Word: grimed
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...general effect is fairly comic, though Tarantino occasionally pulls the violence down from its warped Looney Tunes universe and throws it into the grime of sober realism. But regardless of tone, it’s difficult to believe that a movie so thoroughly saturated in bloodshed could waltz away with no more than an R rating. Tarantino has gotten away with murder, or, at last count, 102, once again seriously calling into question the legitimacy of the MPAA’s current rating system...
...rooms feature jewel-colored silk wall coverings specially made by the prestigious Venetian textile manufacturer Lorenzo Rubelli from original patterns found in the state archives in Budapest; intarsia floors by Joseph Danhauser incorporating eight different kinds of wood; charming Angelika Kaufmann medallions released from decades of dust and grime; and, everywhere, sparkling chandeliers copied from the originals where necessary by the Austrian crystal specialist Swarovski. In the Gold Cabinet, the smallest of the staterooms, gilders used a special "Albertina" mix of 23-carat gold plus one-carat silver and copper to renew the extravagant wall paneling to its original sheen...
Battling years of grime with cotton swabs, gentle solvents and boundless patience, a group of Harvard conservators has begun restoring one of American painter John Singer Sargent’s most complex works...
...typical cross section might include a layer of primer that Sargent often used on his canvases, the layers of paint he used to create and recreate the painting and several layers of grime. Once a chemical analysis determines what substances are obscuring the paint, a solvent and cleaning method are chosen for each specific portion of the murals...
Discerning the difference between grime and what the artist meant as part of the painting—for example, a thin brown glaze—is crucial, said Khandekar...