01T06:00:13Z Its Instagram account features pristine close-ups of Canova’s plasters of emperors and goddesses, some milky white, others studded with nails that the artist used as he translated the models into marble. 5 Artists to Follow on Instagram Now 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Wine is the ultimate emperor’s new clothes, because everyone secretly knows that wine, whatever the price, just tastes like bad Ribena. Oh, how I loved you, Johnny Depp. Now I see the purple-tinted truth 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z “You’re basically putting in a tremendous amount of work to say ‘The emperor has no clothes,’” Stewart joked. “No one’s watching him for the actual truth”: Jon Stewart sounds off on O’Reilly scandal 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z When the diet convened in the city of Worms in January of 1521, Charles sent Luther a summons to appear before the emperor and the estates and account for his actions. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z In the winter of 1521, however, it was his fractured German empire, not his vast overseas possessions, that were chiefly on the emperor’s mind. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z Nanki-Poo, the son of the Japanese emperor Mikado, disguises himself as a minstrel to avoid being married off to Katisha, an older woman. An Asian-American Reimagining of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z “The gold, the gold, the gold in Africa, Mussolini want from the emperor,” the crackling recording chants. Review: Mozart Reimagined in a Violent, Racist World 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z In what is probably his final composition, Monteverdi portrayed the bloodthirsty Roman emperor Nero and his scheming mistress, Poppea, as complex, at times vulnerable creatures. Monteverdi Set Human Emotion to Music 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z First made famous as the vacation hideaway of the Roman emperors, Capri was also a favorite stop for Romantic Age aristocrats on a grand tour of Europe. Italy’s romantic Sorrento and the Isle of Capri 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Sure, the comedians still made fun of the emperor with no clothes, or the orange-faced president, but they did more than that. Jon Stewart, defender of American values: How comedians are redefining patriotism now 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z But once they reached the palace, the Rat abandoned the Ox and ran, making him the first animal to reach the emperor. Is it the Year of the Rabbit or the Year of the Cat? This Lunar New Year, the answer is both 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z He was joking that in those white pants and vest, the French emperor looked like a chef. Daisuke Nakazawa is opening a sushi restaurant in a Trump hotel. And he’s not apologizing. 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Besides, Mr. Holland observes, it mattered little in the provinces “who ruled as emperor — just so long as the center held.” Review: ‘Dynasty,’ Tom Holland’s Chronicle of the First Five Emperors Who Ruled Ancient Rome 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z And, of course, the emperor of lists: the best burger. It’s Never Just About the Burger 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z In Genji’s case, he searches for a replacement for the mother who died when he was young, one of the emperor’s many wives. ‘The Tale of Genji’: The work of a brilliant widow 1,000 years ago 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z After all, kings and emperors like the Habsburgs claimed that God himself ordained them to rule with unquestioned authority. Rick Steves gets lost in the music and grandeur of Vienna 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z With France the major power in Europe, in 1804 Napoleon declared himself emperor, a higher rank than king. French leader Napoleon Bonaparte has a complicated legacy 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z By the time she arrived at Pratt, she knew she wanted to make art — an awareness inspired in large part by reading Marguerite Yourcenar’s 1951 “Memoirs of Hadrian,” a fictionalized autobiography of the Roman emperor. Rochelle Feinstein Makes Work That Is Purposefully Hard to Define 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Napoleon III, of course, began as an elected President and ended up a self-appointed emperor, having decided that he might better serve the general interest by retaining power for life. Will Scandal Sink Emmanuel Macron? 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Millennia before the welfare state was ever dreamt of, kings and emperors faced one great expense: battle. Defenders of the state: why we should care about army cuts 2010-10-04T13:45:00Z It was only in 987 that her grandson Vladimir, keen to obtain the hand of the Byzantine emperor’s sister, Princess Anne, agreed in exchange to adhere to Christianity. Review: The Foundations of Russian Culture and Art 2010-03-05T14:00:00Z Tovey introduced the symphony by recounting the famous story of Beethoven furiously scratching out the dedication to Napoleon, the democratic composer angered over the French ruler declaring himself emperor. Beethoven speaks, boldly, with help from a French pianist in his Hollywood Bowl debut 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z None reach within even a thousand miles of Rome, where, in any case, the emperor would probably not open them. Classical Myths Filtered Through a Modern Prism 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z China’s testy relationship with Vietnam became fraught whenever a Vietnamese leader dared to demand equal footing with a Chinese emperor; the Japanese claim to divine origins was unacceptable. America’s Collision Course With China 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Perhaps Scott simply wants to prove to potential audiences that this time the emperor will be wearing clothes, and that the new movie is therefore worth going to see. From Spider-Man to Alien: why does Hollywood keep spoiling its movies? 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z An aquatic roster of acrobats in wet suits transforms the emperor’s canopied bed into a skeleton with long bony limbs. Music Review: Stravinsky?s Tales, Dunked in the Spin Cycle 2011-03-02T22:59:11Z Among the oldest pieces is one of the first books printed by women, a 1478 history of Rome’s emperors and popes. 18 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z When the emperor refused, a squadron of Britain’s most up-to-date warships arrived in 1840 to brush aside the Celestial Empire’s junks and blast its coastal towns into ruins. The Opium War and the Humiliation of China 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Estimates are mostly under $1,000 for batches of books that cover paintings, bronzes, ceramics and stone and jade carvings belonging to Chinese emperors and European and American aristocrats. Antiques: Notes From the Dealer C. T. Loo, and Pens of a Certain Age 2012-09-06T21:10:10Z Each day, tens of thousands of visitors pour through the Forbidden City to see the 178-acre walled compound that once shielded the Imperial Palace from public view—while housing Chinese emperors and their extensive entourages. These Are the World’s Most-Visited Castles 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z For decades, the director Franco Zeffirelli, who died on Saturday at 96, was the unabashed emperor of extravagance in opera. Franco Zeffirelli Made Subtle, Striking Opera. Until He Exploded. 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The biopic of Pu Yi, China’s last emperor or “Son of Heaven” who is “re-educated” by the Maoist regime, is a fascinating, sumptuous epic, covering nearly 60 years of China’s cataclysmic history. Bernardo Bertolucci obituary 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Among the highlights of this section, and the show, are a 1603 edition of the annotated world maps Ricci produced for Chinese friends, scholars and the Wan Li emperor. Missionary to the Forbidden City 2010-09-27T12:02:00Z “From emperors and kings to generals and political leaders, a cavalcade of bronze riders stride through our public space,” she wrote. As Confederate monument debate continues, Kehinde Wiley’s new statue challenges the heroic narrative 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z “The Tale of Genji” chronicles the life of the Shining Prince, who was the son of an emperor, and one of his concubines. Japan’s outspoken nun and author Jakucho Setouchi dies at 99 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Two hundred years after the emperor’s death in 1821 on the island of St. Helena, he continues to be the subject of new biographies and speculations. Review | Napoleon Bonaparte, gardener? Yes, says a new book, the dictator found solace in the natural world 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z The emperor had a villa there, as well as a floating temple and a floating palace; their hulks were recovered in Mussolini's time but destroyed in the war. Caligula's tomb found after police arrest man trying to smuggle statue 2011-01-17T20:10:34Z The home is decorated with glass chandeliers, busts of Roman emperors and a lavender-accented four-poster canopy bed with sequined throw pillows. Meet the GOP operatives who aim to smear the 2020 Democrats — but keep bungling it 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z An emperor who improved France’s government and educational, banking and transportation systems? French leader Napoleon Bonaparte has a complicated legacy 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Caligula, whose real name was Gaius Julius Caesar, was emperor between AD 37 and AD 41. Italy gets back looted mosaic from Emperor Caligula's ship 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Then, on a riser ascending from the deep center of the stage, the Dutch trance DJ Armin Van Buuren rose, arms extended like an emperor to greet his faithful. On EDC's second night, a conquering mood in the air 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z As the orchestra roils, with restless spiraling figures, bursts of percussion and slashing brass, the characters asking the emperor for action intone their lines in stentorian, almost monotone declamations, enforced by a large chorus. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z The privilege to act as a societas publicanorum was rare, and required a decree by the Roman Senate or the emperor. How Businesses Became People 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z “I got them from the emperor,” Monroe said, explaining that Japan’s Emperor Hirohito and her husband, Joe DiMaggio, were pals. In the 1950s, Patricia Bosworth acted with the best, married the worst, and lost those she loved 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z An author, cognitive scientist and linguist who has long studied how propaganda works, he believes it’s long past time for the reality-based news media to stop kowtowing to the emperor. Perspective | Instead of Trump’s propaganda, how about a nice ‘truth sandwich’? 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z What drew Farrukh Husain and the other great painters of the age to Mughal service was less the good taste of the emperors than their incredible wealth. Art treasures of the Mughal empire 2012-11-30T22:55:14Z Hisahito, 13, the lone royal male in his generation, is second in line to the throne after his father Crown Prince Akishino, 53, the emperor’s younger brother. Fate of Japan's imperial dynasty rests on shoulders of 13-year-old 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Through March 19, one section of the structure’s south side is on view: a scene of the Roman emperor Augustus, dressed as a pharaoh and making an offering to the deities Hathor and Horus. Temple of Dendur’s Lost Colors Brought to Life at the Met 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Nearly all that will end when his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, becomes emperor on May 1 after Akihito steps down, the first abdication by a Japanese monarch in two centuries. Japan's imperial couple faces a nearly unprecedented situation:... 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z While their swords reproduce the Western model, the pearl-studded leather strips hanging from their belts and their armlets are royal costume fittings worn by the emperors of Sasanian Iran and their early Islamic successors. Review: The Foundations of Russian Culture and Art 2010-03-05T14:00:00Z Alongside Joseph’s savvy stick-figure drawings, we meet Leo, a boy who dreams of becoming emperor of the galaxy, but for now, earthbound, must deal with the pain of unrequited love. Books of The Times: ‘Oddly Normal,’ by John Schwartz 2012-12-12T20:47:48Z The Friar, whose voice sounds to the Grand Inquisitor eerily like that of the dead emperor Charles, hovers over the prince. Opera Review: A Winning, Cautious, ?Don Carlo? at the Met 2010-11-23T12:39:00Z Laughing at the man's stupidity, the emperor agrees but is bankrupted by the 64th square as the multiplying reward now totals more than all the rice in China. Mark Wallinger: Site; Yoko Ono: To the Light – review 2012-06-23T23:05:31Z Or are they blinkered, coldhearted fools, too busy infighting to call out the emperor’s new clothes? Dragon Tales From the Authors of ‘The Girl Who Drank the Moon’ and ‘A Wish in the Dark’ 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Righter brought a noble voice and bearing to the role of Alessandro, the cousin who at first defends the emperor but eventually joins the plot to assassinate him. Baroque opera in burlesque house 2013-03-21T16:06:09Z Penguins: Spy in the Huddle, A Nature Special Presentation This new episode of the documentary miniseries focuses on newly hatched emperor penguins. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'The Bridge' on FX 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Yang is a beloved consort of an emperor. Mei Lanfang Jingju Troupe Begins a Rare Tour 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Cambridge professor Beard, who wrote and presented a BBC Two programme about the Roman emperor Caligula last year, said that quotas "do not get to the root of the problem". Beard bemoans TV quota for women 2014-03-04T07:40:31Z I hope that the idea of the emperor's new clothes and all his empty rhetoric is implicit. General election 2010: the art of the political poster 2010-04-27T07:00:00Z “The emperor is transformed by partaking of this feast.” Japan monarch spends symbolic night with goddess to end throne rituals 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z As a result, the BM was unable to borrow the only contemporary portrait of the Yongle emperor, which remains in Taipei. Mighty Ming 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z In appearance, Connolly resembled an exceptionally decadent Roman emperor and was so famously sybaritic that, according to E.M. Review | A tale of the free-spirited women who tangled with Orwell and other literary lions 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Repelled though he was by Nero, Seneca knew that the emperor would be in a far worse condition without him. Seneca Could Have Written the Anonymous Times Op-Ed About Trump 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Today is officially a holiday, but as the old Chinese saying goes, “The mountains are high, and the emperor is far away” — what is decreed in the capital is easily ignored down here. A scenic spin through the hills of southwestern China 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The crypt was originally constructed during the time of the Roman emperor Constantine, though the rest of the magnificently frescoed church dates from the 17th century. Visiting modern-day Nazareth, no longer in biblical times 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Unsettlers of Catan: In this variation on the classic game, an emperor, his son-in-law and assorted sycophants distribute a harvest of misinformation. Style Invitational Week 1381: Let’s get equinoxious with fictoids 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Garnier’s win shocked the establishment, Mr. Mead said, but worked with the emperor’s effort to cast himself as a reformer. An Opera House Inspired by More Than Music 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z On his face was the serious, almost devout, expression of someone receiving an edict from the emperor. China’s little emperors – the children without siblings 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z What she meant was that emperor penguins meet their soul mates and stay together for life; Jess and I have no intention of messing with Mother Nature. The story of my new arms: An organ donor's gift helped me recover from war injuries 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Watching a high-frame-rate movie can be like seeing that the emperor has no clothes. Ang Lee has a new religion in digital. Will anyone follow? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The exhibition features British cartoons that depict the German emperor Wilhelm II and his son as helpless blunderers. WW1 show explores role of humour 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The stiffness of the emperor’s hand resting on the arm of the throne is surprising, and the aura framing the head with its spindly rays is decidedly odd. Auctions: Century-Old Vandalism of Islamic Art, and Its Price 2011-04-15T12:00:27Z On his fourth try he got in — and in his student sketchbooks here, drawings of the Capitoline, the Forum, and busts of emperors and gods indicate how gluttonously David imbibed the Roman example. The Dangerous Beauty of Jacques-Louis David 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Along with all of his centurions and tribunes, a Roman emperor might consider the services of a good editor. ‘Nero/Pseudo’ by WSC Avant Bard fiddles away its glam-rock musical potential Persistent rumours have held that the emperor has conjugal relations with the goddess, a view dating from the era before World War Two, when the emperor was considered divine. Japan monarch spends symbolic night with goddess to end throne rituals 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z He has not only revealed that the emperor has no clothes, he has redefined the art of the impersonation and taken it to new comedic heights. Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump tightrope: Brilliantly impersonating a president who’s already impersonating a president 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z But no, the emperor, a passionate gardener, loved the picture, taking it as an image of himself as Lord of Nature. The Week Ahead: Sept. 12 ? Sept. 18 2010-09-10T15:37:00Z The Old Delhi bazaar inhabits a sloppy bowl of noodly lanes near the Red Fort, the palace garrison of the fifth Mughal emperor. In India, surrendering to Delhi’s market madness 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z "That's right: the criminal goon that we know for a fact is being investigated for trying to overthrow our democracy for his idiot emperor was yukkin' it up on a reality show!" "The Masked Singer" may not normalize Rudy Giuliani, but its a crime to even try to make him cuddly 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z Like most born raconteurs, he never lets facts spoil a good story, hence the criticism levelled at the first five chapters, which are apparently full of historical howlers, wrong dates, different emperors, etc. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice – review 2012-06-22T21:55:11Z “Who dare wake up the emperor?” he roars. Review: Emperor Jones, Fearsome and Fearful in a Roaring Revival 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z But any hope was shattered when the emperor died in October, shortly after Vivaldi arrived. Review | Europa Galante scores with Vivaldi 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z On the one side stood the followers of the old Church; the Pope; and his secular sword, the emperor. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z The emperor decreed that it should be open to the public including “ignoramuses and gawkers” at a time when a library for the masses was very unusual. Cultured Traveler: In Europe, Five Libraries That Offer Respite From the Crowds 2011-07-29T19:36:57Z His son, Shapur I, triumphed over the Roman army and, shockingly, captured its emperor Valerian. See Ancient Trade Route Treasures at the Met 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Word of the nightingale’s singing has reached the emperor of China. Music Review: Stravinsky?s Tales, Dunked in the Spin Cycle 2011-03-02T22:59:11Z Mr. Hurt played the mad, bloodthirstily depraved emperor Caligula. John Hurt, British Actor Hailed for His Shape-Shifting Roles, Dies at 77 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Built by 15th-century emperors, it’s a marvel of altars, bridges and painted ceilings. How to see Beijing in three days (because you don’t need a visa for 72-hour visits) 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Naruhito is the first Japanese emperor born after World War Two. Japanese emperor begins ceremonies to proclaim his enthronement to the world 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The court of Rudolf II, the Habsburg king and Holy Roman emperor for more than 35 years, was rich in intellectual and artistic exotica. Bartholomeus Spranger’s wild, weird and voluptuous art at the Met In that book the emperor Hadrian talks about being an insomniac, sitting up nights writing while everyone else is asleep. Isaac Mizrahi: By the Book 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z He also embraced the hottest technology of the late 15th century: printmaking, which allowed the emperor to broadcast his military prowess through books and monumental woodcuts. 20 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z In 1644 rebel armies finally seized the imperial capital at Beijing, and the Ming emperor took his own life. Art Review: ?The Art of Dissent in 17th-Century China? at the Met Museum - Review 2011-09-08T22:36:02Z Nelson's uniform now stands among those of three emperors, in a city he never visited in life. Nelson engages the French again as uniform goes on show in Paris 2013-03-27T16:43:00Z “We pretended that the emperor wasn’t naked,” he writes. Senator Flake, a Republican, Explains Why He Didn’t Vote for Trump 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z So Emma Fryer, the costume designer, modeled his look off bad-boy rock stars, dressing the emperor in skirts and leather pants, velvet and sparkly leopard prints. This Is Not History’s Catherine the Great 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z “The attraction is not in grand temples or museums but simple, everyday life. You don’t learn the history of emperors here, instead the stories of ordinary people.” Tea and history: an evocative brew in Chengdu, China 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z "Your worm is your only emperor for diet," he says. Who is Ozymandias? And Other Puzzles in Poetry by John Fuller – review 2013-04-16T11:56:09Z The opera tells of the defiant Cato’s conflicts with the emperor Julius Caesar, come to crisis in the North African city of Utica. Classical Music Listings for Nov. 27-Dec. 3 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z In an email, Mr. Burger said that Mr. Kindler’s accusation was “dumb, malicious, wrong,” and that the lyrics were in fact about “warmongers, corporate emperors,” politicians and “media agitators.” A Rock Band Flirts With German Taboos, and Finds a Huge Following 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z I know this is random, but the whole reason Claudius survived and went on to be emperor is because he was smart enough to keep quiet and to build his path. Nicolas Cage: 'People think I'm not in on the joke' 2013-07-20T08:00:00Z The Hamiltons were also attracted to objects commissioned by European emperors, from Charlemagne to Napoleon. Reassembling Hamilton Palace, Room by Room, All 150 of Them 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z It will glisten with jewels worthy of the most prominent and disruptive emperor of the music business. Apple Music may be overselling its usefulness 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Eight people died, but the emperor and empress survived. An Opera House Inspired by More Than Music 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Under the Yongle emperor the Chinese capital moved from Nanjing and became established in Beijing, an undertaking that took several decades and armies of slave labour. Mighty Ming 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Toward the end of those years, the Viking and his closest lieutenants were cast into a lightless dungeon, yet nonetheless managed to break out, kidnap the emperor’s mistress and commandeer two galleys. Review | If you love heroic fantasy a la George R.R. Martin, you’ll love ‘The Last Viking’ 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Finely painted with a scene of tea being served in a garden, it bore a poem by the Qianlong emperor celebrating his fondness for the brew. Cozying Up to Chinese Art 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Another painting, a view of the city of Suzhou made for an 18th-century emperor, was explicitly said in an inscription to be for the benefit of future generations, not its contemporaries. V&A visitors to get brush with 1,200 years of Chinese painting 2013-05-10T14:32:10Z Aurelius was the most modest of emperors and the most forgiving. Bringing Down a Media Empire 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z While warriors dominate the burial site, terracotta acrobats and musicians and rare animals in bronze were also interred, there to keep the emperor entertained. ‘Terracotta Warriors’ exhibit makes grand entrance at Pacific Science Center 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z When the king of Prussia became the emperor of a unified Germany in 1871, Ludwig grew increasingly detached from Bavarian politics and retreated into an insular world of his own design. Critic’s Notebook: Exploring Bavaria and the Busoni International Piano Festival 2012-09-07T23:47:51Z Throw it over your shoulder, wrap some bay leaves around your ears and you're a Roman emperor. Clip joint: fancy dress 2010-10-27T16:10:00Z Gone are the comic antics of the Parallel Campaign, that committee of the great and good searching for a big idea to celebrate the emperor’s impending 70th jubilee. ‘The Man Without Qualities’ Acquires a New Volume 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z A star is born: the emperor is enticed by her simple, graceful spontaneity, but the sumptuous refinements with which he soon surrounds her and her family spark an uprising by the tax-burdened populace. Movies 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z “The emperor is necessary now as a symbol of the people, but at some point, the emperor will no longer be necessary. Things will be just fine without an emperor.” Some Japanese welcome emperor's enthronement, others shrug 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z But an ambitious general, hoping to curry favor with the ruler, finds and grooms an attractive young kitchen servant and presents her to the emperor as the noblewoman of the title. Movies 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z The lost tomb of Caligula has been found, according to Italian police, after the arrest of a man trying to smuggle abroad a statue of the notorious Roman emperor recovered from the site. Caligula's tomb found after police arrest man trying to smuggle statue 2011-01-17T20:10:34Z The airline is responding to a controversy in which, during their recent production of “Julius Caesar,” the Roman emperor was depicted as resembling Donald Trump, according to Vulture. Delta de-funds Shakespeare because of a depiction of Donald Trump as Julius Caesar 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Those same experts believe that Machu Picchu was built in the mid-1400s as an estate for the greatest Incan emperor, Pachacutec. The Hidden Route to Machu Picchu 2011-06-24T19:06:22Z Through music played live on traditional Chinese instruments, it tells the story of the garden-loving emperor's search for an heir and the quest he devises to test his subjects' honesty. Edinburgh fringe: the 10 best shows for children 2010-08-24T10:00:00Z We don’t know what the words of that poem were, but they were powerful enough to terrify an emperor. Is there any reason to read? 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z Some call him the emperor of the windows. Up Close: Kevin Arpino Creates Fashion Mannequins – Up Close 2012-12-12T22:52:53Z The exhibition tackles the conundrum of Wan Li head-on in a thought-provoking examination of both the emperor and his era. Museums: China's Reluctant Emperor 2011-09-07T10:55:41Z Her mother’s surname, Atahualpa, was that of the last Inca emperor. On the trail of Yma Sumac: The exotica legend came from Peru, but her career was all Hollywood 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z So did Rome’s emperors, barbarians and clerical nobility. My Rome: Still a Classic Beauty 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z However, the house was demolished in 1889 so the oldest surviving plaque in London is the one commemorating France’s final emperor, Napoleon III, on King Street, Westminster, which was also erected in 1867. London honors Muppets creator Jim Henson with blue plaque 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z As a young man, Tsunemasa was a favorite of the emperor, who gave him a splendid lute. Three Varied Visions of Spirituality at the White Light Festival 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Czar Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia, was offered a haven in Great Britain after he was forced off the throne in 1917. Europe: 100 years of war and transformation His friend the architect Zaha Hadid spoke at the service to celebrate his extraordinary life, as did the actor Jeremy Irons, who met the hair emperor late in life and marveled at his energy. Saying Farewell to Vidal Sassoon 2012-10-15T13:58:47Z The Hapsburg emperor Charles V popularized the full-length portrait for the Europe’s ruling elites in the 16th century. When the Old Masters Were the P.R. Agents of the Rich and Powerful 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z He's Julius Caesar . . . hang on, he's gone from meat-industry worker to Roman emperor. TV review: The X Factor 2010-08-23T07:11:00Z Other safaris, both on foot and in vehicles, focus on the dawn chorus, bats and moths, purple emperor butterflies, Sussex oaks, owls, kingfishers and other highlights of the natural world. Returned to the wild: A 3,500-acre estate outside London is ruled by nature 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Works of art made for the emperor were furiously disputed. Special Report: Asian Art: Chinese Nationalist Fervor Trumps Basic Facts 2011-05-26T18:00:08Z “Hollywood is such a strange world because when people have this perceived power, they are like emperors,” she continued. Margaret Cho pushes back against Louis C.K.'s return to the stage in the wake of #MeToo 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z I am getting older and grumpier, but, really, the Olympic emperor has no clothes. With the Olympics Over, Six Former Host Cities Worth Visiting 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Learning that your emperor has no clothes is an emotionally taxing experience, so it’s unsurprising that Drake has delved into that territory so effectively. Hip-Hop Is Evolving. Just Ask Its Superstars. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z It also offers views of other nearby historical sites such as the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, where emperors - the other end of the social scale from the plebeians - used to live. No gladiators vs lions, but cheap seats now open in Rome's Colosseum 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z So we learned, in Beard's opening monologue, that, on the day of his death, the emperor Caligula had "a bit of a hangover" when "he was jumped by a posse of soldiers". Caligula with Mary Beard – TV review 2013-07-30T06:01:00Z The mass is first mentioned in 1567, when Striggio travelled to Vienna to present the mass as a gift to the holy Roman emperor. Mass in 40 Parts: a masterpiece, 400 years late 2011-03-03T22:30:01Z Unlike Mozart’s original, in which Titus survives, the emperor in this retelling spends the second half of the opera in a hospital bed, profoundly coming to terms with betrayal and mortality. Peter Sellars turns Mozart's last opera into a modern message of humanity in the face of terror 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z The production of Chinese silks dates from 3000 b.c., when the material was reserved for the emperor and highest-ranking dignitaries. 19th-Century Chinese Silks Are on the Block 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z For those hoping to catch a glimpse of the new emperor in person, the inner grounds of the Imperial Palace will open to well-wishers for a public greeting on May 4 . Celebrating ‘Platinum Week’ in Japan 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z The model is associated with the emperor in Chinese painting, but it is not that rare. Special Report: Asian Art: Chinese Nationalist Fervor Trumps Basic Facts 2011-05-26T18:00:08Z Singers in hand-embroidered silk costumes play the characters of Chinese legend: emperors and warlords, wily bandits and maidens in distress. Music: Chinese Opera Gets a Modern Edge 2011-07-18T11:30:06Z Thereafter Ieyasu and his successors reigned over more than 250 years of almost unbroken peace, culminating with the restoration of the emperor as ruler in fact, not merely in name. 2010-01-08T19:00:00Z During the 44-year reign of Haile Selassie, jazz and brass bands were often hired to play for the emperor and his guests. In Ethiopia’s Capital, a Resurgent Jazz Scene 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z He became the first Chinese ruler to assume the heaven-kissed title of emperor — Qi Shihuangdi, or First Emperor of Qin — and built a tomb near Xian, in northwestern China, to match its grandeur. ‘Age of Empires’: How 2 Dynasties of Art Forged China’s Identity 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The law was lifted during the reign of Claudius, one of the most flatulent of emperors. Passing gas is an art and science 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z It portrays a skeleton skipping through the population, from the pope and an emperor, down to a handworker, a peasant and, most horribly, a baby. Review: Thomas Adès Leads the Philharmonic, and Björk Listens 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z An obelisk installed in 2017 honors Antinous, an enslaved young man who was Roman emperor Hadrian’s lover and has been called a “gay god.” Love and death: The legacy of Congressional Cemetery’s ‘Gay Corner’ 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Once a seaside resort popular with Roman emperors, in the 1960s it belonged to J. Paul Getty, who retreated there after his grandson was kidnapped. 11 Hotels to Visit in Your Dreams 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z They were minted for a military commander sacked by the Romans for corruption but proclaimed emperor by his soldiers. Somerset and Edinburgh Museums to keep archaeological treasure 2011-03-21T01:01:01Z The novel is supposedly the autobiography of the emperor Claudius, who survived to adulthood only by pretending to be an idiot. Top 10 books on the ancient world 2010-09-29T12:08:00Z The emphasis is on a single dictator, the bawdy, tyrannical third emperor of Rome, Caligula. War Requiem; King Priam; Caligula – review 2012-06-02T23:05:59Z The Reichstag decided questions affecting the whole empire, and its college of electors chose the emperor. Neither holy nor a failure 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z The wife of an emperor poisons her rivals. How university trigger warnings will backfire: Does Fox News need any more ammunition against the humanities? 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z After the emperor arrives in a chariot pulled by two splendid black steeds, the games begin. Gladiator Games: hacking aplenty, but no phones on pain of death 2011-07-31T19:15:28Z The Napoleon code, used only for top-secret letters when the French emperor was far from home, aimed to stop enemies from intercepting French army orders. Napoleon's secret coded Kremlin letter on sale 2012-11-30T05:03:19Z Pinochet, who once compared himself to the best Roman emperors, was ousted when 55 percent of people voted "no" to continuing his rule. 'No' Oscar nomination boosts Chile's film industry 2013-01-12T03:31:06Z New Yorker Editor David Remnick walked that tightrope in a tough-minded commentary piece last week in which he compared Trump to the Roman emperor Nero, whom he described as “unhinged.” Perspective | ‘We’re not doctors’: The perils for journalists in assessing Trump’s mental health 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z I’d like to set up camp and live with emperor penguins in the South Pole. Taking a Path of Conservation to Tourism 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The notion of an empire without a Roman Church, or an emperor without a pope, was unthinkable to Charles. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z They symbolized unwavering loyalty to the emperor with sake flasks shaped like Akita dogs. Antiques: The Case for a 17th-Century Female British Architect 2012-03-08T23:47:52Z He's perfectly fine with her wearing a tiara as long as it's understood that he's the emperor. "Dickinson" presents an Emily ablaze, incinerating false male allies 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z The youthful emperor was also a style leader, popularizing a boyband-style haircut that the exhibition calls “dashing yet refined.” Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome’s Nero 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z The emperor, already hoping to replace the Salle Le Peletier, decided to build a new opera house in a more open area with a secure entrance. An Opera House Inspired by More Than Music 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z India’s most iconic structure was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a Muslim, a fact that sits uneasily in the psyche of a predominantly Hindu country. The real magic of the Taj Mahal 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z No wonder falconry was the sport of kings and emperors. In northeast England, learning about birds of prey and their high-flying ways He's brilliantly served by the handsome, imposing Bardem, whose expressive face and large battered nose resembles a deposed Roman emperor who's spent a lifetime in fairground boxing booths. Biutiful 2011-01-30T00:05:53Z And with calculating delirium evens the score — on the whole Goth clan and on the sleazy young Roman emperor who was complicit in their deeds. Seattle troupe mounts a spooky, lean, all-women 'Titus' 2012-09-13T20:30:07Z Naruhito’s address will be followed by a congratulatory speech by Abe, who will also lead three cheers for the new emperor to end the ceremony. Japanese emperor begins ceremonies to proclaim his enthronement to the world 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z This is a portrait of the Roman emperor immortalised in the historical novels by Robert Graves. Buried treasure: Head of Claudius 2012-07-20T09:56:22Z “Ballad of Mulan” is a relatively simple tale, only six stanzas long: Mulan leaves her village to take her infirm father’s place in the emperor’s army. Mulan, a Most Adaptable Heroine: There’s a Version for Every Era 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z This was the same opera that 25 years earlier Mortier employed to lay down his gantlet with a defiantly sexual production about the Roman emperor who shows moderation in the face of a populist uprising. Why do music festivals matter? For an answer, America, look to Salzburg 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z At certain points you may wonder if the emperor has any clothes and then conclude that while not entirely naked — in fact he wears some amazing garments — neither is he fully dressed. Art Review: Ephemeral Events, Annotated 2011-05-06T06:00:07Z Consequently, Charles was not only the elected emperor of Germany, but also, by birthright, the king of Spain and the duke of portions of Austria, Italy, and the Low Countries. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z In the throne room of a mad, power-hungry emperor, a scientist reports that he's found a way to rebuild a mutilated soldier into an unstoppable killing machine. Sci-Fest L.A. gives one-act science-fiction plays a spotlight 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z The worst journey in the world which he describes isn’t Scott’s race to the pole, it’s Cherry-Garrard’s trip with two other men to find the emperor penguins. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z The movie's emperor penguins were seized upon as symbols of godly virtue, due to their monogamous partnerships and selfless child-rearing in the face of Antarctic adversity. Are animals in Hollywood films too human? 2013-04-25T18:30:01Z The humiliated and much-diminished Pope was to remain effectively a client princeling of the emperor for years to come. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z Propaganda, of course, was another essential element of imperial rule, and Roman emperors became adept at using art to memorialize themselves. Books of The Times: ?Rome,? a Personal History by Robert Hughes - Review 2011-11-21T23:26:49Z Among the oldest items on view is one of the first books printed by women, a 1478 history of Rome’s emperors and popes. The Overlooked History of Women at Work 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Hadrian's wall, used for much longer, has been ascribed to this emperor's policy of imperial consolidation and demarcation rather than expansion. The Antiquarian Rediscovery of the Antonine Wall by Lawrence Keppie – review 2013-02-15T09:00:02Z With a new emperor set to ascend to the throne this year on May 1, however, the celebration will be extended to an unprecedented 10-day holiday period, known unofficially as Platinum Week. Celebrating ‘Platinum Week’ in Japan 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z While Murdoch is now as vulnerable as any emperor whose threadbare appearance has suddenly been widely noticed, he retains the capacity to bring a great deal down with him. TV highlights 25/07/2011: How Murdoch Ran Britain: Dispatches 2011-07-24T22:00:01Z When he was held hostage by the Austrian emperor, she collected the ransom and delivered it across the Rhine. In the French city of Poitiers, Eleanor of Aquitaine’s influence is everywhere 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Arranged around elegant courtyards, ponds and arcades, the Aman at Summer Palace, as it’s called, is a sprawling compound of historic and historic-looking buildings, with 18 guestrooms, 33 suites and amenities fit for an emperor. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: Aman at Summer Palace in Beijing 2010-03-19T15:31:00Z But he also brought a welcome impetuosity and commanding propulsion that any successful emperor or "Emperor" demands. Dudamel, L.A. Phil scale down amid Andsnes' elegant Beethoven 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z You may, for instance, have been haunted, as you were meant to be, by Wallace Stevens's line: "The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream." Who is Ozymandias? And Other Puzzles in Poetry by John Fuller – review 2013-04-16T11:56:09Z I was disappointed to learn that the emperor never set foot on the island, but it was here, in the island town of Boyardville, that the workers lived while building Fort Boyard offshore. Better than Elba: Echoes of Napoleon on idyllic French islands 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The emperor’s exquisitely made suit of armor comes off to reveal a heroic nude beneath. A 7-Hour, 6-Mile, Round-the-Museum Tour of the Prado 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z He became emperor in 1908, aged just two, and by aged six he was forced to abdicate as a republic was declared. Doctor Who 2010-05-22T05:44:00Z It was on this remote island that the deposed emperor was exiled and died. Footsteps: St. Helena, ?Cursed Rock? of Napoleon?s Exile 2012-03-30T18:21:46Z Even when he assumes his role as emperor, his “self” is still shaped by the people around him. Review | ‘The Confessions of Young Nero,’ by Margaret George 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Franz does not know what to do, but in the end heads for the Kapuzinergruft, the emperor's tomb, accompanied by a dog he doesn't like. The Emperor's Tomb by Joseph Roth – review 2013-01-25T20:00:01Z “If you look at kings and Caesars and emperors throughout history and literature, there’s not a lot of guys who sat through a very peaceful, enjoyable reign,” he said. ‘Billions’: Brian Koppelman and David Levien on Money, Power and American Gods 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The block was actually not the first D.C. neighborhood to entice Ethiopians, who began fleeing their country in the mid-1970s, following the overthrow of emperor Haile Selassie and the installation of a military government. Ethiopian cuisine is unlike any other. Why are some chefs trying to modernize it? 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Rome is where I grew up, and with each return, I stroll her parks with nostalgic ardor, inhaling the heady scent of the bay laurels that famously wreathed emperors and poets. Rome’s seven hills offer seven green respites from summer’s crowds 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z At first taken into confidence by the crooks promising the emperor a fabulous new wardrobe, she also exposes that he’s, well, exposed. Two Timely Takes on Hans Christian Andersen’s Tales 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z You walk into its Great Court and at once spot the emperor Hadrian, mounted on his stone steed, legs dangling, just beyond the information desk. The Horse: From Arabia to Royal Ascot – review 2012-05-26T23:05:41Z Julian is like the boy who tells us the emperor is naked – until the boy says it everybody could pretend the emperor wasn't. A life in writing: Slavoj ?i?ek 2011-07-15T21:55:00Z He charms Patrick into sharing his memories of interviews with the doomed Vanyashin, who lived like an emperor. Review | ‘A Lonely Man’ is an elegant suspense novel in the tradition of the ‘The Third Man’ 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z It is said that the emperor, seeing a blank sheet of music on the piano, teased Mozart by asking to see the manuscript. Music Review: Jennifer Koh and Shai Wosner at Lincoln Center - Review 2011-08-25T23:15:11Z The last chancellor of Weimar Germany sat in a Rococo palace in Berlin; the last emperor of China was installed on a puppet throne in Manchukuo. Picasso in 1932: Ingenious, Exhausting, Relentless 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z You never expect that you live in a world where the boy would say, “But the emperor is wearing no clothes!” Jon Stewart Has a New Talk Show, but He Plans to do More Listening 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z American journalists, Beard says, ask her all the time which Roman emperor Trump most reminds her of. Tracing the roots of misogyny to ancient Greece and Rome with Mary Beard 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z A decadent emperor wantonly massacres his own people with the aid of a corrupt courtier. The Orphan of Zhao – review 2012-11-09T01:02:50Z Chinese emperors so highly prized cloisonné enameling that only certain eunuchs were deemed trustworthy enough to transport the objects between palace rooms. Antiques: Prized Chinese Crafts, Delicate and Detailed 2011-01-27T21:37:59Z They show scenes from the Mughal court with members of the Rathore clan always visible and close — but subservient — to the emperor. Review | ‘Peacock in the Desert’ offers a rare look at Indian art and a royal court 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The emerald was once the property of a 19th-century Brazilian emperor, and the original Koh-i-noor, under guard in the Tower of London, is one of the crown jewels. Court Battle Over Aurora Pyramid of Hope Diamonds 2012-03-30T23:29:15Z In the pre-recorded message, Akihito will talk about his duties as a "symbol emperor" as stipulated by the constitution, palace officials said. After shock, Japan warms up to emperor's possible abdication 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z Later, his guests ran upstairs to the club’s off-limits fourth floor, where they took selfies with an emperor penguin and other taxidermy. Waris Ahluwalia: A Ubiquitous Presence, However Unlikely 2013-12-12T01:20:00Z The fourth-century house of worship, which was built on top of a fortress constructed by the Roman emperor Trajan, is free to visit. Cairo, Vibrant and Budget-Friendly, Is Ready Again for the World Stage 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Meanwhile a number of these emperors, who frequently used such paintings to assert a kind of false sense of Mughal stability, met with nasty ends. Art Review: ?Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi? at Asia Society 2012-03-08T22:18:28Z The mother of Byzantine emperor Constantine, Saint Helena originally built a church in the year 330 over the traditional site of Christ’s crucifixion and burial tomb. In Israel, a search for tranquility amid the Holy Land’s most popular tourist attractions 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z It is sublime, the stuff of emperors and kings. Where Should You Eat in New York? Go to These Favorite Spots 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Villagers gather around to salute him with shouts of "Banzai!" and he swears to die as needed for his country and its emperor. Pick of the week: A grueling, erotic shocker from Japan 2011-05-06T02:45:00Z In other words, we ought to dignify and normalize an emperor with no clothes, on the pretext that this was showing respect to the office. Fired from The New York Times over Trump 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z The future emperor was welcomed to the city at the St. James Cathedral, a Crusader-era Armenian church, by a brass band composed entirely of teenage orphans, survivors of the Armenian genocide. In Ethiopia’s Capital, a Resurgent Jazz Scene 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z One image depicts Flash Gordon confronting Ming for a sword fight on top of the emperor’s royal spaceship. Flesh Gordon? Artwork reveals erotic version that was never made 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z Accompanied by soldiers in full period costume, a Napoleon impersonator — Paris lawyer Frank Samson, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the emperor — disembarked on the sun-soaked beaches of Golfe-Juan on the French Riviera. Better than Elba: Echoes of Napoleon on idyllic French islands 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z And Elias, although yearning to desert, must battle through a series of trials that will determine the next emperor. The best children’s books for May 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z It had witnessed the rise and fall of empires, invasion and occupation by infidels, heresies large and small, plague and pestilence, and ruinous wars of king against king and emperor against pope. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z In many Indo-European languages, the name for the operation translates as “emperor’s cut.” The emperor's cut: A C-section saved my life and my baby’s life 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Naruhito will receive the imperial sword and jewel in a ceremony Wednesday as well as the imperial seals as proof of his succession as the nation’s 126th emperor. Japan’s Emperor Akihito steps down to let son take over 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z The next option for the popes was to rely on the military might of the emperor to bring the schismatics to heel, and Charles was more than willing to take on this role. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z Their provenances are tied to presidents, emperors and peace activists. India House Artwork Inspires a New Book 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Delta Air Lines and Bank of America recently withdrew support for the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park program because a production of “Julius Caesar” depicts the assassination of a Trump-like emperor. Seth Meyers Asks What Trump’s Tweets Would Sound Like if Legally Vetted 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Archaeologists say the wall appears to be in a tunnel built to help support Trajan's Baths, named for the emperor who ruled from 98 till 117. Dig through ancient Rome finds mosaic 2011-07-29T16:03:09Z While many Japanese were confused and saddened, they accepted the emperor’s most famous edict to “endure the unendurable.” The Debate to Use Atomic Bombs Against Japan 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z The emperor was also an enthusiastic art collector. What's On This Week Around the World 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z According to folklore, the name was bestowed by an emperor in recognition of its temperate summer. The Farewell's Lulu Wang: ‘I would love it if white men were asked the same questions as me’ 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z When we spoke, Mac reminisced about the tradition of fools who had the ear of emperors. In “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus,” Taylor Mac Takes on Shakespeare—and Trump 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z To the Mughal emperors who ruled India from the early 16th to early 18th centuries, they were objects of fascination. Art Review: ‘Yoga: The Art of Transformation’ at Sackler Gallery 2014-01-02T22:01:19Z In the first, set in 1520, the Spanish conquistador Cortés seizes the crown of the Aztec emperor Montezuma. Review: Limón Dance Company Reconstructs Its Founder’s ‘Dialogues’ 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z In August, it issued a public appeal for aid to acquire a €2.4 million illuminated manuscript that represents the first emperors of Rome. More Paris Institutions Turn to Crowd-Funding 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z In 1580 the emperor Akbar invited to court a party of Portuguese Jesuits from Goa, and allowed them to set up a chapel in their quarters. Art treasures of the Mughal empire 2012-11-30T22:55:14Z The third emperor of Rome was "jumped" by a posse. Caligula with Mary Beard – TV review 2013-07-30T06:01:00Z He could not have been the illegitimate father of Alexei, the emperor’s only son and heir, as rumored. ‘Rasputin’ Unravels the Myths of the ‘Mad Monk’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z It was images of the warrior emperor, and public spectacles of chivalric glory, that made Maximilian a legend. At the Met, Heavy Metal on a Continental Scale 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z By then, the emperor had murdered his mother, and several other family members besides, and had become delusionally attached to a career as a performing singer. Seneca Could Have Written the Anonymous Times Op-Ed About Trump 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The museum disputed that the larger-than-life statue, which investigators believe depicts the great Roman statesman Marcus Aurelius, was even from Turkey and suggested that it was really the torso of a philosopher, not an emperor. Cleveland Museum Sues to Block Seizure of Its ‘Marcus Aurelius’ Bronze 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z “It’ll be nice if the new emperor will be as kind-hearted as the former emperor and stay close to the people,” Suzuki said in front of the palace. Some Japanese welcome emperor's enthronement, others shrug 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z And in her review of Knife, Tesar’s modern take on a Texas steakhouse, she dubbed the chef’s bacon flight “as impressive as those new duds the emperor bought.” From Dallas’s top kitchens, reviewer Leslie Brenner is feeling the heat The emperor’s son, Marji’s grandfather, was briefly prime minister before being jailed as a Communist. Review: ‘Persepolis,’ by Marjane Satrapi 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z And the pig-like emperor ridiculed by Luitprand was so violent and austere in his military methods that he was known as “The Pale Death of the Saracens.” A City Where East Meets West and the Past Is Always Present 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Chinese artworks and artifacts that a 19th-century Chinese scholar acquired while working for emperors’ families will be given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the museum announced Thursday. Large Gift of Chinese Art Goes to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The great god Pan is dead, as a voice was heard to cry by sailors in the age of the Roman emperor Augustus. Cy Twombly - an appreciation: Paintings about sex and death 2011-07-05T23:01:41Z Long gone by then are the glamorous days when Afong toured to far-flung American cities and met a president — “your emperor, Andrew Jackson,” she calls him, to us. Review: ‘The Chinese Lady’ Casts a Long Look at Hate 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z The most famous Caesar lived elsewhere, and it is far more likely that someone employed by the Roman emperor inhabited the villa. Journeys: Hotels Built on History in Italy, Quebec, Zanzibar, Macao 2010-05-07T18:02:00Z Such views underpinned the view of emperor that persisted in the east, in which "the imperial rank" was exempted from legislation, because he himself was "a living law". The political Bible, part 2: justice. When is a king not a king? 2011-08-15T09:00:00Z In 117AD, the year Hadrian becomes emperor, the Ninth Legion is ambushed in Scotland and largely destroyed. Centurion kicks off British sword and sandals film wave 2010-04-22T22:15:00Z Working in Prague as a court artist for the Holy Roman emperor Rudolf II, he painted and drew Mannerist-style allegories involving nude and nearly nude gods and goddesses athletically entwined in anatomically improbable positions. Getting to Know Bartholomeus Spranger at the Met 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The photographs include images from inside the Forbidden City in Beijing before the fall of the emperors. History of a Dress, Chinese Style 2010-08-30T12:10:00Z And anyway, how likely is it that a train designed as a Chinese emperor's plaything would end up in East Anglia? WG Sebald: Darkness on the edge of Anglia 2011-01-25T21:31:00Z It’s entertaining, this glimpse of the emperor just before he falls: sharp-witted, contemptuous, given to violent bouts of fury. Eugene O’Neill, Brought to Life in Bright Colors 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z But that wasn’t the end, because the tide of war soon turned to the French, who installed Maximilian I as emperor of Mexico. ‘It’s Not Only Margaritas’: The Story of Cinco de Mayo in Dance 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z An often broadly comic interpretation of Andersen’s rather serious story, the show focuses on two 18th-century Chinese princes, teenage half brothers whose father, the emperor, challenges them to prove who is his more worthy successor. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Then replace Corleone's driven son and successor, Michael, with the cruel, degenerate Roman emperor Caligula. 'The Devil's Double' captures horror of Hussein son's look-alike 2011-08-04T20:00:06Z The story shifts seven years earlier to Greece, when Hadrian meets Antinous, who, during a hunt, killed a boar charging at the emperor. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Their destination is an emperor penguin rookery at Cape Crozier, more than 100km away. The worst egg hunt in the world 2013-07-16T13:12:00Z As early as 959 a Princess Olga sent an embassy to the Germanic emperor Otto requesting the dispatch of a bishop, partly in the hope of raising the status of the kingdom of the Rus. Review: The Foundations of Russian Culture and Art 2010-03-05T14:00:00Z "He attacks immigrants, he attacks women, gays, the new rich, the aristocracy, the emperor - he attacked them all." Simon Callow's critical re-appraisal 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z On stage, K-Doe dressed in bright suits with capes and crowns, as befitted a fanciful emperor. Biography of Ernie K-Doe captures quirks, talent 2012-04-28T17:44:13Z The Domus Aurea is particularly hard to maintain because the later emperor Trajan filled it with rubble and built his own baths on top. Nero's buried golden palace to open to the public - in hard hats 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z There is nothing overt about the president in this “Agrippina” — save, perhaps, a scene with a golf-playing emperor that actually dates back to Brussels. Review: The Met Opera Is Handel’s House in ‘Agrippina’ 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z But Death has other ideas, resulting in the emperor's change of heart and a sacrifice to free his subjects from pain. Music of Remembrance to stage Viktor Ullmann's 'Emperor of Atlantis' 2012-11-15T22:28:03Z The fact that there is still any surprise at the complicity of the entire Republican party and its entire apparatus in aiding and abetting Trump the bootleg emperor is what is really in fact surprising. "Riot Baby" author on his novel of black superpowers: "I don't want justice. I want vengeance" 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z As first consul and later as emperor, he listened closely to his advisers to achieve, in Broers’s phrase, “administrative centralization and modern fiscal administration.” ‘Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny’ sheds new light on the storied emperor 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z The next gallery includes a portrait of Napoleon III finished days after he died in exile in England, and two of Princess Mathilde, a cousin of the emperor known for her literary salon. Art Review: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, a French Artist of Multiple Passions 2014-03-27T22:29:43Z These people are elevated by power, but it's the emperor has no clothes. Jordan Klepper: GOP sees "Hungary as a conservative wonderland" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z His son Crown Prince Naruhito, who observed the abdication ceremony, became the new emperor after midnight. Japan’s Emperor Akihito steps down to let son take over 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z The emperor, determined to secure his place in history and casting an eye at the cannons of the encroaching West, has decided that blade-chucking killers may not be the most flattering examples of his legacy. Movie Review: In ‘The Guillotines,’ Elite Assassins Are in Pursuit 2013-06-13T23:22:15Z "In an age of female empowerment, it is strange the emperor is an exception," Nikai said in August. Japan's little prince could be last emperor on unreformed Chrysanthemum Throne 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z And what about you? she asked herself as she followed the emperor along the garden’s main path. Exclusive: An Excerpt from the Upcoming YA-Fantasy Novel by Tamora Pierce 2013-05-30T16:41:07Z It’s dominated by a magnificent bronze portrait of the emperor Hadrian, who not only tried to force his emperor-as-god cult on the monotheistic people, but also suppressed the Jewish revolt for independence from Rome. See Ancient Trade Route Treasures at the Met 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z He wanted to leave behind what Mr. Shelden calls “the kind of commemoration a dying emperor might have planned for himself in another time and place.” 2010-02-11T08:05:00Z Lucius, who is later proclaimed emperor, orders Aaron be buried up to his chest and left to die. Is Jeremy O. Harris’s Play for ‘Gossip Girl’ Real? Now It Is. 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Kandy sits in a valley beside a placid lake that was ordered by the region’s last Sinhalese emperor. In the Hills of Sri Lanka’s Tea Country 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z The emperor spent a lot of time on the road, surveying his domain but also on a quest for life-extending elixirs. ‘Age of Empires’: How 2 Dynasties of Art Forged China’s Identity 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z One of the socialites, who claims to be descended from an Aztec emperor, says of her circle, “Mexico City is very closed” — the metropolitan area’s 21 million other residents apparently slipped her mind. Review: Manufacturing Reality in Netflix’s ‘Made in Mexico’ 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z His ideas have fallen out of fashion, not least because they often overplay emperors’ reach and downplay historical local actors in trade, commerce—and even hydrology. Water, water, everywhere 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Commissioned at a Moghul court, it recounts the story of a Gupta emperor of the fourth to fifth century glorified into a Jain hero. Special Report: Asian Art: 'Islamic' Culture: A Groundless Myth 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z He went because the emperor, Charles VI, was a patron, ready to bankroll productions of Vivaldi’s operas. Europa Galante's graceful time warp back to Vivaldi's final season 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z “Zafar in Captivity” shows the emperor, a former patron of painters and Urdu poets — and a poet himself — reclining on pillows, gazing wanly into the camera. Art Review: ?Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi? at Asia Society 2012-03-08T22:18:28Z It’s easy to overlook the lack of star power when you’re being pampered like an emperor. 'I'd ask for extra caviar with champagne': Oscars chef Wolfgang Puck's nibbles tips 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z “Unconditional” documents how conservatives back home targeted New Dealers within the occupation as Communist sympathizers and hatched revisionist histories of Truman’s motives, exaggerating the emperor’s antimilitarism. The Debate to Use Atomic Bombs Against Japan 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Centuries ago, the emperor’s armies would return from war through this gate. Ready, Set, Ski! In China, Snow Sports are the Next Big Thing 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z The emperor isn’t exactly naked, but he is very scantily attired. Does Rodarte actually exist? The vaporous business plan of a fashion industry darling. 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z After all, when last seen at the conclusion of “Chronicles,” he’d just become emperor of the galaxy, or something along those lines. ‘Riddick’: A leaner, meaner sequel comes into view 2013-09-05T17:12:39Z The title is a fudge of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Six Napoleons, a short story that featured plaster busts of the famous emperor. The return of Sherlock: ‘Being a hero isn’t about being bigger, richer, more powerful' 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z But his novels, which are peopled with both emperors and peasants, encompass an explosive range of sensation and emotion. Dostoyevsky vs. Tolstoy: One Family’s Competitive Vacation in Russia 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z “Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back,” the philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote in “Meditations,” his second-century accounting of the vagaries of living. Doug Paisley’s Winter Melancholy on “Starter Home” 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Today it’s famous for two very different villas: Hadrian’s Villa, a Roman emperor’s countryside getaway, and Villa d’Este, the lush and watery 16th-century residence of a Catholic cardinal. Tivoli: Still Rome’s great escape after 2,000 years 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The relationship between "Star Trek"'s Romulan emperor and his admiral was inspired by Japan's wartime admiral, Isoroku Yamamoto, Goodman added. 'Star Trek''s future is history in new book 2012-11-30T22:10:10Z "Penguins," about emperor penguins fighting for survival and raising their young in Antarctica, was similarly an odd choice for movie theaters, but it earned a strong following and became a major hit in 2005. Look out "Iron Man," here come the "Babies" 2010-05-07T20:41:00Z It also offers views of other nearby historical sites such as the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, where emperors - the other end of the social scale from the plebeians - used to live. No gladiators vs lions, but cheap seats now open in Rome's Colosseum 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z She was probably one of the relatives of the emperor, whether she married into that high status or not. How That Surprise ‘Mulan’ Cameo Happened 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z In the Far East, new Chinese buyers fight over works of art with imperial reign marks, particularly those proving or sometimes misleadingly implying that they were made for the emperor’s personal use. Special Report: The New Art Season: Art Anchored in History Will Soar This Season 2011-09-07T10:30:06Z Through more than 200 artifacts including statues, helmets, weapons, jewelry and ancient graffiti, it depicts a young ruler with rock-solid imperial lineage; Nero was the great-grandson of Rome’s first emperor, Augustus. Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome’s Nero 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z If Bertolucci ever felt anxiety that he himself could be one of the last emperors of highbrow cinema, the male creator imperiously laying down the law, he certainly never showed it. Bernardo Bertolucci: the brilliant last emperor of highbrow cinema 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z “Loyalty to the emperor,” we learn at the Japanese American National Museum, was a cherished value for the Issei. Museum Review: Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center - Review 2011-12-10T00:45:29Z You could describe Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra's next program as a king flanked by two emperors. Preview: Seattle Philharmonic stocks Meany concert with 'royalty' 2011-01-20T22:25:04Z “She was thrust into the spotlight as this young girl who was chosen by the emperor, in large part because of her physical beauty.” An Empress Ahead of Her Time Is Having a Pop Culture Moment 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Instead his troops proclaimed him emperor, and the coins were his Facebook page. Roman coin hoard valued at ?320,250 2010-10-17T17:55:00Z "Nova" explores an ancient Chinese secret: The creation of a terra cotta army fit for the emperor who unified China in the third century B.C. TV This Week Nov. 9 - 15: 'Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B' 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Gallicchio characterizes conciliatory State Department “Japan hands” as dupes of cosmopolitan Japanese who persuaded them that Japan’s emperor was actually a progressive who would help America build a stable, anti-Communist East Asia. The Debate to Use Atomic Bombs Against Japan 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z The play “Julius Caesar,” about the Roman emperor, will be the subject on November 1, with a look at Shakespeare and Christmas on December 6. Learn about witches and wizards in Shakespeare’s time at the Folger He managed only to ask for a day’s reprieve to consider the matter, and Charles, the chivalrous Christian emperor, granted the request. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z It’s not only Europe’s greatest museum; the Louvre is also a palace, upon which France’s kings, revolutionaries, emperors and presidents have projected visions of power and nationhood. Best Art Books of 2020 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z In fact, one of the bits of Caligula I enjoyed filming most was a short sequence featuring some of the emperor's coins. Mary Beard: So much for TV dumbing down 2013-07-13T08:01:02Z On a recent day, the Chinese newspaper had stories about the new French president’s cabinet and about a Japanese bill that would authorize an emperor to abdicate. Sick of being shocked by the news? Don’t worry, it will get worse. 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z Did you ever see that movie “The Last Emperor,” where like a 5-year-old is the emperor of China? Chris Rock Tried to Warn Us 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Antinous has been dead for a year, and the circumstances of his death are still unclear to the emperor. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Eventually the collection would swell to 620 statues depicting Greek and Roman gods, goddesses and mythical heroes, as well as portraits of Roman emperors. A Storied Collection of Ancient Sculpture Will Finally See the Light 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Many of the performances are over the top, especially the enjoyably absurd bravado of the warring emperors and the clownishly bizarre behavior of “the brilliant but underappreciated” general, Han Xin. ‘Under Siege’ Review: A Heady Mix of Dance and Martial Arts 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Jacques-Louis David saw him as a Roman emperor bestriding the Alps, in a painting that emulates classical equestrian statues. What can Spielberg learn about Napoleon from art? 2013-03-05T15:30:36Z Being a spoilt emperor, I find even one errant photon unacceptable. Ostrichpillow Light - the sleep turban that has transformed my long-haul journeys 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Folded into a green hillside that rises above the busy artery of Via Nomentana, the circular templelike tomb of the daughter of Rome’s first Christian emperor preserves a mosaic cycle of astonishing exuberance and delicacy. 36 Hours in Rome 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z The future French emperor Napoleon was posted in Valence as a young lieutenant. Le Dauphiné, a French Region With a History Both Ancient and Personal 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z The emperor counseled moderation — punishment maybe, but no informers, no roundups — in part, it seems, because he wasn’t exactly sure what Christians were guilty of. They Were the Renaissance Men of Roman Antiquity 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z His skills and generosity towards his fellow villagers were so exceptional for the time that the Qing emperor bestowed him with the title of tai fu, or important person, in the early 1860s. 2010-02-01T05:00:00Z But no Mongol emperor ever got as far south as the tropics of Malaysia — until now. 'Marco Polo' brings the court of Kublai Khan to Netflix 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z You see this in the earliest pictures: emperors receive visitors, celebrate holidays and are carried on palanquins. Art Review: ?Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi? at Asia Society 2012-03-08T22:18:28Z Lobster, the emperor of crustaceans, is on a roll — a roll of near-record-high prices. In demand and pricier than ever, lobster rolls have become the cupcakes of the sea 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Mechanical clocks of the sort once revered by Chinese emperors and said to be more than 100 years old are increasingly turning up at auction, but some experts question their authenticity. They Look Like the Emperors’ Clocks. But Are They Real? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z The inspiration for her installation, which fills a small side gallery, was the capture of the 16th-century Inca emperor Atahualpa by Spanish conquistadors. Three Solo Shows at SculptureCenter in Queens 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z In 2019, she composed the piece “Ray of Water,” which was performed at the enthronement ceremony of Naruhito, the emperor of Japan. She Shaped the Sound of ‘Cowboy Bebop,’ Again 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z In 1271, the leader of the charge, Khubilai Khan, grandson of the dreaded Genghis Khan, declared himself emperor of China and head of a new dynasty called the Yuan, meaning “the beginning.” Art Review: The Spirit of Xanadu, Morphing Across Borders 2010-09-30T21:52:00Z I feel like David Attenborough examining a rare colony populated exclusively by birds of paradise and emperor penguins. My Baftas adventure: Dev Patel, liquid diabetes and clapping injuries 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z It’s not dissimilar to an emperor giving the thumbs up or the thumbs down at a coliseum. As Reality TV Reunions Go Virtual, What About the Fights? 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The auction also includes portraits of Napoleon, tricolour military sashes and medals, marble and bronze busts and statues of the emperor and other objects including Napoleon's gloves, razor and pocket watch. Napoleon's two-cornered hat up for grabs at French auction 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The emperor sought a second opinion from Johannes Reuchlin, a linguist in Stuttgart, who decided that Hebrew was a biblical tongue worth preserving. Antiques: Museum Resurrects Tiffany?s Laurelton Hall 2010-08-05T20:35:00Z In the oratorio, Valens, the Roman governor of Antioch, decrees that citizens must participate in the worship of Roman gods in honor of the emperor’s birthday. Music Review: ‘Theodora’ at Carnegie Hall 2014-02-03T07:29:53Z Mandela, Sellars said, attempted to break the cycles of racial violence with an “unexpectedly humane response to terrorism,” and in “Clemenza” the director makes the Roman emperor Titus, who forgives his assassins, a Mandela-like figure. Peter Sellars turns Mozart's last opera into a modern message of humanity in the face of terror 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z The emperors of Impressionism - Renoir, Morisot, Manet, Tissot - as seen through the prism of fashion are not just painters, but conjurers of the most beautiful silhouettes, capturing the evolution of 19th-century style. | More on Where to Go Between the Shows in Paris 2012-09-26T12:02:19Z “Each and every emperor had people condemned and put to death. Even Augustus, who is the epitome of the good emperor, came to power in a really bloody way.” Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome’s Nero 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z At the start, the emperor, a musician and composer, an effete connoisseur of nature and culture, is in inconsolable mourning for his late wife and rejects all feminine attentions. Movies 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z The analogy that comes to mind is the emperor Nero playing the fiddle while his city, Rome, burned down! From global warming to fluoride: Why do people deny science? 2013-05-25T20:30:00Z His first opera, “Ashoka’s Dream,” was based on the life of an emperor of India in the third century B.C. who renounced violence after converting to Buddhism. Peter Lieberson, Composer Inspired by Buddhism, Dies at 64 2011-04-23T23:48:51Z Opening Saturday and running through Wednesday, the show features objects that were made for kings and queens, emperors and pharaohs, and representatives of the avant-garde. At the Tefaf Fair, Old Masters and Powerful Women 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Brass plans to "revisit an abandoned project about a Roman emperor that was ruined by Americans", suggesting that the film will be a remake of Caligula. 2010-01-29T13:27:00Z There’s an “emperor’s new clothes” aspect to these gimmicks, leading us to taste what we are told to taste. Holiday gift ideas for wine lovers: Tasting kits, virtual classes, gadgets and wine TV 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z The Second Empire lasted until 1870, when the emperor, conscious of his declining popularity, declared war on Prussia – and lost. We’re living in the bizarre world that Flaubert envisioned 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z A large-brimmed black silk hat with a strap of fiber, wood, gold and semiprecious stones, excavated from a Yuan tomb, is the only known example of the type worn by Mongol emperors. NYC Exhibit Unveils Rich Treasures of Yuan Dynasty 2010-09-27T09:51:00Z Around the same time, physician Thomas Moffett was eager to write about the blood red turnips he had eaten in Prague, which were so "delicate" that the emperor himself grew them. Turnips: How Britain fell out of love with the much-maligned vegetable 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z If Caesar is the Roman emperor of Shakespeare’s play, then the understandably vengeful Koba is Cassius, a schemer with a mean and hungry look. REVIEW: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Who Needs Humans? 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z But when envoys from the emperor of Japan arrive with a bejeweled mechanical nightingale as a present, the real nightingale, now overlooked, returns to the forest. Music Review: Stravinsky?s Tales, Dunked in the Spin Cycle 2011-03-02T22:59:11Z The rumour that, when he was emperor, Caligula made his beloved horse Incitatus a consul – the highest elected office of the time – was dispelled with some of Beard's cool new cant. Caligula with Mary Beard – TV review 2013-07-30T06:01:00Z Compared to some other national museums, the Prado is “really unique as the collection of an emperor who had the best from the European countries over which Spain once reigned,” Mr. Dibbits said. The Prado Museum, Spain’s Cultural Jewel, Turns 200 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Together with a mirror called Yata-no-Kagami, which is kept at the Ise Grand Shrine, the holiest site in Japan’s Shinto religion, the three treasures comprise the regalia that symbolizes the legitimacy of the emperor. Japanese emperor begins ceremonies to proclaim his enthronement to the world 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z It shows an Asian emperor addressing his followers against an ominous background of dark clouds. Art Review: A Jewel Box for Translucent Treasures 2011-12-15T22:59:09Z Victory was at hand, the emperor having fled on an “autumnal hunting tour,” and the meeting concerned its spoils: Each side feared the other would obtain more booty from looting the huge complex. China Remembers a Vast Crime 2010-10-21T12:26:00Z But in practice, the illusion only worked for one privileged spectator — typically an emperor or prince seated centrally in the auditorium. How a Family Transformed the Look of European Theater 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z The lake is covered by a shimmering midnight-blue sheet through which goblin-like creatures try to protrude and claim the emperor’s weakening body. Music Review: Stravinsky?s Tales, Dunked in the Spin Cycle 2011-03-02T22:59:11Z Combining historical material with contemporary Iranian art, the exhibition was, in effect, a critical history of heroes — emperor, athlete, saint — though it never explained that theme. The Best Art of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The little emperor, of course, is the one who had stirred the Ottoman hornet's nest in his failed attempt at Middle East incursion. Delacroix's 'Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi' as a rallying cry 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z As an emperor’s power or popularity waned, one head could be swapped for another. Where Are Their Heads? Hordes of Ancient Statues Pose That Puzzle 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The emperor spared no expense for the now iconic monument: More than 20,000 sculptors, calligraphers, and craftsmen were brought to the city of Agra to work on the marble-clad masterpiece. 5 Incredible Landmarks Built in the Name of Love 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Cleopatra is an enigma in part because the conquering Roman general Octavian - later known as the emperor Augustus - ordered all images of her destroyed, so little evidence exists of what she looked like. Philly hosts world premiere of Cleopatra exhibit 2010-06-04T20:09:00Z “From stowaway to emperor in two years!” he crows. Eugene O’Neill, Brought to Life in Bright Colors 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Bugs,” on Saturday, in which young visitors can examine crawly critters like the emperor scorpion and the pink toe tarantula. For Children 2011-09-30T06:48:17Z Vintage photographs disclose how in Mexico’s sprawling capital its new republican government erected statues of Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec emperor, while Argentina plowed out lordly avenues in imitation of Haussmann-era Paris. 23 Art Exhibitions to View in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z At the height of their powers, our overlords at Marvel have deigned to prove, like an emperor tolerating a court jester, that they do, in fact, have a sense of humor. Review: ‘Guardians’ is irreverent but not enough 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Wiley’s work often features African-Americans in the regal poses of emperors and kings, his own distinctive riff on historic portraiture. Obama Portraitists Merged the Everyday and the Extraordinary 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z But just reading the history book about Charlemagne, who was an emperor that led the Carolingian dynasty. Q&A: Charlamagne talks new late-night show, biggest regret 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z That's a strange statement given that its subject concerns the greatest emperor who ever lived, but then he is also the vulnerable son of all-powerful parents. Oliver Stone 2010-07-17T23:00:00Z It traces the life of a misunderstood German-speaking Jew in a city run first by an Austrian emperor, then by assertively nationalist Czechs. A closer look at the young Kafka 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The last Chinese emperor gave in to the Republican uprising in 1912. Auctions: Seesaw Bidding Early in the Season 2011-09-09T11:00:09Z Han emperors declared his proposal for ideal government canonical. Art Review: At China Institute, Envisioning Confucius, an Abstraction 2010-03-25T22:43:00Z A font of innumerable interpretations, the original tale reaches a climax with the battle of Dan-no-Ura, during which the Heike clan is defeated, the child emperor drowned and a sacred imperial sword lost. ‘Inu-oh’ Review: Dazzling Anime Meets Medieval Epic 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z On the one hand, he has seen his films—on “Charlie Rose,” he called them his “kids”—cloned in the manner that an army was once raised by the evil emperor on the planet Kamino. The George Awakens 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Members of Shackleton’s Nimrod expedition reached the magnetic South Pole, while members of Scott’s Terra Nova expedition did breakthrough research on emperor penguins, retrieving three eggs during a harrowing winter trip to a remote rookery. Science and the Race for the South Pole 2011-06-03T16:50:45Z The first time I saw this emperor penguin was inside our hut on Ross Island in the Antarctic. Photographer Robert McCabe's best shot 2011-02-02T22:31:00Z The Voynich Manuscript has been puzzling emperors, antiquarians, and cryptologists for at least 400 years. 5 historic codes yet to be cracked 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Moore added, “Your ability to use satire and humor to say the emperor has no clothes is profound every single night.” Stephen Colbert Uses Profanity to Describe President Trump’s ‘Soul’ 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z When offered the chance, three times, to become emperor, he chooses three times to remain a senator. Review: Can Trump Survive in Caesar’s Palace? 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z He presents the great emperor as an egomaniacal, petulant child who views himself as the center of the world and a conqueror of nations. Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” can inspire those who fear Trump’s America 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z I won’t say more, but, against all odds, they do survive and even bring back three emperor eggs. Review | For a snowy day, a winter classic 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Described as "the first modern dictator" and "one of the first modern leaders to rule by propaganda," Bonaparte went from being France's first elected president to its last emperor. We’re living in the bizarre world that Flaubert envisioned 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z As he was starting the novel in 1851, elected President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was staging the coup d'état that would transform him from president to emperor. We’re living in the bizarre world that Flaubert envisioned 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Directed by Tinto Brass, scripted by Vidal and co-founded by Penthouse magazine, Caligula wallowed, generally without clothes, in the scurrilous life and times of the debauched Roman emperor. Gore Vidal: not just about the books 2012-08-01T11:26:07Z The role of the emperor is expanded — to be precise, it’s tripled. Review: The Math of ‘Foundation’ Doesn’t Add Up 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z "If these people were alive 100, 200, 300 years ago, at the time of the emperors, their motivation for acting like that would be exactly the same," he said. Iran's Farhadi and China's Jia make Cannes splash 2013-05-17T19:20:16Z The Greek gods and Roman emperors round him nodded in agreement, as did the massed ranks of BBC executives who are their proper successors. As they bow to London's arts mafiosi, the Tories still handcuff the provinces 2010-10-21T19:02:00Z Better to have a squabbling Imperial or Republican Senate than an emperor who dissolves the Imperial Senate. From “Star Wars” to our wars: What the Force has in common with “Thank you for your service” 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Photograph: Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London The story is told of a Chinese peasant invited to the emperor's palace to be rewarded for his loyal service. Mark Wallinger: Site; Yoko Ono: To the Light – review 2012-06-23T23:05:31Z “Muhammad Shah in a Garden,” a marvel of detailed landscape painting from around 1735, features the emperor on horseback on the imperial grounds. Art Review: ?Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi? at Asia Society 2012-03-08T22:18:28Z Neither of these examples, however, was a foretaste of the Public Theater’s recent production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” which portrayed Trump as the Roman emperor. Mozart in Trump Tower, and the art of getting political onstage 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z On April 5 at Bonhams, a huge portrait of the Moghul emperor Jahangir painted in oil on cotton, 210 centimeters or 83 inches high with its calligraphic border, came on the block. Auctions: Century-Old Vandalism of Islamic Art, and Its Price 2011-04-15T12:00:27Z Moreover, in those very years, Castile was fast acquiring new territories in the Americas and the Far East, making Charles, in a phrase from the time, “the emperor in whose lands the Sun never sets.” Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, was the first holy Roman emperor, in the eighth century, and the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the western Roman empire three centuries earlier. Sir Christopher Lee's new album will be '100% heavy metal' 2013-05-24T10:36:11Z More than 180 works from the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing include portraits of emperors and empresses, court paintings, religious sculpture, costumes and more. At museums this fall: Art and science, civilization and extinction The stakes of Rome’s court politics ran far higher than ours, in that emperors served for life terms and could put to death those they deemed disloyal. Seneca Could Have Written the Anonymous Times Op-Ed About Trump 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The largest of all penguins, emperors are listed as "near threatened" by scientists due to the threat of global warming. Jonathan Franzen voyages to the end of the world 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z I had been really into Robert Graves’s I, Claudius that summer as we awaited Yo’s arrival to the world, and he was born in August, so his second name became Augustus after the Roman emperor. A boy named Sue? Why not! I named my kids Yo and E 2014-03-22T23:00:00Z In Japan, history is still divided according to the reign of the emperors. Shigeru Mizuki's 'Showa' draws a graphic portrait of Japan 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z The Ottomans are devout and resolute; the Byzantine emperor, Constantine, and his aides drink and lounge with women in wispy outfits. Turkey: epic movie highlights Ottoman conquest 2012-03-02T10:46:04Z After all, it was the Pope who, since the days of Charlemagne, crowned emperors, and the Church that gave legitimacy and purpose to the office of emperor. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z Soon-Yi's behaviour reminds me of the story about the Roman emperors, I say, who were said to employ a slave during triumphal processions to whisper in their ear, "You're only mortal." Woody Allen: 'My wife hasn't seen most of my films... and she thinks my clarinet playing is torture' 2011-03-13T00:05:42Z Its production of “Eliogabalo,” Francesco Cavalli’s Baroque Italian opera about a truly decadent Roman emperor, was performed at the Box, a nightclub and burlesque house of somewhat louche reputation on the Lower East Side. Gotham Chamber Opera Has Rare Works and Many Venues 2013-12-24T21:40:58Z His colleague Diego de Pantoia implored the emperor, “As in life we were nourished by your royal bounty, so in death we trust that you will grant us a clod of earth for a shroud.” Missionary to the Forbidden City 2010-09-27T12:02:00Z The beautiful young man stands out from the same rich blue background as the German merchants, and appears in profile in a round frame, like an emperor on a Roman coin. Hans Holbein: Truth in Painting 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z One client — an ex-banker from an ex-bank — was so awful that Murphy ordered his crew to install the guy’s eight gravestones of Qing dynasty emperors upside down. ‘The Long Haul’ Is a Trucker’s Slangy Tour of the Road 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z With the emperor’s fall, the fate of Neo-Classical extremism was sealed. Art Review: At the Louvre, Vivid and Varied Imaginings of Antiquity 2010-12-03T16:11:00Z We are meant to scorn the servants not just for their delusion that they were crucially important to the empire but also for their need to believe that the emperor was infallibly good. Review: In ‘The Emperor,’ Apologizing for a Corrupt Regime 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z One of them is the nurse forced to announce that the white emperor’s white wife has just given birth to a black child. ‘Titus Andronicus,’ From New York Shakespeare Exchange 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z That emperor was a nude man claiming to be wearing clothes. Bored with 2012 retrospectives? Here's a look back at the year still to come 2012-12-30T00:06:06Z The first Hapsburg emperor, Charles V, and his son Philip II had the taste to match their resources, and acquired the best of the best. A 7-Hour, 6-Mile, Round-the-Museum Tour of the Prado 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z “You had a new emperor, you needed a new typeface,” Mr. Fletcher said. Exhibition Review: ?Printing for Kingdom, Empire & Republic? - Review 2011-12-24T01:47:25Z There is even an emperor with a short attention span. A hotline to Satan: why is the ex-CEO of Vodafone making a film version of Faust? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z The Qing emperors were out-of-control antiquarians; they doted on ancient things, but also on new versions of ancient models. Art in Review: ‘Colors of the Universe’: ‘Chinese Hardstone Carvings’ 2012-12-27T22:03:38Z In China we consider the emperor the father of the entire country, and each family is a cell. The China Institute?s Curator Has Connections 2010-03-20T04:40:00Z The blood-soaked stage — consequence of an emperor who doesn't like his authority second-guessed — doesn't stop the laughter, though the humor shifts into a gallows mode. Geffen Playhouse's 'Guards at the Taj' has elements of 'Godot' and gallows humor 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z “The autobiography of the emperor Nero’s mother, Agrippina,” Ms. Beard writes of the missing book, “must count as one of the saddest losses of classical literature.” Review: In ‘SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome,’ Mary Beard Tackles Myths and More 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The Roman temple was built in AD 17, and expanded under the reign of Hadrian, the emperor who consolidated the Roman empire. Roundup: Palmyra temple destroyed, Zaha's controversial stadium, Banksy's Disneyland 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Whether it will be able to hold onto its Roman emperor, or whether diplomats will get involved, is unclear. Where Are Their Heads? Hordes of Ancient Statues Pose That Puzzle 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Their emperors held themselves to be the sun’s human incarnation, so it’s no surprise that they covered themselves in gold. A Paris Show That?s as Good as Gold 2010-09-06T10:00:00Z Ancient civilizations revered their ancestors and pantheons of gods with human traits; emperors and kings lifted specific gods to rule others in their image. Reza Aslan’s ‘God: A Human History’ 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z The era of Japan’s next emperor, which begins May 1, will be named “Reiwa,” a phrase that means the pursuit of harmony, the government said Monday. Japan’s new era called ‘Reiwa,’ for the pursuit of harmony 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z They contained the hand-written memoirs, as well as a text on a lottery, and a note to the emperor of Austria to end the system of usury and correspondence. Casanova at the National Library in France 2011-11-28T23:30:08Z There’s a new evil empire, a new evil emperor, and an even deadlier death star. Sword vs. lightsaber: How the Samurai warrior inspired the Jedi Knights 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z "It's the most famous single material in the Mongol Empire," said Watt of the cloth, used for formal dress, palace furnishings and emperors' tents. NYC Exhibit Unveils Rich Treasures of Yuan Dynasty 2010-09-27T09:51:00Z The most interesting and imaginative of the emperors, Akbar was a free-thinking humanist who strove for the reconciliation of the different peoples and sects of his empire. Art treasures of the Mughal empire 2012-11-30T22:55:14Z At the brink of a crisis, he navigates a feudalistic world with an evil emperor, noble houses and subjugated peoples, a tale right out of mythology and right at home in George Lucas’s brainpan. ‘Dune’ Review: A Hero in the Making, on Shifting Sands 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z “Julian,” which some critics still consider Mr. Vidal’s best, was a painstakingly researched historical novel about the fourth-century Roman emperor who tried to convert Christians back to paganism. Gore Vidal, 1925-2012: Gore Vidal, Elegant Writer, Dies at 86 2012-08-01T05:20:14Z But within a short time a new, tougher emperor, Aurelian, retaliated. Stones that speak 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Flanagan pulls us right into the minds of these men raised on emperor worship, trained in a system of ritualized brutality and wholly invested in the necessity of their cause. Review: ‘The Narrow Road in the Deep North,’ by Richard Flanagan By openly defying both Pope and emperor before a public gathering of the great men of the empire, he burned his bridges, and eliminated any chance of reconciliation. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z “The Emperor Far Away,” which takes its title from the Chinese proverb “the mountains are high and the emperor far away,” is also part travelogue with vivid descriptions of landscapes and people. ‘The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China’ 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z The book presents Assange as an "emperor" who has become the kind of public figure he is trying to expose. Tell-all on WikiLeaks' Assange coming out in March 2011-02-18T21:40:17Z The crown, inspired by the laurel wreath worn by Roman emperor Julius Caesar, contained more than fifty leaves and was melted down in 1819. Golden leaf cut from Napoleon's crown goes under hammer in France 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z The Space Force Hymn To the Marines’ Hymn: From the desert sands of Tatooine to the icy planet Hoth First our sanctions on the emperor cut an economic swath. Style Invitational Week 1291: Film flam — movie anagrams 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “The whole of Japan changed from a rather military pre-war style to a postwar economic powerhouse, and obviously the emperor was part of that.” Japan's slide into war chronicled in Emperor Hirohito's memoir 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z As his regime strengthened in the 1920s, the high priests of fascism hailed their leader as "divine emperor", and even called for an embargo on foreign words. The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders |Book review 2010-03-28T00:10:00Z At the same time, the Japanese emperors were becoming largely ceremonial, if not decadent; in reality, Japan was ruled by a succession of aristocratic clans, headed by a shogun, starting with the Fujiwara family. ‘The Tale of Genji’ and the Art It Inspired 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z One asked internees to pledge loyalty to the United States and “forswear” loyalty to the emperor of Japan — an incriminating formulation that presumes a pre-existing loyalty to the emperor. George Takei Guides ‘Allegiance,’ a Musical, Not a Starship 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Later he was evicted from his home, the Forbidden City, and went on to become puppet emperor for the Japanese, a prisoner of the Soviet union and eventually just an ordinary citizen under the communists. Doctor Who 2010-05-22T05:44:00Z The publicity stunt worked when the strongman, who once compared himself to the best Roman emperors, was ousted with 55 percent of people voting "no." Garcia Bernal feels Chile's pain in latest film 2012-07-31T03:32:11Z In the year 1521 the young emperor Charles V convened a meeting of the estates of the Holy Roman Empire in the west German city of Worms. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z "Considering the fact that the emperor will not be getting any younger, we will continue to review the amount of duties he performs," said Ichiro Kanazawa, the Imperial Household Agency's medical supervisor. Japanese emperor's heart bypass operation a success 2012-02-18T11:38:03Z In a gripping final scene, charged by Stravinsky’s piercing, ominous music, we see the despairing emperor dying. Music Review: Stravinsky?s Tales, Dunked in the Spin Cycle 2011-03-02T22:59:11Z When I mention the nickname that Kara Swisher, a New York Times tech columnist, has bestowed on him, King of Mars, he slyly gives himself a promotion: “Sure, I mean, emperor, come on.” Elon Musk, Blasting Off in Domestic Bliss 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of France a few days after the French defeat at Waterloo and was exiled to the South Atlantic island of St. Helena, where he died in 1821. Cannonball highlights how close Napoleon came to victory at Waterloo 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Revealing an uncharacteristic lack of decision, the emperor dillydallied, then trusted the English to be honorable and soon found himself en route to St. Helena. Review | Napoleon Bonaparte, gardener? Yes, says a new book, the dictator found solace in the natural world 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Guerlain started using the bee as its symbol after being appointed to supply perfumes to the court of the emperor Napoleon III, she noted. In Transit: Paris Art Show Gives 'Buzz' a New Meaning 2010-10-13T10:00:00Z “Crazy emperors sort of work for me,” Pacino said about his Herod in Wilde Salome. Al-lelujah! A Pacino Double Feature at Venice 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Speaking to Colbert before the Button sketch, Miranda discussed Aaron Burr, who shot Hamilton, and how he “tried to annex Mexico and declare himself emperor.” See Lin-Manuel Miranda and Stephen Colbert Rap Battle in 'Hamilton' Sequel 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Gradually, Marco's utility to the khan will go far beyond regaling the emperor with fanciful descriptions of his vast realm. 'Marco Polo' brings the court of Kublai Khan to Netflix 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z In Chinese legend the emperor had given Ho Yi the elixir of life as a reward. Spare Times for Children for Sept. 21-27 2012-09-20T21:20:45Z As the primary residence of five Qing emperors, Yuanmingyuan contained hundreds of palaces, temples, libraries, theaters, pavilions, chapels, gazebos and galleries filled with priceless artworks, antiquities and personal possessions. China Remembers a Vast Crime 2010-10-21T12:26:00Z “The whole of Japan changed from a rather military pre-war style to a postwar economic powerhouse, and obviously the emperor was part of that.” Japan's slide into war chronicled in Emperor Hirohito's memoir 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z At the same time, though, to rise so quickly from a lowly artillery-officer to emperor he must surely have had some more serviceable qualities? The Savage Storm by David Andress - review 2012-12-06T10:00:01Z After Napoleon’s defeat — “a near-run thing,” as his adversary Wellington admitted — the emperor’s family and his generals all realized they would soon be facing prison sentences or firing squads. Review | Napoleon Bonaparte, gardener? Yes, says a new book, the dictator found solace in the natural world 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z A compelling historical tale by The Washington Post’s national security editor features exotic thrills, espionage, an electrifying escape from Nazis and . . . the emperor of Ethiopia. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z The 59-year-old emperor inherited the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1, a day after the abdication of his father, Akihito, the first monarch to abdicate in two centuries. Donning elaborate robes, Japan's new imperial couple hold Shinto rite 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Only in the last 100 pages, when the Qing emperor’s pirate hunter, Pak Ling, becomes a credible threat, does Shek Yeung blossom into her namesake and act with vitality and resolve. The Life and Times of China’s Pirate Queen 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The coins span the reigns of various emperors. X-rays reveal secrets of Roman coins 2012-07-09T14:24:04Z It’s been 13 years since a National Geographic-produced documentary about emperor penguin migration grew into a global phenomenon, and in a sense, it feels even longer. The march continues: why documentary sequels are on the rise 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Cecilienhof, built for the eldest son of Germany’s last emperor and his wife, Cecile, was almost unscathed by World War II, aside from a few cracked windows. Looking Back on 16 Days That Shaped History 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Their goblets and statuettes depict Africans, American Indians, Roman emperors and camels. Holiday Gift Guide: Antique Collections, From Royal Goblets to Buddhist Robes 2012-11-22T20:51:14Z He understood that imperial cooperation would ease the difficult task of disarming 5.5 million Japanese soldiers — and he ultimately spared Hirohito — but he would not guarantee the emperor’s status before the end of the war. The Debate to Use Atomic Bombs Against Japan 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Shakespeare, with brilliant economy, clarifies what the crowd really wants: an emperor to replace the father figure they’re now mourning. The theater of Trump: What Shakespeare can teach us about the Donald 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Silicon Valley moguls, N.F.L. stars and Olympians flock to “Stoicon,” an annual conference of modern-day Stoics who spend a week attempting to “think like a Roman emperor.” Need a New Self-Help Guru? Try Aristotle 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Situated in a distant corner of the gardens, they were built mainly as backdrops to the hydraulic fountains that delighted the Qianlong emperor. China Remembers a Vast Crime 2010-10-21T12:26:00Z Painted panels rise and fall to create different patterns, like a loom — a reference to Cao Xueqin’s family business, making silk brocade for the emperor. An American Opera Company Adapts China’s ‘War and Peace’ 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Its rare Greek marble, throne and god's robes convinced the police it came from the emperor's tomb. Caligula's tomb found after police arrest man trying to smuggle statue 2011-01-17T20:10:34Z “They made them by scratching out the images of emperors on Roman silver coins and restamping them.” U.S. Returns Rare Coin Minted by Jews During Rebellion From Rome 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z In Haiti’s succession of constitutions over its first hundred years, the president sometimes held his post for life, and it’s no surprise that one leader began calling himself king and another emperor. ArtsBeat Blog: Book Review: Haiti's Tragic History 2011-12-30T22:27:53Z The back‑cover blurb strongly implies that within this book you will find the emperor's identity revealed. Who is Ozymandias? And Other Puzzles in Poetry by John Fuller – review 2013-04-16T11:56:09Z A century after Caesar, a seemingly heartless youth succeeded his father, the villainous Vitellius, as emperor. 'Norma' and 'La Clemenza di Tito' make for a Roman feast 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Other emperors added to the collection, but it was under Charles VI that the extravagant library, which is 255 feet long, was built. Cultured Traveler: In Europe, Five Libraries That Offer Respite From the Crowds 2011-07-29T19:36:57Z Including Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony on this series ventured close to cliché: In an oft-told story, Beethoven, flush with anti-monarchical fervor, dedicated the symphony to Napoleon, only to void that gesture after Napoleon declared himself emperor. Review: A Symphony Talks Politics 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z He wasn't expected to be more than a symbol – staying in London through most of the war, bidding farewell to empire as the least likely emperor imaginable. There are no short cuts for the monarchy 2011-01-09T22:00:02Z Among the gifts delivered by King James I’s ambassador, Sir Thomas Roe, to the Mogul emperor Jahangir was a coach, with which the emperor was so pleased he had two copies made. Special Report: Asian Art: How Maritime Routes Led to Cultural Exchanges 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z Photograph: Alamy And so we move into the second half of our poetic year with July – the seventh month, and one that is named after an emperor rather than a god, for once. Poster poems: July 2012-07-13T15:49:08Z Pink Flamingos launched Waters as the reigning monarch of midnight movies in the US, and the emperor of underground cinema. John Waters on hitchhiking across the US: 'I wanted something I couldn't control, something I couldn't plan' 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z These are all ancient inns — as a matter of fact, there is a separate residence for the emperor at one in Miyajima, called Iwaso, on the side of a ravine. Q&A: George Takei Reflects on Travel, Both Painful and Pleasurable 2014-03-07T16:29:48Z Neil, casting himself as disciple, scours the notebooks and discovers that his instructor’s scholarly interests centered around Julian the Apostate — Roman emperor, soldier, scholar and denouncer of Christianity. In Julian Barnes’s New Novel, a Teacher’s Pet Becomes Obsessed 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The statue of the emperor, which was on loan to the Met from a Swiss lender, is one of three items from the museum that are being returned to Turkey. The Headless Statue of a ‘Roman Emperor’ Is Seized from the Met 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Papal biographer Austen Ivereigh, a supporter of Francis, countered by Tweeting: “He’s making sure that they engage with him, not treat him like a sacred relic. He’s the Vicar of Christ, not a Roman emperor.” To kiss pope's hand - or not - enters the Catholic culture wars 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z His trickiest task: dealing with a much-loved emperor who could be classified as a war criminal. ‘Emperor’: Tommy Lee Jones deserves a salute 2013-03-08T03:51:27Z “Why are you agreeing to do 20 interviews on tape with the guy who took down Richard Nixon with tapes? With tapes! The emperor has no brain.” Jimmy Kimmel Wonders Why Trump Would Talk to Bob Woodward 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Ms Hughes relishes the story of Theodora, the powerful consort of the great emperor Justinian. New histories of Istanbul 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z But as with all those Roman emperors, the lessons of the Popchips debacle were soon forgotten. Chief of staff, Oscars host, Popchips spokesperson: The allure of the doomed job 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The title character, a Christian, opposes the pagan emperor Hadrian, who responds by torturing her young daughters. The Wide World of Puppetry Converges on New York 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Franz Joseph I, emperor of Austria and king of Hungary, remained on the throne until his death in 1916. Europe: 100 years of war and transformation Francis relishes these expeditions because they bring him closer to the "murmur" of Antarctica and to the emperor penguin, the "wondrous beast" of his personal quest narrative. 1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica by Chris Turney – review 2012-11-22T08:00:01Z “Remember, when the emperor looks naked, the emperor is naked. The truth and the lie are not sort of the same thing.” Daria: the 90s cartoon that nailed American feminist teenhood 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z You are, to an unprecedented degree, the emperor of a personalized kingdom of popularity, and zillions of bots are working tirelessly to heed your whims and hone your experience. What Was, Is and Will Be Popular 2013-09-06T22:52:30Z In the third and final season, Luz and her friends band together to save the Boiling Isles from Emperor Belos and The Collector, the emperor's former ally. From "Los Espookys" to "Paper Girls," here are 8 spooky streaming shows you may have missed 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z A classicist tries to unravel the enigma of the Stoic philosopher who was the Roman emperor Nero’s adviser. 100 Notable Books of 2014 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z JMW Turner's painting War: The Exile and the Rock Limpet shows the defeated emperor on a prison island, dwarfed by a blazing sky. What can Spielberg learn about Napoleon from art? 2013-03-05T15:30:36Z Some records survive in the archives showing that the emperors took close interest in their wardrobes. V&A set to show off the emperor's old clothes 2010-12-06T18:25:00Z History records few if any emperors who willingly set aside power’s poisoned chalice. How Victory in the Cold War Led to Tragedy in the Years After 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z In this tale, the emperor has clothes, and we’re too busy looking at them to figure out what else she’s been up to. Snubbing Margaret Thatcher’s Clothes 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z In the BBC television adaptation of “I, Claudius” in 1976, he played the mad Roman emperor Caligula, who commanded his armies to plunder seashells from the god Neptune and appointed his horse to the Senate. Watch John Hurt in His Most Memorable Roles 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z |
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