Word: beautyful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This interdependence of man and animal lends the people themselves to dress as animals as they call on the spirits. Their ceremonial masks are the focal point of this show, and their beauty blends both religious utilitarianism and aesthic form. A forehead mask, of a loon, an elegant swoop of...
THAT ELEMENT is the presence of the white man. Nineteenth century pioneers weren't attracted to the Aleutian islands, but the Alaskan gold rush made the land of the Indian tribes into a white-man's thoroughfare. The Tlingit and Athabaskan art comes to have European influences that disturb the...
In a matter-of-fact style, Moorhouse tells what it is like to cope with temperatures that soar past 130° by day and drop below freezing at night. He describes the stunning beauty of desert sunsets and the soporific, swaying movement of the camel. He can make a reader...
Like Twinka's eyes, the photographer's gaze clutches at objects in view. Because it can transfix a scene with minute detail, people expect photography to reflect the world for future reference in a rational way, of course. Film doesn't have texture like oil paint, dimension like sculpture. One...
The court in its decision limited the use of such "therapy" to instances where medical authorization and the specific written consent of the prisoner had been given. But it left the important questions unanswered, with its neutral, impersonal language. Who gave the order? Who administered the drug? Who took the...