Word: fool
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After being beaten black & white by straight photography, realistic painting has come back in exquisite disarray in the works of Surrealists Salvador Dali, René Magritte, et al. The vogue for their delicately painted dream pictures has caused a slighter vogue for "trompe l'ceil" (fool the eye) paintings, a form of virtuosity in every age since the birds came to peck at Apelles' painted grapes. Eyefoolers were, in fact, a popular specialty in the U. S. 60 years ago. Last week in Detroit an interesting U. S. Eyefooler of that period made news when it was snapped...
...Given the choice of quitting office or his job, the Prince said: "I am a professional actor," resigned from the Nobility Association. Said his wife: "It is too bad that some members . . . failed to understand that my husband really is serving the interests of loyal Tsarists ... by making a fool of the character he plays...
...person coming down at trail or a steep hill obviously out of control used to be an object of amazement to the onlookers," he said. "But nowadays, people just look at him disgustedly and class him as a damn fool...
...Webster: A subordinate fool, clown . . . who apes ludicrously the tricks of his principal...
...American, Miss Pishmish stopped to visit the observatories in Naples, and was much impressed with the Italians' spirit, "You can fool the artistic attitude," she said. "It is everywhere,--in the decorated buildings, the sidewalks,--even in the varied uniforms...