Word: contemplatione
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Citation: "From your contemplation of birds of paradise, you have developed principles that may profoundly affect the destiny of men on earth."
Thomas Whitbread publishes seven of his poems, poems that give a tolerant and patient look at life and nature, a look simply and often beautifully expressed. Whitbread's work has a raffish, sentimental quality about it; the poetry dotes on objects familiar to everyone, and a reader is not ashamed...
Tàpies studies philosophy, tries to express something of "its tranquility and austerity" in his dark art. The predominantly grey coloring of his pictures does not give a colorless effect but, like a pebble in a stream bed, hints at a glistening multitude of hues. Grey Borders (see cut...
Reactions were not all impassioned. The last Deacon questioned, after a suitable period of contemplation, announced, "I couldn't care less."
Archaic Greek sculpture was Near Eastern in its hieratic stiffness and austerity, putting mind over matter and awe over pleasure. It was intended not to produce an illusion of reality, but rather to lift the temple visitor into an other-worldly realm of contemplation. This conception of sculpture reigned supreme...