Word: somberly
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Frank read his adopted nation as very few other photographers had in the mid-1950s. He saw it through the filter of his own somber disposition, to be sure, but with a conviction that the most direct route into the heart of things was by way of what were supposed to be the margins. He liked to be anyplace he could find people who were forlorn, pensive, manic or needy. Exaltation attracted him too. What other word to apply to the mood of that intense man in white praying at the water's edge in Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, Louisiana...
...primaries held by Florida and Michigan may be resolved in a way that delivers more delegates to her than to Obama. Ickes has been in charge of those negotiations too. "Everyone over there was pretty much convinced this thing was finished," says another senior Clinton adviser, referring to the somber mood at Hillary's campaign headquarters. "We were going through the motions. But not Harold. He's been focused on those delegates like a madman. And there's a chance it may actually...
...plays the piemaker. “The romantic aspect was something that I really liked to grab on to.” The set attempts to add to the production’s more three-dimensional feel. Constructed to reflect Todd’s entrapment, it features a somber prison, with bars surrounding the characters on all sides, and a foul pit, with the set looming menacingly above on both sides. “We’re working with this idea that Sweeney and his fellow London workers are trapped in this cage of industry and they?...
...expressive brush strokes, replaced with a new artistic naturalism that focuses on the realistic representation of fabric folds and shadows.Velazquez’s first work in the exhibit is a psychologically intense portrait of the famous Spanish poet Luis de Góngora y Argote, whose somber dress dramatically emphasizes his dramatic features, creating a clear contrast with the expressionless paintings of the monarchs.Past the portraits is a large gallery devoted to religious paintings of the period, which comprise the bulk of the show. On display between the galleries are several decorative vases and other objects from the Duke...
...bass players was missing in action, but this hindrance did not prevent Yannatos from sticking to the schedule and beginning Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, albeit with one musician absent (the bassist’s later, hurried return to the stage was not quite inconspicuous). The somber solo trumpet that opened the first movement, entitled “The Funeral March,” immediately drew the listeners’ attention. The trumpet was joined by the orchestra in a build-up of this theme of mourning, which escalated to a cacophonic agitation. This unsettling climax quickly gave...