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...Fifth Rankers. For Franco Spain, that is quite a step forward. "The fact that we have an independent judiciary ensures fairness," says the publisher of the weekly Blanco y Negro, Guillermo Luca de Tena. "It's a great thing not to need prior approval from some fifth-rank official." Though the law contains more generalized restrictions than most Spanish journalists would like (such as a call for obedience "to the principles of the National Movement"), "the right of freedom of expression of ideas" is clearly stated in Article One. "When you talk about freedom of the press, the essential...
...Madrid's largest daily accused Yale of "trying to prove the superiority of Northern Europe." Italy's claim to Columbus, scoffed the paper, is equivalent to "crediting Germany with victory in World War II because Eisenhower is of German descent." In fact claimed A.B.C. Editor Torcuato Luca de Tena, it was Spanish Navigator Alfonso Sanchez de Huevla who first discovered the New World in 1484 eight years B.C. (before Columbus...
...other, a historical show, is the first New York exhibition devoted to the work of such little-seen Genoese painters as Luca Cambiaso (1527-1585) and Alessandro Magnasco (1667-1749). Both through...
After the Pope's gentle urging, "a miracle happened," says Manzù. "Everything suddenly seemed clear, and inspiration for the doors flowed into my mind and consciousness." Working with Monsignor Giuseppe de Luca, an old friend and a priest-publisher from Rome, Manzù finished the design in 1962. The work was then cast by two Milan foundries, using a new bronze formula created by Montecatini chemical laboratories near Milan...
...Manzù's eye, his best work technically. Yet they have a personal value to him that surmounts their artistic worth. "These doors are the most important work for me as a human being," he says, "because they are dedicated to Pope John and to my friend De Luca, without whom I probably would never have finished this task...