Word: aestheticizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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But it is not just the distortion of the familiar, or the Day-of-Judgment chaos of a world where the center cannot hold that is so compelling. What is original is the power of the artist to evoke one's nostalgia. Nostalgia is a concept often burdened with "precious...
Most of Turnberry's distinctive terrain was completely eradicated when the course was levelled and concrete airstrips laid down during World War II. The course was restored only as a result of the genius of the late Scotch golf course architect Mackenzie Ross and his associate Tom Simpson. Their partnership...
The plan, which limits the size and style of new construction in the Square area, was drawn up by Cambridge citizens, seeking to "retain the aesthetic values of Harvard Square," John Dorfman '76, and aide to Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III, said yesterday.
German Expressionism, though a "movement" that lasted only fifteen years (1905-1920) consisted of two such steps. The founding of Die Brucke--"The Bridge"--by Ernst Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Fritz Bleyl (who was rather a sleeping partner), crystallized a common effort to develop a new artistic...
IF ONE DARED single out a medium that not only conveys, but embodies the message of the Expressionists, it would be drawing. Kirchner's third-person statements about his own drawings indicate the aesthetic of Die Brucke and others of the first generation: