Word: copyist
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...nine stanzas, the anonymous copyist had written the name of the author: William Shakespeare. Other scholars had seen this signature, but somehow nobody before Taylor had pursued the obvious question: What if. . .? "I tried not to think about it," Taylor recalls. "The chances of actually finding something like this are so grotesquely small that you don't want to get excited." Unexcited, Taylor began probing...
...master, Ford went gently at first, presenting an all-black-and-white collection, so as not to invite too much comparison to Saint Laurent's colorful garments. By Ford's second collection, Fall 2001, there were more playful references to the YSL archives. Yet he's no copyist. When he draws on archives, it's for reference, not reverence. It's much fresher that way. And in his mastery of the now and the new, in his ability to create clothes that grasp and articulate fleeting tastes, Ford is well on his way to securing a lasting place...
...painter's sister-in-law. Tasset and others claim the first owner was the art dealer Amedee Schuffenecker. That would raise serious questions: Schuffenecker was notorious for selling fake paintings, and his brother Claude-Emile, a friend of both Van Gogh's and Paul Gauguin's, was a skillful copyist of their works. Thus many doubters believe Jardin a Auvers was actually painted by Claude-Emile Schuffenecker (1851-1934). If so, its celebrity is a vindication of sorts for a painter little known in his lifetime and almost totally forgotten today...
Oscar, as everybody calls him, fits perfectly into the Balmain aesthetic. He is not an innovator -- his few enemies call him a copyist -- but he executes gorgeous costumes with a peerless eye for fabric, detail and nuance. He understands the exotic world of couture from his youthful years working for Balenciaga and Lanvin. His private life has provided him with a window into the life-styles of luxury. His first wife, who died several years ago, was Francoise de Langlade, editor in chief of the French Vogue. He is now married to Annette Reed, a daughter of the late metals...
...manuscripts were not in Bach's handwriting, but the copyist signed the composer's name at the top of the music. Wolff said that stylistic patterns and internal symbols convinced him that the copyist's attributions were correct...