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Word: cestius (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sexually loaded images. The New York Times, rarely in doubt about Salle's virtues, hailed the new works as "Rococo," presumably because they are all pale, some have harlequins, and one of them recycles a bit of 18th century decor -- figures in a Roman landscape beside the Pyramid of Cestius. Such is the history of style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Exhibit B in The Dud Museum | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

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