Primitivism H. G. Wells ( ), The Time Machine (1895): Eloi vs. Morlocks Joseph Conrad ( ), Heart of Darkness (1899) W. E. B. DuBois ( ), The Souls of Black Folk (1903) Paul Cézanne ( ) Paul Gauguin ( ) Henri Matisse ( ) Pablo Picasso ( ) Ernst Ludwig Kirchner ( ) Wassily Kandinsky ( ) Igor Stravinsky ( ) Sergei Diaghilev ( ), founder of the Ballets Russes Vaslav Nijinsky ( ), Russian dancer Loie Fuller ( ), American dancer and choreographer Isadora Duncan ( ), American dancer Langston Hughes ( ) T. S. Eliot ( ) Igor Stravinsky, “Le Jeu du Rapt” (“Ritual of Abduction”) from “The Rite of Spring” (1913), Performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting Changes to sections Section 1 (Th 4)—half of students to section 8 (same time) Section 2 (Th 5)—half of students to section 5 (same time) Section 3 (Th 7)—half of students to section 4 (same time) Section 4—moved from Th 8 PM to Th 7 PM Section 5—renumbered, moved from F 9:30 to Th 5:00 Section 6—stays F 10:30 Section 7—stays F 11:30—5 volunteers needed Section 8—renumbered, moved from F 12:30 to Th 4:00 Rooms and times for sections Section 1 (Th 4:00)—LC 103 Section 2 (Th 5:00)—LC 103 Section 3 (Th 7:00)—LC 103 Section 4 (Th 7:00)—first meeting in LC 103 Section 5 (or 9 or 10) (Th 5:00)—LC 204 Section 6 (F 10:30)—BM 014 Section 7 (F 11:30)—will meet in LC 103 Note: first meeting of section 7 tomorrow at 8 PM in LC 104 Section 8 (or 9 or 10) (Th 4:00)—LC 105

Still from “The Time Machine” (2001), dir. Simon Wells (great-grandson of H. G.)

Inscription from H. G. Wells to Joseph Conrad, in gift copy of Tales of Space and Time (1900) Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

W. E. B. DuBois ( )

The Congo Free State in 1890

Grebo Mask (19 th Century, Ivory Coast or Liberia)

Conrad’s Certificate of Competency as Master in the Merchant Service Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Paul Gauguin, Parau Parau (Whispered Words, 1892) Yale University Art Gallery

Paul Gauguin, The Vision after the Sermon (1888)

Henri Matisse, “Le Bonheur de vivre” (“The Joy of Life,” )

Pablo Picasso, “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” (1907)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, “Bathers at Moritzburg” (1909)

Wassily Kandinsky, “Angel of the Last Judgment” (1911)

Loie Fuller ( ) Isadora Duncan ( )

Langston Hughes ( ) Danse Africaine The low beating of the tom-toms, The slow beating of the tom-toms, Low…slow Slow…low— Stirs your blood. Dance!

T. S. Eliot ( )

Marlon Brando as Col. Kurtz in “Apocalypse Now” (1979), dir. Francis Ford Coppola

Joseph Conrad ( ) Bust by Jacob Epstein All photos courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library