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There have been thousands and thousands of Buddha statues since, but their work has not been to serve religion alone. For much of the Orient, the Buddha has been the dominating theme for artists, and to a large extent, the evolution of the Buddha image reveals the development of Eastern...
The white communities' argument is that integration will come "through evolution rather than revolution." One might answer that the hiring of a few Negro sales-girls and floor-sweepers in white-owned shops hardly constitutes a revolution, but to say such things is to talk to oneself. Reason is no...
BETWEEN 1902 and 1917 Le Corbusier was, in his native country closely involved in the birth and organization of a special educational section for architectural evolution. Thanks to an exceptional teacher, young and full of initiatives (L'Eplattenier), an educational center limited to 20 students, men and women, existed during...
The harsh, raw severity of Le Corbusier jars a world conditioned to softer, more comfortable art forms, but it also establishes a conspicuous point of evolution in modern architecture. Into the Visual Arts Center Le Corbusier has brought all the major tenets of this evolution.
The Radcliffe Houses pose a more profound threat to the Harvard system by an essentially pluralistic approach. Harvard has discouraged all competition and differentiation among Houses; Radcliffe, like M.I.T., allows each dorm, to set its own parietial rules. Mrs. Bunting has affirmed her belief in competition, a geneticist's faith...