Word: symbolisme
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He had made his success with portraits, but Rembrandt preferred to paint religious subjects, which failed to interest Calvinist Amsterdam. Before his death, Rembrandt devoted 600 known drawings, 80 etchings and 160 paintings to Biblical subjects. Living with his common-law wife, Hendrickje Stoffels, and his ailing son Titus in...
Perhaps it is the British diplomatic service that remains most concerned with future history books and with style. Letters to a British ambassador abroad must always end thus: "I am, with great truth and respect, Sir, Your Excellency's obedient Servant." In accord with British status symbolism, "instead of...
The Loeb Drama Committee announces that the first production in the Drama Center will be an Arthur Kopit double-header: "Life is Like a Sewer--You Only Get Out of It What You Put Into It" and "Q". Kopit apologizes for the shortness of the second title, hinting that he...
Perhaps the main flaw in the film is the direction, the joint venture of Lev Kulijanov and Yakov Siegel. Although it is supposed to be a continuous story, the movie emerges as a series of different episodes--each one ending with a fade-out that lingers too long on a...
The Magician (Swedish). Brilliant Writer-Director Ingmar Bergman's latest brew of symbolism and sex.