Word: mutedness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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But Mackintosh and his colleagues soft-pedal relevance and liken the show to West Side Story, another classic of thwarted love retold in a modern setting. Says director Nicholas Hytner: "This piece has no political sophistication -- operas never do. Music plays to the heart. It asks an audience to understand...
Over the past year or so, Annenberg's paintings went on tour to a number of U.S. museums that hoped to get them and vied with one another in the lavishness of their installations: the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Gallery in...
Bush's exhibit contains a couple of works which diverge from the style of the diptychs but preserve their stronger elements. Veridian Haze lingers over all areas of the canvas, but it is much smoother in texture. The flashes of color are muted by two washes of green, one behind...
In contrast, Hopper's Bridge attributes a desolate aura to New York City. The barren landscape, spotted with ware-houses and train tracks, is disrupted by a bridge cutting diagonally across the picture. Unlike Stella's work, this painting leaves an impression that is neither dynamic nor determined. The muted...
This tide of confusion confirms some of the deeply held fears Canadians expressed during the lengthy legislative battle to enact the value-added tax that went into effect Jan. 1. Now that it is being levied, though, one major anxiety -- a burst of inflation -- seems to have been misplaced. The...