Word: henri
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Compared with such elaborate efforts, the most artistically significant vestments of modern times-Henri Matisse's chasubles for the chapel he designed and decorated at Vence-seem almost transparently simple: a collage of patches. Yet their airy lucidity of color, their instinctive brightness, attests to a different type, but not a lower intensity of faith...
HARVARD-EPWORTH CHURCH. Pianissimo by Carmen D'Avino. World of Paul Delvaux by Henri Storck. A Study in Choreography for Camera by Maya Deren. Allues by Jordan Belson. Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania by Jonas Mekas, tonight...
...HENRI MATISSE by Louis Aragon. 2 vols., 721 pages. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. $75. The publication of this eccentric, often brilliant, book was one of the major events in the French art world. Aragon, whose talent as a poet-novelist has long been buried under his notoriety as a Marxian apologist, met Matisse in 1941, and until the painter died in 1954 spent hours in his studio at Cimiez talking about the creative process. It took Aragon 27 years to put together his notes on those conversations and Matisse's comments. Aragon can be the most digressive of writers. Luckily...
...PepsiCo deal involves hard as well as soft drinks. The company will import a whole bar shelf of Soviet liquors, including vodka, brandy, cordials and wine, which will be marketed by Monsieur Henri Wines Ltd., a PepsiCo division. Under an ingenious sales-incentive plan, the quantity of Pepsi allowed in Russia will be tied directly to the sale of Soviet potables to Americans. In effect, sharp Soviet traders found a way to get an aggressive American firm to push their liquor hard. PepsiCo officials are also pleased, since U.S. products have high prestige in Russia and sell almost instantly...
...random and incidental like that of the cavalry officer's, but also structure our perceptions of the characters by revealing their common anxieties. Francois dreams they were invited to a dinner party which turned out to be part of a stageplay. The six diners beat a hasty retreat leaving Henri before the theater lights agonizing that he has forgotten his lines...