Word: ardour
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...close-to-the-bone rendering of the sadness lurking at the edges of every adult life. She understands how the most contented of us can still be overwhelmed unexpectedly by regret for the life not led. She's had torrid affairs but lacks "one single friend from all that ardour." She wishes she had been able to satisfy the longing "that exists in the head and the heart as well as the body," rather than finding herself utterly alone in her 50s, her sexuality fading, a silhouette in danger of becoming a "character." She didn't want...
...also (surprise) an archaeologist. Though Melinda (Carol Bouquet) has the annoying habit of never moving her lips when she speaks, she does contribute handsomely to the doings in of the evilsowers. And I even detected--though this may be a mistaken impression--a certain cooling of Bond's ardour for romantic digression. This may be a concession to Moore's advancing years, though he may come back robustly in Octupussy. With the Reagan era upon the world, Bond may soon return to the damsel-in-distress mode...
...creativity in three different languages. A winning essay in English on any subject is worth $600. Prizes of $300 are offered for original essays in Latin and Greek. In addition, the best translation into Attic Greek of R. G. Collingwood, The Idea of History, from Page 21 ("The ardour with which the Greeks. . .") to page 23 ("The points of danger in the rhythms now going on.") wins...
...commenting upon the exhibition on display last week at Paris' Durand-Ruel Gallery, Critic Pierre Cabanne of the weekly Arts neatly summed up the fate of Impressionist Camille Pissarro. He is largely ignored, said Cabanne, "for not having the ardour of Cezanne, the sensuality of Renoir, the brilliance of Sisley, the visual sharpness of Degas, the fullness of Monet's conception." At first glance, Pissarro's work does seem to lack the dazzle of his colleagues', but after longer study, the full truth emerges. Far from lacking the virtues of the others, he had them...
...prints and paintings now on exhibit at Fogg Museum, when considered as a whole, can very easily turn a dull Cambridge afternoon into a few hours of interesting exploration. It is possible for one to travel from the highly sophisticated spirit of medieval Chinese art to the outspoken religious ardour found in the engravings of William Blake. With the Blake prints, some excellent pieces from Turner's "Liber Studiorum" can be seen, together with etchings and engravings by Goya and Delacroix. Blake's illustrations of passages from the Old Testament are reminiscent of the zealous poetry found in his "Prophetic...