Word: precisionism
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"Emotions," says Abstractionist Josef Albers, "are usually prejudices. When peo ple say my paintings have no emotion I say, O.K., precision can make you crazy too. A locomotive is without emotion - so is a mathematics book - but they are exciting to me."
Arturo Toscanini had dug up many an obscure piece of Italian music, but this was the first time in many a year he had unearthed a new Italian conductor-one who "conducts like I do," which means with precision, drama, warmth and love. He had not known about Guido when...
The big news on Manhattan's art-marketing 57th Street last week was a single picture. It had taken three years of planning and three more years of painting. Peter Blume's 6-ft.-wide canvas, which he called The Rock, was a complex allegory of building and...
Some of Hogan's fans call him "Blazin' Ben," but another nickname-"Little Ice Water"-fits even better. He stands 5 ft. 8½ in. and weighs only 140 lbs., but he manages consistently to hit one of the longest and straightest balls in golf. Apart from such...
Dropping bombs from a satellite would present problems. Ordinary bombs released from the bomb bay would merely follow along the orbit like smaller satellites. They would have to be shot downward to increase their falling rate and allow them to catch up with the curving surface of the earth. Shooting...