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...building has so far cost him, by his neighbors' estimate, upwards of $150,000, and he still finds it hard to complete. The askew Y-shaped plan, butterfly roofline and fleshy colors inside echo his predilections in paint. The rhomboid, glass-sided studio reminds him of a loft; his large professional kitchen reminds him of the cafeterias that he ate in most of his life. "Sometimes I think I'm nuts to have started this house," he says. "I'll die before it's finished, maybe. But I like...
...Likely Loft. In Manhattan, last of the big-time holdouts, players looking for a game at night or in bad weather have had to choose in the past between several ill-lighted, slat-floored courts in armories and the prohibitively costly, ultra-exclusive River Club...
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo wanted people to look up to his art. He painted his most famous work on ceilings. Venetian by birth and rococo by temperament, the 18th century master loved to loft dangling goddesses, altitudinous angels and rafters of neck-craning cherubs. His specialty, naturally, was clouds, and his best work adorns sundry ceilings from Madrid's royal palace to Wurzburg's bishop's Residenz. Last week Tiepolo unexpectedly raised the roofs in London...
Returning to Manhattan loft life, Rauschenberg scoured the streets and junk shops for objects to add to his paintings. Stuffed roosters, pillows, Coke bottles, clocks and a telephone book popped out in his work. He even made his bed into a painting; having run out of canvas, he decided to paint on his quilt. "I just couldn't get the paint to overcome the geometric patterns of the quilt," explains the artist. "I decided I've got to admit it's a quilt." One admission led to another, so he added his pillow, and then some sheets...
Lock the Doors. Graduates of Loft's first course seemed to feel that their time was well spent. Miss Elizabeth Means, 75, has been driving since 1923, but after all these years says that "backing worried me. Now I feel I have the right technique." And Henry C. Gray, 69, a retired mechanical engineer, who estimates that he has driven about 400,000 miles, discovered that his night vision is poor and he should do as little night driving as possible...