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Word: aestheticism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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"Un Coeur En Hiver" is an indefatigably French movie, filled with minute conversation, coolly beautiful women, pensive silences and an impassioned polemic on the death of high art. There is also always a bottle or two of mineral water lying about, so much so that you wonder if somebody somewhere...

Author: By Alexandra Jacobs, | Title: Not Quite Love at First Sight | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

At times, this broad canvas tends to obscure the nuances of O'Hara's art. Gooch provides a detailed account of the party, argument or museum exhibit which inspired a particular poem, but usually offers little analysis of the aesthetic or linguistic concerns the poem explores. In some ways, this...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, | Title: Parties and Poetry | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

"What ties fall's looks together is a fresh aesthetic that's equal parts romantic and acsetic: Styles are streamlined, softly constructed, largely unadorned." -- Vogue

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's A Gift to Be Simple | 9/20/1993 | See Source »

The Maya also had a highly developed -- and to modern eyes, highly bizarre -- aesthetic sense. "Slightly crossed eyes were held in great esteem," writes Yale anthropologist Michael Coe in his book The Maya. "Parents attempted to induce the condition by hanging small beads over the noses of their children." The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology: Secrets of the Maya | 8/9/1993 | See Source »

"We will carefully analyze the environmental and aesthetic impacts of each option and balance those factors against traffic operations, safety and cost before selecting a final design," he said

Author: By Marion B. Gammill., | Title: State Presents Alternatives To Scheme Z | 8/3/1993 | See Source »

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