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...Milanese playboy, Micol lavishes her attentions on Giorgio. As they stroll together through the garden, they people the woods and fields with remembrances of things past; glimpses of the two as children show Giorgio even then a shy admirer of the "private pupil" Micol, while she plays the seductress in their game of communication through glances. A sudden downpour dispells the sunshine of their memories, and taking refuge in an old carriage, their mode of contact threatens to become physical. But Giorgio is too slow in making this transition from childhood innocence. Paralyzed by the enticing new light in Micol...

Author: By Celia B. Betsky, | Title: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis | 2/16/1972 | See Source »

Anais Nin is the great seductress who hates men, the diarist who hates herself, the expatriate turned American who hates America, the writer who hates the intellect. This is not simply confusion, but sadomasochism as well...

Author: By Tina Rathborne, | Title: The Return of the Vamp | 11/16/1971 | See Source »

...Actor Jean-Louis Trintignant and Actress Nathalie Delon (Alain's ex) to ham it up while modeling the necessary ski clothes. To caption 21 displays of Christmas-gift ideas, Moreau wrote poetry, which is reproduced in her own handwriting and reveals a whimsical side of the serious seductress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Vogue | 12/28/1970 | See Source »

...even more determined poverty. Out of their bitterness, they perceive the world as cruel and unforgiving, hence the recurring motif of a country boy helplessly tangled in tragic events he neither caused nor wanted. Often the events center on a woman, either the unfaithful wife or the seductress who doesn't mention her husband until he is already coming at the interloper with a broken bottle. A Hank Williams song says it best...

Author: By Robert Crosby, | Title: The Gut-Bucket Sound And a Little Slice of Hick | 10/19/1970 | See Source »

Berrocal's sculptures are more than ingenious gadgets. Currently on display at Manhattan's Loeb and Krugier Gallery, they are handsome works of art, rich in double-entendres about the literary and legendary characters that they portray. Berrocal's Cleopatra, for example, is a curvaceous seductress whose voluptuous thighs, when the proper key is turned, open to reveal a red velvet jewel box inside. Her face disassembles into a bracelet that can be removed and worn by the owner. The most dramatic work is one called Alfa and Romeo, which looks like a demure pair of lovers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sculpture: Take Apart and Look Again | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

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