Word: smithing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...King Alfonso the Wise produced the first illustrated history of Spain. The rare book showed that just as art may serve as magic, nature's mirror or man's mirth, it is also a priceless visual testament to the past. Seeing history in art fascinates Photographer Bradley Smith, who spent two years in Spain taking pictures of more than 235 art works, from the 20,000 B.C. cave paintings of Altamira to the present-day works of Miró and Picasso...
This colorful calendar of events is an approach that Smith, 56, first attempted with a book on Japan. To get the best possible photographs for his present work,* he mounted flimsy scaffolds in Moorish mosques, prowled the chill cellars of El Escorial, and nestled in the niches of the Prado. One of the most fascinating chapters of the book depicts the 800-year-long confrontation of Moor and Christian (see color pages), a conflict that forged the Spanish spirit, united a nation and changed Spain's art forever...
...Spain: A History in Art by Bradley Smith. 296 pages. Simon & Schuster. $30 ($24.95 before Christmas...
McLoone, senior Jim Smith, junior Bob Stempson, and captain Jim Baker (with an injured ankle) will be expected to carry the load for Harvard. They will have to place in the top fifteen for the Crimson to win. And, just as important, Dick Howe, Joe Ryan, and Frank Sullo-way will have to score displacement points for Harvard by breaking up the opposition's secondary from 15th to around 20th place...
...Yale course is short and fast, a disadvantage for Harvard runners accustomed to long and hilly Franklin Park. Another problem is that only Smith among the Crimson harriers has even seen the place...