Word: devil
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...late tempestuous British sculptor, Sir Jacob Epstein, was unveiled by his widow last week on the pink sandstone west wall of the new Coventry Cathedral.* Commissioned in 1957 by the Cathedral Reconstruction Committee, the monumental four-ton sculpture of the cathedral's patron Saint Michael Triumphing Over the Devil was completed 18 months later and partially cast in bronze by the time Epstein died last summer. Before the assembled crowd, the Bishop of Coventry, the Rt. Rev. Cuthbert Bardsley, called it "an unforgettable picture of the cost of warfare. The work is a challenge to recognize the encounter...
...rancor in all the major tragedies but Macbeth. With almost prurient relish, Hamlet chides his mother not to let the "bloat king" with his "reechy kisses" tempt her again to bed. The eightyish Lear, who might be presumed past sex obsession, works himself up into a fury on the devil in woman's flesh...
...church and its curvilinear chapel (which Corbusier calls "the rock" and the monks, despite his protests, call "the ear"), there are no statues. "There will be no distraction from images," Corbu told the monks. "If you want to be good fellows and show some friendship for your poor devil of an architect, you can do it by formally refusing every gift of stained glass, or images, or statues, which kill everything...
...militia captain sent for Lok Yeng, the commune's political boss. Lok, dressed in military boots and a well-tailored tunic, was a middle-aged woman, known locally as "Dead Devil." As if by habit, the workers obediently formed a circle around her and listened. "Go back to work or you will all be arrested," said Lok. "Since you have caused this disturbance, you will get no dinner." The crowd broke into a howl of rage. The militia began firing...
...Devil's Advocate, West...