Word: medievales
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Arthur Szyk, 57, Polish-born miniature painter and caricaturist, who came to the U.S. in 1940; of a heart attack; in New Canaan, Conn. Fascinated by the manuscripts of medieval monks. he made a career of the lost art of manuscript illumination. During World War II, he turned his...
The Holy Sinner, by Thomas Mann. A medieval version of the Oedipus legend with a happy ending; retold with affectionate irony and a new twist or two (TIME, Sept. 10).
Last week the prizewinning design and four runners-up were on display in London. They were the pick of 219 entries ranging from grandiose synthetic Gothic to slick, engine-room modern and including one plan for a completely underground job. Most of the designs brought groans and boos from experts...
The Holy Sinner, by Thomas Mann. A medieval version of the Oedipus legend with a happy ending; retold with affectionate irony and a new twist or two (TIME, Sept. 10).
But if Mann believes in a deepening darkness, he is not the man to write about it. In his new novel (his 13th), he fastens lovingly on the past-a past of piety and chivalry. The Holy Sinner is his reworking of a much-told medieval tale: a child is...