Word: lushly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nolde's preference for bright, arbitrary colors hints that dreams and dementia are closely related to reality. As eccentric as his creatures may be, they are beguiling and invite the viewer to escape into a never-ending carnival of unabashed hedonism. In their lush use of brilliant colors, Nolde's works are hypnotic. Nolde often camouflages macabre elements beneath slick colors. The lithograph series of a "Young Couple" (1913) features a red print. Unlike the figures in its green and blue counterparts, the red couple shares a chemistry that is palpably heated and sexual. Nolde's red is so freshly...
Apparently Simple Minds learned a thing or two from the likes of U2 and the Cranberries during their three years of soul-searching. Gone is the lush, synthesized sound of their previous hits, such as "Alive and Kicking" or "Belfast Child." Filling out the arrangements with more guitar work and complex rhythms, the newer, more astringent style strikes the listener, whereas before it merely made for harmless listening. Vocalist Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill self-consciously acknowledge this change in their opening track, "She's A River...
Blood on the Fields. Marsalis' lush, undulating jazz composition, performed at Lincoln Center this April and broadcast on National Public Radio, captured the pain of American slavery in piercing trumpet peals and the joy of liberation in the playful bleats of trombones. The three-hour big-band piece featured singer Cassandra Wilson, who, with her performance in Fields and the success of her transcendent album Blue Light 'Til Dawn, came into her own this year as the reigning queen of jazz...
...heavy topics of faith and love. The townspeople in the idyllic Swiss village where the film is set act as a Greek chorus, offering commentary on the Donnadieus' story and the issues that arise from it. The film is full of tableaux of talking heads filmed against lush backdrops, uttering French-film fortune-cookie phrases like "Love equals prayer. Wrapping one's arm around someone, and clasping hands, is like praying," or "Resign one's self to God's will, resign to being loved." Calvin Klein's Obsession, anyone...
That is all changing. The swift success of both Campion's protofeminist film and Nyman's lush, haunting score (more than 1.5 million CDs sold to date) has meant far fewer puffy noses and sour faces. Previously, Nyman was best known for the music he wrote for the idiosyncratic director Peter Greenaway (The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover) and for his own superb 1987 opera, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, based on Oliver Sacks' best-selling book about neurological disorders. On a recent tour of North America with his 10- piece chamber orchestra...