Word: symbolisme
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The Virginia state capitol became the model of federal official architecture -- the first pure temple-form public building of the neoclassical movement in the U.S. and Europe, predating French equivalents like the Madeleine in Paris by two decades. In a way, its radicality has been veiled by its success. Before...
The scene was rich in symbolism: instruments of authoritarian control put to the torch, while their former wielders cowered in fear. Was it, spectators may have wondered, a preview of South Korea's future? Throughout the country last week, students erupted in a frenzy of defiant marches and demonstrations to...
What do the Windsors have to commend them? Nothing, perhaps, save symbolism, humanity and a gift for blending the two.
Harvard's Romance Languages Department has "a strong emphasis on linguistics and symbolism which is good, but a literature department should see farther than that," he said at the time. Professor of Romance Languages Susan Suleiman agrees that Harvard's department emphasizes theory. "The department is very interested in literary...
During his five days in Canada, Mitterrand went out of his way to be a good guest. He made it a point to arrive in Ottawa, the English-speaking federal capital, rather than Quebec, as De Gaulle had done. After meeting with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, he gave a speech...