Word: aestheticized
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EVERY PRESENTATION of full-fledged classical ballet is to some degree an exercise in anachronism. Performer and audience alike must willfully assume the aesthetic judgement of another age. Offered wholeheartedly, a classical performance works on us with the poignant clarity of emotional truth; done poorly, it ranges from the banal...
To bring to life this week's cover story on American farming, ten photographers crisscrossed the nation for upwards of a month. Picture Editor Arnold Drapkin and his assistants then sifted through the harvest of hundreds of rolls of film, eventually culling 80 or so photos for consideration. Finally...
But to inherit is nothing; what counts is what an artist does with his legacy. The problems raised by Rothko's august aims were taxing. He lived in the wrong time and place. His ambition was rabbinical. He wanted to be a major religious artist, not a dealer's monk...
At the Soochow Hotel, the masterpiece of the meal is Beggar's Chicken, fit for a millionaire. The bird is wrapped in lotus leaves, encased in clay and baked for four hours. The very special guest is allowed to break open the potterized poultry with a golden hammer. In...
Even the successful facelifts sometimes fall far short of the expectations of patients who want to look like Robert Redford or Sophia Loren. Says Dr. Lawrence Robbins of Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach: "We can't change what they are. Plastic surgeons are not gods." Still, for...