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...play here, cloud-filled skies sweeping over broad plains painted by three generations: Ruisdael's pastoral View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds, Georges Michel's barren and stormy Three Windmills and Van Gogh's powerhouse Wheatfield under Thunderclouds, a swath of chartreuse and emerald green beneath a bolt of cobalt and pale blue. Millet was second only to Rembrandt in Van Gogh's pantheon, and he copied the older artist's works throughout his short life, working from prints or from memory, especially the iconic figure of the Sower. In 1889, he wrote to his brother Theo that "painting from...
...part to India's Bollywood film industry, Galliano created an outrageous, exuberant circus with models in sky-high headdresses and 6-in. platform heels. McGrath drew on the deep pigments associated with India, covering models' faces--and any body part not concealed by clothing--in opaque washes of cobalt blue, right, or marigold yellow. Red glitter formed exaggeratedly large lips...
Then there are the gloves. Cobalt-colored TRUE BLUES may not sound like a luxury item, but the impenetrable, powder-free vinyl gloves are moving out of restaurant kitchens and onto stylish drainboards everywhere, even at $10 a pair...
...aesthetics of the church complement the dance in unexpected ways. The stained glass filters the waning light and by 6 p.m. the church is awash in a peach and cobalt glow. As twilight approaches, the dancer’s bending shadows are cast on the church’s stone walls. The audience seated in an intimate three-tier platform directly in front of the dancers challenges the traditional distance between performer and viewer. Cabaret-like tables pepper the tiers. Reminiscent of smoke-filled clubs, the Weimar republic and Marlene Dietrich, Mateo says the tables allow the audience...
...psychological terror it would trigger in a population conditioned to panic at the mere mention of radiation. The actual danger, however, has been overstated. According to the Federation of American Scientists, fallout from a bomb exploding in New York City that contained a 12-in. pencil-shaped rod of cobalt (like those used in food-irradiation machines) might increase the long-term risk of death from cancer in Manhattan by 1 in 100. This may seem a scary number until you consider that you face roughly a 1 in 4 risk of dying from some form of cancer anyway. Essentially...