Word: aestheticized
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Sills, aware that her first priority was to use her celebrity status as newly retired diva to raise funds, often traded a personal appearance for a donation. Inevitably, quality suffered while she concentrated on money; City Opera hit its aesthetic nadir in 1982 with a tired The Grand Duchess of...
Aside from the initial move, Fogg officials estimate that 3470 art objects will need to move annually between the two buildings. Although the Sackler building is ostensibly autonomous, Chairman of the Fine Arts Department Neil Levine says that, for both functional and aesthetic reasons, "the building would be immeasurably helped...
Harvard entrusted the job of designing the new building to James Stirling, a prominent London architect. But the great variety of buildings surrounding the site posed terrible aesthetic problems. Walsh explains that "the architect's opinion was that there was nothing you could build on this site that would harmonize...
Brustein adds, "Most people don't realize how starved they are aesthetically until they have a genuine aesthetic experience."
At first, Swann is unstirred by Odette's sensuousness--until she appeals to his aesthetic tastes. He is reminded of Botticelli's painting of Zipporah, and the resemblance grips his imagination. Obsessed, Swann jeopardizes his own position among the aristocracy to pursue the young woman.