Word: themes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plausibility, set out to court every color of German or European political opinion. ''Millions of Englishmen cannot forget the tragic lot of Coventry," or the Czechs, Lidice. Could the West be sure a rearmed West Germany "will not attack its present partners again?" Khrushchev's underlying theme was that he rejects German reunification. The Communists are there to stay in East Germany (see below), and the only kind of reunification that can be hoped for is a confederation...
...Pablo Picasso, who spent weeks sketching compositions based on the theme of an artist painting a model in a skylighted studio, had a sudden change of inspiration when he saw the huge mural panels alotted him. He switched to an enigmatic, allegorical beach scene that has proved to be one of UNESCO's major disappointments (see color pages). No help is the concrete catwalk that cuts across the delegates' lounge some 20 ft. in front of the mural, effectively slicing it in half when seen at a distance...
...admired was the almost-too-pretty 20th century Japanese garden, complete with arched bridge and 82 tons of imported Japanese stones, created by Japanese-American Sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Mexico's Rufino Tamayo, with his mural of Prometheus, gave viewers one of the few art works with a recognizable theme. Unfortunately, it was set in the rear of the main commission room, visible to delegates only on leaving. Staff members also discovered some unexpected rough spots in the building. Items: no safety hooks for window-washers faced with more than 1,000 floor-to-ceiling glass panes; some hot spots...
Andrew Imbrie: Third String Quartet (Walden String Quartet; Contemporary Records). A sinewy, inventive, virtuoso work by one of the most gifted of the younger U.S. composers. Bold of theme, rawly colorful in its sonorities, it is both an abrasive and a stimulating musical tonic...
Vladimir Ashkenazy Plays Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Prokofiev (Angel). Russia's newest cultural export plays with ice-edged articulation and singing tone. The 21 -year-old pianist is at his best in Rachmaninoff's Variations on a Theme of Corelli, in which the keyboard sound swells and fades with the fitful ease of sunlight playing across water...