Word: aestheticized
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The Maya also had a highly developed -- and to modern eyes, highly bizarre -- aesthetic sense. "Slightly crossed eyes were held in great esteem," writes Yale anthropologist Michael Coe in his book The Maya. "Parents attempted to induce the condition by hanging small beads over the noses of their children." The...
"We will carefully analyze the environmental and aesthetic impacts of each option and balance those factors against traffic operations, safety and cost before selecting a final design," he said
"The Wanderer" contains what is best about this album--the combination of lyrics, instruments and vocals into an evocative artistic whole. At the same time, the music is difficult to enjoy on an aesthetic level for these same reasons. The cacophony of noise doesn't make for pleasant listening.
Dancers were nervous; they didn't practice at home in front of the mirror until their swaggers were perfect, like the alternative crowd did. Even though the DJ sounded like he did nothing but switch the dial from ZOU to KISS all night, and even though women and men dressed...
Otherwise, the "Aperto" is apocalyptic trivia, devoid of aesthetic impulse. Everything is on much the same dull, hectoring, narcissistic and politically simpleminded level; all complexity of artistic response has been ironed down into puerile rhetoric, one-liners that have no further resonance once you've got their meager point. Some...