Word: detailism
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...draws in black and white, which may seem like an odd choice for a novel set in "colorful" Mexico, but it suits the book's theme of cultural contrasts, to say nothing of how black and white emphasizes Abel's facility with a brush. She combines richness of detail with simplicity of arrangement into understated chiaroscuro effects that are as easy to read as they are comely to look...
...stitched to look as good on the inside as out. (The buttonholes are stitched by 80 women by hand, a skill that requires two years of training. "One bad punch, and you have to throw away the sleeve," he says.) Finally, Angeloni unsnaps the cuff of his pants, a detail that allows for easy lint removal...
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...grew up to be, in Davenport-Hines' phrase, "the most famous valetudinarian in literary history." His mother was his life's obsession. His father, ironically, made his reputation studying emotional disorders. Proust did military service before throwing himself into the Paris salon scene. There he painstakingly extracted every minute detail of his surroundings. As he observed, "The writer, long before he knew he was going to be one, habitually avoided looking at all sorts of things other people noticed ? [while] ordering his eyes and ears to retain forever what to others seemed puerile." He studied people with unnerving curiosity. "Fashionable...
...only by studying those sites in detail and continuing to search for more evidence on land and offshore that these questions can be fully answered. And as always, the most valuable evidence will be the earthly remains of the ancient people themselves. In one 10-day session, Kennewick Man has added immeasurably to anthropologists' store of knowledge, and the next round of study is already under way. If scientists treat those bones with respect and Native American groups acknowledge the importance of unlocking their secrets, the mystery of how and when the New World was populated may finally be laid...