Word: decorous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...historical awareness tempered by regional shop practice and local material. Thus they invented forms peculiar to America, like the deeply carved blockfront desk with shell motifs made by Townsend and Goddard in Newport, R.I. But American neoclassical "constitutional" furniture radiates a sense of lightness and straightforwardness; it rejects excess decor as a sign of cultural effeminacy. The rococo did not suit the democratic, mercantile temper. It spoke of royal courts. The desire for a general style that asserted first principles, tended toward abstraction and worshiped antiquity -- this mattered greatly to the young Republic in the 1780s...
...trader. Or almost. The guests were transported by boat to Alcatraz, the inactive island penitentiary in San Francisco Bay. There, while 25 actors dressed as convicts and jail guards capered around them, the temporary inmates supped on roast quail with lime sauce and admired the concrete and steel-bar decor. Estimated cost of the bash: about $100,000. To many, that seemed like something of a crime itself...
...snobs whose palates can differentiate wine bouquets at fifty paces. The overall impression of the Casa Portugal is being set down to Thanksgiving dinner in a Portuguese household--affirmed by my Portuguese expert Ted Silva. Big helpings, a friendly husband and wife team running the show, and decidedly unpretentious decor all combine to make you feel like you're visiting an Old World friend...
...latest in dorm room decor includes waterbeds, microwaves, compact disc players, and the old favorite, that black and white TV perfect for MASH reruns, has been supplanted by the VCR. The high life has gone high tech...
...second-rate TV drama. Wrapped up in the perceived all-importance of his plot, director David Drury neglects such film elementals as character development and cinematography. Although the picture revolves around Mullen, we learn next to nothing about him as a person, save what can be gleaned from his decor (most notably graced by classical records and a synthesizer...