Word: craftsmanly
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Roth is by no means a shoddy craftsman, but he ought not to be read too critically. He communicates indirectly, and if we focus on apparent awkwardness we miss the point. He makes us keep our distance, yet be involves us in his tale more fully that the sharpest plot-maker. The hideous din of a guilty thought, the whirling of noise and action about a point in time, a sense of inexplicable release--all these Roth evokes with mysterious ease. Call It Sleep is a quiet masterpiece that grows in the mind even after one puts it down...
...youngsters, Clarence Williams and Carolan Daniels, play acceptably. But George Rose as the shopkeeper is nothing less than superb. And that is only what we would expect of this British craftsman, who is not only the finest Shakespearean clown now to be had but also one of the best character actors in the world...
...took over this week as master of ceremonies on a 90-minute BBC television tribute to Sir Winston Churchill on the eve of his 90th birth day. Noting all this, the Times of London felt moved to write a tribute to Coward too. "Here, through and through, is a craftsman," explained the Times, "who has remained at the top of his profession for longer perhaps than any other living English playwright, simply because he has dedicated his life not to attitudes or to transient theatrical movements but to getting on with his work to the best of his ability." Coward...
...dral. In some ways, the doors are closer 3 mint condition than the originals in Florence. After centuries, much of Ghiberti's detail was too weathered and worn to emerge clearly. So, after gilding the bronze, Bearzi's foundry chased the Renaissance precision touch back on. One craftsman spent six weeks detailing a postcard-size section, bringing out each and every feather on a bird no bigger than one-sixth of a postage stamp. What took Ghiberti 27 years to conceive and execute took eight man-years of labor just to imitate...
...longa, vita brevis to the contrary, most "immortal" paintings are all too perishable. Oil paintings in particular suffer from uneven temperatures, direct sunlight, or smog. Some of the finest works of Rembrandt, a meticulous craftsman, have darkened and yellowed after three centuries; several Van Gogh canvases are in danger of disintegration after only 75 or 80 years. As for abstract expressionist paintings, which are characteristically encrusted with heavy, hastily applied impastos-often by artists who are relatively untutored in the complexities of oil technique-museums find that they should be periodically turned upside down so that errant paint will ooze...