Word: colorations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...room a private chapel," the devout may keep their rosaries in a Musical Madonna, which "glows softly with comforting concealed light," and upon opening the rosary drawer, "plays Gounod's Ave Maria." Another item for the room: a plaque of Jesus' head, "breathtaking in its vibrant lifelike color . . . created so that the eyes and face of Jesus follow you in any direction...
THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF AMERICAN PAINTING, by Alexander Eliot. The rich and varied story of American painting superbly fixed in 250 color reproductions, its development and creators described in text (by TIME's art editor) that is at once informative, informal and critically penetrating...
...McCracken. A fine serving of Americana. Next to Frederic Remington, "Kid" Russell was the most popular artist of the U.S. West. His pictures quivered with action, spoke with the light and loneliness of the wide open spaces he learned to love as a cowboy. Nearly 200 illustrations, 35 in color, together with a readable, sympathetic biography...
...COLUMBIAN ART, by S. K. Lothrop, et al. A stunning collection of aboriginal American art, beautifully photographed, mostly in color. From handsome Mexican pottery to Aztec masks and Peruvian textile designs, the emphasis is on useful or ceremonial art that frequently achieves high reaches of imagination and workmanship...
Courtly Motion. In Chicago, Judge William E. Helander wearily listened as an irate telephone subscriber sued the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. for charging $5 to change his phone from one color to another, became irked when the controversy developed into a long-winded session, finally reached into his own pocket, put a $5 bill on the desk for the telephone company, ruled the case closed...