| 单词 | arabesque |
| 例句 | All in all, his personality was an arabesque: intricate, symmetrical, balanced, and tightly constructed—except for one flaw. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She demonstrated this, stepping to an arabesque on pointe, wobbling only a little before she stuck the landing. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I expected us to immediately move on to greater things, like arabesques, grands jetés, and pirouettes, but we couldn’t. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then Cinderella lifts up to an arabesque. She follows through, plants her foot down in front of her, and does a forward bend.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In front of the sink he built a small bar out of discarded lumber and covered it with scavenged tiles: blue- and-white arabesques; Neapolitan checkerboard; red heraldic dragons; and local, earth-tone Pewabics. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They scrubbed him so much that the arabesques of his tattooing began to fade. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The nose of die diorama baby already forms, if you look closely, an arabesque. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “We fell in love doing arabesques on a tightrope thirty feet in the air.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z But they really did not notice me, and when the teacher floated across the floor and finished in an arabesque my fancy was taken. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z To move through the sweeping gestures of a grand port de bras, the aching lift of an arabesque. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z From railings in front of the boxes hung triangles of silk embroidered with gold arabesques, all glowing with the light of adjacent incandescent bulbs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Legs unfurl from slow, turning balances as arabesques and attitudes are pushed and pulled to extreme angles. Dance Review: Big Bang Theory From Armitage Gone! Dance 2010-06-04T23:00:00Z Later she applied similar discipline to motifs of slanted bars and arabesques — forms that nod to Seurat’s diagonals and Matisse’s cutouts. Bridget Riley, Through Her Own Eyes 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Watching Dupont rehearse, though, one can’t help but see the outlines of the ballerina inside the sack, the radiating line of her leg as she stretches into space in an arabesque. Aurélie Dupont, Unbound 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Rather it is deft and mischievous, a novel of ideas that folds back on itself like the most playful sort of arabesque. Ali Smith has double vision in 'How to Be Both' 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z The same febrile intensity marks her first spinning arabesque in Act II. Dance Review: Two Top Giselles, Back to Back 2011-05-29T22:49:01Z She plunges headlong out of a supported double pirouette into a down-stretching arabesque penchée not only in an instant but also as if with a full heart. Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet’s Tchaikovsky Celebration 2013-01-26T01:22:39Z In the relative calm of Frankies, Mr. Sargent talked fast, fingers tracing arabesques in the air as he reminisced about the highlights of his spring social season. Art, Darling 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z I never expected to tire of Mr. Hallberg’s marvelous piqué arabesque or grand jeté; they exemplify the luster of classical ballet, shining like beacons. The Bolshoi Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ at the Lincoln Center Festival 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Far better than the mousy, introverted kind who resolutely refuse to scamper around doing jetés and arabesques. Isherwood and Macaulay Spar Over ?Come Fly Away? 2010-03-31T22:26:00Z “I talked to them about specific problems or transitions: how to go up into an arabesque, how to come out of it, how you could play with that.” When Ski Ballet Pushed at the Porous Boundary Between Art and Sport 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The mere straightening of a leg into a low arabesque sends off compensatory currents through the rest of the body, and so does the squaring of a raised elbow. Vuyani Dance Theater and Trisha Brown at Fall for Dance 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Though Griffin's vocal arabesques in Duke Ellington's "Come Sunday" pointed to an obviously polished singer, her fluttering fingers, quivering vibrato and heroic stage poses proved a tad narcissistic for sacred music. A flawed celebration of Mahalia Jackson's centennial 2011-05-21T14:55:00Z Though the conditions for such dancing are all wrong — dangerous, even — he twirls on, flying barefoot into an arabesque and landing it. In Lagos, a Homegrown Ballet Academy Leaps Into the Spotlight 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z But when you get out there, you’re like, this is a lot of arabesques.” Feet Still, but Hearts Leaping 2010-08-31T18:39:00Z This is amusing fun, as is the satire in Tanya’s program bio and the moment when the dancers replicate the sunburst image from George Balanchine’s “Apollo,” including Tanya’s limbs in the array of arabesques. Review: ‘The Mineralogy of Objects,’ With a Most Flexible Guest Star 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z With opulence and a sunny glamour, she grew beyond her positions, stretching into arabesques, and tilting and bending until she was thrillingly off-balance; she flowed through its tricky changes of direction without hesitation or awkwardness. Rising Out of the Pandemic, City Ballet Ushers in a New Era 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z In breaking away from the quintessential kick line, “Rockettes to the Rescue” also takes precision dancing to new levels; arabesques in particular mark a shift from the usual passé poses. Dance: Rockettes in a Rebooted ?Christmas Spectacular? 2011-11-05T05:23:40Z Whether extending his leg in arabesque or outstretched in the air when jumping, he exemplifies classical line better than any man in ballet today, and perhaps better than any woman. Dance Review: Osipova, Vishneva and Cojocaru: 3 Giselles at Ballet Theater 2012-05-21T04:14:04Z Assuming the throne in ankle-length cream chiffon with gold trim, our heroine attracts the attention of Hironao Takahashi's austere Caesar, melting his heart and loins with her bedroom eyes and sultry, snaky arabesque. Cleopatra; Henri Oguike Dance Company ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:20Z But it was still enthralling to watch the choreography unfold, including a pose in her pas de deux with Cerdeiro in which her leg was extended in arabesque as he knelt before her. Review: In Miami, a ‘Swan Lake’ That Blasts Off the Cobwebs 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z One piece used bluesy bent notes, another precise arabesques, still another tight little trills. Sir Richard Bishop Offers Solos at the Issue Project Room 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z The labor of a step, the labor of whether it’s an arabesque or a Caribbean step or a folk Irish step. Reggie Wilson Explores the Power of Moving Together 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z His solo began in halting, Hadenesque sobriety and quickened into arabesques. Music Review: Enrico Pieranunzi Trio at Village Vanguard 2012-03-28T21:59:28Z Woodward draws on her theatrical imagination as she leans forward in arabesque, pushing the air away with the softest of hands. Review: Jerome Robbins Delivers the Hit of City Ballet’s Season 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z In one exit, she held an arabesque and tipped forward, not by muscular force, but as if a breeze had pushed her softly into the wings. New York City Ballet Is Back, and the Real Jewels Are the Dancers 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z But it’s also marvelous earlier in the ballet to see the simple grace with which he takes a slow, modest arabesque or, at the end of one solo, falls expressively to one knee. Dance Review: David Hallberg at Bolshoi in ?Sleeping Beauty? - Review 2011-11-22T00:00:10Z They combined Art Nouveau flowing lines, Colonial American floral patterns and Middle Eastern arabesques for abalone jewelry, stoneware vases, raffia baskets, linen doilies, oak chests and iron candelabra. Antiques: A Collector of Railroad Photos Uses Them to Track the Past 2013-06-27T22:02:44Z Yet Ms. Rivera invests each careful extension of the leg and arm with the kinetic focus of an arabesque. Review: Chita Rivera Stars in Kander and Ebb’s ‘The Visit’ 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z After Odile and Siegfried first meet, they sweep off together into the wings, but Ms. Mearns pauses in an imperious arabesque so suspenseful that it makes you impatient for her return. Dance Review: A ?Swan? Of Complex Shades 2011-02-14T05:15:08Z “It incorporates motifs and artistic ideas that are part of the canon of Islamic art — geometric and floral designs, arabesques and also embedded text — but it’s very contemporary,” Komaroff says. At LACMA, the horror of 9/11 through the eyes of a Muslim artist who found a different path 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z It’s a delicate vocal line, with tremulous arabesques reminiscent of the Cocteau Twins; Bono wanted it even more ghostly and intimate, completely free of Broadway-style projection. music: Playing UpThe MusicIn That Musical 2011-06-10T21:10:17Z Because of all these branching and interlinked narratives — sometimes likened to nested Russian dolls or the arabesque patterns of Islamic art — “The Arabian Nights” constantly defers closure. Review | How ‘Aladdin’ came to be: Thank (or blame) an 18th-century French scholar 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z She keeps her jumps lower, along with the line of her arabesque and attitude; she knits up her steps in faster, more continuous phrases; and she incorporates more naturalistic mime into her dancing. The Mikhailovsky Ballet and a tale of two Giselles 2013-03-25T15:15:16Z The most notorious of these places is a twice-performed sequence in which the Cavalier stands aside while the Sugar Plum executes unsupported pirouettes into a powerful arabesque gesture. 4 New Cavaliers Go Full Throttle in ‘The Nutcracker’ 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z There is the smoothly oiled choreography of desire, expressed in linked gazes and sensuously mirrored arabesques, but also the grit of anger, with lunging face-offs abrasively contradicting the Mozartian honey-drip of the music. Electric Counterpoint, Asphodel Meadows, Carmen; Dystopian Wonders; Breakin' Convention 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z This last contains the single “World Fair” dance moment that changes your breathing as you watch: an extraordinary arabesque with leg, arms and spine arching back. Dance Review: Rachid Ouramdane?s ?World Fair? at New York Live Arts ? Review 2011-10-16T23:16:32Z “It’s the fist that Martha’s using in the punch arabesque, and it’s the fist that protesters are using right now,” Ms. Eilber said. ‘If I Was Martha, What Would I Do?’ For One, Stay Upright 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z She is more French than the French in this ballet, her arabesques rarely higher than a 90 degree angle, her footwork impeccably sparkling, her demeanor demure. Ballet Review: Ballet Stands on Ceremony 2013-12-10T16:26:42Z Not only does Novikova retain a more modest purity of line throughout the turning arabesques, but her jumps are more like drifting thistledown, and the luminous shape of her arms more beautifully sustained. The Mikhailovsky Ballet and a tale of two Giselles 2013-03-25T15:15:16Z But the music soon settled into predictable patterns, with Ms. Barton’s lines soaring lyrically, while piano and cello traded the same arabesque motifs. Review: Jamie Barton Shows That She’s a Powerhouse of a Mezzo-Soprano 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Ms. Sullivan incorporates ballroom lifts, arabesques and jetés, a suggestion of sand-dancing and ersatz flamenco, but with few yields in originality or expression. Dance Review: Melinda Sullivan Brings ‘Gone’ to Ailey Citigroup Theater 2013-08-06T21:29:18Z Mr. Ball is distinctive as soon as he comes onstage, holding a firm arabesque line and turning in it. Dance Review: Robbins and Balanchine Cleanse the Palate at City Ballet 2013-05-29T21:44:32Z Chests raised, their visceral response to the music clear, they formed eloquent arabesques with their hands and arms. Still Evolving, With an Assist From an Old Pro 2011-02-06T02:08:04Z In the Vision Scene, when the spectre-Aurora calls to the Prince to come and rescue her, she doesn’t just stand in arabesque and beckon with her arm. Ratmansky’s Beauty Wakes Up 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z But in this piece, he is also making full use of ballet’s vocabulary: arabesques, jumps in which the legs beat together in the air, the patter of pointe shoes skittering across the stage. At City Ballet, Jamar Roberts and Dancers Find a Common Language 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z With Ms. Weber you notice gently daffy inflections of the pelvis, softly whipping footwork and a momentarily suspended arabesque, as if floating in air. Dance Review: Cunningham Dance Company Offers Finality and Contentment 2011-12-30T14:27:41Z Mr. Hadreas has moments of partnering Ms. Wallich or being the one moved himself; in one instance, he poses in an arabesque with his back leg held up by a dancer as others rotate him. Review: Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich in a World of Angst 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The atmospheric slow movement, with its Moorish arabesques, provided moments of concentrated chamber playing. Music Review: Benjamin Beilman at Merkin Concert Hall 2013-05-10T20:38:46Z The local landscape is reflected in the design of the guest rooms, each outfitted with cool-toned arabesque patterns, mirrored panels, and sleek-armed chandeliers. Waldorf Astoria Opens a Stunning New Hotel in Jerusalem 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z She often extends a leg higher in arabesque than suits her line, and yet this flash of bravado says so much about her glorious performing spirit. Dance Review: Ballet?s Home Away From Home for International Stars in New York 2011-05-24T22:13:23Z I love a moment in this dance where the woman, in profile to us, holds a formally pure arabesque. L.A. Dance Project Takes On Merce Cunningham 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z It may sound like nothing, but you could watch her do small arabesques and tendus for hours. Dancing to Robert Walser 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Above the original wood paneling and French doors, Wiseman has installed an elaborate ornamental ceiling, a ghostly arabesque pattern of white plaster branches and 500 hand-finished porcelain cherry blossoms. T Magazine: The Secret Gardener 2012-10-05T14:00:44Z A figure skater eases into a chassé, spin and stately arabesque. What Can a Body Do? Anime Pushes at Its Limits 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z An arabesque performed with a wind-milling arm contrasts with the looseness of his collapsing spine. Dancing at Paul Taylor, a New Generation Finds Its Footing 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z When Madame Mao controlled the company she prohibited foreign ballet terms: the attitude became "the stance of the heron", the arabesque became "spreading your wings in the welcome breeze". Step-by-step guide to dance: National Ballet of China 2011-08-11T16:28:27Z Built for Spain’s last Muslim emirs, its splendid architecture radiates with impossibly intricate arabesques and painted tiles. My European Ritual 2014-04-18T19:59:27Z “Even the arabesques and the arms and the angles of the body tell us something about the character or the situation,” Mr. Ratmansky said. In ‘Harlequinade,’ Gestures Dance, and Dances Tell Stories 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Arab details seem more clandestine: Richly decorated arabesques peek though thick, muddy brown paint that veils their underlying beauty. Arab and Coming Out in Art That Speaks Up 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z It was a recurrent joy to see the light, clean firmness with which every dancer, whether on point or half-toe, stepped surely into full-stretched arabesque. Dance Review: Ib Andersen Takes Balanchine?s Spirit to Ballet Arizona 2010-06-13T21:16:00Z Sting performed his “Whenever I Say Your Name,” from 2003, with his original duet partner, Mary J. Blige, singing jazzy, sultry arabesques all around him. Music Review: Rainforest Fund Benefit, With Sting 2010-05-14T23:53:00Z Children can follow three young students from the American Ballet Theater Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School as they undertake the author’s rhyming journey, which begins with “A is for arabesque …” 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Draw a curve on the surface and the table presents something from the collection that contains the same shape, whether an arabesque in a textile or the outer bulge of a vase. The New Cooper Hewitt 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Later, Mr. Rawls shows his long line in a low arabesque. Dance Review | David Neumann: A Meeting of ?Giselle? and Hasselhoff 2010-03-05T23:59:00Z The theater’s mosaic walls and arabesque ceilings will remain. City Center Gears Up for Its Grand Reopening 2011-10-10T16:26:15Z “A woman couldn’t do what Bobby is doing so powerfully,” he said, when Mr. Carter slowed to a final arabesque. Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Take On ‘Laurencia’ 2012-12-24T22:49:32Z From her flashing, lethal-weapon legs to the suspenseful clarity of her exit with its slow penché arabesques and deep second position pliés, she was never less than thrilling. Dance Review: Three Gems of the Here and Now 2011-06-06T22:04:19Z The small, naked figure reclines on the arabesque sofa. An Unnamed Girl, a Speculative History 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Earlier in the same solo Ms. Weber balancing on one leg, with the other stretched behind her in arabesque and both arms raised, softly swayed from side to side. Critic’s Notebook: Former Merce Cunningham Dancers at Philadelphia Museum 2012-12-23T22:53:57Z Krasner’s vast canvases of the 1960s, with roiling arcs and circles marshaled to create cascading arabesques, strike me as programmatic, an idea about joyful abandon rather than the thing itself. Lee Krasner and Joan Mitchell: Abstract Expressionist Lives 2011-07-08T15:56:48Z At other times a crystalline arabesque appears, a fragment of an exalted language expressing an intense desire. Dance Review: Morphoses Performing at Jacob’s Pillow 2012-06-29T21:29:09Z The quick pattering of a Middle Eastern hand drum, the dumbek, transformed other songs, spurring vocal arabesques. Music Review: At the Garden, Shakira Is a Star With a Conscience 2010-09-22T12:00:00Z In 1952, he made a series of cutout blue nudes, voluptuous figures in arabesque shapes nearly 4 feet tall. 'Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs' at MoMA follows artist's paper trail 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z In a series of hopping arabesques for one group of characters or a diagonal of jumps for one individual, he suddenly changes the meter. Dance Review: Horseplay for the Staid Mariinsky 2011-07-13T22:23:04Z Early collages featured snippets of fabrics culled from the costumes worn in the city’s world-famous Carnival celebrations, and her work still bursts with the swirly paisleys and arabesques that recall the its exuberant vegetation. Brazil’s Top Modern Artist gets Rio Homecoming 2013-08-26T17:01:30Z So do recurrent images in the dance: a running-in-place with heels kicked up behind, head back, one arm reaching high; a deeply tilted arabesque adorned with a quaking, shimmering hand. A Dance to the Music of Time and T.S. Eliot 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Even in these android-like movements, there is Byrd's fascination with different forms of seduction, with a pelvic thrust here, a sweet arabesque there — shout-outs to street dance and echoes of Balanchine. Spectrum's Donald Byrd asks everything of his dancers, and his audience 2012-11-28T23:59:27Z Repeatedly, at her moment of greatest anguish, she rises onto point as she turns through huge, plaintive arabesques. Of Women, Men and Ballet in the 21st Century 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z In “The Leaves” Ms. Abrera, held aloft in a sculpturally firm arabesque with one arm arched high, provided that work’s most burning image. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater at New York City Center 2012-10-22T04:10:05Z What breaks through isn’t character, but form: the long lines of Jacqueline Green’s arabesques, gorgeous enough to broadcast their own meaning. Review: Alvin Ailey, at City Center, Maintains Polished Approach to Familiar Footwork 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The best pieces had the strict perfection of silk jersey, shirred at the shoulders and prepped for an arabesque. At Louis Vuitton and Valentino, Mapping the Season’s Genome 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The dancers sweat to a pianist's accompaniment as they practice plies, fouettes and arabesques, blurring the line between artist and athlete. International ballet event draws dancers to Miss. 2010-06-10T22:16:00Z T-shirts advertising YouTube or sportswear companies are juxtaposed with decorative motifs like lions, birds and arabesques that wrap around the figures, moving from background to foreground. Art Review: The Diaspora Is Remixed 2012-03-22T22:53:15Z Brno, suspended over the middle of the crowd, created exquisite arabesques in the air while tenuously perched on a rotating, spiral-shaped trapeze. Seattle's Moisture Festival wards off that soggy feeling 2012-03-16T16:55:07Z These are complemented by the paintings of a younger artist, Achraf Touloub, born in Morocco, who turns similarly swirling lines into tree trunks and branches that look both realistic and unnaturally continuous, like arabesques. Review: Independent Art Fair Combines Less Is More and Growth 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Whether ballet or contemporary dance, the perfect arabesque or the notion of a particular physical state, the goal is the same: embodiment beyond the body. Dance Review: Setting the Bar Very High And Leaping Toward It 2010-11-19T22:31:00Z Ballet isn’t only about the line of an arabesque or the height of a développé; it’s communication through the senses. Dance Review: New York City Ballet: Balanchine, Wheeldon and Martins 2011-10-06T21:30:17Z Gharem’s work typically incorporates motifs and artistic ideas that are part of the canon of Islamic art — geometric and floral designs, arabesques and embedded text. The hidden messages in LACMA's massive stamp painting, 'Camouflage' 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z There is a punch with an arabesque and poses on the knee, which resonate today. ‘If I Was Martha, What Would I Do?’ For One, Stay Upright 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z The precise folding of a man’s crossed arms has the same weight as a full-stretched arabesque or a forward fall to the floor. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Revisits Three Works 2012-06-01T22:46:12Z Some quick, large arabesques taken with the support of the prince’s arm were piercing; the rapid quivers of one foot at the end of the main duet were softly enchanting. Review: In ‘Swan Lake,’ the Drama Depends on the Dancers 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z His “Apian Way” looks happiest when it does something odd, as when two of a male trio, each balancing in arabesque, hold the third one in the air as if he were flying. Dance Review: The Essence of the Kibbutz, From ZviDance, at Musa! 2013-06-19T20:32:18Z She began her adagio with Albrecht boldly, taking forever to raise a leg into arabesque. American Ballet Theater Presents ‘Giselle’ 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z This paradox was taken further by Arlene Croce in a 1974 review in “The New Yorker” when, discussing the illusion created by ballet, she wrote, “The arabesque is real, the leg is not.” Nakedness in Dance, Taken to Extremes 2012-08-16T12:00:00Z In unison, each of six young women leans forward in an arabesque penché before stepping forward to rise on point and arching back. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Bunheads Is Gone; ‘Breaking Pointe’ Endures 2013-09-01T22:29:35Z A small, jewel-perfect mosque at the desert end terminates the long, central courtyard, its ceiling covered by a filigreed, computer-generated pattern that recalls traditional arabesque motifs. Zaha Hadid’s Desert Think Tank: Environmental Beauty and Efficiency 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z When he is carried off in an arabesque by three much younger men, the effect is wonderfully droll. Review: Douglas Dunn’s ‘Aidos’ Is Set to Bach at BAM Fisher 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The gracious Chyrstyn Fentroy made an especially rhapsodic lark figure who always reached for more as she extended her fingertips and toes in arabesque or twisted her torso with lilting arms. Dance Theater of Harlem Comes to Celebrate Brooklyn! 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z The central ballerina, supported by her partner, holds an immobile arabesque, center stage. ‘Symphonic Variations’: A Frederick Ashton Classic Returns 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z You see Ms. Mearns supporting Mr. Ramasar as he takes jumps or holds arabesques, just as he supports her; the mutual appreciation that shines through is affecting. Justin Peck’s ‘Rodeo’ at New York City Ballet 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z How is the squat of a weight-lifter any less beautiful than the line of an arabesque? Review: Boundary-Pushing ‘Apollon’ Strips Myth to Its Marrow 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z That first year isn’t all endless arabesques, though. Feet Still, but Hearts Leaping 2010-08-31T18:39:00Z Vestiges of his ballet training surface in balances, low arabesques and full-revolution jumps. Dance Review: Chase Granoff at the Chocolate Factory - Review 2011-11-18T22:59:09Z As dancers, they breathed together — calmly holding balances or promenading in attitude or arabesque — and like Dunn, they sometimes embodied the natural world, too. Review: Dancing With the Flowers and Douglas Dunn 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z She first stands in a low arabesque and beckons; then she changes to a higher arabesque—she is stretching toward him—and beckons again. Ratmansky’s Beauty Wakes Up 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z The men rested the tips of their fingers on their partners’ temples as the women hovered on one leg, the other leg extended in an arabesque. Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires Aims to Reclaim Glory Days with a New Direction 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z For a Black ballet dancer, “It’s not just an arabesque, it’s not just a pirouette,” she said. She’s Been a Force for Change in Ballet. The World Is Catching Up. 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Mildly intriguing movements, as when Mr. Stanley quickly ducks under Ms. Isaac’s turning arabesque, are flattened the moment they reappear. Review: City Ballet’s ‘Americana x Five’ Offers a Comforting Mix 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z It’s embarrassing to watch a cult of self-love, vulgar emoting and penché arabesques. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey Dance in ?Home? at City Center - Review 2011-12-03T00:30:22Z As incised on an 8th century limestone plaque from Mexico, he’s an arabesque tangle of swelling clouds and aqueous swirls. Can Art Ever Be Innocent? 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z In "Serenade," that blue-cloud version of Balanchine heaven, Kylee Kitchens' long-legged arabesque seemed to reach to the sky, slowly and delicately rotated by a partner's unseen hands as Tchaikovsky's delicious strings soared. 'All Balanchine,' all beautiful, at Pacific Northwest Ballet 2010-04-16T19:00:00Z Theater posters, illustrations and other graphics feature sylphic nudes whose lithe figures rhyme with arabesque linear patterns. Art Review: ‘Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna,’ at Neue Galerie 2013-06-06T21:38:06Z Covered in tiles that were copper and white and arranged in a fresh arabesque pattern, the bathroom was the most inviting part of the room. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: Alfonso XIII in Seville, Spain 2013-01-16T17:50:31Z One arm is stretched forward toward infinity, one leg stretched back to create a glorious arabesque line; then each ghostly figure arches backward, arms framing the head like a halo. Dance: Natalia Makarova?s ?Bayad?re? at Ballet Theater 2010-05-13T14:34:00Z Körbes, so warm and elemental previously, now seemed to be made of air; her leg wafting up in arabesque as if independent of her body. Dance review: 'Giselle' brought back to life in PNB staging 2011-06-06T18:55:04Z In the finale, the full cast returns and the energy bubbles back up again as the male leads balance their partners in arabesque before flipping them over into cartwheels. Review: Jerome Robbins Delivers the Hit of City Ballet’s Season 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z In ballet the ultimate test of line is the arabesque. Critic?s Notebook: Line in Dance? Let?s Go Back to the Drawing Board 2011-01-31T23:58:51Z Without good control of the back, a dancer can’t have an arabesque — the line in which she or he extends a leg straight behind. Sara Mearns, in Her Prime at City Ballet, Inspires Debate and Awe 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Other motifs recur, notably a winged or swimming arabesque, where dancers balance on one leg with arms outstretched. Review: Scottish Ballet Finds the Poetry in ... Poetry 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z It’s a pleasure simply to watch him stretch slowly into an arabesque or conclude a fast spin with a silken finish. Theater Review: Dancing to Twyla Tharp and Sinatra?s Music 2010-03-26T04:27:00Z After the poem’s last line, the piano falls silent, and the soprano continues wordlessly in a trancelike sequence of arabesque lines, some sung through closed lips. Review: A Rising French Singer Makes a Delicately Brilliant Debut 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z But she was game, plunging into angled arabesques and tangling with a partner. Taylor Gordon, Freelance Ballerina, Chases Her Dream 2010-07-16T16:49:00Z Voices stretched like taffy were folded into ghostly choruses; the whine of a stringed instrument became a mosquito arabesque. Music Review: Sarah Cahill and Carl Stone at the Stone Space 2010-08-04T22:28:00Z “You’re telling the story in every single moment. An arabesque is never just an arabesque.” In Miami, Climbing Ballet’s Everest: ‘Swan Lake’ 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The sloping downward and forward line that Degas’s dancers maintain from toe to hand in arabesque penchée is a single absorbing diagonal. Degas?s Ballet at the Phillips Collection and Royal Academy 2011-09-02T12:39:28Z This is shown by the characteristic Turkish shape of the helmet as well as the Iranian-derived arabesques associated with a large border of stylized Arabic script. Review: The Foundations of Russian Culture and Art 2010-03-05T14:00:00Z The animal’s body is covered with a complicated pattern of pierced arabesques, but its head has simple features: rippling whiskers and a wide, Cheshire-cat grin. Some Favorite Things Not Hanging on a Wall 2011-12-30T00:11:48Z For tantalising moments, Guillem and Le Riche allow their bodies to fall into familiar patterns of virtuosity – flashing beaten jumps and plush arabesques – but then they begin sliding and fragmenting and picking the material apart. Sylvie Guillem - review 2011-07-06T23:44:38Z In a sudden arabesque, for example, her frame exemplifies the radiant line and grandiloquent energy of ballet. Dance Review: ?Diana Vishneva: Dialogues,? at City Center 2012-03-18T22:17:06Z It — the man’s arabesque being supported by, first, a woman and then a whole group — is a truly singular one, a completely fresh use of familiar ballet language. Critic’s Notebook: Troy Schumacher and BalletCollective Open Eyes 2013-08-19T21:42:28Z Certain steps become motifs — an arabesque balance, with both arms and one leg all swept back, a treading-on-the-spot image, and others. Dance Review: ?Wanderer Fantasy,? a Puzzle at Danspace Project 2010-05-21T22:54:00Z Many are simple: a slender melodic line, curled here and there into arabesques, above a prayer-bead string of repeated notes in the bass. Bringing the Colors Back to a Mystic’s Music 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Postlewaite, in a gloriously high arabesque, reaches unexpectedly forward; the calm movement doing nothing to mar his perfect balance. Review: '3 by Dove' lets PNB dancers soar 2010-03-19T19:03:00Z I never tire of looking at how he fashions apparently nude dancers in arabesque. Degas?s Ballet at the Phillips Collection and Royal Academy 2011-09-02T12:39:28Z We worked for years on improving my arabesque so it could be the best, cleanest, just pure. Poised for Change at a Company Where Dancers of Color Feel at Home 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z In “Averaging,” Ms. Azrieli explores the familiar or the humdrum, which to her means an arabesque penchée, in which a dancer extends a leg and leans forward. Stuart Shugg and Anna Azrieli in the DoublePlus Series 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The sinewy shapes, evoking arabesques of movement, are inspired by the ballets, staged on this site, for the Sun King. A New Grove at Versailles 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z In the near future, people become infected with Dragonscale, a strange, contagious spore that creates arabesque designs on the body before the victim bursts into flames. Best science fiction and fantasy books this month 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Buried within the 13 sections of solos and duets are arabesques, beaten jumps, supported pirouettes and arms crossed at the wrists — yes, like a swan — that retreat into the foggy landscape like flashbacks. Dance Review: Sylvie Guillem in ?6000 Miles Away? at David H. Koch Theater 2012-04-06T00:34:01Z Standing over four feet on a square column, its architectural structure is sculpturally enlivened by crisp arabesque lines. Art Review: In ‘Making Pottery Art’ at the Met, Beauty Is Political 2014-02-13T21:07:22Z A yellow snake shoots out of the princess’s bodice in arabesque swoops to bite Flash on the hip, and a flood of water surges from the open door of the church. Jim Shaw: ‘I Only Wanted You to Love Me’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Innumerable beauties of style adorn it just now: the slow lowering of a gesture in an arc, the handsome fullness of a formal port de bras, an acute pounce into a full-stretched arabesque. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at the Koch Theater 2013-01-30T22:13:03Z When you watch a prima ballerina in her tutu, her tights, her point shoes and — more relevant — her arabesques and her fifth positions, you see crucial aspects of the traditional nude. Nakedness in Dance, Taken to Extremes 2012-08-16T12:00:00Z A classic ballet pose — the arabesque — is imbued with defiance or delight. Theater Review: Dancing to Twyla Tharp and Sinatra?s Music 2010-03-26T04:27:00Z Here the dancers contort pliable bodies through a sequence of acrobatic maneuverings: in an arabesque, the ballerina’s foot hooks onto her partner’s shoulder. Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Stravinsky-Balanchine Program 2012-09-29T01:50:08Z At times, plunging into a penché or rotating in an arabesque, she seems like the prototypical ballerina against which more skewed, less classical movement defines itself. Review: From Twyla Tharp, the Effort and Possibilities of Dancing 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z In the other, she stretches a leg behind her in an arabesque that finds its resolution in the gaze of her upturned face. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center - Review 2011-12-07T22:26:02Z The scene, one of classical ballet’s most famous, requires extreme precision, with the corps de ballet moving on the same beat and breathing together, each dancer mirroring the arabesque of the dancer in front. Bolshoi Ballet Carries On Amid Acid Attack Scandal 2013-01-28T23:03:44Z She showed her street wear pieces with arabesque roots, including a collaboration with Nike on its first runway hijab, on Friday night. Saudi Arabia Just Had Its First Fashion Week 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z But once they joined Ms. Jones — and as one grand jeté or arabesque penchée faded into the next — the ballet’s importance became increasingly questionable. Dance Review: Fall for Dance Festival at City Center - Review 2011-11-03T01:15:46Z But then, still holding that arabesque, she hops softly away. L.A. Dance Project Takes On Merce Cunningham 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Polshek will also restore the theater’s mosaic walls, arabesque ceilings and detailed plasterwork. City Center to Embark on $75 Million Renovation 2010-03-16T21:53:00Z "When he lifts his leg in arabesque, it's a very nice line," said Eagling. Swan Lake role puts rising star Vadim Muntagirov in spotlight 2010-06-04T17:33:00Z But to jump from 1956 to 1966 and see the height attained by Ms. Farrell’s legs, notably when stretched behind her in arabesque, is to witness a revolution in style. Bounding Across Space and Time, via DVD 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z She is more French than the French in this ballet, her arabesques rarely higher than a 90-degree angle, her footwork impeccably sparkling, her demeanor demure. Dance Review: ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ at the Paris Opera Ballet 2013-12-22T20:39:11Z “The mold is fed by the wine that evaporates,” said my guide, Zsuzsanna Szobonya, leading me into a hexagonal tasting room where even the arabesque chandelier overhead was adorned with more black fluff. Tokaj, Hungary, a Little-Known Wine Trail 2010-07-24T04:45:00Z The last feature recalls Burle Marx’s most visible achievement — nearly three miles of mosaic paving along Rio’s Copacabana Beach that echoes the polychromatic arabesques of his paintings. This Brazilian artist and landscape architect was bound only by the limits of his imagination 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z A ballerina for long sequences never touches the ground; the five men partnering her break up into changing geometries, with two men at one point taking turns to partner each other in penchée arabesque. Dance Review: Frederick Ashton Celebrated by the Sarasota Ballet 2014-05-05T21:49:58Z There are unusual variations on men’s lines in arabesque; at the end, the three men hold arabesques while kneeling, supporting and supported by their upright female partners. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s Studio Company Displays Growth 2014-02-09T22:39:56Z As others join her, the positions are repeated and embellished with partnering: A promenade turn for Ms. Axelsen is suddenly transformed when Mr. Roberts grasps her waist, and she leans forward in an arabesque penché. Molissa Fenley and Company at Judson Memorial Church 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Yet just look at the famous arabesques those ghost-women do, again and again, as they gradually fill the stage: lovely but mild, never beaming into infinity. Critic’s Notebook: American Ballet Theater at Metropolitan Opera House 2012-07-05T21:09:35Z I recall a pair of blue Doc Martens with steel toes, and a black shirt with a silver arabesque motif which, I regret to say, I buttoned to the top. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z The result was a remarkable flexibility in which even the most languorous of lines or extended arabesques were never heard to lose their lilt. Prom 71: Orchestre National de France/Gatti 2010-09-08T11:06:00Z Models wore abbreviated slip dresses, like little nighties, embellished with fancy arabesque embroidery and slouchy pajama pants suits in printed silks. Pilati speculation overshadows YSL show 2011-10-04T00:46:04Z The younger men do the ballet’s backward-lunging arabesques on braced heels with a vivid stretch as if their lives depended on it. | Suzanne Farrell Ballet: Suzanne Farrell Ballet at Joyce Theater - Review 2011-10-20T22:03:23Z The elegant Ms. Zhang tempers her willowy line with sharp elbows and resolute arabesques that essentially nail her point shoes into the floor. Review: ‘The Red Detachment of Women,’ by the National Ballet of China, Soldiers On 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The intricacies of zellige tilework and the minutiae of lace and arabesques are represented within the constantly shifting patterns of the installation’s surface. Moroccan Patterns Go Digital in a Series of Shows by Artist Miguel Chevalier 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Doermann also rescued the lathe-turned posts and arabesque brackets of the former back porch and split them in half to form pilasters flanking new dining room windows. When Lightning Strikes Back 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Bruno Tonioli dubbed it “heavenly perfection,” and the soldiers in the front row looked very impressed with Shawn’s arabesque. Dancing with the Stars Watch: Threesomes and Technical Difficulties 2012-11-13T13:30:41Z Ms. Mearns, however, has an arabesque charged with ardor, gesture, urgency. Sara Mearns, in Her Prime at City Ballet, Inspires Debate and Awe 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z As soon as one ceases to confuse grace with symmetry and with arabesques, one will find it on each page of Le Sacre de Printemps. 100th birthday celebrations for ‘The Rite of Spring’ in Seattle 2013-01-16T23:39:04Z Ms. Hyltin — engagingly fresh, matching him in spontaneity — has grown more incisive, and she has found more fullness of tone for the sequences in which she stretches up in yearning arabesques, only to fall away. Dance Review: Music as a Gallant Ballet Partner 2011-02-03T22:30:10Z In the middle, surrounded by arabesque flats that looked like crusted lakes, loomed a profusion of large cones, with jagged holes at the tops. Peering Into Volcanoes at Tanzania’s Crater Highlands 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z One seems to hold up a wall, another is twisted into a graceful arabesque, like a dancer. Pulling back for the big picture of media overload 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z “I am not one of those stage mothers who says, ‘Your arabesques are not high enough.’ Ballet treasures from the Treasure State 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z And in its devastatingly lovely ending, Postlewaite extends a hand to Generosa, who rises to a perfect, reaching arabesque — a movement that eloquently spoke of hope. Dance review: PNB's latest performance will touch your soul 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z He gave Schrader’s “The Comfort of Strangers,” a 1990 drama about a young couple who encounter a mysterious Christopher Walken in Venice, an exotic score swelling from arabesques to full-blown opera. Angelo Badalamenti, composer of unsettling film soundtracks, dies at 85 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Their blades made a delicious crackling sound as they sliced into the ice, sinking into deep edges, gliding into graceful arabesques, moving impossibly quickly. Shoreline’s Highland Ice Arena to close this week 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z His uniform finds its mirror in the tulle skirt of a ballerina, shimmering as she sweeps into an arabesque. Is That Steph Curry … or a Work of Art? 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z The framing boundaries of those sensuous arabesques and organic spirals become like razors. Review: Photo visionary Imogen Cunningham gets a refocus in new Getty retrospective 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z These characters are forever young, and Pantastico and Moore showed that in every shiver, every writhe of ecstasy, every weightless lift, every arabesque that looked poised to take flight. Review: PNB’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’ offers last chance to catch a fan fave ballerina 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Her showcase was The Snake Charmer, a jazzy arabesque with explosive drum-fills. Viola Smith, pioneering swing and big band drummer, dies aged 107 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Her showcase was “The Snake Charmer,” a jazzy arabesque with explosions of drumming pyrotechnics. Viola Smith, swing era’s ‘fastest girl drummer in the world,’ dies at 107 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Colin Huggins, the piano man of Washington Square Park, sat at his Steinway baby grand the other day playing one of Claude Debussy’s frolicking arabesques. It’s a Tough Time to Be a Street Musician With a 900-Pound Piano 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z They fold in half as their arabesque tilts forward, and they fly high in partnered lifts. 'It's really special': the ballet company shaking up the world of dance 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z There was no decoration on the outside, no roses, no arabesques. The Strangeness of Grief 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z All those florid fabric swatches, proliferating curlicues, Moorish arabesques, celebrations of Grandma’s wallpaper and crystal doorknobs, bright colors, polka dots and plaids were all just — well, just too much. Review: More is more. Why the 'Pattern and Decoration' show at MOCA is pure pleasure 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Clad in white, the corps de ballet descends a ramp to the stage in a diagonal snaking pattern, repeating a meditative sequence of arabesques and port de bras. How Mariinsky Ballet preserves the legacy of its 142-year-old 'La Bayadère' 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z In Pakistan and India, so-called jingle trucks feature calligraphy, beads, extravagantly colored arabesque designs or Hindu motifs. This artistic L.A. trucker turns road grime and elbow grease into mobile masterpieces 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z And that a triple play is as graceful as a balletic arabesque. The way Americans regard sports heroes versus intellectuals speaks volumes 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z At Fendi that involved dying furs green, shredding them and painting them with gold arabesques at a time when a black mink coat was considered the standard. Karl Lagerfeld, designer who translated the mood of the moment and saved Chanel, dies 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z The renovation reimagines the rectangular red building into a contemporary edifice with classical Islamic features: arches, arabesque designs, and a minaret inspired by the cathedral’s partial bell tower. Mosques from Quebec to Texas seek to balance security with openness 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z She wore slacks and a tie as she stepped off the plane in Cairo, where she proceeded to the presidential palace, an ornate cream stone building with arabesque designs. Melania Trump, ending Africa tour, says glad Kavanaugh, accuser... 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z A dancing girl in the midst of an arabesque bears the caption “Light Of The Lit Wick.” Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Imaginary Portraits 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Imler, a rapturous smile on her face, made it all seem airily simple, particularly a long promenade in arabesque ending in an effortless balance. Review: Pacific Northwest Ballet caps its season with trio of exquisite works 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z She also climbs high buildings to perform eye-popping feats like a yoga backbend on a narrow ledge, or a ballerina's arabesque on a turret. The daredevils feeding a dangerous Russian craze - BBC News 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z In the 19th century, Washington Irving wrote Tales of the Alhambra and Edgar Allan Poe raved about the intoxication of “arabesques”. The beauty of art can counter Islamophobia – but it won't be easy 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Sisi’s grandfather began a business making arabesques, wooden objects that are intricately patterned with inlaid mother-of-pearl. Egypt’s Failed Revolution 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z But this practice took place in an old arabesque building in West Ramallah. These Palestinians aren’t just ‘dancing pretty.’ They’re challenging their society. 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Her endless arabesques seem pinioned to a rack of pain. A Disturbing, Inspired “Winter’s Tale” 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Behind him, at the north end of the grounds, workmen on a long podium were fastening large bouquets of flowers to a backdrop of arabesque patterns. In Mumbai, club weddings call for grand receptions 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Members of State Street Ballet, based in Santa Barbara, Calif., entertained airline passengers by demonstrating various ballet positions — port de bras, cambre and arabesque lifts. See the Graceful Way Ballet Dancers Deal With a Layover 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The Sisi clan came to dominate the arabesque trade in Khan al-Khalili, the premier tourist market in Cairo, and the family still owns nearly ten shops there. Egypt’s Failed Revolution 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z A sinewy man in black shorts performed a slow, smooth arabesque, then broke into fast-moving dance steps. Freewheeling camaraderie in New York's Central Park 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Leading up to the finale’s kick line is a series of arabesques and pencil turns. Sign of a New Spring in Rockettes’ Steps 2014-03-14T21:41:27Z Though none of the arabesque filigree details of her family’s 500-year-old residence were preserved, she said, her family incorporated traditional design elements into the new doors and windows. Kashgar Journal: China Remodels an Ancient Silk Road City, and an Ethnic Rift Widens 2014-03-06T02:40:38Z "Doesn't look that far; gimme the 8," said Braid, who then made a perfect arabesque swing and flushed his ball 100 yards over the green. Editor's Letter: Buddies Go To Scotland 2013-01-02T05:00:00Z Vines and arabesques running over the stone work give it the lightness of foliage, of trees blossoming with flowers. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z A style of arabesque polychrome decoration has been adopted, not seen at other metropolitan stations. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z The most noteworthy pieces are a crater richly ornamented with arabesques and figures of children, a platter with a representation of Minerva, another with one of the boy Hercules and another with one of Cybele. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z To every visitor the gorgeous church of San Giovanni, with its vaulted roof of gilded arabesque, its crimson hangings, and carved pulpits, is a great object of interest. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Beneath the surbase, the panels, as also those of the door, were covered with arabesques. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z In the midst is a small sepulchral chamber, painted with arabesques. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Now we stopped to see the empty church of El Tr�nsito, in the Mud�jar style, built originally as a synagogue, and we found there an astonishingly beautiful arabesque frieze. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z In some the ground is completely covered by rich arabesque patterns. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z The lamp and the fire give a mellow glow to the heavy old-rose curtains, and to the soft-tinted arabesques on the carpet. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z The frescoes and arabesques executed here by Giovanni da Udine were considered at the time as among the most successful of his works. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The automatism inherent in all passage work he almost eliminated, and he spiritualised ornament and arabesque. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z It is moreover said that the journal itself is soon to be printed on vellum, in the illuminated style, with arabesque borders. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z Subconsciously, he remembered his spiritual brother, Edgar Allan Poe, when he wrote those tales of the grotesque and arabesque, "The Black Cupid" and "The One Pill Box." The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z The East is the land of fancy, illustrated by their wondrous tales of fiction, and their vivid and fantastic imagery, displayed in the chimeras and the arabesques of their palaces and temples. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Ancient statues and flowering shrubs occupy the spaces between the arches of the ground-floor, and on the first-floor is a loggia, richly decorated with delicate arabesques in the style of Giovanni da Udine. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z A checker-board seemed the city, which modulated into a tremendous arabesque of ocean and sky. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Above the slabs the masonry of the walls was concealed by tiles coloured and glazed, or by painted arabesques. The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z There is much grace and variety in the delicate arabesque designs in which one material is inlaid in the other. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z An old horse, a silvery sky with a fine arabesque of windy clouds, and a few old weather-stunted trees complete the picture. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z It is covered by a curtain, on which texts and various devices of roses and tasteful arabesques in the style of Solomon's temple are embroidered in gold. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Gauguin solved his by the elimination of modeling, and of graduations of tone, and by reducing his drawing to the strongest possible arabesque of outline. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z Its priceless carpet has a broad border, the white arabesque pattern of which is formed of pearls closely stitched. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The subjects of the carving may be either figures of men, horses, lions, or the heads and legs of such animals, acanthus leaves, and arabesques. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z Gilding, arabesques in colour, fretwork doors and panelling, and ceilings and cornices composed of small mirrors arranged so as to represent facets, are all decorative in the extreme. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z The vaulting is covered with mosaic arabesques of the fourth century, of flowers and birds, with scenes referring to a vintage. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The decoration of some of the rooms is gorgeous, the walls being covered in part with mosaics and in part with carved work, while the ceilings are rich in arabesque ornaments, elaborately gilt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z They are built of sun-dried bricks of local origin, costing about two krans or 16d. a thousand, and are decorated with rings of yellowish plaster, with coarse arabesques in red ochre upon them. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The fa�ade itself is a very Alhambra of fret and arabesque. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Each has a projecting cornice on the east side with carved niches, and the western face is covered with exquisite tracery in arabesques and knot-work, and inscriptions in early Arabic. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z The very beautiful cloister of the convent, which has a vaulted roof richly painted in arabesques, contains grand fifteenth century tombs,—of Cardinal Tiraso, ob. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z This too is enclosed in most beautiful silver-gilt work, adorned with flowers and fruit and birds and arabesques. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The Mission House here is a native building, its walls and ceilings simply decorated with pale brown arabesques on a white ground. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z It resembles a very large and elaborate mausoleum, built in Byzantine style, with Moorish arabesques. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z On the graves are either three carved stones arranged on edge, or a single heavy hewn stone with a rounded top, and sides decorated with arabesques. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Nothing is easier than to say that windows in which crocketed canopywork occurs are Gothic, and that those with arabesque are Renaissance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The walls were white, ornamented with a frieze of arabesques. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z It was a Toledo weapon, inlaid with golden arabesques copied from the old sword of the explorer and conquistador, Alvaro de Castro, who had been Governor of the Indies. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Above this comes a row of circular shields, adorned with intricate arabesques, while bands and wreaths of lilies are everywhere sculptured on the windows, balconies, tambours and cornices, adding lightness to the fabric. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z He was lying on his back in bed, gazing at the arabesques on the ceiling, the room being well lighted by two windows. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z An interesting development of Renaissance design was the framing of pictures in golden-yellow arabesque ornament, scarcely architectural enough to be called canopywork, and reminiscent rather of beaten goldsmith’s work than of stone carving. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z A style of ornament having dentelle border with small birds among the arabesques. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z It is a small quarto, containing 425 leaves of fine vellum, in excellent condition and well written, and ornamented with eleven rich paintings, besides occasional arabesque borders, &c. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z The silver powder has fallen on the ice, just enough to cover earlier tracings and leave me a fresh plate to etch with grapevines and arabesques. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z At the same time, obeying the decorative instinct of the Renaissance, they set these jewels of classical antiquity in arabesques of the richest and most fantastic workmanship. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z One sees how the Italians, with almost crude colours,—blue, green, red, yellow,—developed their wonderfully robust school of figure painters; then their fanciful arabesques are prolific of ideas. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z GROTESQUE, strictly a form of decorative art, in painting or sculpture, consisting of fantastic shapes of human beings, animals and the like, joined together by wreaths of flowers, garlands or arabesques. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z A beautiful MS., with five exquisite miniatures, and interlaced arabesque borders of the richest character. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z I turn and spin down the curves and reaches of the river without delaying for embroideries or arabesques. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Elsewhere in the same relief were arabesques with birds and flowers. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z All the arabesque was jewels; her mantle was jewelled so stiffly that the stuff could not bend, but hung straight down from her shoulders like a long jewelled clock. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z The room had been originally papered; but Riccabocca had stretched canvas over the walls, and painted thereon sundry satirical devices, each separated from the other by scroll-works of fantastic arabesques. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z It was a lofty hall, nobly vaulted, lined with costly Indian onyx and florid with pagan friezes, arabesques and frescoes. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Out of the scrolls and arabesques a face seemed staring at her. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z The whole is crowned with a statue of St. Michael, and the miraculous picture is enclosed in an infinite wealth and profusion of statues and arabesques, angels and prophets, precious stones and lions' heads. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Great blocks of red marble intermingle with yellow stone, white and pink marble courses continue the construction above, and arabesques of a weathered grey stone complete the harmony. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The walls are decorated in crimson, blue, and gold arabesques. The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts 2011-10-11T02:01:04.737Z Just above the long silk fringe, a sort of cloudy arabesque was embroidered in a dim wave of lucent silk. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z In old specimens, the most beautiful works are those in which the designs are of an arabesque character. Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 87, June 28, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-09-25T02:00:16.433Z And in the crystal shrine lay a little sandal, like a child’s and yet a woman’s, a little red-leather sandal with gold ornaments, arabesques that glittered incredibly fresh. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The screen is terminated by two very beautiful pilasters adorned with exquisite arabesques. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z He was comfortably stretched out on his back and his eyes were lazily studying the arabesques in the ceiling. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z They seemed the first real people I had seen in my captivity, femininity incarnate, human beings in a shadow-land of arabesques. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z Moorish arabesques adorn the walls; the arched portals are ablaze with gold and malachite. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z The furniture and bedstead, inlaid with arabesques in white metal, would seem more valuable now than they really were at that time, when the arts were beginning to produce so many masterpieces. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The carving and arabesques of the canopy and its supports, into which notes symbolical of naval power are crowded, though extremely intricate, are very pure in style. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Wait there till a funeral procession comes thither, carrying a blue-painted coffin covered by a pall of yellow silk, which pall will be embroidered with blue letters and silver arabesques. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z The delicate arabesques are covered with thick layers of whitewash; the fine sculptures have disappeared, and the internal beauty of the edifice has long since departed; but the charm of the gardens and waters remains. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z Below, the top of an ancient altar with the broken symbol of a sun upon it; above, florid and fantastic arabesques. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z Every window, every beam dividing the stories, was graced with arabesques of fantastic figures and animals wreathed in scrolls of foliage. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The screen of the last chapel on each side is of red Verona marble and is perforated by the elephant head of the Malatesta and gorgeously designed arabesques in circles. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z When they came nearer he could even distinguish the blue letters on the pall, and when they came level with him he could see the silver embroidery of arabesques quite well. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z Perhaps you will do that—on a smalt ground, with a gold Persian arabesque round, and impossible flowers twined in and out of the letters; but, remember it!—pardon! Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z In the interior, two ranges of massive columns support the ceiling, which is high, and decorated with many colors in arabesque, with figures in fresco. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z The ceilings and pillars are also gaily painted with arabesques, and other ornaments; and at the upper end there is a grand seated figure, looking magnificent and contemplative, and calling herself Bavaria. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z In the other recesses stags are seen drinking at fountains, and birds and arabesques cover the beautiful tesser� groundwork. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Mouldings, figures, arabesques, groups and scenes were worked in this stucco and delicately coloured. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z The walls will be painted from the Iliad and Odyssey, in compartments, mingled with the richest arabesques. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z There were also, in many parts distinctly visible, fainter lines, to show that the peculiar arabesque of that ornamental shield had not been overlooked by the artist. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z The arabesques are by Eugene Neureuther: and there are two admirable and spirited bas-reliefs by Schwanthaler—one representing the battle of the ships, and the other the combat of Achilles with the river gods. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z The vault of the Tribune itself is decorated with one of the most gorgeous arrangements of colour in arabesques and birds that could be imagined. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z His mind was busily weaving the torn threads of his thoughts into fairy-like figures, at first quaint like arabesques, but by degrees revealing a strange secret connection. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z As the picnickers started shuffling sideways, I shoved some feathers in my hair, pulled on a tutu and rose into an arabesque to Tchaikovsky's haunting music for act four of Swan Lake. Should BP sponsor the Royal Opera House's summer screenings? 2011-07-15T15:11:30Z He wore long riding-boots of Spanish leather, a light corselet of tough steel, inlaid with arabesques of gold, and a big quilted Spanish hat. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z Fruit and vegetables can be treated as still-life, in arabesques, and decorating the margins of single recipes. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z The soffit of the arch of the Choir has a blue ground covered with multi-coloured birds and arabesques. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The Eusebian Canons written in gold between human figures standing on columns supporting arched arabesque friezes finely painted in gold and colours. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z But what particularly struck the friends was the brilliant beauty of the arabesques that covered the ceilings, and the exquisite chiselling of the cornices, and the framework of the windows. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Near the door is a fine standing figure of Cato, and in the ceiling are medallions of the deities representing the seven planets set amidst a profusion of diversified arabesques. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino 2011-06-27T02:00:59.487Z Only think what splendid initial letters and arabesques I can have! Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z Above is an open gallery, under which is a marvellously intricate frieze of arabesques. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z But he's got such an active mind, he finds it hard to let well enough alone, he's everlastingly embroidering everything he takes an interest in with the most amazing arabesques. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z They usually had three claw feet, and the pierced varieties were often cut into arabesques or conventional patterns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z With backs deeply arched they bounded over the face of the desert like so many alabaster discs—mingling, separating and re-combining in a tracery of flying arabesques. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z She stood hesitating and looked sorrowfully at the beautiful binding, with its gay arabesques. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z Just above the frieze which runs round the top of the walls, a fine series of well-carved brackets carries the first portion of the roof—a flat space beautifully ornate with good arabesques. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The pillars and arches were covered with arabesques and verses from the Koran, carved in relief, and painted. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z Mandeville may still be read for those wild arabesques which so long unjustly proved fatal to his authentic narrative. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z A subdued and lovely light filtered through its metal arabesques and sent a soft glow through the grand interior of the cavern. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z We have seen some quite covered with common embroidery; others embroidered with arabesques intermingled with braid and silk, and black jet. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z The great hall inside is decorated with very good examples of Perugino's brush, and has a marvellous ceiling covered with arabesques and medallions by his pupils. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Ribands occur frequently in arabesques,—in some of a high order, too,—tying up flowers, or flitting in and out among the fixed forms. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z A bold initial, with intricate golden arabesques headed the poem. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z In any event, this feature of the house was compounded of strange samples of the carpenter's craft, turned in oriental arabesques such as an architect might dream of after a hasty reading of Kubla Khan. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Beneath those exuberant arabesques, within that labyrinth of technically perfect details, suave outlines, delicate contours devoid of content, a real woman would be lost. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The porch is supported by elegant pillars and adorned by arabesques with birds, animals, and other figures. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z I remember the scrolls of Perugino's angels, and the ribands of Raphael's arabesques, and of Ghiberti's glorious bronze flowers: no matter; they are every one of them vices and uglinesses. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z Zinka pointed to the lawn that lay before them, terribly disfigured by bright red and yellow arabesques. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z The changes undergone by the various orders before the arch peculiar to Granada was developed are clearly defined and worthy of attention; and not less interesting is the study of the fragile and elaborate arabesques. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Alabaster and porcelain clocks with pillars for ornaments, and thin Arabian figures on large white dials, slept away the time on yellow commodes with inlaid wood arabesques. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z The fa�ade is terribly ornate, with chequer work in white and black marble, red and yellow busts and medallions, twisted pillars and strange arabesques. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z I have to thank its designer, Mr. W. Harry Rogers, for his intelligent arrangement of them, and graceful adaptation of the connecting arabesque. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z He seemed to be walking in a lovely summer night: the moon shone bright through the branches of an old linden, and lay in arabesque patterns of light on the dark ground beneath. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z There were twenty-one entrances, encircled by legends from the Koran, interspersed with scarlet and gilded arabesques; the doors were very heavy, and covered with plates of polished brass. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z As distinguished from any pianist-composer up to his time, his specialty was the surrounding of a melody with arabesques and ornamental passages of scales and arpeggios played with rapidity, clearness, and brilliancy. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z The intricate Byzantine carving above these forms a scheme of decoration wherein figures, birds, beasts and arabesques run in a perfect riot of fanciful design. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Oh, here are two doves in a bower, Or a wonderful arabesque flower; Or a nobby design For a sweet valentine; Or, reversed, 't is a beast with a glower. Gobolinks or Shadow Pictures for Young and Old 2011-03-03T03:00:57.927Z It had painted on the walls arabesques of the lace curtains of the western windows; the glow touched with a sort of revivifying effect the family portraits. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z He tells us the patterns painted—arabesques, leaves, landscapes, &c.—and the prices charged, but no specimens of this early date have hitherto been identified. The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods 2011-02-28T03:00:33.843Z The sofa had enveloped itself shamefacedly in the sister's artistic crochet work, seat back and side cushions were covered with every variety of imaginary figures and arabesques. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z The chevroned arches of the portal are decorated with acanthus leaves and arabesques. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Circassia, flint lock, muzzle, 4½ in. diam., barrel etched, stock inlaid with arabesque patterns, very fine and rare. American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 2011-02-23T03:00:33.300Z Since the Koran forbade the representation of any living creature, Mohammedan artists developed the so-called arabesque style, based on geometric and floral motives. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z The arabesques were no longer in such elegant taste, and large coats of arms entirely filled the centres of vases and plates. The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods 2011-02-28T03:00:33.843Z The Harlequin bowed again in arabesques, very low, yet with a singular and almost devilish grace: "Madame concedes that the poor Harlequin has won his wager?" The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Moorish designs and arabesques also rival in colour the extraordinarily intricate gold pattern which sets off the beauty of the marble walls. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The lower range of the archivolt is divided by pilasters bearing the symbols of the Evangelists, deeply cut arabesques of the Genii, and the four greater prophets—Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z She was silent and leaned back in her seat, while her husband, standing by the table, took up the fan that was lying there and examined its arabesques with an appearance of much interest. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z The subjects are hunting scenes, &c., painted in blue; champêtre scenes and figures in costumes of the period of Louis XIV.; and mythological and biblical subjects with arabesque borders. The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods 2011-02-28T03:00:33.843Z Scrolls and angles, arabesques and medallions, belong to the second half of the eighteenth century. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z They were decorated with yellow arabesques with metallic reflections, and were worth a hundred crowns apiece. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Several times a week, Ms. Jean does pliés and arabesques as part of an exercise routine overseen by a high school senior trained as a physical therapy assistant by the New Hampshire group. A Year Later, Haunted but Hopeful, Haiti Struggles Back 2011-01-04T02:31:28Z It was here that the flowers and foliage were made, the ribbons and vines and arabesques, everything that curled and dangled daintily. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The tiles being mostly made to cover walls, form continuous arabesques when placed side by side. The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods 2011-02-28T03:00:33.843Z Both walls and ceilings were covered with a paper of the richest and glossiest black, on which was traced a lurid and arabesque pattern of dead gold. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z Boscastle has two churches, that of Forrabury, which has been too zealously restored, deal having been substituted for the sixteenth-century oak benches and for the old pulpit that was covered with arabesques, and Minster. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z Gulchenrouz could write in various characters with precision, and paint upon vellum the most elegant arabesques that fancy could devise. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Farrel saw the arabesques of red and blue the cards made under the light as she threw them on the table. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z The manufacture of a brown stoneware with Renaissance medallions, arabesques, &c., in relief flourished here in the 16th century. The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods 2011-02-28T03:00:33.843Z She stretched, she pirouetted, she did some arabesques. Sport's latest sensation: a rubbery bracelet 2010-08-01T19:00:00Z Maces, like other arms of steel, are often tastefully inlaid with arabesque ornaments and inscriptions in gold. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments The rapidly sinking sun flooded the room with a purple glow, and painted arabesques of gold upon the walls. The Undying Past The walls were not covered with wainscot, but adorned with arabesques and paintings of agricultural scenes and views of paradise. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) The patterns upon the tiles and vases are similar, and consist of elegant arabesques, foliage, and ornamented flowers, more or less in imitation of nature. The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods 2011-02-28T03:00:33.843Z The arabesques of the Moors, who are prohibited by their religion from representing animal forms, consist essentially of complicated ornamental designs based on the suggestion of plant-growth, combined with extremely complex geometrical forms. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli And almost tenderly she wiped the dust from the arabesques on the back, and shook up the little yellow pillows. A Sister's Love A Novel She, with flushed cheeks, gazed at the toe of her embroidered Turkish slipper, which with its gold arabesques shone forth from the hem of her blue cashmere gown. The Undying Past The eddying music follows its implacable course, drapes its arabesques of melody about me, and when I stop my ears, still keeps whirling round and round. Woman For instance, the griffins, the lions' heads of antique type, and the arms and armour arranged as trophies, all indicate acquaintance with the prevalent materials of Italian arabesque design of late cinque-cento style. An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. He thought over what he should say; meanwhile his eyes wandered around; they fell upon the great mirror with its gilt arabesques; something seemed strange to him. Majesty A Novel Vague onyx columns ranked Corinthian, Or piled Ionic, colonnading heights That loom above long burst of mythic seas: Vast gynaeceums of carnelian; Micaceous temples, far marmorean flights, Where winds the arabesque and plastique frieze. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems The organ passed into the arabesques of a florid voluntary. The Undying Past Le Gascon caused his small gilding tools—curves and arabesques—to be scored across, so that when impressions were made from them a dotted line showed instead of a right line. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" From its fanciful arabesques this blade was intended to represent the events of the destiny about which the oracle was to be consulted. Marguerite de Valois Waves of heat seemed to overwhelm her; little figures of jugglers, gymnasts, performing dogs, passed before her eyes like arabesques. A Bed of Roses The interior of the dome is lined with blue tiles richly ornamented with arabesques and inscriptions from the Koran. Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan This work of art was ornamented with arabesques, and with flowers, birds, and animals of every description; upon it was a book in Greek characters. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. The plea is not that the arabesque has that meaning when the whole thing is exposed. Geography and Plays It is incrusted with arabesques carved in ivory, and has broad hasps and locks of embossed silver. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu It was ghostly, for passers-by in Regent Street came to and fro beyond the portico like arabesques. A Bed of Roses The singers who turned their noses up at the florid arabesques of old Italy for the more rugged pageantry of modern Germany are destined to suffer the consequences. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists There is all the difference between their literary mosaic and the arabesques of Lamb. The Vagabond in Literature For hitherto the true arabesque abhorred the graven image made of artists' hands. Aubrey Beardsley One of the best authorities on Saracenic art has announced that this khan is adorned with more varieties of exquisite arabesques than any single building in Cairo. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu Another well-known type of pattern consists of highly conventionalized floral ornament which often runs to a beautiful tracery of “arabesque” lines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" A scimitar of marvelous workmanship hung from his belt; its sheath as well as its handle of massive gold was ornamented with arabesques of corals and diamonds. The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess His discursive essays are arabesques observing geometrical patterns, and though seemingly careless, follow out cunningly preconceived designs. The Vagabond in Literature The base is ornamented with an arabesque or scroll design, flanked at each end by the arms of the Hosiers' Guild. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction You can see the brass-workers incising the arabesques of their trays; you can see the armorers making arms, the ribbon-makers making ribbons, the jewellers blowing their forges, the ivory-carvers bending over their delicate task. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu Yet another class, belonging to the 14th century, has a fine dark-blue alkaline glaze, 729 with designs in low relief, picked out with scrolls and arabesques in white enamel or bold floral sprays in leaf-gold. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" His magnificent scimitar, with both handle and scabbard of solid gold and ornamented with arabesques of coral and diamonds, likewise was of Arabian origin. The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess Their musical arabesques of flight patterned the upper blue like joy made visible. Shadows of Flames A Novel And a lovely object is the same fountain; and a beautiful street it stands in, with its stately houses, all rich in stuccoed arabesques, and gorgeously carved doors and gates! Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) Notice how everywhere there are the vaulted ceilings of carved cedar wood, the bubblelike domes, the mosaics, the tilings, the arabesques, the delicate tracery of color, and the marvelous lace work of wood and marble. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. Vases similar in shape and technique, with ornament of Cufic characters and arabesques in horizontal rows, are to be found in the museums at St Petersburg, Palermo and Stockholm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The scroll-work inlay is commonly simple and graceful, consisting of floral or geometrical motives, or arabesques. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" It takes the shape of an arabesque, artistically framing some lines written for the occasion of his birthday by Klingemann. Fragments of an Autobiography Mosque design, with columns and pendant floral lamp relieved on solid ground of rare Egyptian red, surmounted by arabesques in white upon dark turquoise, framed in lovely contrasting borders.” The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. These surcoats were sometimes of fine cloth of gold covered with an intricate, delicate pattern in which beasts, birds, and foliage mingled in arabesque. English Costume The arabesques and grotesques on the Gubbio wares are usually of great merit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The floor was covered with matting, over which were scattered Persian rugs whose arabesques of mauve and puce were merged in a depth of warm color by the fleeting daylight. Carnival From the ground spring up pillars highly decorated, and in the side are windows of a rich arabesque pattern in stained glass. The Religious Life of London I saw upon the floor endless arabesques of twin-souls, fantastically entangled and unrolled. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar The shadows make strange streaks and mottled arabesques of violet on the apricot-tinged walks where the thin sunlight lies like flower-petals. A Pushcart at the Curb The workshops of Siena were also noted for delicately painted grotesques and arabesques, with a rich brownish-yellow or deep black ground. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" She began to worry over this problem of outward behavior, while the unusual initial twisted itself into an arabesque at once laughable and alarming. Carnival The arabesques in the first story are views of coal mines—Wallsend, Percy, Pit Main, Regent’s Pit, &c. About London Neither Greek nor Moor, Hindoo nor Goth ever conceived such arabesques as were sculptured on the walls of the entrance to the holy of holies. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar The streets are full of lilacs that trail long swirls and eddies of fragrance arabesques of fragrance like the arabesques that form and fade in the fleeting ripples of the jade-green river. A Pushcart at the Curb All these may be 728 found either on plain vases, or on vessels with modelled ornament; or covering delicate floral or arabesque patterns painted in white slip or incised in the paste. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The space between the columns is hung with bright draperies, the walls are covered with arabesques. The Golden Age in Transylvania The tomb below has panels with arabesques, and in their centres shields, originally covered with brasses. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West I saw in the profuse decorations, in the arabesques so fantastically entangled and unrolled, a manifestation of the delicate sensibility that created them. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar Several of the copies of the Gospels had their titles ornamented with arabesques, but none struck me as being peculiarly valuable. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Borders of arabesques with black or deep orange ground belong to the same factory and were perhaps decorated by the same hand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" There were portions which appeared like Corinthian brass, then like arabesques, as on the door of a mosque; then like Runic stones with obscure and mystic prints of claws. Toilers of the Sea The glazing of its window and the arabesques cannot be compared to those of the original fabric in the northern arm. Cathedrals of Spain The soul in such inspired moments takes the form of sculptured arabesques, or flowers, or resembles the refluent sea, full of incredible shapes and symbols. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar The dome of the tomb of Kaitbay is of stone, sculptured all over with an arabesque pattern; and there are several other domes in different mosques at Cairo equally richly ornamented. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant If this shows certain Mudejar taste, so, also, do the geometrical designs carved in relief against a background, as seen in the arabesques above the upper windows. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain The befrogged officer is no longer limited in the arabesques of braid and tinsel that make gay his manly breast. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. As with the windows, so also with the arabesques. Cathedrals of Spain Fair priests and priestesses of art formed upon the floor of the palace decorative arabesques of scrolls and interlacements of living bodies, the color of their garments mingling in perfectly harmonious hues, beautiful beyond comparison. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar But there is also a splendid arabesque of line and a deeper reading of the spiritual content of the subject. Artists Past and Present Random Studies The Alhambra, likewise, shows animal arabesques which are Byzantine and not Moorish. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain Or last, one arabesque of ferns, Chrysanthemums and mistletoe, And death-pale roses bunched in urns That with an innate glory glow. Blooms of the Berry It was entered through a long corridor of pillars capped 46 in black onyx with wicker chairs, a tiling laid in arabesques and potted palms; and opposite was the balcony over the Prado. The Bright Shawl Some birds, animals, and figures are introduced; but the patterns are chiefly arabesque, set off in white, on a thick black ground. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries Gilded arabesques colored in Moorish shell tints adorn the main altar. Through Our Unknown Southwest This magnificent structure is ornamented with carved arabesques, inscriptions in gilt, and delicately colored green tile. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise The walls are plastered, and covered with arabesques or verses of the Koran incrusted in colours. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) Around it the water was indigo blue in the evening light, streaked with arabesques of foam, and he could hear waves rumble against the sheer walls. The Sensitive Man These patterns consist of arabesques, figures, birds, beasts, flowers, in every variety. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries And flower-boats she also saw; their upper galleries decked with flowers, garlands, and arabesques, as if they were barks fitted out for the enjoyment of Queen Titania and her fairy company. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century The Company also possess a silver-gilt wagon and tun, covered with arabesques and enamels, of sixteenth century work. Old and New London Volume I Timéa drew lovely arabesques upon it, and began to embroider them. Timar's Two Worlds The moonlight made arabesques on the walls, and he walked to the window with an instinctive craving for the open. Old Crow Hence the origin of the term arabesque, which we now use to express all odd combinations of patterns from which human and animal forms are excluded. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries The wall paper of arabesques in green and blue, which the government had furnished, did not harmonize with the hangings or carpets. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day I was lying on my back looking up at an arabesque pattern of blue and saffron; gray-silver light filtered through a lacy, filigree. Where the World is Quiet The whole is surrounded by a pretty arabesque composed of crowbars and other implements of burglary, pistols, knives, death’s heads and cross-bones, halters, handcuffs, and fetters, ingeniously disposed and prettily intertwined with wreaths of roses.” English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. The plinth and frieze are often of well-defined guilloche work, or are carved with arabesques or conventionalized flowers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" It contains a variety of plates, of which the patterns are all, or nearly all, arabesque. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries Round his eyes were traced two yellow circles, and his mouth was enclosed by a parenthesis of vermilion; an arabesque pattern adorned each dusky cheek. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement From the sublime to the arabesque is but a semitone in his antic mind. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Title within arabesque border, at the foot of which are the initials T C, probably those of Thomas Creede the printer. Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge The experiences which go to make up the volume "Ashton-Kirk, Investigator" were chosen because they dealt with a rather arabesque murder, the hidden features of which were brought to light in an extraordinary way. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist Hence, perhaps, the awkward and ungainly aspect of these, in comparison with the arabesque patterns. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries The sun now shone more fairly on the pool; and over its brown, welling surface, the blue of heaven and the golden green of the spring foliage danced in fleeting arabesque. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) The human figure as an arabesque is well within the comprehension of the average observer, but obscenity is not art—great art is never obscene. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Observe especially the brackets of the balconies, the flower-work on the cornices, and the arabesques on the angles of the balconies themselves. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) Comparing the arabesque and sculpture of the Duomo here with St. Mark’s, the first thing that strikes one is the low relief, the second, the greater motion and spirit, with infinitely less grace and science. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) And upon this depends the other half of the imaginative art of the Renaissance, the school of intellectual decoration, of arabesques formed, not of lines and of colours, but of associations and suggestions. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion The decoration of the church, in gold and colours, arabesque and fifteenth century ornament, is very beautiful and harmonious. Famous Firesides of French Canada After the first shudder had passed, the magnetism, a hideous magnetism, drew you to the walls, the lunatic patterns began to yield up vague meanings; arabesques that threatened one's sanity became almost intelligible. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Its highest condition is that which first developed itself among the enervated Romans, and which was brought 136 to the highest perfection of which it was capable, by Raphael, in the arabesques of the Vatican. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) Through the length of one July night he lay awake in bed, while his eyes were like kaleidoscopes, taking a thousand arabesque forms and fancies. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It Indeed, some persons in England, perceiving the great influence which this invention is destined to have on manufacturing industry, are already applying it to the production of buttons, arabesques, and various ornaments in Copper. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign Not only is the arch which overspans the altar ornamented with an arabesque pattern, but the roof or vault is coloured with paintings. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century An arabesque of the movement produced by the twinkling colours and iridescence of the frills and furbelows on show; the electric light divides the scene into defined zones. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Those grotesques or arabesques of the Vatican, and other such work, which have become the patterns of ornamentation in modern times, are the fruit of great minds degraded to base objects. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) The ceiling was rich with fanciful arabesque woodwork. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 In the sacristy are some stall-fronts and cupboards ornamented with intarsia of arabesques and figures of saints of the Order, the latter rather rough in workmanship. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia La Fontaine’s fables gave some of the prettiest and gayest designs, and were generally the centres of splendid arabesques. Needlework As Art To burlesque the human figure, to make of it a vile arabesque, a shameful sight, is the besetting temptation of the younger generation. Ivory Apes and Peacocks All these tombs have been richly colored; the hair of the angels has here been gilded, their wings bedropped with silver, and their garments covered with the most exquisite arabesques. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) The second lord imported marble mantels from England, had the walls beautifully wainscoted, adorned the ceilings richly with arabesque work in wood. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 On the right side is a curious lintelled door with dull arabesques emphasised by lines of drilling and pictures on either side. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia This he calls lace “pure et simple;” and he considers that it differs from guipure in that the latter consists of flowers and arabesques worked separately, and then connected with bars, lines, or meshes. Needlework As Art Directly before the château is a little square garden enclosed by a low stone parapet, interrupted by a high gateway of mossy pillars and iron arabesques, the whole of it overclambered by flowering vines. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 Round three sides above the tiles runs a decorative mosaic frieze, by Walter Crane, of an arabesque design on a gold ground. Frederic Lord Leighton An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work Panellings of walls and doors were often decorated with inlays, most frequently of arabesques, of which the town halls of L�beck and Danzig furnish fine examples. Intarsia and Marquetry It contains an altar-piece with gilt arabesques on a blue ground, and large painted and gilt wooden figures of Apostles and the subject of the Assumption. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia The material was gold brocade, covered with wonderful designs carried out in needlework, representing saints and angels, trees and birds, and arabesques. Needlework As Art The title-page was in two colors, with a pretty arabesque border. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) The rest of the front of the building is covered with the richest profusion of medallions, scrolls, friezes, canopies, statues, and arabesques, in bas-relief, worked with extraordinary care, and of great beauty. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy They are principally arabesques, somewhat resembling the panels in the Cathedral at Genoa, but include four figure panels of little angels and an Annunciation in two panels, which are not without charm, though rather overstiff. Intarsia and Marquetry The chapel has pilasters with very beautiful arabesques. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia These pictures would have served the purpose of decoration better as medallions in the centres of arabesque panels, than framed and glazed in imitation of oil paintings. Needlework As Art This blood, and perhaps the freedom as well, was newspaper arabesque. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland This room looks over the sea, too, but from the side of the house and through an arabesque of trees. Tante The door and wall panels have elaborate architectural forms in relief with base, frieze, and pilasters; and are also fully inlaid with arabesques, counterchanged bay by bay. Intarsia and Marquetry He studied at Padua with Mantegna, under Squarcione, and executed frescoes and chiaroscuro arabesques in the cloister of S. Giustina in that city. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia Nothing can be more festive than a brilliantly lighted hall, glowing with these woven pictures or arabesques, framed in gilded carvings or stuccoes. Needlework As Art Canaletto.gift to architecture, and the walls of Venice, which before, I believe, had received color only in arabesque patterns, were lighted with human life by Giorgione, Titian, Tintoret, and Veronese. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) The signature is usually indecipherable and enveloped in an infinite number of arabesques. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso Each back is separated from the next by a colonnette carved with delicate arabesques. Intarsia and Marquetry The soffit of the arch is carved, and the face of the pilaster below has a very rich and graceful vine arabesque upon it. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia Research into the mysteries and principles of design applies to woven arabesques and patterns, and must include machine-made textile ornament, and all decorative needlework. Needlework As Art But there were dark-eyed damsels still gay and fresh, with artistic bodices of violet and green picked out with gold arabesque. Dreamers of the Ghetto Mrs. Austen looked at Lennox, who had been looking at her, but who was then looking at the rug, in the border of which were arabesques. The Paliser case The figure subjects are not very successful, the arabesques are better; but the panels with open cupboard doors and objects within are not so well done as Fra Giovanni's. Intarsia and Marquetry The jambs have a rough arabesque scroll, terminating in a two-headed bird. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia The awning of the classic hypæthral hall or court was often reproduced in Roman arabesques. Needlework As Art Here is the very excess of dog-tooth, arabesque, and grotesque carving, never found in connection with a building which is constructively 313decorative. The Cathedrals of Northern France The glowing, glittering arabesques, the trilling as if from the throats of a thousand larks, the cunning imitations as if leaf mocked leaf in the sunshine! Melomaniacs The princes' prayer chamber or pew is elaborately panelled, and the panels are all filled with inlays, mostly arabesques. Intarsia and Marquetry The background is of silver, with little angels supporting the Virgin's nimbus, and there is a curious frame of filigree arabesques of tinsel set in wire and standing free. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia The pictures that embellish the walls, the unzoned nymphs, the bounding Bacchantes, the grotesque Fauns, the playful arabesques, all are informed with the airy and creative spirit of Greek art. Italy, the Magic Land When serving at the counter her ample breast sported inevitably one of an endless assortment of colored handkerchiefs, tomate y huevo, complicated arabesques of tomato red and egg yellow worked into thick well woven silk. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore It was rather low, and long, the ceiling panelled and covered with dull gilt arabesques. Melomaniacs In the Museum at Leipzig is a very fine cabinet, with many drawers within, elaborately inlaid with arabesques on a light ground, with a few architectural forms in ebony projecting. Intarsia and Marquetry The whole effect is most decorative, due partly, no doubt, to the fine frame with golden arabesques on a dark blue ground. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia The other seats about the room are mostly tabourets, covered with Cordova leather, embossed in gold and colors and tooled by hand in free arabesque designs. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 The figure sculpture is poor, and it is only the arabesques which show skill in execution. Portuguese Architecture Allan Dane came over New York, gazed down at the ruin of its soaring towers, at the leaping arabesque of its street bridges. When the Sleepers Woke |
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