Word: silks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dyck loved the stuff of the world -- the shimmer and exact texture of fabrics (he was, after all, the son of a silk merchant in Antwerp), the brightness of flesh or the passing melancholy that settles on a face, the layering of vapor and light in the sky, the sheen of armor. In this sense of lavishness he was, of course, very much Titian's heir, and it is wonderful to see how much pictorial interest he could discover in inert substances -- particularly the brocades and velvets worn by his sitters -- in the course of translating them into patches...
...Charles as the cultivated king par excellence, it is largely thanks to Van Dyck. There cannot be a more tender and intimate royal portrait than his effigy of the couple in conversation in a rocky landscape, their bonding signified by, among other things, their dress -- he in pink slashed silk with pale gray showing beneath, she in the same gray with pink ribbons and laces; he giving her an olive twig, she giving him a laurel wreath...
...superstar Harold Miner. The laid-back Inglewood native is California. He doesn't play much defense, doesn't fight through ticks, doesn't bang around the boards with the big boys, doesn't work up much of a sweat. He's lazy, but damn, he's good. Smoother than silk, smoother than a baby's behind--pick your own smooth simile. He can play ball. His off-balance jumpers look funny, but they hit nothing but net. He may not run much, but when he does, he's a blur. And on the rare occasions he decides...
...Harvard from the moral obligation to consider returning the artifacts. At the very least, the museum should examine the historical conditions surrounding the acquisitions. And although not "crown jewels," the Tun-huang wall paintings and sculptures are highly prized because they reflect a unique mixture of styles influenced by silk Road trade...
...deserve only our deepest sympathy. After the Inter-Club Council (the adults who make club decisions) banned kegs from the clubs, barred alcohol from punching events and even proposed to ban guests from the nine all-male institutions, clubbies across campus could be seen dabbing tears away with their silk pocket squares...