Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...next September's Sao Paulo Bienal, the U.S. will be represented by such pop artists as Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. But by startling contrast, William Seitz, former curator of Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art, who picked the entries, opted for a real grandpop to stage the major U.S. one-man show: Edward Hopper, 84, an old master of realism whose cityscapes go back to his association with the "Ashcan" realists. When someone suggested that Hop might be a bit old-fashioned to be keeping such company, Seitz snapped: "It would be ridiculous to eliminate the best...
...role from mezzo to soprano; he also changed the role of her son from tenor to baritone. That was regrettable. Though John Reardon as the son and Sherill Milnes as the lover both performed superbly, the pairing of two baritones and two sopranos robbed the vocal writing of contrast. More damaging was the fact that Levy's mildly modern score, conducted by Zubin Mehta, did not meet the challenge of the theme, too often resorted to clever percussive chattering that seemed to say "crisis coming!" Melodies meandered, the curiously opaque orchestration lagged meekly behind instead of leaping forward. Save...
...detailed geographic and geologic history of the region. Ashley is fearless and worldly; yet he is a simple innocent, a hero-victim in mankind's headlong flight from the primal ooze. Lansing is a Babbitt, successful in business, boastful and bullying-a man who stands in direct contrast to the Ashleys of this world...
...Federal Reserve Building on Washington's Constitution Avenue; lights go off and doors are locked at 5:30 p.m. The physical pace remains leisurely enough to allow Martin, long since recovered from the surgery that hospitalized him last year, to resume his habitual afternoon tennis game. But in contrast to the cloistered detachment of the governors of the '50s, today's board is remarkably activist...
...monument to bountiful eating, the proprietor, Tommy, is a welcome contrast to his sour counter assistants. A congenial jokester who knows all his steady clients, Tommy is always willing to do a favor for those he likes. The store will cash small checks for destitute and hungry students. And, several years ago, Tommy spread two checkered table cloths, lighted candles, and personally served a blacktie dinner for some Poonies...