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...fortunes of Zoutleeuw rose, so did the rate of commissions-and the burghers' desire to see themselves echoed, if not specifically portrayed, in their altarpieces. A 15th century triptych carved in oak, probably by a sculptor from Louvain, retains some of the hieratic frontality of Gothic art in its left-hand figure, St. Catherine; but Mary, in the center, decorously extends her hand to her child, whose eager little arm is poking over the edge of the strict Gothic frame, while St. Joseph, with purse, rich robes and amply confident gestures, is already a Flemish businessman...
...Sistine Chapel. Text by Roberto Salvini, Ettore Camesasca and C.L Ragghianti. Vol. 1, 307 pages; Vol. 11, unpaged. Abrams. $275. When Michelangelo reluctantly began painting the ceiling in 1508, he still thought of himself primarily as a sculptor. He worked for years, mostly standing on the 62ft. high scaffolding rather than lying on his back, as hoary legend has it, and was interrupted by cramps, colds and periodic skirmishes with his testy patron, Pope Julius 11. When he finished in 1512, he was justly famous as "the divine Michelangelo." Ever since, writers have gossiped about, art historians studied, painters stolen...
...Peter Finch plays him. Of Glenda Jackson, in the part of Alex, the woman divorcee, Gilliatt says: "Glenda is a brilliant actress with much in common with Alex intellectually, but not much temperamentally. She's got that great horsepower as an actress." Murray Head, who plays the young sculptor whom both Daniel and Alex love, manages to catch, in the sweet vacancy of his expression on screen, the "ariel quality of some free agent." Bob is "a cool boy, for whom cool is an ethic. He's damned if he's going to say he misses anyone or is hurt...
Black Comedy--as you may now have guessed, it's the winner of the two--is also based on a single gimmick. But, in its case, the gimmick begs to be told. Premise is: Brindsley Miller, a mod young sculptor played with vigor by Pope Brock, is expecting a visit from Georg Bamberger (John Archibald again), richest man in the world (and not a little like Howard Hughes), who just might buy one of Brindsley's sculptures, thereby permitting the sculptor to marry his fiancee, whose father is also expected to drop in before evening's end--WHEN--the lights...
...kinetic sculptor. Bob Elkin is an uncomplicated boy who brings unfettered pleasure to both Greville and Hirsh, and becomes increasingly important to them. He is a free agent in society and character, and he acts like God's gift to lonely people. It is, indeed, his very irresponsibility--his sensitivity only to small things, to children and animals--which makes him so attractive to the two more interesting adults...