Word: musee
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...world he painted, in all its mythographic richness, was not fallen. Neither sin nor decay was part of it. The young man in The Inspiration of the Poet, circa 1631, glancing upward while the imperious hand of Apollo redirects his attention to the text in his hand and the muse Calliope gives him a level look of benign assessment, might as well be Poussin himself. The allegory unfolds in a luminous calm but is grounded by discreet observation: the relaxed pose of Apollo's arm resting on the lyre, the physical beauty of the Muse, the crispness of her yellow...
...both Maddox and Lawrence's view, however, Frieda provided the author the ultimate chance at greatness, by acting as his muse. As a woman, she embodied a feared and dreaded negation which aroused Lawrence's violent hatred. He thrived on her contradictions. Despite her flagrant infidelities, he insisted that she was the love of his life. She served as the inspiration for works as varied as the violent "The Woman Who Rode Away" and Lady Chatterley's Lover...
...mythological Orpheus committed the grievous sin of loving too much. In the face of death and disbelief, the great musician's undying affection for his muse proved to be her demise. Williams' modern incarnation of the doomed Eurydice is Lady Torrence (played by Melanie Martinez), the proud daughter of a "wop bootlegger who burned to death in his orchard...
Interestingly, while the memory and apparition of Sainte Colombe's wife sustains him and even works as a muse while he's playing, the memory of Marais emaciates Madeline. Her line, "I've let myself be destroyed by the memory of you" has acute resonance because she is an emaciated sack of bones. By this time, the elder Marais (Gerard Depardieu) is plump and flashily clad...
...overhyped Woodstock '94, there was R.E.M. The , band, formed in 1980, is known for its artful, challenging music as well as its emotive, elliptical lyrics. Rather than succumbing to common-denominator tastes and releasing music that is too easily accessible, it has followed its own eccentric muse. In doing so, it set a standard for such alternative bands of the '90s as Pearl Jam and Offspring. Says Denise Sullivan, author of the book R.E.M. -- Talk About the Passion: "They've done everything their own way, on their own terms, and that's really rare...