I think the title was the archetypal world of henry moore and he sent me a copy, which he asked me to read. But after the first chapter i thought i better stop because it explained too much. And i thought it might stop me from ticking over if i went on and knew it all. narrator moore was english to the bone, he carved his reputation in english elm and boxwood, cumberland alabaster, and portland stone. When his art made him wealthy he turned to bronze and marble, but he never turned away from england. For all its rain and taxes it w h and he cleared a new path for english art. anthony caro you look at the history of english art, and its pretty miserable after constable and turner and so on, and henry, somehow, was competing with braque and picasso and so on. You know, he was in that same league. And so it made people realize you can be an artist and you can be english. narrator sculpture made him famous, his celebrity enshrined in wax at madame tussauds. Other celebrities bought his wor
When his art made him wealthy he turned to bronze and marble, but he never turned away from england. For all its rain and taxes it was h and he cleared a new path for english art. anthony caro you look at the history of english art, and its pretty miserable after constable and turner and so on, and henry, somehow, was competing with braque and picasso and so on. You know, he was in that same league. And so it made people realize you can be an artist and you can be english. narrator sculpture made him famous, his celebrity enshrined in wax at madame tussauds. Other celebrities bought his works and enjoyed his company. Dorothy Kosinski i actually think that one has to consider quite seriously a very intriguing dilemma, and that is whether an artists sense of direction and value and worth is that potentially obscured by fame . narrator henry moore was born in the mining town of castleford in 1898. His career began in 1921 when he left yorkshire with a scholarship to study at the Royal Col
This weekend, the white house is urging russia to stop trying to destabilize ukraine. This comes as more than a dozen gunmen seized a Police Station in the small eastern town of slobiansk. Its demonstrators have occupied a government building in donesk for nearly a week. Meanwhile negotiations are happening at another occupied building. Ukraines acting president has called an emergency meeting with the National Security council today and the United States Vice President will travel to kiev later this month. Kim vanell has the latest. This is the Police Station, usually a place for local officers, now in the hands of prorussian activists. More than a dozen gunmen, many with professionalgrade weapons go in and out of the building. Its unclear how many more may be waiting inside. Outside the building, local supporters gathers. Hundreds chanting the records referendum. They say they want the people to vote on autonomy from kiev. Many believe the interim government is i will legitimate and
Freed. The United States denying it used the heart bleed computer bug to spy on more people. We are just seeing the first online pictures that have been posted of an escalating standoff in Eastern Ukraine. Gunmen have taken a Police Station in slavia. Kiev has said it is sending in special forces. We understand, in fact, they are on their way. Lets go to the very latest. Hoda, there are many pockets of resistance and confrontation around that part of ukraine at the moment, but the potential here for some kind of serious escalation is pretty clear reporter certainly. It is a difficult situation because just yesterday, the Prime Minister had gone to donesk and was trying to calm the situation down. He had promised that there would be no violent crackdown on protester. He had begun to offer some concessions even though they have not beenlelized yet. These have surrounded that Police Building. Its not clear who was inside that building at that particular time. It was Early Morning from wha
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