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...that could only have been dreamed of in the 18th century. Lequeu's surrealistic designs for barns shaped like cows, and palaces with columns in the forms of deer and bears have been echoed not only in the fantastic churches designed by architects like Spain's Antoni Gaudi, but also in the animal-and coffeepot-shaped roadside stands of California...
...wounds take centuries to heal, the hardy culture that grew from conflict has proved endlessly enriching. The taste for decorative, geometric art is still shown in Spain's intricate metalwork and cabinetry. The turn-of-the-century architect, Antoni Gaudi, resorted in his unfinished Church of the Holy Family in Barcelona to restless linear rhythms that recall the Moorish Alhambra. Andalusian laments still recall an Arab origin, and even the haunting cries of flamenco suit a caliph better than a king...
...Gott in Frankreich - like God in France. Wages are rising almost twice as fast as productivity, imports are climbing twice as fast as exports, and the government has been spending much more than it has collected in taxes. The cost of such xtravagance is West Germany's gaudi est inflation in 15 years. With consumer prices up almost 4% from a year ago, the German Hausfrau has to pay $1.08 for a dozen eggs, $2 a Ib. for not-so-tender beefsteak. Last week Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, his re-election safely behind him, finally announced a cut back...
Manhattan architects, who swarmed to the museum's exhibit, came away impressed but perplexed. What lesson did Gaudi's flowering masonry buildings teach in the age of steel beams and plate glass? Guggenheim Museum Director James Johnson Sweeney thought he knew part of the answer. Said he at the museum's standing-room-only symposium: "Gaudi points the way not through a restatement of Gaudi, but by restatement of his method of approach. He has brought home the value of architecture as sculpture." Critic Henry-Russell Hitchcock, who with Architect Philip Johnson kicked...
Swept out of fashion by streamlined functional modern, Tiffany's work is now having its first major Manhattan exhibition since his death, at 84, in 1933. Behind the current Tiffany exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts is the same unease that has sent architects back to Gaudi for inspiration. In an age when man's vision seems increasingly hemmed in by a machine-made environment, there is an urge to draw new strength from adventuresome craftsmen who knew how to combine richness with beauty...