Word: descendants
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...STUDIES from "Newtonian Disks", which follow that painting in sequence down the ramp of the Guggenheim museum, blend almost imperceptibly into studies for "Amorpha: Fugue in Two Colors." This painting is too large to be hung where it should chronologically be placed; one has to descend in suspense through Kupka's "pseudo-Expressionist," "pseudo-Mondrian" and "art deco" periods before finding it, at the bottom. "Fugue," painted in 1912, is indeed greater than anything else Kupka ever did. It represents a culmination of his nonprofessional interests--astronomy, music, and mysticism--as well as his artistic abilities: his skill with color...
...five seconds Hewitt had discerned a collision for sure, and issued his urgent command: "American 182 descend immediately...
...times when the contents of the American melting pot break down, and all the WASP ingredients come bubbling up to the surface. Suddenly the whole country, except perhaps for certain parts of Brooklyn, turns into a huge Episcopalian Sunday School. When that great leveler, the Christmas spirit, begins to descend--usually about two weeks before Thanksgiving--you realize just how futile the separation of church and state really...
...production. Many scenes take place within the confines of a proscenium arch. Bergman even emphasizes the theatricality of the occasion by providing a few glimpses of the performers off stage: Sarastro studying Parsifal, Papageno asleep in his dressing room and almost missing his en trance cue. Curtains rise and descend, flats rumble away to be replaced by others of equally splendid artificiality...
...four rows down from the scoreboard in right field, while Sam and his little brother sat a couple of rows down from us. The Sox were just finishing batting practice when we got there. Whenever someone like Yaz or Fred Lynn would finish hitting, a horde of reporters would descend on him for the latest quote...