Word: geometricism
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But if wounds take centuries to heal, the hardy culture that grew from conflict has proved endlessly enriching. The taste for decorative, geometric art is still shown in Spain's intricate metalwork and cabinetry. The turn-of-the-century architect, Antoni Gaudi, resorted in his unfinished Church of the...
Sculptor George Segal is a onetime New Jersey chicken farmer who flew the coop to make plaster casts of people. Last week he got a mighty nice little nest egg for all his efforts: the $5,000 first prize at the Chicago Art Institute's 68th annual exhibition. The...
Unlike Doman, the Engelmanns say that a child has an "initial resistance" to learning, that "you must push him" and "make lessons a rigid part of his daily schedule." They urge parents to teach a baby names of parts of the body before he is 18 months old, start on...
Now the "Learn-A-Tron." Many "instructional kits" have also come out. Biggest one is First Adventures in Learning, a $69.95 package consisting primarily of 16 thin books-each dealing with such basic concepts as sizes and shapes, time, numbers and color-and a rather flimsy Learn-A-Tron plastic...
Less helpful are such aids as the Milton Bradley Co.'s Modern Mathematics Kindergarten Kit, a motley of geometric shapes, animal cutouts and numbers in felt ($3). Kenworthy Educational Service, Inc. has put out Programmed Reading Aids, a series with ten flip cards of words ($2.50), perception cards showing...