Word: carnalities
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...light was to Monet and the impressionists. He could put more death into a trout, hooked and flapping on the pebbles, than Raphael could inject into a whole Crucifixion. Courbet's flesh was not an ideal substance, like the flesh of Ingres or Meissonier. Rather, it was weighty, carnal and real. It could be smoothed by relaxation, as with the sumptuous lesbian couple in Sleep, 1866. Or it could be pinched and chapped, like the mourners' faces in A Burial at Ornans, 1850. The nude figure in The Bathers, 1853, that pink wardrobe waddling into the forest...
Kermode, whose series will deal with the senses of narrative, will speak on "Carnal and Spiritual Senses" at 4 p.m. in Emerson...
...Schneider, a modern Circe whose corruption and faithlessness bring down both of the men in her life. She is held responsible for the havoc wreaked in this film; her partner in adultery is little more than a good-looking schmuck only too willing to cave in to his carnal desires. And when, at the film's conclusion, Schneider is genuinely widowed and turns to her attorney for solace, the lawyer throws himself with a certain relish into an affirmation of the male's primacy, declaring that this is a man's world governed by laws written...
...bubble-headed parody of daytime soap operas, will always be remembered as the show that broke the TV sex barrier by spilling uninhibited promiscuity into the allegedly sacrosanct hours of prime time. Other prime-time shows trade in sex, of course, but Soap is the first to flaunt its carnal knowledge directly for the viewer. Even without the enfilade fire that has preceded its arrival, this series would still be the one sure hit of the new TV season...
...people touched by this campaign are not necessarily atheists and agnostics. They are what Dr. Bright calls carnal Christians. These people are aware of Christ but have not surrendered all aspects of their life to him and, therefore, have not experienced the abundant life that he promises...