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...whether by contemporary you meant the Barbizon painters of the mid-19th century, like Theodore Rousseau and Charles Daubigny, or the more recent vision of Monet and the Impressionists. Corot's career began in the 1820s, at a time when classical landscape--the ideal scene with temples, ruins and mellow boscage, populated by figures out of Ovid's Metamorphoses or Vergil's Georgics--was still very much a part of French art. Its greatest exponents, Nicolas Poussin and Lorrain, were French, and their work still cast a long shadow. But it existed alongside a newer appetite for natural vision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART: BRINGING NATURE HOME | 3/25/1996 | See Source »

...heavy, rolling darkness of a storm cloud, but Wilson isn't given to flashy lightning vocals. She finds emotion in restraint -- her voice murmurs low like distant thunder, or strikes a brief, bright note, like sunlight after rain. New Moon Daughter stands as Wilson?s most emotionally rewarding album, a mellow but challenging crescendo of themes from her past work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC . . . NEW MOON DAUGHTER | 3/1/1996 | See Source »

...tell people who are on it from their speech patterns and what they say," she says. "If they smoke a lot, they talk slower. It's just like they're really mellow all the time...

Author: By Anne C. Krendl, | Title: Students Dismiss Marijuana Study Results | 2/27/1996 | See Source »

...Warming up a Riff", and "Parker's Mood". Robinson plays so well and so compellingly that we can only imagine the sublime experiences of hearing Parker himself play live. The sax provides a respite from the depressing facts of Parker's life; when Robinson stops playing, we miss its mellow loveliness. The instrument itself becomes a symbol; in its interplay of sound and silence, it makes literal the poignancy of Parker's genius and early death...

Author: By Joyelle H. Mcsweeney, | Title: Playwright Explores Link Between Jazz and Theater | 2/8/1996 | See Source »

Johnson was criticized at times for appearing too mellow and indecisive, acquiring the chiding nickname "No Waves" for his willingness to remain content with the department as long as it appeared to be operating smoothly on the surface...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Police Chief Johnson Retires After 12 Years on the Job | 1/31/1996 | See Source »

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