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...this century, critics have been writing about Pablo Picasso in the present indicative. He was 91 years, six months and 17 days old when the tense changed and "is" finally became "was." It seems like a malfunction of language itself. But by now the doors of the pantheon are sealed, the first wave of reminiscences has rolled by, the wreaths are laid. The dealers have gone down to their storage racks to rewrite the price tickets. The last Picassos have been painted, drawn, etched, cast, welded, thrown or glazed, and the most generous display of creative exuberance in several hundred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Pablo Picasso:The Painter as Proteus | 4/23/1973 | See Source »

...tepid. His style slips only when he reverts to a psuedo-novelistic form. Though Russell has unrestrained respect for Parker's talents, he nevertheless dismantles much of the myth that has grown around this genius of improvisation. Russell shows that Parker earned his place in jazz's pantheon by more than a shot of heroin. His talent was nurtured by hard work and an almost pathological concentration; Parker logged some 15,000 hours "woodshedding" (practicing). As he grew up, he heard firsthand all the important jazz artists who converged on his home town, Kansas City, Kans.: Count Basie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bird Lives! | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

...plays, Henry IV is the least-often produced and the most-often referred to as his masterpiece. This stately revival suggests plenty of reasons for the former condition, few for the latter contention-and may even tempt revaluation of his status in the modern theatrical pantheon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Abstract Antique | 4/9/1973 | See Source »

...pages. Pantheon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Master and Slave | 4/2/1973 | See Source »

Your basic bopper on the beach, however, cannot see them for the stars. Today's pop-rock pantheon is the new Hollywood; its principal gods have filled the void left by the Harlows and Gables. Any number of the pop world's scores of superstars could serve to illustrate the process. Four who exemplify its various aspects as vividly as any are Balladeer Carole King, Hard-Rocker Ian Anderson, Pop-Jazz Songstress Roberta Flack and Fey Troubadour Harry Nilsson. Not exactly household names, they nevertheless enjoy more status with the young than a Newman or a Taylor. They are more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Records: Moguls, Money & Monsters | 2/12/1973 | See Source »

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