Word: painterly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ANTIWORLDS, THE POETRY OF ANDREI VOZNESENSKY (Columbia). Another Russian anti-laureate. Voznesensky at least writes poetry that is abundant in ingenious im ages and engaging lyricism. Goya is a grinding tribute to the painter's horror-filled canvases of war. Antiworlds is a semicomic speculation on an anti-universe of antimatter where there would be no women, just "anti-men." Read in fiery Russian by the poet, and in English by Stanley Kunitz, William Jay Smith, Richard Wilbur and W. H. Auden...
Another eye from the outside was that of Painter Henry Koerner, who, in one of our rare gatefold covers, included British Columbia's totem poles, snow-capped mountains, fresh water, lumbering and petroleum industries. In the process, he talked the management of one plant into lighting up early so that he could see the smokestack flame in the right light. He found the pointing pose highly appropriate for Premier Bennett, as he considered his subject "a gesticulating man." Studying the painting in the light of the hitherto untold story of bustling growth and wealth in Western Canada, one office...
...greatest tapestries were on special exhibition last week at France's Mobilier National (the government department in charge of all official furnishings). The exhibits range in style from the elaborate allegories of Gobelins' first director, Charles Le Brun, to the joyful abstractions of the Spanish painter Joan Miro (see color page...
...first task was to reflect France's reigning Sun King. To keep up with his demands, 250 weavers were required, while additional shops turned out furniture, sculpture, mosaics, even locks and bolts. Presiding over all was Charles Le Brun, who gave the age its style. As first painter to the King, Le Brun decorated most of Louis' palaces, planned Versailles' garden statues and, above all, saw through to completion some of the most sumptuous tapestries ever created by Gobelins...
Tiepolo was early marked for greatness. At 14, he was sent to study in the studio of the prolific Venetian genre painter Gregorio Lazzarini, but soon broke away to study on his own the works of the Renaissance's Paolo Vero nese. By the time he was 21, he had become a full-fledged member of the local painters' fraternity, by 23 he had married Cecilia Guardi, sister of the painting Guardis, and by 26 held the highly important post of "curator" of the Doge's art treasures. From then on, his reputation spread from northern Italy...