Word: aestheticized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
"What I try to do with my work in general is keep the possible associations as wide open as possible," she adds as she gazes at the second part of her exhibit, "so that the viewer[s] can bring their own experiences to the piece." With a smile, she comments...
It does not matter whether or not audience members are familiar with the silent film or the tradition of the Grand Guignol, because the production never explains why it bothers to resurrect these influences. There is some thing to be said for paying attention to pieces of theatrical history that...
The production of As You Like It at the Agassiz is one splendid example of a working marriage between the Renaissance text and a modern aesthetic. The Arcadia of Shakespeare's Forest of Arden is shot through with visual evocations of the Victorian period, from the nineteenth-century images hanging...
Though it usually makes little sense to dispute the judgments made in an arts review, in the case of "The Empire Falls Short" (Feb. 27), Benjamin Cavell's substantive mistakes mar his aesthetic evaluations. I would agree with his assertion that computer-generated scenes seem jarringly incongruous with the charm...
In a different historical sense, Deng replayed many aspects of the role of Chinese and Manchu statesmen during the waning years of China's last dynasty, the Qing, in the second half of the 19th century. Profoundly conscious of the advanced technological power of the West, these statesmen sought ways...