Word: idealism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Author Kronenberger has a nice way of seeing his subjects both as men and as writers, and, when the shoe fits (as in the case of Gibbon), as dullish people redeemed by works of genius. Quite clearly, Kronenberger's ideal is 18th century England, where style "was not just a matter of stance and stride, of paying a compliment or wearing a coat. It was something men commanded in the stress of business . . ." And in the stress of the business of criticism, Kronenberger commands an unmatched style. For he can balance a sentence as if it were a crown...
...Angelico. the Pope pointed out. lived in an age of transition; it was as violent as the present. One of the first Renaissance masters, he invented and perfected new means to express eternal truths. His pictures, said the Pope, present an "ideal world whose atmosphere glows with peace, holiness, harmony and joy. whose reality is in the future when finally justice will triumph on the new earth and in the new heavens...
...what she sees. Almost everyone can buy her clothes, which range from bathing suits and play clothes ($10 to $50) to dresses ($29 to $100) and suits and coats ($89 to $150). Anyone can wear them, but they look best on what countless ads have presented as the ideal American beauty-tall, slim, long-legged...
...Renaissance courtyard of the Fogg Museum provided ideal visual and acoustical surroundings for this evening of lovely Renaissance music...
...race, conducted under ideal weather and water conditions, was as close at the beginning as it was near the thrilling finish. The Crimson began at a 40 racing start and settled to a 32, only to be understroked by Wisconsin's initial cadence...