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...repetition, and at the start of the '60s he was seeking a way to get color back into his work. In fact, it had not entirely left; browns, vermilions and rust-reds are buried under the black girders of the '50s. Contrary to received opinion, Kline had a strong instinct for color, and by 1961 it was at full stretch in paintings like Andrus, with its slashing chords of violet, ultramarine and cadmium red. Andrus, which was in Kline's last show, was named after his cardiologist; in the spring of 1962 his rheumatic heart gave out. Thus what Kline...
Much of 20th century American design seems to have been animated by two competing impulses. One is a kind of mannered childishness, a sometimes arch toymaker's instinct that produced the streamlined gadgetry of late art deco, the Day-Glo plastics of Pop, the high-tech doodads and joke furniture of today. The other is a reformist urge. When not fashioning playthings, designers turn grave, producing furniture and other objects that are neo- Puritan, high-minded. The severe geometries of Frank Lloyd Wright's turn- of- the-century interiors and Steven Holl's beautiful side chair (1984), for example...
Jewett said he personally had no reservations, but said masters might object to the house life suggestions. "My instinct is there could be some problems [with granting temporary licenses]," Jewett said...
Brookner's unmistakable moral tone is never overbearing, largely because it comes wrapped in an elegant irony. But there is also her refined literary instinct, which understands fiction's obligation to define values and render discriminations and judgments. This she does in clear, astringent prose, even though the London Dorns seem oddly disconnected and unaffected by events leading up to and including World War II. Where, for example, is the Blitz, the shortages, the concern for relations left behind on the Continent? At their hotel in Bordighera, Frederick and his wife welcome soldiers under any flag who are willing...
Cave, 56, joined TIME after 17 years at SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, where he rose to executive editor. A quintessential professional with an instinct for hard news and a flair for graphics, Cave presided over a period of great innovation in TIME's look and content. He increased the amount of illustration and expanded editorial color, from two or three pages an issue in 1977 to 40 or more today...