Word: colorations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...impossible to resist the impact of a coat--cut for a maharajah who stood 6 ft. 9 in.--made of silk and interlined, for warmth, with rustling handmade rag paper. All that captures the eye. But what holds the imagination are the shapes, the folds and the colors, the cascades of fabric in a skirt that uses 300 yards of cotton to move over the wearer like a light wind or that spills around her, when she sits, like a mountain lake. The gold glitters, but what seduces are the accents of color that the gold picks up and reflects...
...movie's subtle texture, effortlessly impelled by Gardener's deft editing, reveals that "it" is the sense of death that pervades daily life. Like cinema verite, "it" is based on an oxymoron. Forest of Bliss actually reasserts life by concentrating on the ceremony of dying. Vitality and color, charisma and charm, abound in the visages of the living inhabitants, most notably the fire seller, whose joie de vivre consumes the screen. And this juxtaposition of life with death necessitates audience observation, not verbal explanation...
Artificial "eyes" have been built before. "The most successful have only been able to deal with a constrained world: blocks and cubes painted a uniform color under controlled lighting," says Poggio. When complete, Poggio's invention will be able to recognize a human face...
...sales of the item at The Harvard Shop haven't been terrific, according to cashier Martha A. Fallon. "Some people miss the color...
Bruce E. Roberts '86, whose own walls feature windsurfers, Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne and prints of Edward Munch nudes, says that the color scheme and posters give away the gender living in the room. He adds that women favor pastel colors in their posters and furniture...