Why visual art bears a unique audience free existence
The piece argues visual arts differ from other arts in that they do not require an audience. It contrasts literature music and drama, notes cinema as a mixed case, and links art to form and function, stressing that public acceptance should not govern personal artistic value. It discusses democracy, minority rights, and individual creation in art.
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Beethoven
Pavlova
Barrymore
Ingmar Bergman
Fruitville
Tallevast
Good Reading Habits for Children Urged by UC Educator
Dr. David H. Russell of the University of California says children should learn reading skills before school age. He advises nursery rhymes, simple illustrated books, library use, and trips to parks zoos and markets to prepare for reading.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
David H. Russell
University of California
Russ
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Roths Letting Go review notes long and mundane 630 pages
The A P reviews Philip Roths first full length novel Letting Go. Gabe Wallach, a hesitant college teacher, navigates entanglements with Libby and Martha Reganhart while disowned parenting complicates family ties. Dialog and description shine in parts though length and ordinariness tire.
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Libby
Paul Herz
Gabe
Martha Reganhart
Roth
Martha
Tall Tales From Old Hungary by Laszlo Farago
A witty Hungarian spoof anthology arguing Hungarians live by wit. Farago shares anecdotes about charlatans and famous Hungarians like Molnar Bartok Teller, with tales of humorous credit tricks and entertaining pretenses.
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Farago
Christopher Columbus
George Washington
Department of Wit
Farage
Ferenc Molnar
Bela Bartok
Edward Teller
A.P
Exhibition Of British Art Opens Sunday At Ringling
An exhibition of British Constructivist Art opens Sunday at the Ringling Museum of Art in Gallery 21 and runs through Aug 23. It features works by Pasmore Ernst Gilbert Hill Martin and others organized by the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and traveling under the American Federation of Arts.
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Stephen Gilbert
Ringling Museum of Art
Ringling
Kenneth Donahue
Victor Pasmore
John Ernst
Stuart Gilbert
Anthony Hill
Kenneth and
Mary Martin
Institute of Contemporary Arts
London
United States
American Federation of Arts
Lawrence Alloway
Alloway
Hill and
Ernst
Kenneth Martin
Priestley crafts a spy tale with a journalist hero
J. B. Priestley presents The Shapes of Sleep a globe trotting espionage yarntop heavy with intrigue adultery and danger Ben Sterndale a 42 year old newspaperman becomes a secret investigator hired to locate a vanished green paper The cast includes an American niece English and Swiss spies and a double agent amid night time pursuits in England and Germany The tone blends trench coat thrills with occasional rationality and touches of mayhem and romance.
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Ben Sterndale
Ben
Love Element
Reds
England
Germany
Priestley
New York Bar Switch Lets Guests Order By Light
At a New York restaurant patrons can order another drink by flipping a battery powered coaster switch. No whistles, claps, or calls needed as servers respond to the lit cue.
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New York
Famed Lawyer Expounds Rights Of The Individual
Edward Bennett Williams, famed trial lawyer, defends constitutional rights and warns against overreach. He cites cases with Costello Hoffa Goldfine and others, argues for stronger protections, and envisions a World Court solution as utopian.
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Edward Bennett Williams
Atheneum
Clarence Darrow
Edward Bermett Williams
Williams
Frank Costell0
James Hoffa
Bernard Goldfine
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Adam Clayton Powell
Willams
Best Sellers List Highlights Fiction and Nonfiction
The top five fiction titles include Ship of Fools by Porter Franny and Zooey by Salinger Devil Water by Seton The Bull From the Sea by Renault and The Agony and the Ecstasy by Stone. The nonfiction rankings feature Calories Don't Count Taller The Rothschilds Morton In the Clearing Frost My Life in Court Nizer and Six Crises Nixon.
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Porter
Franny and
Zooey
Salinger
Seton
Renault
Stone
Morton
Frost
Nizer
Nixon
Saint Francis of Assisi Epic in Kazantzakis Novel
A vivid fictional portrait of Saint Francis by Nikos Kazantzakis told through Brother Leo. The tale frames Francis as a tortured soul in spiritual combat, aided by Leo while facing papal permission and rival orders. Subplots include Dominic and Elias amid journeys to the Pope and the Crusades.
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Nikos Kazantzakis
Temptation
Christ
Saint Francis of Assisi
Francis
Kazantzakis
Brother Leo
Leo
Brother Dominic
Elias
Taking Pulse Of Public Opinion American Credoes
Stuart Chase surveys public opinion research and polling methods by Roche, Gallup, Gilbert, and the University of Chicago. He notes question phrasing effects, cross questioning, and depth studies that reveal gaps between stated beliefs and actions. He argues polls guide leaders in policy, communication, and education.
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Chase
Roper
Gallup
Gilbert
University of Chicago
Wodehouse Looks Back by P G Wodehouse
Review of Wodehouse Looks Back by P G Wodehouse. Simon and Schuster price four fifty. At eighty, he surveys his career in a collection of letters to a school friend from 1920 onward with footnotes and defenses of his Edwardian humor and Bertie Wooster Jeeves stories.
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P. G. Wodehouse
Simon and Schuster
Wodehouse
Bertie Wooster
Jeeves
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