Word: riche
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...about art. His new film, Blow-Up, deals with the difficulty of commitment to a worthwhile life through art. Antonioni's fashion photographer hero, a 25-year-old dissipated cherub brilliantly played by David Hemmings, has learned how to ride the crest of the mod culture wave; he got rich quick, drives a Rolls, and takes sex and marijuana with the casual detachment that marks him and his kind. He seems, as Time describes, "a little fungus that is apt to grow in a decaying society...
Rembrandt's The Rape of Europa, painted in 1632, beautifully exemplifies the powerful Baroque dramatization, the juxtaposition of rich golden browns with cool tones of blue, and the intricate articulation of the detail which characterize the mythological paintings of his early years. The rest of the Rembrandts are mediocre at best. The two portraits of Joannes Elison and Maria Bocknelle are flat and uninteresting. The Portrait of Young Titus has gained wider acclaim from its price than from its quality. This washed-out portrait--which fetched $2.25 million may even be misnamed. It is the only painting which portrays Rembrandt...
...pale colors and excited forms of the Mannerists are well represented in this show by the paintings of Bloemaert, Cornelis Van Haarlem, and Honthorst and Terbrugghen--with rich colors and deep chiaroscuro effects (contrasts of light and dark) are also fairly well sampled, as are the Italianate canvasses, including paintings by Poelenburgh and Nicolaes Berchem. The influence of these three styles is very marked in seventeenth century Dutch paintings, particularly in the Rembrandts, but the range of Rembrandt paintings in this exhibition is not adequate to demonstrate this clearly...
...gaping holes in this show is the presentation of still life. The piece by Willem Kalf stands out among the nine still lifes in the exhibition. His rich colors and intricate brushwork, with a complete attention to detail and a skillful rendering of textures and density make this piece exceptionally exciting. But the nine paintings convey none of the Dutch passion for collections of little objects or the broad range of subjects and styles in Dutch still life painting. As a group, these few pictures present an inadequate view of this important kind of painting...
...banker and real estate operator who grew rich in Milan's postwar boom, Zingone will ultimately pour $40 million into the venture. Zingonia began three years ago when he bought a cluster of five hamlets, two of which were conveniently classified as "depressed areas." There he is setting up prefabricated factories and warehouses for sale to firms attracted by the benefits given to depressed areas: ten-year freedom from taxes, plus cheap 5% government loans. So far 112 firms, German, Dutch and Swiss as well as Italian, have begun turning out products ranging from ceramics to motorcycles...