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Ancient America was not as primitive as moderns may think. The discovery of a network of earthen ridges, engineered with geometric precision by pre-Columbian aborigines in South America, is persuading archaeologists to revise their theories.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology: Aboriginal Sophisticates | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

Next day the riots had subsided -partly because police allowed the hydrants to gush until 5 p.m. before closing them. Then a Negro girl doused a cop with a pail of water, and the slum ignited once more. That night and the next, the level of violence increased by almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Races: Battle of Roosevelt Road | 7/22/1966 | See Source »

"Nobody really likes this new art," confesses one of its kindest critics, Barbara Rose, who is married to a maker of cool geometric paintings, Frank Stella. "For one thing," she explains, "it is not very lovable. It is uningratiating, unsentimental, unbiographical and not open to interpretation. If you don'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sculpture: Engineer's Esthetic | 6/3/1966 | See Source »

By corrugating the painting with Vs in relief, and painting each arm of the Vs separately, Agam can reveal two distinct acutely angled surfaces to viewers at the same time. Carefully coloring, choosing geometric forms and calculating the visual bias, Agam can produce picket-fence panoramas which can transit through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: 180° Boogie- Woogie | 5/27/1966 | See Source »

Since the dyslexic child has faulty visual and auditory perception, Mrs. McGlannan tries to reinforce these senses by stressing touch techniques. Children make human and animal figures out of clay to get a clearer conception of spatial relationships, work with big Masonite squares and circles to get a grip on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reading: Some Johnnies Just Can't | 5/13/1966 | See Source »

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