Word: merely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hotly resent those anonymous "art critics" who dismissed British Artist John Merton's portrait of Lady Dalkeith [May 12] as mere "craftsmanship." I have noted an identical reaction to any realistic painting. Precisely what constitutes "art" to these learned judges of others' work? Would their favorite "primitive" cease to be artistic if it was, instead, a photographically true representation? I salute Merton's superb achievement, in having shown us beauty and elegance, and I say damn the critics...
Even more appealing than the chance to go to town and celebrate, with all expenses paid, was the name De Gaulle. Among Algerian Moslems, De Gaulle has the reputation of a liberator and a liberal. By the mere fact of talking recently with Algerian nationalist leaders, he has in Moslem eyes recognized Algerian nationalism. And to the average Algerian, who has little use for institutions and great respect for individual leaders, De Gaulle stands for power and authority in the old-fashioned tribal sense...
...Francis Bacon, the remaining two volumes. The 2,659-page set contained a long description of Noah's ark and a terse write-off of "Woman": "The female of man. See HOMO." It advised that tobacco could desiccate the brain to "a little black lump consisting of mere membranes." It was salted with 160 excellent engravings by Bell, including a handsome map of North America...
...Ibbotson's time, like Elliott's, may never be accepted by the International Amateur Athletic Federation because both marks were made with the aid of "pacers.'' The world's record is still held by Australia's John Landy, whose record mile was a mere...
...comprehensive study of Griinewald (Abrams; $15), Critic Pevsner reproduces all that has been definitely identified as the painter's work, a mere 38 sketches and the whole or parts of ten altarpieces, including the Washington National Gallery's Crucifixion (TIME, July 18, 1955). Quite properly, 62 of the book's 143 plates are devoted to Griine-wald's twelve-paneled Isenheim altarpiece (now in Colmar's Unterlinden Museum), a work so famous it was mentioned in the Treaty of Versailles...