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Word: protractor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...demonstrate how far removed trend-setting art has become from any concern with society, reality, human interest or popular taste: the multicolored cartwheels, half-moons and pie cuts look as though they had been stamped out on a machine. They were, in fact, designed with the aid of a protractor and compass, although unlike many minimal sculptors, Stella still believes in executing his works by hand. The paintings were named (Sabra, Sinjerli) for ancient cities in Asia Minor only because Stella has been looking at plans for circular cities in a book on Islamic architecture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: Minimal Cartwheels | 11/24/1967 | See Source »

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