Word: virginally
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Virgin is shown seated on a carved throne within a Gothic structure. Over her head is a canopy of a rich red color, while in her hand is a book which she is reading tranquilly. On her right the Archangel Gabriel is about to enter through an archway which is decorated with a scroll motif much like that which was so common in the Renaissance...
Very similar in theme to "The Virgin and the Gypsy," "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and other of D. H. Lawrence's explorations into the libido, "Ecstasy" tells the story of a beautiful young girl in search of an outlet for her emotional cravings. In no sense obscene or pornographic, if treats this study with the frank and simple directness which seems to be anathema to a section of the American mind. Unlike certain of the contemporary dramatists who seem to find frankness synonymous with sordidness it tells its elemental tale with scenic beauty and dramatic vigor. For treatment of such...
...conclusion be it said that there remains, if any there was, no part in the performance that would bring a blush to the cheek of the most sensitive Boston virgin. And the only thing that bothered this reviewer was the sight of Mr. Hull's slimy, grimy Southern feet, when he took off his shoes...
...Warburg Room of the Fogg Museum yesterday was hung a full size reproduction of one of the mosaics of the great Byzantine church of Santa Sophia in Constantinople. Filling a lunette over the southwest entrance of the church from the vestibule to the narthex, it represents the Virgin and Child with two emperors, one holding a model of the city, the other a model of the church...
Just as there is something quite rugged about a sailor's wooden Virgin-doll, so is there a robust tang in this picture's sentiment, wherein Shirley weeps over just such a doll because Captain January gave it to her and she has been taken away from him. And the songs, "The Right Somebody to Love," "The Early Bird," and especially "At the Codfish Ball," are lilting gaiety