Word: awkwardly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...series, "Dancer Fastening the String of Her Tights," Degas enlists his intimate knowledge of the graceful "arabesques" (here again meaning "pattern of lines") to ingeniously turn on its head the wit of his voyeuristic studies of women doing their toilette. While this particular task might conjure up a singularly awkward and unattractive image, Degas transforms it into a pleasing, fluid pose. The right hand lies poised on the hip, leaving the arm curved backwards in an arc behind the back, while the left arm wraps tight around the body to reach the string, merging with the other arms to form...
...than full light led him to turn increasingly to sculpture. Profound disillusionment and contempt for much of life set in; along with his love of setting mental problems for himself through his art, this frustration suggests some personal reasons for the effect that most of these bronzes produce. The awkward, tortured poses both challenged Degas as master of design and visually expressed his opinion of what he told a friend had become the "impossible" state of the world...
...places, death tolls and other gruesome details flashes past, making the book itself a hurricane of facts that often leaves the reader bewildered. There is no real weight, no meaning attached to the cyclone of detail--and when Allen attempts an occasional bit of philosophy, the effort just seems awkward and out of place...
...form of a double peck on the cheeks. Many believe it has gone too far. Says Los Angeles Social Leader Betsy Bloomingdale: "I find myself kissing and wishing I hadn't. You risk being rude if you kiss one person and not another. And there are awkward moments when you don't know whether to kiss or not to kiss. Usually, you kiss just to be safe...
...hostess as they come to a party, but will have several drinks and, thus mellowed, will kiss goodnight as they leave, muttering later, "Why did I kiss that woman?" The converse also occurs: people kiss in a warmth of expectation as the evening begins, but then part with awkward handshakes...