Word: chromaticisms
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The four movements--marked 'romantic', 'energetic', 'mysterious', and 'stormy'--exemplified the best characteristics of short piano repertoire, full of inspiration, yet never stifled by the brevity of the form. Within each short movement, the composer achieved a broad range of expression. His 'romantic' was romantic--resplendent in rolling arpeggios and...
Why such a price for Sunflowers? It is one of the larger Van Goghs, if not necessarily the best. Thanks to mass reproduction, it is exceptionally popular and famous. Its clones have hung on so many suburban walls over the decades that it has become the Mona Lisa of the...
Because of, never despite, such affinities, Matisse's originality is always clear. It lay in his unique gift of pure color. He possessed to the nth degree the power of making a flat disk of yellow or a slice of viridian turn into a lemon or a leaf, bathed in...
Color sends its messages too. Most photographers now take to it comfortably enough. At the very least, fierce tones give a second life to black-and-white cliches -- what better than a heated format for rewarming old chestnuts? But color also has special advantages for dealing in deadpan ironies. Even...
Most humor has a target, and no one (even a Martian) completely enjoys being the butt of a joke. But unless Americans come to terms with the realities of human nature and of life within a chromatic culture, they will simply stifle a rich source of national humor without promoting...