Word: monochromaticism
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Even in the less-than-pristine prints that exist today, The Black Book is an shining, or rather murky, example of monochromatic camera artistry. It makes a sympathetic viewer rue Hollywood's decision, in the mid-'60s, to make all movies in color. Something was lost: the cinematographer's ability...
The monochromatic approach is taken to extremes?even the foliage in the Ambience Lounge has been lacquered white?so this is not a hotel for lovers of old-fashioned opulence. Still, everyone else should be happy with the 61 guest rooms and suites, where glass and white granite create an...
Taiwanese architect Wei-Min Lee has housed Ambience in a 10-story neon-lit tower; local designer Ted Su (the man responsible for the look of Taipei's popular group of Roxy bar-clubs, as well as newer venues like TU and Wind) is the originator of the hotel's...
A calm voice and a soft heart suffuse the work of Hertzberg, a writer and editor at the New Yorker. This collection covers four decades of commentary and observation, from hippiedom to Iraq. On the spot at political conventions and rallies, his reporting rings true. Because he keeps his distance...
“Ars longa, vita brevis,”—life is short, art long—runs the ancient proverb. Ask artist Peter Smuts, whose show “The Human Pixel Project” is currently showing at Mather’s Three Columns Gallery...