Word: details
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Death and mysticism produce a mediaeval atmosphere in the first gallery where the earlier pictures of the artist are gathered. In these pictures, a mass of detail resulting in a generally confusing composition and the shrouding of the human form in thick folds of drapery both denote the work of a mediaeval...
...engraving in particular illustrates this devotion to realistic detail. Objects of the least significance to the central theme pop up in odd corners of the picture, and a small insect placed near the feet of the Virgin for no apparent reason and drawn with biological accuracy has caused this picture to be known as "The Holy Family with Grasshopper...
...Want a Policeman (by Rufus King & Milton Lazarus; Francis Curtis, Richard Myers, producers) runs true to the form of latter-day stage mysteries which, unable to compete with the range and detail of cinema thrillers, depend for their excitement upon foolish exaggeration and lots of low comedy. For almost three acts, I Want a Policeman is motivated by the fact that every time somebody tries to tell somebody else how rich Mr. Davidson died, nobody will listen. Meanwhile, a boob policeman (Harold Moffet), a silly Englishwoman (Estelle Winwood) and an eccentric youngster (Clinton Sundberg) try for laughs...
...Though it is necessary to describe mail-order merchandise in great detail, Sears provides "more information than is ordinarily available in the personal transaction...
During the long trial, which investigated every detail of the catastrophe, the defense maintained that the huge death list was in part due to "an act of God," in part to "a defect" in the ship's construction, that in any case the defendants did all in their power to protect the passengers...