Word: visione
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hurricane has just hit," wrote John Marin after a big blow in 1944. "The Seas are Glorious-Magnificent-Tremendous-God be praised that I have yet the vision to see these things." Watercolorist Marin, then almost 74, was spending his summer as usual on the Maine coast. Last week the wry, spry old master proudly showed the world that his vision is still as sharp as ever...
...about breaking the sound barrier as some men would about exploring virgin territory. Ridgeway must send more planes and aviators to attempt the seemingly impossible, even after his son-in-law crashes in the first test plane. Although he alienates his daughter and wonders himself whether or not his vision is an evil spirit, he continues. When one of his planes finally beats the barrier, Ridgeway feels no clation--only, perhaps, relief...
...turn of the century, shaken by his historian's vision of things to come, Henry Adams forecast a future in which "the new American-the child of incalculable coal power, chemical power, electric power and radiating energy, as well as of new forces yet undetermined-must be a sort of god compared with any former creation of nature." In 1952, no one felt less like a god than the tax-burdened, world-involved American. But in 1952, with only 7% of the world's people, the U.S. produced 52% of the world's mechanical energy, and used...
...blue-eyed guesswork, the story of Hadrian's adventures in the Vatican carries a kind of unshakable conviction. Nor is it all a vision: Rolfe is well aware of the humor of his hero's situation, and plays it often for laughs and even for smiles. Yet when the Pope at last dies, felled by an assassin, the moment is quite as high and tragic as the language Rolfe renders...
...goes back to the purpose of a museum. "Art," says Taylor, "is the intimate record of the creative vision . . . Nothing can convey the dignity of man so wonderfully as a great work of art; no lesson in citizenship can teach so well the inherent nobility of the human being." He has seen a full day cut from the U.S. work week in his time-from 48 to 40 hours a week. "I think the problem of keeping the adult mind occupied is probably the greatest challenge we face...