Word: aestheticizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DADAISM WAS REVOLUTIONARY in spirit. Politically, it was an attack on bourgeois materialism and coventionalism. In art, Dada prescribed no specific aesthetic, but rather an attitude, a shared feeling that traditional art had somehow failed to reach modern man. The Dadaists sought new modes of expression that would make art...
Finally, the cost of the kiosks is another issue entirely. While the good appearance of the yard is of mutual concern to both students and administration, we are frankly amazed that the University would choose to spend $40,000 for an "improvement" of questionable aesthetic and practical value. Regardless, it...
A.T.C. explores the aesthetic of cool through these characters. As Earl, Stahl virtually explodes on the stage in the first scene. There is a refrigerator and a coffee pot and a table that wobbles and two people who don't--American Gothic, 1980--and all of a sudden here's...
The examples he chooses to illustrate his points are all institutional. The designs meet aesthetic requirements while also reconciling conflicting aims inherent in the programs. Haggia Sophia, a great church constructed in the sixth century, symbolized the stability and unity of Justinian's reign, simultaneously conveying the sense of imcompleteness...
Cobb makes no apologies for the Hancock tower. He admits that it was finally approved for economic and not aesthetic reasons. "It served the vital economic interests of the community that this company should stay in Boston," he states, adding that he "adopted a strategy of minimalism because the situation...