Budapest, 1946. (2. évfolyam)

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Great in the H. N. Strauss collection is closely related to the period of King Matthias Corvinus and the relief itself is identical to that sent by Lorenzo the Magnificent to King Matthias Corvinus. The affinity of artistic ties between Hungary and Italy is illustrated by the marble relief in the Louvre portraying Publius Cornelius Scipio, a work that according to Emil Möller must be attributed to Leonardo and was intended by him as a gift to King Matthias Corvinus. Another very important relic about which little has been known until recent times is are main altar — dating from the early XVI century — in the Kamenz Monastery in Saxony. There is every reason to believe that this altar, which is decorated with the coat of arms of King Lewis II and his wife, originated from Buda. The occupation of Hungary by the Turks put an end, for a period, to the loss of Hungarian artistic treasures and it was only from the XVII century onwards that examples of Hungarian art were again seen abroad. The Hungarian Biedermayer period is represented abroad by the works of Borsos, Barabás, Joseph Molnár and by the creations of our silver and gold smiths. г . - n Istvan Lrentneon BRITAIN'S TOWNS PLAN FOR THE FUTURE The second world war did not spare the towns of the British Isles, so rich in memories of the past, from untold havoc either. It is thanks to the courtesy of the representative in Budapest of the British Council that an insight has been gained into an illuminating article by Mr. Gilbert McAllister on the plans for the re-building British towns. The plans for the reconstruction of the hisrtoic and beautiful towns of Britain were formulated by the respective Municipal Councils in intimate collaboration with the rrtost famous planning consultants. The most grandiose of all these schemes was that evolved and published by the London County Council in 1945. This was succeeded by Professor Sir Patrick Abercrombie's works on the County of London Plan and the Greater London Plan. Nearly all the plans put forward for the reconstruction of the towns of England, Scotland and Wales are based on the fundamental idea that the homes of the people must be reasonably near their work and suitably related also to community facilities, gardens, parks, schools, churches, hospitals, cinemas, theatres, tennis courts and other sports grouns and finally the open country. Another fundamental principle observed is that the people must have space. Space in their houses, space outside their houses and space round their towns. Special free areas must also be reserved for the purpose of industry. This most interesting work gives an inkling into the plans for the rebuilding of Manchester, Norwich, Durham, Merseyside, Birmingham, Plymouth and other English towns. We are provided with statistical data, town planning schemes and photographs of constructional plans so striking that they are indeed worthy of the most modern requirements of the twentieth century. We are also shown new municipal centers, industrial districts and well planned and salubrious residential districts. The war shatered many of the ancient memorial, telling the story of the viccissitudes of history. The greater was the havoc wrought by the war, the wider the opportunity offered to the architects of towns of the future to breiik away from the accustomed panorama of yesteryear and to plan towns even better than were the former ones and in harmony with the demands of the present mechanised era. It is from a visit to these towns now in the process of being re-planned or rebuilt that recently returned Joseph Kővágó, Mayor of Budapest. Is is very fortunate that Budapest which was submitted to all the horrors of a siege and suffered such calamitous destruction should now have at its head an engineer who has seen for himself what is being achieved abroad in the re-building of war-ravaged towns. The experience he commands will enable him to sponsor projects that will, in time, be rewarded by the construction of a new and, let us hope, even more beautiful Budapest. Zoltán Lantos FRANCIS PASCIN IN BUDAPEST In 1912 Francis Pascin, who had already acquired a European reputation for his skill as a draftsman, came form Paris to Budapest. He was given a particularly cordial welcome and spent some eight weeks working in various studios, studying every-day life and its many types of people in the coffee houses, streets and places of entertainment in Budapest. He became as acquainted with every notable Hungarian artist of the period. Paul Szinyei-Merse, one of most famous of contemporary H mgarian artists, said, when he had studied Pascin's drawings : "I woidd give my reputation and skill as an artist for such a knowledge of line drawing." Many of Pascin's works were acquired by the Museums and other lovers of art. Pascin disliked visiting art galleries for he was fonder of observing, every-day life. He was eager to become acquainted with the character of our town. His stay in Budapest was an unforgetable event. Li>o7 Hermann БУДАПЕШТ ИЛ ЮСТРИ РОВАН Н Ы Й ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЙ И ОБЩЕСТВЕННЫЙ ЖУРНАЛ ВЕНГЕРСКОЙ СТОЛИЦЫ ПЕРВАЯ ВЕНГЕРСКАЯ ПАРОВАЯ ЖЕЛЕЗНАЯ ДОРОГА Об'единение Венгерских Железных Дорог празднует сегодня 100-летний юбилей первой паровой железной дороги в Венгрии. Венгрия убедилась в необходимости для транспорта железной дороги уже при открытии первой в мире общественной паровой железной дороги на линии Стоктон-Дарлингтон в Англии, и парламент, который с 1790/91 г. всячески старался улучшить и развить транспорт, вскоре начал учреждение нового железнодорожного закона. Таким образом была создана в 1836 г. LUXUS-CIPOSZALON FÉRFI ÉS NŐI SZANDÁLOK ÉS CIPŐK Budapest, IV. kerület, Galamb-utca 6. а s á m Távbeszélőszám : 1 fi 0 • 6 8 1 шт Ё •