Word: papering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crisis has put pressure on the industry to modernize its methods. For decades, the ancient heritage of local controls was reflected in the industry's organization, methods and vision. The typical builder was an ex-carpenter who kept his office in his hat, drew plans on an old paper bag, clung to stick-by-stick construction techniques, operated with shoestring financing. Now dozens of major U.S. manufacturers and other large enterprises are moving into housing and land development with bulging bankrolls, big teams of experts and grand plans...
...detail emerged. And eventually a row of five landscapes neatly placed on the wall, like copies of a photograph, dissembled before the viewers into individual images, each with its own mood. It became clear that without changing the basic design, an artist can adjust the components of ink paper or line and produce an image of different quality...
...brown, grey and yellow panels on which the prints are exhibited harmonize with the paper colors of the prints themselves and quietly offset the black etched lines. The subtle installation does not distract the viewer in his investigation of the intricate linear designs...
Restlessly attempting to improve his work, Rembrandt would add or remove lines from the copper plate with which he printed. According to the catalogue, alteration of this plate constitutes a change of "state" in the print. But within each state the artist experimented with ink and paper tone. Rembrandt often printed an image on particularly dark or absorbent paper to soften the black lines. Sometimes by wiping the ink off the plate before printing, he let light from the surface of the paper glow through the network of lines. Intricate juxtaposition of black and white makes the billowing robe...
...feeling in a line, he immersed a scene in a shadow. Some of the prints, like "The Adoration of the Shepherds: A Night Piece," are almost completely black. A box-like lamp, held by a shepherd sends light shimmering through the mesh of lines on the surface of the paper. Only the faces glow from the mysterious night in the stable. The artist expressed the wonder of the people present by unifying them in darkness...