Word: artistical
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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MANNERS & MORALS ¶ A 24-year-old artist named Cock van Gent ran an advertisement in a Los Angeles newspaper offering her left ear for sale for $24,000; she explained that she would use the money for living expenses while pursuing her career...
...story concerns a Manhattan artist, Joseph Cotton, who is striving to find himself, and the, unreal Jenny, or Jennifer Jones, who becomes his inspiration. He meets her first in Central Park, notes her pre-World. War costume and later discovers the newspaper she is clutching dates from the turn of the century. As he grows to know her better, the artist becomes more wary of the ethereal quality of his friend and there are several good scenes as the two talk about the future and the past, one never believing the other, but never really doubting. His Portrait of Jenny...
...Artist Responsible to Truth...
...artist's responsibility is to truth, to what he feels compelled to say, to what his experience and environment has taught him," declared Matthiessen...
Speaking from the viewpoint of the musician, Merrit remarked that if the artist "really wanted to reach the masses, he would go into singing commercials." The artist has the most opportunity in a democratic state, he added...