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Common Style. Most modern Latin American architecture, whether along Mexico City's Paseo de la Reforma, Caracas' Avenida Bolivar or São Paulo's Avenida Anhangabaú, has a distinctive look. Almost all Latin American architects use combinations of louvers, grills, projecting concrete slabs and movable screens to control the dazzling sunshine; they share a lavish liking for color, usually dramatically set off against sparkling white. There is a dearth of structural steel and timber, so the designers have almost universally turned to reinforced concrete. It is a building medium that can easily become clumsy and heavy, but the Latin Americans...
...Paulo, Brazil...
...change from figurative to nonfigurative painting in 1947, also branched out into stained glass and tapestry design. With increased recognition as one of France's foremost painters (TIME, Mar. 21) has come a good share of the world's top art awards: the 1953 São Paulo Bienal, the 1954 Sacred Art prize at Vienna and last week's Carnegie. Says Manessier: "I remain convinced that the quality of a work of art is measured by the sum of humanity it contains and releases...
...Second prize ($1,000) went to Mexico's Rufino Tamayo, 55, who two years ago tied with Manessier for top painting honors at São Paulo. Tamayo's prizewinning painting this year: his deep-hued, superbly painted Fruit Vendors (TIME ART COLOR PAGE, Jan. 24), in which Tamayo transformed a Mexican market scene into a fused balance of realism and evocative symbolism...
Early vote returns, heavily weighted with big-city votes from Rio and São Paulo, gave Millionaire Politico Adhemar de Barros a temporary lead, but Kubitschek forged slowly ahead after reports began coming in from the inland states, notably Minas Gerais. The count early this week: Kubitschek 2,277,000, Army General Juarez Távora 2,112,000, Barros...