Word: botticellis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...into lava rock. Besides collecting pesos, he acquires Dresden figurines, Chinese jade, Venetian glass and ancient Spanish books that he often pores over until 2 a.m. His house also shelters Mexico's most distinguished selection of wines (7,000 bottles) and its finest private art collection-El Greco, Botticelli, Van Dyck, Dali, Diego Rivera-as well as Pagliai's picturesque third wife, international Screen Star Merle Oberon.* When someone once asked why he does not retire to contemplate his gentle Corots and just clip coupons, Pagliai replied that "clipping coupons gives you calluses on the brain. I work...
...Place like Rome. Anna Rowland, an American heiress who looked like a Botticelli, arrived in Rome trailing clouds of 19th century transcendentalism and money. She quickly became a princess (by marriage) and a Catholic (by conversion). Her New England cash restored the frescoes in the Roman palazzo...
...section. We have added more pictures inside and have introduced a variety of artistic styles on our cover. For our anniversary issue, it seems quite appropriate to us that we have a cover that looks to the future in space but makes a gentle bow to the past through Botticelli's Venus...
...Something's Got to Give, and perfectionist Director George Cukor said no to the flesh-colored "nude suit" Marilyn wanted to wear. Cukor cleared the set of "all males not actually involved in the production," admonished electricians to "turn around," and Marilyn slipped into the pool like Botticelli's Venus, while cameras whirred. As she paddled around, the chief electrician shouted, "Bobby, make your No. 10 a little higher." It was later reported that at this point Marilyn said very distinctly: "I hope Bobby is a girl...
...dived into the mottled blue-green Aegean, and when she came up, all dripping and skin-soaked, the sea had yielded its finest vision since Botticelli painted Aphrodite on her shell...