Word: rococo
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...heading for Vienna, you may find the perfect antidote to all those rich pastries and rococo buildings in the clean, airy minimalism of the Levante Parliament Hotel, tel: (43-1) 228 280. The brainchild of Turkish-born industrialist turned hotelier Fuat Mehmetoglu, the 70-room, Bauhaus-inspired bolt-hole is built around a courtyard close to Austria's legislature in tony Josefstadt. All guest rooms feature flat-screen TVs, tastefully understated decor, and bathrooms with heated stone floors and glass-enclosed rain showers. The hotel's bar-restaurant, Nemtoi, keeps things sweet and simple, too. Dishes like gnocchi served with...
...entire scheme is an essay in riotous cod rococo: swagged chintz, contorted gilt (even the bathroom fittings are gold-plated) and vibrant color (the bedroom juxtaposes canary yellow with magenta). The penthouse walls are decorated with gesso oak branches mounted on mirror to evoke the tangled briars that grew up around Sleeping Beauty's castle. There are lamp fittings shaped like birdcages, twig-like door handles on which perch golden birds, a tented ceiling, painted silk walls and an abundance of cherubs and shells, as well as a number of watercolors by Messel, two of them designs for The Sleeping...
...design a suite, a penthouse, a pavilion and a roof terrace with fountain for his luxury London hotel the Dorchester. The result, which opened in 1953 and has been restored but never altered, is truly fit for a princess. The entire scheme is an essay in riotous cod rococo: swagged chintz, contorted gilt (even the bathroom fittings are gold-plated) and vibrant color (the bedroom juxtaposes canary yellow with magenta). The penthouse walls are decorated with gesso oak branches mounted on mirror to evoke the tangled briars that grew up around Sleeping Beauty's castle. There are lamp fittings shaped...
...wish. Arkadin was taken from Welles, its convoluted form ironed out and the result renamed Confidential Report. At least seven versions of the film exist, none to his specifications. This superb Criterion DVD pack offers three variations, including a new "complete" assembly. In any form, it's a rococo mix of Citizen Kane and The Third Man: a study of a rich man's power and isolation amid the seedy, greedy flotsam of postwar Europe. In a way, this is a do-it-yourself Kane. It's the viewer's job to sleuth for the real Arkadin--a film that...
...Paris Apartment, opened last October in New York City's East Village to fill such a need, is a clotted repository of ornate French-style furniture like rococo mirrors, mirrored vanities and tiara chandeliers. "Women are looking for more personal expression in the way they decorate than that offered by Pottery Barn," says owner Claudia Strasser. In her purview, four walls can become anything from a beach retreat to Versailles...