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...worst art theft since World War II. Between midnight and 2 in the morning of Feb. 6, three paintings had been taken from Urbino's 15th century Ducal Palace. One was a portrait of an unknown noblewoman, nicknamed The Mute, by Raphael. The other two were by Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation and the Madonna of Senigallia...
Loss and Lobotomy. It was news to lock any art lover's spine with outrage. Raphael and Piero? Ever since Piero della Francesca was "resurrected" in the late 19th century, he has been to many people the epitome of 15th century thought: the great artificer of volume and silvery space, the very essence of the relationship between mathematics and nature in which the quattrocento's self-image was rooted. No Renaissance painter has spoken more eloquently to the 20th century than Piero, with his vision of a sublimely abstract order dwelling in a thicket of concrete and manifest...
...Cezanne, a Bonnard, a Renoir, a Vuillard, a Van Gogh, a Gauguin, a Millet and a brace of Corots. The thieves, said Director Mercedes Garberi, "displayed a very refined taste." Giovanni Spadolini, Italy's Minister of the Cultural Patrimony, was already in shock from the theft of two Piero della Francescas and a Raphael from Urbino twelve days before. Said he: "This theft sounds an ultimate alarm against the state of neglect and abandon in which both the national and local museums of this country find themselves...
...aspect of insincerity about them." But Blass, along with two of the other designers, prescribed pin stripes for Rocky. "He would have new confidence in himself if he were to care how he looked and maybe people would start noticing him instead of his money," said Piero Dimitri helpfully. Don Robbie thought Rocky should show more old-fashioned flair. "I don't think he should bother with English tailoring...
...daily strikes for higher wages. Since none of the unions have funds for a prolonged strike, the stoppages usually last for no more than half a day. "The workers may strike for four hours in the morning and then work four hours in the afternoon," says Socialist Labor Leader Piero Boni. "We have found that form of strike the most effective for disrupting production, and we always try to organize things so that the workers get their meals." This week the huge (7.6 million members) National Trade Union Confederation will carry things a step further by calling a general strike...