Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their spirit. You, beyond the mere skill, used your...
...directors. But the chief purpose behind his flamboyance was to "set my students on fire." He did not favor one form of art or one period, tried to give his students both a taste for excellence and a taste for tolerance. "There are many ways of expressing the human spirit," he would say, "and all possible ways are by no means exhausted. The new and strange always are a challenge, but let us at least feel a decent humility in the presence of unfamiliar forms of expression...
...Spirit of St. Louis. New York to Paris with Charles A. Lindbergh; Director Billy Wilder and Actor James Stewart make a good film about a great adventure (TIME, March...
...Spanish painter Juan Gris once defined classicism as a perfect balance between the emotional and intellectual. In that sense, Louise and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.'s collection reflects a truly classic taste. Most private collections mirror the collector in some way, revealing a conservative temperament or avant-garde spirit, sometimes a literary bent or romantic strain. Some, influenced by reputation or advice, reflect no intellectual activity other than faith. The Pulitzers' choice, however, represents not only a distinct personality but a clarified point of view...
...same time, Rouault's turbulent mysticism never looked better. Three Clowns, almost an ikon in spiritual dignity as well as in symbolic analogy, imparts to its rich, warm tones an austerity as breathtaking as its intense emotion. And Autumn, more soul than landscape, reveals perhaps even more the spirit of an old master than a modern...