Word: estheticism
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The climax of privacy came, for the Western middle class, in the early 20th century, with the heavily built and uniformly heated house. But gradually, in architecture and in the imagination, the wall gave way to the window. This reflected not only an esthetic desire to let in light, but...
There is, of course, no such thing as the Asian mind-there are dozens. An Indonesian is as different from a Japanese as a Frenchman from an American. Generalizations never do justice to national differences, but in a kind of shorthand it might be said that the Chinese are practical...
There is no single right in a harmonious world, nor are there rights in the Western sense. But there is no alienation, either; in a village culture, everyone is "in." Harmony demands that friction be avoided by elaborate sensitivity for others' feelings, which accounts for the importance of face...
Japan is the only Asian country so far that has met the challenge. In the 19th century, it made a dramatic decision to modernize and had the advantage of starting from a fairly advanced feudal base. The Japanese have developed a truly industrial society within many of the old forms...
Whether he wants a canvas or a corporation, esthetic Nathan Cummings is happiest "doing a deal." At the moment, the 69-year-old chairman of Chicago's Consolidated Foods Corp. ought to be exuberant. His art collection, mostly impressionist and postimpressionist, embraces "100 very, very good paintings and 500...