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...that there is a man lying on the beach in "pacific Landscape." He may wonder why the man is such a small part of the picture, he may not at first appreciate the significance of the aesthetic unbalance. But there are many levels upon which Shahn is working to portray this figure of man washed upon the shore denuded of humanity and life as if he were a stone. The picture next to it, Death on the Beach, an enlarged and different view of the body helps to get at the deeper meaning of this picture which has such personal...

Author: By Lowell J. Rubin, | Title: The Art of Ben Shahn | 12/6/1956 | See Source »

There are still some critics who argue that today's authors are no more sympathetic to business than their counterparts of the '30s and earlier. Says White House Economic Adviser Gabriel Hauge: "It's high time to portray the constructive things businessmen do. The motivation is more than money, it's the excitement of creation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: -BUSINESSMEN IN FICTION--: New Novels Reflect New Understanding | 12/3/1956 | See Source »

...Aaron version relies upon the WHRB announcers to portray the on-the-scene announcers, on the assumption that their voices and techniques could best give the "You are there" sensation. Unfortunately, the announcers sound as if they are describing a football game where Harvard is losing, rather than a war in which humanity is being destroyed...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: War of the Worlds | 10/30/1956 | See Source »

...compatriot Painter Benjamin West, who urged that Trumbull stick to small pictures that his one eye could compass. This led Trumbull to compress heroic compositions into canvases more concentrated and powerful than West's own. Returning after the Revolution, he traveled from New Hampshire to South Carolina to portray the VIPs of a Very Important Period, and to sketch the quieted battlefields...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Gentleman John Trumbull | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

Such superb passages from Van Gogh's letters to his younger brother, Art Dealer Theo Van Gogh, plus the fact that Van Gogh sliced off his left ear during an epileptic fit, have prompted popularizers to portray him as an artist who raised painting to such a pitch of ecstasy that he went mad. The result has been to make Van Gogh one of the most misinterpreted artists in history. In an ambitious Hollywood effort to right the record and explain the inner workings of an artist, M-G-M this week released its version of Van Gogh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: VAN GOGH IN HIGH YELLOW | 9/24/1956 | See Source »

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