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And yet such works are very unlike their ancestors. One must look first at the differences, then at the similarities -- so Rowell argues; and the show is based on her belief that "sculpture is in essence a 20th century idea." The result is a big exhibition conceived with elegant if...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Liberty of Thought Itself | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

Early travelers tended to emphasize wonders at the expense of precision, secure in the belief that no one would make the same arduous journey simply to contradict them. A colleague of Magellan's reported a strange sight in Patagonia: "One day, without anyone expecting it, we saw a giant, who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travelogues in Space and Time a Book of Travellers' Tales Edited by Eric Newby | 7/28/1986 | See Source »

Kovacs loved music and used it wonderfully, from his catchy ragtime theme song to such precursors of music videos as a "dance" of office furniture to Sentimental Journey or a poker game played to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Perhaps his most famous creation was the Nairobi Trio, a pantomime band...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Celebrating a Comedy Composer | 7/14/1986 | See Source »

The acknowledged guru of the computer movement is Philip Meyer, 55, now professor of journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Meyer first used a computer as an investigative tool when he was a reporter for the Detroit Free Press, analyzing the demographics of blacks in Detroit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: New Paths to Buried Treasure | 7/7/1986 | See Source »

Creatures, spaceships and other objects are inserted into the action of the film by means of the blue-screen process. The figure is photographed against a blue background and then combined in an optical printer with the scene into which it will be placed. This procedure must be repeated each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lights! Camera! Special Effects! | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

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