Word: aestheticism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whether these economic arguments are right or wrong, they seem to be raised effectively only when a particular tower offends the aesthetic sensibilities of a large number of citizens. New skyscrapers will continue to sprout in San Francisco; right now, the city has 23 more projected towers on the drawing...
There are two main dramatic uses of memory. One is retributive, and the other is alchemistic. In retributive memory, the playwright squares accounts with the past, attempting to wrest present justice from past injustice. Arthur Miller's The Price is a perfect example. In alchemistic drama, the goal is...
Since then Pawlison's been more able to suppress the competitive aspect and think about the aesthetic side instead. The rhythm has become the important thing. "This year in some way I've been reexperiencing it the way it used to be."
There are disadvantages too. Kahn, author of Domebook One, a basic dome dweller text, says: "Leaking is the dome's biggest drawback." He adds, however, that the problem is well on the way to solution: new caulking materials make it possible to seal chronically leaky seams. Another disadvantage is...
Seldom does the film equal its pictorial quality. But perhaps Wuthering Heights was, like its principals, frustrated from the start. Its distributors, American International Pictures, saw it as "a youth-oriented picture," suggesting groovy moors and Now people suffering Then hang-ups. Its significance is, finally, not aesthetic but historic...