Word: enormouse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Newman's thesis, elucidated in a study of the more successful projects, is that the anonymity of enormous high-rise complexes leads to unmanageable and disastrous situations. "In a high-rise, double-loaded corridor apartment tower, the only defensible space is the interior of the apartment itself; everything else is...
Now 26, Botstein has encountered no special problems because of his youth, partly because his manner and bearing are those of an earnest 35-year-old, partly because he possesses enormous energy. Soon after becoming president, he took on the duties of the dean of the faculty. He also teaches...
"Picasso always lived," said a friend, "for now-right now," which may explain why he left no will. That surprising fact probably guarantees legal battles concerning his enormous estate for years to come. To be sure, he had already disposed of some of his paintings while he was alive. In...
In addition, he conquers many of the problems of scale which have bothered some other abstractionists, particularly Kenneth Noland. Abstract pictures have usually been able to be successful only on enormous canvases; Olitski works equally well in room-sized paintings and in small ones. His spray technique has a finer...
Ascertaining exactly how much of this enormous increase was due to gifts or due to sound investment practices is hard to say; but it is safe to wager that the great part of the increase was due to capital gifts rather than capital gains.