Word: sunken
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...grass or the sweaty sheen of a horse's flank, all in the blink of an eye. But no artist seems as explicit about this legerdemain as Velazquez. At 20, as The Waterseller attests, he was already a virtuoso of appearances. To be able to record both the half-sunken splash of water and the light dew of condensation on the pottery jar in the + foreground was to have touched a level of skill beyond that of most painters. But then the virtuosity is replaced by something deeper -- a meditation on the way the painter translates sight into mark...
...water 200 miles off the South Carolina coast. On board were an estimated 77,000 ounces of gold bullion worth at least $28 million today. Last week a salvage syndicate that located the wreck two years ago began recovering what engineer Thomas Thompson, 37, said was "like the classic sunken treasures you read about as a kid. It is like a garden of gold growing from the bottom and hanging from beams. It is dripping with gold coins." One gold brick weighed more than 62 lbs. No one can guess how much more gold might have been brought aboard...
...salvage operation is financed by a group of Ohio investors who put up $7 million. Aboard the recovery ship Arctic Discover is a team of scientists studying the ecosystem around the sunken steamer. But Thompson concedes that new knowledge is merely a fringe benefit. Says he: "Without the gold, we would not be here...
...past 22 years of Clearwater Quarry near Toledo. Abandoned as a limestone mine around the turn of the century, Clearwater soaks almost two acres, roughly 30 ft. deep. At nearby Salisbury Quarry, 65 ft. at its deepest, half the swimmers are scuba divers. They come to rummage around the sunken hulks -- eight fishing trawlers, as well as buses and vans...
...exits, he says, it's time to make better doors. The revolving ones at the bottom of most office towers may save energy, but they are hopelessly inefficient at moving people. Cram as many stores as possible along the streets to bring them alive. Do away with skywalks, abolish sunken plazas and tear down walls in front of parks and playgrounds, because they all increase isolation from the city experience...