Word: aestheticized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Across the hall from Hahn and Murphy another group has tapped the Mather aesthetic, this time with a single element--a couch. The three-pieced mass of red crushed-velvet stretches along two walls of the suite. But the brilliance of this couch does not come from its titanic size...
The Gray's suite, with a common room, three bedrooms and a full bath feels thoughtfully planned and decorated. The visitor immediately identifies an effortless, light and airy quality to the space. The suite-mates had to make some personal sacrifices to achieve their sophisticated aesthetic. Danny M. Lewis '01...
A traditional magnet for Buddhist pilgrims, Zenkoji is approached past a long line of shops selling religious artifacts (though, this being Japan, they also offer pink bunnies and nudie telephone cards). Sidewalks brim with tables full of dried apricots and pumpkin seeds and sachets of apple tea. For all its...
When a new book of poems makes front-page headlines on both sides of the Atlantic, chances are that the reason for such a hubbub lies somewhere outside the realm of aesthetic appreciation. That is certainly the case with Ted Hughes' Birthday Letters (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 198 pages; $20). Although...
Stojko forces people to believe. He's the unlikeliest skating star, a short, thickly muscled man with propulsive leaping ability but a B-movie aesthetic. Judges have always disapproved of his body type, his haircut and, above all, his kickboxer style. But he has worn them down, and today he...