Word: modernists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time, The Conscience of the Eye does not just invite rereading--it demands it. The book is difficult without ever being jargony or abstruse; like his ideas, Sennett's prose is densely packed and complicated. In his aesthetics as well as his social philosophy, he is heavily influenced by modernist and existentialist demands for involvedness and interaction. In fact, Sennett's language creates for the reader exactly the kind of environment that he hopes our cities will one day embody. It is a landscape of the unexpected, of twists and turns and delightful discoveries. Familiar monuments spring to life, like...
With Olympic-era Barcelona featuring such sleek modernist architects as Richard Meier and Arata Isozaki, the Sagrada Familia, now 40% complete, may be maligned by some as an old-fashioned ugly duckling. But its admirers have faith that it will yet grow into a swan. Eventually, its central spire will climax in a gold cross reaching at least 170 meters toward the sky, making it Europe's tallest church. At the current construction rate, that will not happen until the 21st century. But as Gaudi once said, pointing heavenward, "My client isn't in any hurry...
...artists have carried on the tradition in the 20th century, with its predilection for spare, abstract, modernist forms. But of those who have, the worthiest successor to Parrhasius is muralist Richard Haas, 54. "Walls present some of the most interesting and challenging surfaces in an urban area," says Haas. "I look at them as large canvases for an artist to come and paint...
...diverse career. The French artist wrote newspaper columns, painted church murals, composed volumes of poetry, directed films and, of course, penned ,many plays. And like Lynch, Cocteau brought an intensely personal vision to his work, a vision which defies all labels. Cocteau has been called a Dadaist, surrealist and modernist, but in his work his quirky style can only Cocteauian...
VICTOR PASMORE: NATURE INTO ART, Center for International Contemporary Arts, New York City. A small retrospective of one of Britain's leading Modernist painters, designers, teachers and theorists. Nov. 9 through...