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...Despite such wild tampering, most of the words and-more important -all of the spirit of the play have been maintained. To make sure that the viewer's eye never rests long enough to get restive, Zeffirelli builds the production against a background of burnt sienna, vermilion and viridian-the splashiest colors of the Renaissance palette. He also keeps Taylor and Burton front and center just long enough: their larger-than-life personalities dominate the screen without drowning the play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: King Leer, Wild Kate | 3/17/1967 | See Source »

...White, cadmium yellow (light and medium), cadmium red, ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, cerulean blue, viridian green (chromium compound), alizarin crimson and four earth colors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Artists' Rations | 12/1/1941 | See Source »

...poet, essayist, novelist (Before the Bombardment, Escape With Me). Sacheverell is an outstanding authority on baroque art and Liszt, author of a distinguished travel book (Roumanian Journey) and much verse. Edith usually dresses like a medieval prioress, writes sharp, hard, colorful poetry that gives the impression of viridian green and Chinaman's-heart's-blood laid on in arabesque by a razor blade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Suing Sitwells | 3/3/1941 | See Source »

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