| 单词 | masterly |
| 例句 | But the way he said nothing was masterly. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z West whispered to him, “That was masterly, sir.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In the world were also dwarfs—ugly creatures, but masterly craftsmen, who lived under the earth; and elves, lovely sprites, who tended the flowers and streams. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “You mean the idiots that I handpicked for cowardice and ineptitude? Oh, yes, bravo, Your Highness. That was a masterly piece of combat,” said Ripred, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She opened its mirror-faced door and surveyed the congested shelves with the eye—or, rather, the masterly squint—of a dedicated medicine-cabinet gardener. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Whether Richard Parker skulked up in masterly tiger fashion before landing upon them in a thunder of roaring, or slouched by indifferently, it was all the same to them. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His handling of his client in the witness-box had been masterly. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z She tugged at the knots, and he could see that she had done a masterly job of connecting them to each other, leaving a length of vine between. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Since no one, not even Cale, is more laid-back than Willie Nelson, on “Songbird” he doesn’t need to concede any ground to paying homage, and presents the touching yet unsentimental lyrics with spare, masterly clarity: Eric Clapton Gathers Stars for a J. J. Cale Tribute Album 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Geandy Pavón, who was born in Cuba, has a masterly trompe l’oeil portrait of Barack Obama in the show, or rather a painting of the president’s face as if seen in a crumpled-up photograph. Art Review: Artists Whose Vitality Flows From the Streets 2011-06-16T21:52:56Z It’s in Gregor himself that you detect Rattigan’s masterly hand for shaping situations that propel plot as they define character. | 'Man and Boy': ?Man and Boy,? With Frank Langella - Review 2011-10-10T02:01:09Z He shares headliner billing with the masterly Nas, a rapper whose lyrics still scorch more than two decades after his debut, “Illmatic.” Pop & Rock Listings for Feb. 12-18 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z A masterly new chronicle, by Britain’s most engaging historian of the ancient world, about Rome from its myth-shrouded origins to the early third century. Shelf life 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Once it had been established, very early on, that the masterly advertising executive Don Draper had a past identity to which he didn't admit, then everything has followed effortlessly, both in plot and in theme. Mad Men: the future of American film is on television 2010-09-08T08:01:00Z It is also done with that masterly understatement that is Rattigan's signature. The Deep Blue Sea ? review 2011-07-26T17:31:57Z But “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird,” given its New York premiere on Friday at the Apollo Theater, evoked none of that masterly saxophonist and composer’s wild beauty and mesmerizing focus. Review: ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ at the Apollo Hails a Bebop Giant 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Levine’s performance was so masterly that it was a little disconcerting to see him walk onstage during curtain calls with a cane, looking thinner and frail. Music Review: This Time, a Baritone as a Verdi Baritone 2011-01-21T23:47:28Z Yet Mr. Verdon is masterly at keeping Gurney a step ahead of the reader — at least this reader. Books of The Times: ?Think of a Number,? Crime Story From John Verdon 2010-07-15T21:32:00Z His paintings show a masterly technique, blending figurative elements and depictions of the natural world with abstraction, layers of symbolism and fantastical imagery that defy easy categories. Louis Delsarte, a Muralist of the Black Experience, Dies at 75 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z This exhibition tells an intricate story in masterly fashion. Art Review: Rediscovering an Earthy Master 2010-10-07T21:50:00Z Mr. Nemr is a masterly tapper, yet much of his mastery was wasted on baggy talking-while-tapping speeches, recounting the company’s origins and why some of the proceeds would be going to an orphanage in Lebanon. Review: Cats Paying Dues Tap and Sing, Don’t Meow 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Colors, textures, stances and expressions play off one another not only within individual photos but also among them in the collection’s masterly sequencing. A Decade of Power, in Photographs 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Blume’s “Fallout” was masterly, until he asserted that there was — to use his words — no “cover-up to hide the realities of radiation sickness from public knowledge.” Remembering the ‘Good War’ and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z But Mr. Arness, his protégé, turned out to be a masterly casting choice. James Arness, Marshal on ?Gunsmoke,? Dies at 88 2011-06-03T18:34:50Z Those masterly memoirs are rare: Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” comes to mind. The Examined Life May Be More Worth Living. Reading About It Is Another Matter. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Robert Skidelsky – Keynes' masterly biographer – believes that Lopokova conceived and then miscarried, but I think that assumption is based on a misinterpreted letter. Niall Ferguson should know that JM Keynes's marriage was happy – with plenty of sex 2013-05-06T12:13:56Z At his best, though, he is a vivid tone painter with a masterly command of orchestration and form. John Williams in the Concert Hall: An Introduction 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Marías, a celebrated Spanish author, offers up a masterly premise and plot that are worthy of a Hitchcock adaptation, and the denouement does not disappoint. Duplicity, Grace and Violence: New Spanish-Language Fiction 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Still, “Deposing Nathan” is a superb story, told in an original and masterly way. Y.A. Novels That Let Teenage Boys Be Vulnerable 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Though Bax’s technique is masterly, the effort to cover so many parts leads inevitably to some approximate rhythms, and one always misses the riotous colors of the original. CD reviews: Exhuming an operatic ‘Herculanum.’ 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z "I've left that girl so many times before" … but in Jimmy Webb's masterly By the Time I Get to Phoenix, included here in its definitive reading by Glen Campbell, it's for real. Readers recommend: songs about a change of mind ? results 2011-08-04T14:27:52Z The Bee Gees were prolific and often masterly songwriters, and they sang three-part harmony as only siblings can. How the Bee Gees Stayed Alive 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z And rightly so – it was a slick, masterly series packed to bursting with thrilling plot and elegant performances. Golden Globes 2018: who will win – and who should win – the TV categories 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z “The Americans,” the masterly, melancholy fourth season proved, is more like “Breaking Sad.” ‘The Americans,’ in Its Melancholy Fourth Season, Was ‘Breaking Sad’ 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Viewed another way, in a characteristic trick of this masterly artist, the green plane could be a tattered curtain, with a parti-colored world — unknowable, seductive, beautiful, malignant — visible through its holes. Thomas Nozkowski’s Final Statement 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z A new production overseen by Robert Carsen — one of the most consistent directors working — aids the dramatic arc, and thus allows viewers another encounter with Janacek’s masterly musical style. 4 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z This book is filled with masterly drawings of the furry kind. It’s a Dog’s Life — or Is It? 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z The label Unseen Worlds has done brisk trade with timely reissues, including masterly surveys of works by the composer Laurie Spiegel. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z However, Comyns's brilliant eye for the grotesque is nowhere more perfected than in The Vet's Daughter, a masterly example of suburban gothic meets magical realism. Sisters By a River; Our Spoons Came from Woolworths; The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns – review 2013-07-28T09:30:00Z He certainly has masterly command of this formidably difficult work. The Mariinsky in Two All-Russian Programs at Carnegie Hall 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z But it was understandably difficult to keep quiet after a performance of a masterly art delivered with mastery. The Classical Music Event of the Summer Is in Salzburg’s Shadow 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z This was not opera at its most groundbreaking, but at its most masterly. Best Classical Music Performances of 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Hollinghurst writes long, absorbing, much-peopled novels that display a masterly grasp of psychological processes and a prickling awareness of minute betrayals and inarticulate desires. In Alan Hollinghurst’s Latest, a Hazy Sex Scandal Looms Over Many Lives 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z No Figgisy humping and gynaecological explorations in the masterly, Ken Russell manner, filmed in a genuine Renaissance setting instead of a boring old theatre? Teenagers won't be shocked by a naked man on the stage 2011-02-27T00:06:05Z He had already proved that he could, on occasion, produce masterly adaptations: The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The Man Who Would Be King are all exemplary. Good book, great film 2011-04-01T10:08:52Z Timony fronted the masterly atmospheric Helium and myriad other projects, and Cole was a mainstay in the Minders. Wild Flag: 'It just sort of exploded' 2011-07-19T06:14:00Z Any admirer of Penelope Fitzgerald’s work — or, for that matter, any passionate reader — will enjoy this capacious, masterly biography. Michael Dirda reviews ‘Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life,’ by Hermione Lee 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z In sum, this is a truly magic "Flute," musically superb if not perfect, theatrically masterly and irresistibly entertaining. 'The Magic Flute': Beautiful fun at Seattle Opera 2011-05-09T20:32:05Z But I would particularly recommend Terry Alford’s “Fortune’s Fool,” a masterly, meticulous biography of John Wilkes Booth, and Daniel J. Watermeier’s wonderful biography of Edwin Booth, “American Tragedian.” How Karen Joy Fowler’s Grandfather Lied His Way Into a Who’s Who 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z It remains among the finest pieces of Mr. Millepied’s work, and confirms that his masterly handling of large groups in changing geometries is something rare. Dance Review: Ballet Memphis and Ballet Arizona at Kennedy Center 2010-06-18T22:15:00Z Parul Sehgal calls the book “masterly,” and says that it “covers an awe-inspiring breadth of history,” from the heyday of the Tibetan empire to the present day. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z “Chafkin’s masterly evocation of his subject’s galactic fear — of liberals, of the U.S. government, of death — turns Thiel himself into a threat.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z From his performance earlier this season as Roy Cohn in a masterly revival of “Angels in America,” Hébert could not pivot more commendably as Arnold. Review | Taylor Mac’s play ‘Hir’ shows an America that’s groping in the dark for its moral identity 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z That question will be answered, if without the aesthetic elegance, masterly editing or rumbling horror of the first film. ‘Goodnight Mommy’ Review: Behind the Mask 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Photograph: Donald Cooper It took more than 50 years for Britten's masterly chamber , based on , to arrive at Glyndebourne – a theatre and setting for which it could have been written. The Turn of the Screw ? review 2011-08-12T17:01:45Z “The Bald Soprano” at the Pearl Theater was a recent reminder that Ionesco can be terribly funny for anyone who has forgotten Simon McBurney’s masterly production of “The Chairs.” Theater Review: ?Ionescopade? at the York Theater at St. Peter?s 2012-02-11T00:18:38Z The show’s masterly first 20 minutes, for instance, have been significantly rejiggered since Denver, and show Mr. Grandage getting the back story squared away swiftly. Review: ‘Frozen’ Hits Broadway With a Little Magic and Some Icy Patches 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Then there was his masterly comic rhythm, an old school rat-a-tat that got right to the point. In Jerry Stiller, the Rage of Jewish Fathers Found a Hilarious Outlet 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Teammates would later marvel at how Reed ended things with a masterly response, saying, “This Uncle is gonna be whuppin’ ” Russell if he didn’t pipe down. Books of The Times: ?Whore of Akron? and ?When the Garden Was Eden? - Review 2011-12-25T22:22:07Z Strand's Pulitzer was awarded for his 1998 collection Blizzard of One, described as "masterly" by the New York Times. Mark Strand, US poet, dies at 80 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z It is a masterly, moving portrait of how Africa ensnares and enchants and plays merry hell with sentimentalities. The Lower River by Paul Theroux – review 2012-05-31T07:00:03Z His last two masterly allegories were made outside Russia, both starring Ingmar Bergman's closest friend, Erland Josephson, as a troubled intellectual. The Andrei Tarkovsky Collection 2011-07-23T23:06:20Z In this book, he does a very satisfying job of feinting about what he’s truly after until he leaves his real target wholly unprotected, and the maneuvering is masterly. Books Of the Times: Mickey Haller, Lincoln Lawyer, Returns in ‘Gods of Guilt’ 2013-12-08T22:16:49Z Mr. Macintyre is masterly in using details to illustrate his heroes’ bravery, élan and dogged perseverance. Review: ‘Rogue Heroes,’ the Birth of Britain’s Elite Special Forces 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Little remains of Shakespeare’s script, but in Akira Kurosawa’s masterly interpretation of Macbeth the poetry is all visual: brooding castle gates, misty battlefields, empty rooms where only the worst will happen. The best Shakespeare films – ranked! 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z His thriller is graced with masterly descriptions of the area and the pending storm that is another killer the trio must survive. Michael Koryta's 'The Cypress House': a whiff of doom in a whisp of smoke 2011-02-03T00:02:06Z There’s new glory to be had in putting masterly meals on the family table. Books of The Times: The Manly Art of Cooking Has Its Bards 2011-05-31T23:55:18Z Over and over in these masterly performances, nostalgic beauty leads to anguish and back again — ideally paced and executed. My Favorite String Quartet 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z The highlight of the night was Delius's Sea Drift, his transcendental setting of Walt Whitman sung with incisive clarity by Terfel, and shaped in masterly manner by Elder. First Night of the Proms 2012-07-13T23:36:30Z Given over to a masterly singer endowed with an opulent baritone that includes a silky, cellolike high register and penetrating depths, such an exploration of darkness can be cathartic. Review: Songs of Exile With Matthias Goerne 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z This creates an interesting frisson within an exhibition that is both masterly and radical, traditional in feel yet subversive. What to See in New York ArtGalleries This Week 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Today, housed in the city’s Sicilian Regional Art Gallery, this interpretation of the “Triumph of Death” roots you to the spot with its masterly composition and complex, hard-hitting message. Intimations of Medieval Mortality 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z He's made some masterly films, but not for a while. Ben Stiller: am I right to keep the faith? | Danny Leigh 2010-04-02T08:59:00Z Yet there’s comfort here, too: What is that bird’s wretched cry but the masterly note of the poet who has not neglected his music? Rembrandt and Gerard Manley Hopkins: How to Take Comfort in Art 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z Delacroix, the masterly translator of Rubens, and still learning as he neared 60, comes roaring back with fireworks in piled-up battles of men and beasts, fur and blood, violent reds and oranges. At the Met Museum, the Grand Enigmas of Delacroix 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z This masterly novel by one of Britain’s most dazzling writers follows its 70-something heroine, Fran, on a road trip through England checking out housing options for the elderly. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z After pointing up the incipient genius in the first Trio, whose spirited finale so boldy flags the way forward, the last Trio, the "Archduke", was an even more masterly interpretation. Gould Piano Trio – review 2012-05-24T13:58:27Z This is David Lodge's own adaptation of his masterly 2001 novel Thinks. The best theatre for spring 2011 2011-04-05T19:00:02Z Instead, there was a realistic sense of a wardrobe for the discreet clients who lined the walls, looking at the masterly shaping of a three-quarter sleeve or loose-skirted day dress — true elegance. Fashion Review: In Carolina Herrera They Trust 2014-02-16T11:46:16Z Robert Wise’s masterly 1963 movie “The Haunting” rested on the idea that no ghost is as terrifying as the anticipation of its arrival. ‘The Haunting of Hill House,’ on Netflix, Is a Family Drama With Scares 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Scelsi’s command of color and texture is masterly in this piece, with particular attention paid to the transformation of timbres and the potential of pitch to sculpt texture through deliberate bending and stretching. Review: Argento Chamber Ensemble Brings Out Mahler’s Inventive Side 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z It took a masterly summation by Kenney Baden to persuade two of those 12 jurors to vote not guilty, resulting in a mistrial. Phil Spector’s Greatest Hit 2013-03-21T09:45:43Z Here is the big prize, and again it’s a mystery that Steve McQueen’s masterly direction of his heist thriller Widows was not rewarded in this category. Golden Globes 2019: who will win – and who should win – the film categories 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z In many ways, “Chaos” acts as the perfect encapsulation of the series itself: brazenly political and masterly at suspense, but sometimes ambitious in all the wrong ways. 'The Good Fight’ Season 1 Finale Recap: Trojan Horses 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Our reviewer, Mark Levine, praised Robinson’s “bold and angular visual style,” which features deceptively simple brushwork and masterly compositions. The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2016 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Ms. Saban said she was inspired by the masterly drapery carved in marble by classical and Renaissance sculptors, citing the folds of the Virgin Mary’s robe billowing at her feet in Michelangelo’s Pietà in Rome. An Artist at Home on the Fault Lines 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z The way they created their masterly shows was more casual than it seemed. The Whitney Embraces Dancenoise, a Brash ’80s Performance Duo 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Once in the United States, however, he discovered the German Expressionists George Grosz and Otto Dix, and the American postwar painter Philip Guston, who combined humorous, even cartoony iconography with masterly painting. Part Traditionalist, Part Naturalist, Part Dissident 2010-02-19T21:56:00Z Thomson is interestingly tough on the unreal, regressive quality of Hitchcock's work: he has a list of films which have inherited the Psycho gene, among them Nic Roeg's masterly Don't Look Now. The Moment of Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder by David Thomson | The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower by Robert Graysmith 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z His technique is as masterly as his cultural acumen. Up Close: Richard Phillips, the Painter, in His Best Role: Himself 2011-11-30T20:01:52Z What we said: Haigh has a masterly way with mood and moment, with the play of light on a scene, and with a robust shift from fierce sunshine to sombre night-time. Best films of 2018 so far 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z More often than not, she’d be there, portraying women of wit and passion, whose commanding serenity rippled with hints of upheavals to come, masterly performances in masterworks by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Pinter, Ibsen, Rattigan and Euripides. How Helen McCrory Shone, Even in a Haze of Mystery 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z It’s a masterly stroke that puts Jasmine’s dissembling into fresh, chilling perspective. Movie Review: Cate Blanchett Stars in Woody Allen’s ‘Blue Jasmine’ 2013-07-25T16:13:31Z The weaving of antithetical statements into paradox is masterly: the effect is neither playful nor literary but reveals the profound contradictions implicit in the human condition. Poem of the week: Tichborne's Elegy by Chidiock Tichborne 2012-11-26T10:26:31Z A dozen of his limpid gouache renderings of Michigan houses, all masterly compositions of point, line and plane, show buildings broken into constituent walls, roofs, floors and columns. Knud Lonberg-Holm: ‘The Invisible Architect’ 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The artwork does a masterly job of helping to flip that trope. Lost, and Found, in Translation: 3 Picture Books About Language Turn Anglocentric Tropes on Their Head 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z It’s a masterly way to reclaim an entire room and transform boring white house paint into art. Frieze New York, First Live Art Fair in a Year, Kicks Off at the Shed 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The dwarfing metallic walls are the color of money — shades of copper and silver and gold, according to Jon Clark’s masterly lighting. Review: Sienna Miller Coaxes New Life From an Old ‘Cat’ 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z They avoided monumentality, however, as well as bravura brushwork and all notions of finish, masterly personality or evolutionary development. Raoul De Keyser, Belgian Abstract Painter, Dies at 82 2012-10-17T07:00:04Z Six years after their previous operatic collaboration, the masterly “Written on Skin,” Mr. Benjamin and Mr. Crimp have again dared to challenge audiences by remaining true to their uncompromising visions. Review: A Long-Awaited New Opera Is a Raucous Beauty 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z It is thought-provoking, evocative, masterly, deeply human, and — at a mere 234 pages — also succinct. A rich portrait of Penelope Lively’s long and eventful life 2014-02-05T22:02:42Z In the third movement there are yet more striking stage geometries: Mr. Wheeldon’s control of intersecting verticals, horizontals and diagonals is masterly. Dance Review: Mercurial Dramas, Vertical and Horizontal 2011-06-02T22:00:35Z The handling of the subsequent metamorphosis, in which familiar objects acquire menace in slightly comical, almost cartoonish ways, is masterly. Poem of the week: The Candle by Katherine Mansfield 2010-07-19T11:11:00Z They’re masterly on their own; in sum, they have a humble generosity. The Best Books of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z This masterly novel follows its 70-something heroine on a road trip through England. 100 Notable Books of 2017 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z In no way do they announce themselves as “masterly.” Review | Art’s sharpest social commentators since Andy Warhol reveal the state we’re all in 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z To have command of so much research, spread across so many different fields, is a masterly achievement. ArtsBeat Blog: Book Review Podcast: Steven Pinker's 'Better Angels of Our Nature' 2011-10-07T20:00:41Z It’s a masterly, controlled performance, in which a glance or a change in voice tone colors an entire scene. Review: ‘After Louie’ Looks at an Activist Once the Fighting Ends 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Here are two masterly works of subtle, highly imaginative intricacy. ‘The Derek Smith Omnibus,’ by Derek Howe Smith The masterly feature debut of the Venezuelan filmmaker Lorenzo Vigas, the movie looks at the world through the icy stare of Armando, who is first seen cruising and picking out his prey. Review: ‘From Afar,’ a Tale of Desire and Repression in Venezuela 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Michael Collins was the soloist in Finzi's Clarinet Concerto, a substantial piece whose long phrases he handled with masterly control. BBCSO/Wilson – review 2012-11-11T16:42:39Z Signori is a masterly oil painter who builds images in the classical manner with a succession of glazes. Review | In the galleries: Artists pair up to create a third identity, or when 1+1 equals one. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z They’re meaningful, even masterly additions to the repertory, giving the company something to sink its physical and emotional weight into. The Passionate Humility of Solomon Dumas 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Burt Lancaster gives a masterly performance as the courtly Don Fabrizio Salina, a Sicilian aristocrat all too aware of his own mortality and that of his class as Garibaldi’s republic takes shape in the 1860s. The Week Ahead: Aug. 12 — 18 2012-08-11T03:44:19Z But Billy Wilder’s The Apartment is a masterly mix of material that is both funny and romantic – with a uniquely charming and accessible male lead in Jack Lemmon. What is the best Oscar-winning film of all time? 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z It takes coordination, and while Ms. Tenenbaum is the most masterly, her frequent partners Laurel Snyder and Emily Moore are excellent, too, taking their time to grow into the shapes and sounds. Review: ‘Thunder,’ Through Body and Voice, at Brooklyn Studios for Dance 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Not only does she write excellent English, but her drawing of character is masterly and she has wonderful power in creating atmosphere. Agatha Christie: why I got fed up with Poirot 2012-09-28T21:55:06Z A masterly and ambitious cultural history of changing concepts of class and inferiority. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Solomon’s first chapter, entitled “Son,” is as masterly a piece of writing as I’ve come across all year. Books of The Times: ‘Far From the Tree,’ by Andrew Solomon 2012-11-13T13:00:24Z In the masterly “Rescue,” painted on Nov. 20, a gasping woman is pulled from the waters by an equally nude savior, their bodies flattened and distended into supple panels of lilac and blue. Picasso in 1932: Ingenious, Exhausting, Relentless 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z The styles range from loose to precise, masterly to naive. In the galleries: Two photographers, two perspectives 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z His writing, his ambitions, his failings and his accomplishments are the bass line of Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’s sweeping, masterly debut novel, “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois.” A Triumphant Debut Novel on Black History and Coming of Age in the South 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The way Mr. Taylor wipes the smiles off his audience members is masterly. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Koch Theater 2012-03-19T22:18:43Z Tremblay is one of our most masterly horror writers, and this collection of his short fiction does not disappoint — particularly the title story, a tale of nature gone berserk. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z His use of the presence of the actors Tim and Benjamin is masterly. | 'Sweet and Sad': ?Sweet and Sad,? by Richard Nelson at Public Theater - Review 2011-09-12T22:30:35Z Returning to New York, he designed the sets for “Hair,” which Clive Barnes, in The Times, described as “masterly.” Robin Wagner, Set Designer Who Won Three Tony Awards, Dies at 89 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Like most popular literary biographies, “Rumi’s Secret” may not be especially masterly as a work of criticism. How Did Rumi Become One of Our Best-Selling Poets? 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z When the character played by Thulin, who had starred in Bergman’s masterly Wild Strawberries, mutilates herself with broken glass, the sceptical observer may see a contrived or even self-parodic flourish. Bergman: why are the great director's women all tragi-sexual goddesses? 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z It was told with remarkable social and psychological insight, and the performances, the colour and the CinemaScope screen are all handled in a masterly manner. Nagisa Oshima 2013-01-15T12:43:54Z Mr. Rush’s command of a slapstick vocabulary is masterly, for sure. | 'Diary of a Madman': Send in the Russian Clown and His Pain and Alienation, Too 2011-02-18T00:36:24Z Heavy Rain, the masterly mystery game from Quantic Dream for the PlayStation 3, packs more emotional weight and psychological meaning into every five minutes than Alan Wake manages over its 10 to 12 hours. Video Game Review: Remedy Entertainment?s Alan Wake for Xbox 360 2010-05-19T21:51:00Z As for finally being the man in charge, “It’s fascinating — you sort of become the character you play,” Mr. Weatherly said of the side effects of portraying a masterly if chaotic emotional manipulator. Leading Roles: Four Actors to Watch This Season 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z I thought of this as I finished the last book in Rachel Cusk’s masterly trilogy, which began with “Outline” and continued with “Transit” and now “Kudos.” Rachel Cusk Strips the Novel Down to Its Frame. Again. 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Alas, Mr. Gaddis’s masterly telling of how, in this sense, Kennan became Kennan suggests that we may have seen the last of his kind. Books of The Times: ?George F. Kennan? by John Lewis Gaddis - Review 2011-11-23T00:16:55Z And the way he worked kilt pleats was masterly. The Tough Side of the Alpha Male 2013-01-14T17:46:09Z It gets at their grab bag of dance styles and vocabularies and the sense of masterly choreographic design producing its own diffusion, an orderly entropy. Review: A Tere O’Connor Dance That Ebbs, Flows and Weaves 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z So masterly is Manguso at making beauty of boring old daily pain that when more dramatic plot turns arrive — suicides, teen pregnancies — they almost seem superfluous, visitations from an after-school special. ‘Very Cold People’ Makes Something Beautiful Out of a Painful Childhood 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z The rave review from Margaret Atwood of Rich’s masterly collection “Diving into the Wreck,” on the front page of The New York Times Book Review in 1973, which pushed Rich’s career into orbit. ‘The Power of Adrienne Rich’ Captures a Forceful and Complicated Poet 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z For the most part, the storytelling in Season 2 continues to be masterly—plot arising from character and observation, almost all of it tremendously satisfying. “Sex Education,” Season 2: The Doctor Is In 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Rarely do singers show such mastery of physical gesture; his use of his hands – often a weak spot on the concert platform – was masterly. Gerald Finley/Julius Drake – review 2013-01-16T18:11:48Z But it is also a masterly piece of writing. Niall Ferguson: By the Book 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z All of it is masterly; none of it is necessary. ‘Better Call Saul’ Is Great TV. Well, Part of It Is. 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles Master Chorale, in that final movement Thursday, was its masterly self. Dudamel and Beethoven — and Vin Scully — for the common man 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Some of the game’s individual elements, like its touching storytelling and meticulous environment design, reveal masterly execution. Video Game Review: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword by Nintendo - Review 2011-11-29T16:04:04Z One sign of Michetti’s masterly direction is the tonal control his actors maintain over the material. Globalization in a white takeout carton: Roland Schimmelpfennig's 'The Golden Dragon' 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Hamelin, after his masterly performance of the Schubert B flat, politely declined the audience’s clamor for an encore. ArtsBeat: The Consolations of a Schubert Sonata Surplus 2013-07-31T19:37:44Z To be sure, in the final moments before the impact, there are masterly Larsonian touches — the staccato crosscutting, the crisp zeitgeisty vignettes, the interweaving of chills and thrills. Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake,’ About the Lusitania 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z A masterly translation, the first into English by a female translator, matches Homer line by line and renders the story in clear, idiomatic language. New in Paperback: ‘Afterglow (a dog memoir),’ ‘The Odyssey’ 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z It is masterly, and it is why you will emerge from the theater shaken but grateful, wishing only that there were more of Ms. Buckley in the show. Review: ‘Grey Gardens’ Is Revived in Its Real Setting, the Hamptons 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z It’s a masterly transmutation of the prayerful impulses that are the dance motor of “Revelations” into a more abstract form of worship. Dance Review: Ailey Troupe in Devotional Moods at BAM 2010-06-13T21:17:00Z It’s a masterly display of depth — foreground, middle ground, background — and of the company’s deep bench. Review: Twyla Tharp’s Enduring ‘You Can Have It All’ Vision 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Carpaccio was a masterly draughtsman and his paintings tell uncomplicated stories, some entertaining, some charming. Venetian love affair 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z We can but hope that this masterly Gothic prequel will banish forever the Currier and Ives version of Dickens’s dark fable. Taking Dickens to the Dark Side 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Eighteen years later, I still wonder whether what I saw that night was a masterpiece or a masterly effort to con an eager reporter. Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist: 25 Years of Theories 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The book was described as "a masterly portrait … of the life of an ordinary, almost an invisible, man". Stoner by John Williams – review 2013-06-22T16:00:01Z Each opera, almost without exception, was better, bolder, more masterly and more personal than the one before, right until the end, when, in his 70s, he wrote his final masterpieces, “Otello” and “Falstaff.” ArtsBeat: Top 10 Composers: Hailing Opera's Shakespeare, and Its Proust 2011-01-17T12:00:40Z How appropriate, then, that they all hinge upon an old copy of Joyce’s masterly collection of 15 short stories. Honoring James Joyce’s ‘Dubliners,’ Published 100 Years Ago 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z He should be remembered for a clutch of masterly films, but perhaps especially for his classic Don’t Look Now, not merely the best scary movie in history, but one infused with compassion and love. Nicolas Roeg: a daring film-maker of passionate and visceral brilliance 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z I have no reason to doubt that Schwartz is sincere in his chagrin, but he did do a masterly job on the book. Editing Donald Trump 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z He also remains masterly at finding laughs on the way to the punch line. Louis C.K.’s New Special Mines Comedy From the Middle Ground 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z But, when Stockhausen settled down and put notes and rhythms on paper, he was a masterly craftsman. Music Review: A Karlheinz Stockhausen Work Has Its North American Premiere 2013-07-19T21:29:24Z Quietly magnificent, Moore plays Alice the way Pablo Casals played the cello, with delicate power and masterly vibrato. Review: Still Alice: Julianne Moore Reveals Alzheimer's From the Inside 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Paul Thomas Anderson created another brilliant film here: a really masterly piece of work with a performance by Daniel Day-Lewis which was a jewel of this year’s awards season. The Shape of Water's Oscars win is the triumph of a real artist and immersive cinema | Peter Bradshaw 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Drowned in Sound, meanwhile, called it "a masterly record which walks a unpredictable line musically, yet remains entirely consistent in quality". Mercury Prize 2014: The nominees 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z The first is Hitchcock's masterly Notorious, where FBI agent Cary Grant blackmails guilt-ridden Ingrid Bergman into infiltrating a Nazi spy ring in Rio. Shadow Dancer – review 2012-08-25T23:08:02Z Her father is a masterly painter, his New York exhibitions being the cause of his daughter being born in America. Balanchine and Toumanova, in a Teenager’s Eyes 2012-07-19T23:27:56Z Elling takes care with words, and is masterly at shifting accents and tone colours to make meanings dulled by decades of repetition spring back to life – sometimes with poignant, scary or downright sinister implications. Kurt Elling 2010-07-05T20:31:00Z From the opening aerial shots of a thoroughly denatured agricultural landscape and the lethal confrontation that follows, we know we are in the presence of a masterly visual tactician and a shrewd storyteller. Review: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Tries to Honor the Original and to Slip Free of It 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Yet Mr. Schiff, a masterly Bach interpreter, has played this music for 50 years, since his childhood. Critic’s Notebook: Memorization’s Loosening Hold on Concert Tradition 2012-12-31T23:18:16Z He described the conclusion of “Salome” as “masterly” in musical technique but, “in sentiment, the most banal sound in the whole opera.” Joseph Kerman, Colorful Critic of Musicology, Dies at 89 2014-03-25T04:23:17Z The pages that constitute “Anna Livia Plurabelle” are surely the most easily decipherable in that masterly and monstrous ragbag of a book. Colin Farrell Joins the League of High-Profile Narrators of ‘A Portrait of the Artist’ 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Faulkner’s is among the most masterly work American literature has produced. The Trauma of the Civil War Lives On in Faulkner’s Fiction 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Neuwirth admits to being a fan of nonsense, Edward Lear in particular, and this substantial, five-movement piece is certainly of the more elevated kind; indeed, its masterly delight in engineering intriguing musical collisions recalls Mahler. Prom 42: Philharmonia/Mälkki – review 2012-08-14T11:30:25Z There's a profile of David, who has done the most masterly job and is great. Tina Brown pulls no punches: "If you're a woman, you have to be gold in a silver job" 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z As in “A Separation,” Mr. Farhadi shows a masterly gift for moving his characters and camera through rooms that — with a raised voice, a violent exit — become stages in a ferocious domestic drama. Movie Review: ‘The Past,’ With Bérénice Bejo, Directed by Asghar Farhadi 2013-12-19T22:50:17Z The monologue of a dead 19-year-old remembering his short life, this masterly spiralling rant works by means of repetition and recapitulation. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z As directed with masterly force and delicacy by David Cromer, with a matching performance by Reed Birney in the title role, this beautiful drama of lost faith occurs amid a darkness that swallows language. Review: ‘Man From Nebraska’ Delivers a Midlife Crisis of Faith 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z He deploys a masterly Minnesota accent, saying uff-da and hunching his shoulders humbly in a collared cardigan. ArtsBeat: ‘Fargo’ Recap: A Prayer for the Prey 2014-05-07T03:16:30Z The Golden Dagger was a recognition of a book which the reviewer Jonathan Cecil described in the London Evening Standard as "masterly ... essential reading for both advocates and opponents of the death penalty". Martin Beales obituary 2010-07-22T16:56:00Z Curiously, Mr. Brands appears to make no use of T. J. Stiles’s masterly and deeply researched 2009 Vanderbilt biography, “The First Tycoon.” Books of The Times: How Economic Brawn Transformed a Nation 2010-11-19T07:00:00Z Spielberg’s films, Crawford said, are a masterly mixture of character development and emotional journeys layered beneath big, fun cinematic elements. What ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ Owes to Samurai and Sergio Leone 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Prolific composer Metheny might be, but he's swapped all that for a masterly interpreter's role here. Pat Metheny/Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels Vol 20 – review 2013-05-23T20:30:02Z It’s a masterly piece; you immediately feel yourself to be in the steady hands of an expert storyteller who knows the terrain. What We’re Reading This Summer 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z This week also brings the masterly pianist Mitsuko Uchida to Carnegie Hall to play Schubert’s three posthumously published and searching late sonatas. The Week Ahead: April 8 ? 14 2012-04-06T22:03:30Z There were no rules, just a cascading series of enthusiasms disciplined by a masterly sense of color and structure. In the Garden: Giverny in Four Square Feet in Queens 2012-07-11T22:23:36Z That same uncertainty haunts the masterly concise color films he made later in that decade, which have been a huge and often unacknowledged source of inspiration for young artists working today. Art Review: ‘Jack Goldstein x 10,000’ at the Jewish Museum 2013-05-16T20:01:08Z Writing for just this segment empowered Grieg, and these works are masterly. Malmo Symphony Plays Grieg ? Review 2012-01-13T16:26:56Z It’s too bad her masterly performance, and Christopher Allen’s responsive piano collaboration, is saddled with the rest of “Ne Quittez Pas,” the director James Darrah’s strained attempt at giving this classic work some context. A Hotbed of Operatic Innovation Wins With Tradition 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z No old master is more masterly than Leonardo da Vinci. Germaine Greer: The debate over Mona Lisa's identity 2011-02-20T22:30:00Z Not much, Mr. Krakoff said the other day, though the designer, 50, was, in fact, striving quite visibly to affect an aura of masterly serenity. Reed Krakoff Will Show His First Collection Since Leaving Coach 2014-02-05T23:49:10Z The stage is a force field of burnished, linear dance patterns: the lighting, also by Galili, is masterly. Dance GB – review 2012-06-20T17:21:13Z Broom does a masterly job of situating each of her family members as Katrina looms on the horizon. ‘The Yellow House’ Is a Major Memoir About a Large Family and Its Beloved Home 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian You can see Henry James's masterly, much-adapted short novel either as a classic ghost story or as a study in sexual hysteria. The Turn of the Screw – review 2013-01-25T17:40:44Z The peak was the masterly headlining set of orchestral hardcore by the Canadian band led by Damian Abraham, also known as Pink Eyes. Critic’s Notebook: 285 Kent, the Williamsburg Club, Gives Its Last Party 2014-01-20T22:35:32Z Streep’s switches from accented English to Polish and German are a technical triumph and her set piece scenes are masterly. Who is the best Oscar-winning lead actress of all time? 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z David Harsent's libretto, especially here, is masterly in its use of visceral and bony imagery. Otello; The Minotaur – review 2013-01-20T00:07:21Z Critics routinely praised his masterly control of color and tone. Emanuel Vardi, a Champion of the Viola, Dies at 95 2011-02-07T05:02:48Z Indeed, Jason Koons’s masterly rendering of a coiled rope could be taken for a woodcut. Review | In the galleries: At American University Museum, a world of atmosphere 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z As he showed in his masterly 2008 debut, “The Strangers,” Bertino understands the power in simplicity and the horror in a hush. ‘The Dark and the Wicked’ Review: Home, but Not Alone 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z But Ehnes's account was always lithe, truthful and eloquent, and in the third movement, soloist and conductor allowed Elgar's masterly ruminations all the space and depth they demand. Philharmonia/Ashkenazy – review 2013-06-14T16:59:51Z What kind of flower is she? - propels the film, saving it from becoming suffocated in its masterly formalism. Review: Park Chan-wook's lurid melodrama 'Stoker' 2013-02-28T02:01:08Z Its acclaim derives from its masterly manipulation of mood by its cinematographer, Michael Gioulakis. Review: In ‘It Follows,’ a Shape-Shifting Horror Stalks a Teenager 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z In this way the piece amounts to a masterly portrait of subjectivity. At the Noguchi Museum, Worlds of Stone Fuse the Physical and the Dreamlike 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z The show’s final rooms, which plunge us into the visionary mutterings, masterly drawing and Afrofuturistic costume fantasias of Rammellzee — in many ways the true star of the show — are mind-altering. Review | From Basquiat to ‘Black Panther’: How graffiti went mainstream 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z In their own ways, all these characters are on a journey to discover "where we belong," and Giffin knits together their journeys with a masterly hand. 'Where We Belong': Emily Giffin's novel of the legacy of adoption 2012-07-27T17:38:04Z His masterly tonal control let him summon unlovely sounds whenever he chose to, and he chose to often. Von Freeman, Fiery Tenor Saxophonist, Dies at 88 2012-08-19T05:50:05Z Ms. Norris has mid-back-length hair and a masterly understanding of her face. Willie Norris Has Some Words For Us 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z With whatever band Lightcap is leading, he strikes a masterly balance between urgent, punctuated bass playing and smooth, sighing melodies on top. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z With his masterly deconstruction of “Oklahoma!” now serving chili and cornbread to Broadway audiences, the director Daniel Fish turns to another American classic: this novel by the postmodernist Don DeLillo. 14 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z As in his recent masterly reimagining of another Miller classic, “A View From the Bridge,” Mr. van Hove is aiming for a scalding transparency. Review: In Arthur Miller’s ‘Crucible,’ First They Came for the Witches 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Zelizer’s masterly 1998 work, “Taxing America,” focused on one of those old Southern Democrats, Wilbur Mills, who chaired the powerful House Ways and Means Committee from the 1950s through the 1970s. When American Politics Turned Toxic 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Sharp is a huge talent, masterly with tone and style; I’m eager to see what he does with a feature-length film. My Favorite Cultural Moments of 2015 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Silver will also set her sights on Corn, the strapping, kindhearted piano man, and this is where the wondrous Ms. Aziza meets her equal — in the masterly Mr. Smith. Review: ‘Paradise Blue’ Rekindles Racial Drama in 1949 Detroit 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z I mean that the first 70 minutes are still masterly. 2004: ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ and a Country at War With Itself 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Worse, “The Blessed Unrest” isn’t as smilingly eclectic as her better earlier work, especially the often masterly “Kaleidoscope Heart,” from 2010. New Music: Sara Bareilles, George Duke and Ace Hood 2013-07-15T20:42:55Z In shocking but masterly black-and-white images Chuan suggests a smouldering unreal city unhinged by horror. City of Life and Death: Film review 2010-04-15T21:35:00Z James Ivory was a thoroughly deserving winner of the best adapted screenplay Oscar for his excellent work on Luca Guadagnino’s masterly love story Call Me By Your Name. The Shape of Water's Oscars win is the triumph of a real artist and immersive cinema | Peter Bradshaw 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z I didn’t say enough about Mr. Dance’s work on the series this season, like Tywin’s masterly explanation, to young Tommen, of the Habits of Highly Effective Kings over the still-warm corpse of his brother Joffrey. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Season 4 Finale 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z They were masterly and strategic, defining the sound and structure of each song, yet still reckless. Review: The Who Celebrate 50 Years Together by Going on Tour 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z “I was married to my wife, and that night I went with her to hospital,” his character, masterly played by Yevgeny Mironov, said from the stage. Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Completing the evening is a return for Paul Taylor's masterly Roses and a revival of the early Alston classic, Dutiful Ducks. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-10-12T23:05:58Z But the show is as fresh, as ardent, as masterly as a cycle of sonnets, brimming with old anxieties and new life. Amy Sillman’s Breakthrough Moment Is Here 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z I liked the masterly way she kept Dar and Saul off guard. ‘Homeland’ Season 6, Episode 1: Carrie’s a Civilian — and a Brooklynite 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z But Purdum shines when demonstrating Hammerstein’s “masterly skills as an adapter and editor” — his understanding of structure and character are on ample display in the chapters detailing the births of “Oklahoma!,” How Rodgers and Hammerstein Created Modern Musical Theater 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Photograph: Leeds Art Gallery The web's masterly role as a broom to sweep through all the north's cobwebby art lairs continues, with fresh pictures added for summer to Yorkshire's Favourite Paintings. Northern artworks bask in the online sunshine 2011-08-08T17:20:04Z Mr. Ma played spectacularly; the Philharmonic musicians sounded inspired under Mr. Gilbert’s masterly conducting. New Concerto, New Leader: A Big Day at the New York Philharmonic 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z This scene from David Fincher’s American version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, first in the trilogy of Swedish thrillers by Stieg Larsson, displays a masterly construction of lightning suspense and action choreography. David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Thanks Very Much, But You Really Didn't Have To 2011-12-20T15:00:53Z The formidable Chris Cooper, as a curmudgeonly Salinger, has a brief but masterly turn. Movie Listings for Oct. 21-27 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z What made his work so captivating, critics said, was its eclectic originality, propulsive rhythmic force, companionable combination of dissonance and consonance and its masterly command of sonorities from the lush to the spare. Lee Hyla, 61, Who Mixed Rock and Jazz Into Classical Works, Dies 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z The other two paintings did not rank as “premier” representations of work by Steele, whose “command and use of light” in landscapes is considered masterly. Clean House to Survive? Museums Confront Their Crowded Basements 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Yet in the second half, Schiff proved masterly as he undertook the seemingly much harder task of playing and directing Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. Philharmonia/Schiff ? review 2011-03-24T21:45:01Z Just let them be stories and let us enjoy Caputo’s masterly telling. Even in Hemingway’s Woods, Sometimes a Man Needs to Cry 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Four hundred poetic soft-sculpture clouds were set afloat in the New York State Armory for a cool, masterly Marc Jacobs show on Thursday. Hood by Air, With Its ‘Unfiltered’ Street Style, Took New York Fashion Week by Surprise 2014-02-14T23:55:04Z Halsted was the scion of a wealthy New York City family, a Yale man who became an uncommonly masterly and forward-thinking surgeon. An Anatomy of Addiction: When Two Brilliant Minds Met a "Miracle Drug" 2011-08-05T10:30:00Z This just may be, in fact, the finest staging of a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical in my experience, even taking into account Sher’s own masterly treatment for Lincoln Center Theater of “South Pacific.” For the Tonys, which of the two Broadways will prevail? 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Hinds’s Danforth is a masterly evocation of the political dangers of extremist convictions becoming accepted as mainstream truth. ‘The Crucible’ as you’ve never seen it 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Stemme met the challenge and then some, with rich texture, masterly vocal control and seeming lack of effort that belied the difficulties of the role. Stemme shines as Isolde in Wagner's love story 2013-06-14T14:56:09Z Ann’s death, handled with masterly tact, is the catalyst that sends Lincoln to practice law in Springfield. Mr. Lincoln Goes to Hollywood (and Looks Like Henry Fonda) 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The world knows Nadar now mostly as a masterly early portrait photographer. The Wild of Nadar, an Early Photographer Who Knew How to Give a Party 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Comedy had never been Landau’s strong suit, but this was a masterly comic performance. A great actor who grew into his gravitas: Martin Landau remembered 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z The book is also a masterly subversion of Argentine national identity. In Shaping Her Own Story, She Upends a National Epic 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z This is a masterly and indeed monumental biography, some 800 pages long, a memorable portrait of the age as well as the composer. Gustav Mahler by Jens Malte Fischer, trans Stewart Spencer – review 2013-05-03T17:10:01Z Englander tackles large questions of morality and history in a masterly collection that manages to be both insightful and uproarious. 100 Notable Books of 2012 2012-11-27T16:28:12Z Ms. Piñon is widely regarded as one of Brazil’s greatest contemporary writers, admired for her masterly use of Portuguese and her playful approach to literary form. Nélida Piñon, Provocative Brazilian Novelist, Is Dead at 85 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z In these three masterly productions, however, Herheim declares himself the most stimulating Wagner director of the early 21st century. Stefan Herheim's Wagner revolution 2010-04-29T15:23:00Z A tempo indication from the 16th variation spoke for Mr. Taylor’s masterly performance of this modern classic: “Expansive, with a victorious feeling.” Music Review: Christopher Taylor Piano Concert at Miller Theater 2013-05-13T22:09:47Z “Black and White Sky,” by the masterly Tanith Lee, is a brilliant story of an island-wide attack of magpies that cuts off England, Scotland and Wales from the rest of the world. A Dark Cavalcade of New Horror Fiction 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Movement is conveyed in masterly brushwork and color applied with a rare sense of harmony. Contemporary Art Works of Often Subtle Beauty 2010-10-08T15:11:00Z He juggled rings and hats with masterly aplomb. Dance Review: DanceAfrica at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2012-05-27T22:51:46Z Graves and Maboud Ebrahimzadeh are among other cast members who provide sharply defined performances and reveal a masterly ease with the verse. Review | You won’t find Westeros on Folger’s stage. But you will find a game of thrones. 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Few of those images will endure like these masterly paintings, which dissect and reproduce the effects of photographic light and vision. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z There, his immense imagination, sharp ear for drama, profound lyricism, puckish sense of humor and huge heart find voice through a magnificent and masterly musicianship. Ennio Morricone Was More Than Just a Great Film Composer 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Its strongest chapters — on “A Raisin in the Sun” and Lorraine’s coming into her own as a public intellectual — are masterly syntheses of research and analysis. A New Biography of a Brilliant Playwright Who Died Too Young 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z In style, they resemble early work by the masterly war artist Edward Ardizzone: deft lines and colour wash, with an almost comic-like means of vivid narrative, with attention to vernacular detail. Terez?n: music from a Nazi ghetto 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z Few pleasures could equal the spectacle of this masterly musician playing all six of Bach’s suites for solo cello in a space where the composer worked, St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, Germany. The Best Classical Music of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The man is Mr. List, a quietly masterly American artist, long based in Amsterdam, whose appearances in New York are far too infrequent. Dance Review: Rob List’s ‘Play by Ear’ at the Chocolate Factory 2012-10-05T21:16:01Z His daughter, Sarah, a novelist in her own right, offers an impeccable Afterword, masterly in its economy and weight. The Letters of William Gaddis edited by Steven Moore – review 2013-06-15T08:01:58Z Fortunately, the program ended with a ballet that pays homage to Dance Theater’s roots: Robert Garland’s masterly “Return.” Dance Theater of Harlem Comes to Celebrate Brooklyn! 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z But the funny thing is, seeing it there next to Ford’s, I couldn’t help but think what a masterly opening that passage from Orient Express is, how taut and clean and pregnant with possibility. Literary Revolution in the Supermarket Aisle: Genre Fiction Is Disruptive Technology 2012-05-23T10:45:11Z Temianka was a masterly violinist with a penetrating tone and great taste. Music: Leonard Shure and Henri Temianka?s Beethoven Sonatas 2012-01-06T17:00:00Z His ruminative deadpan meets a deceptively simple backdrop: some masterly guitar work, some drums and flute, all put together with sly serenity. Craig Taborn, Wayne Shorter and Bill Callahan Achieve 2013-12-13T18:35:06Z Watch the movie "Tampopo" for a masterly lesson in omelet making. A Deluxe Asparagus Frittata, Topped With Burrata 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Wallace Chan, a Hong Kong jeweler whose masterly designs have a similar spirit, thinks China actually needs more designers like his friend Guo Pei. T Magazine: Year of the Couturi?re 2010-12-01T17:25:00Z “Richard II” was an astonishment, though — partly because of Ms. O’Connor’s masterly ability to hold a room spellbound, and partly because of the script. Review: The Bard as Bedtime Story in ‘Table Top Shakespeare’ 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The scene is masterly; Kane is grim and focused, peppering the doctor with questions while you see him working out the angles–the appearances, his legacy–then asking her, menacingly, to keep it quiet. Starz?s Politics Drama Boss: Powerful But Messy, Just Like Its Subject 2011-10-21T12:23:02Z His Dunkirk puts him in pole position for the Golden Globe for best director, although I think as an achievement in directing it arguably comes just behind Del Toro’s masterly The Shape Of Water. Golden Globes 2018: who will win – and who should win – the film categories 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Director George Stevens composes each shot and scene with masterly flair, with a superb eye for incidental detail; the sheer artistry with which the film is put together is remarkable. A Place in the Sun – review 2013-01-31T21:45:01Z This season’s “View From the Bridge,” meanwhile, was considered masterly, directed by Gregory Mosher and graced with strong performances from its lead actors and entire ensemble. Predicting Winners of the Tony Awards 2010-06-10T23:18:00Z The best fiction is, to some degree, ineffable — no matter how deeply she digs, the reader of a masterly work cannot precisely explain what she has experienced. The Trauma of the Civil War Lives On in Faulkner’s Fiction 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z This is perhaps the most elegiac, memorable part of the book — a piece of sustained reportage that ranks alongside “From Beirut to Jerusalem,” Friedman’s masterly first book about the Middle East. The Message of Thomas Friedman’s New Book: It’s Going to Be O.K. 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Iain McCalman, a historian at the University of Sydney, has written a masterly biography of the Great Barrier Reef through 12 stories like these. A world in water 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z His masterly command of the expressive possibilities of the instrument was allied with imaginative interpretive liberties and an operatic sense of timing and drama. Mozart and C.P.E. Bach in a dazzling fortepiano performance 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z This is a masterly performance of a first-rate thriller, one that completely dissolves the barrier between story and listener. Review | Grab your ear buds: Here are three great audiobooks to distract you from reality 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Critical reaction has been mixed, with some calling it a masterly depiction of American greed culture while others have found its full-on depiction of wild parties and excess stultifying. Europe's bankers, investors flock to "The Wolf of Wall Street" 2014-01-09T20:19:30Z A masterly account of how a generation of black elected officials wrestled with crises of violence and drug use by unleashing the brutal power of the criminal justice system on their constituents. 100 Notable Books of 2017 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Kent’s staging of the party scenes, with their clashes of classes and egos, is masterly. On the London Stage, Love Doesn’t Just Hurt, It Kills 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Wang recently offered a masterly, soulful performance of Schubert’s Piano Sonata in A at Carnegie Hall. Musicians Grapple With Beethoven 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z The typical crackpot conspiracy theory relies on a masterly, Luciferian characterization of the conspirators, who are invariably depicted as puppet masters capable of pulling off elaborate illusions, feints and coverups without a hitch. Police arrest artist setting up ‘I Love NY’ work 2012-05-21T20:16:00Z Each of them, probably even the dog, has a rich back story and a richer, crosscutting problem; Guirgis is masterly at getting a boil going without seeming to work too hard at it. Review: In ‘Between Riverside and Crazy,’ Real Estate Gets Real 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Each of these events seems whimsical and arbitrary and yet, as Javier Marías shows in this masterly novel, chance is nothing but the result of our own negligent reading. The Infatuations by Javier Marías – review 2013-03-01T17:30:01Z But as an ideological and cultural undertaking, Mr French’s masterly account suggests that it is getting nowhere. Empire of the sums 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The musicians may be masterly, the music a wonder, but we will not achieve lift-off, after all. Searching for Transcendence with Radiohead 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Here’s hoping that some daring distributor takes a chance on “Room 237,” a wonderfully entertaining look at the extreme movie love that has grown up around Stanley Kubrick’s masterly 1980 chiller, “The Shining.” The Carpetbagger: Sundance Documentaries Transform Data Into Stories 2012-01-30T17:29:47Z Her masterly work seemed to have sprouted like Athena from Zeus’s head. Exploring the Magic of Seven 2010-09-17T19:44:00Z Right now the balance between the specific and the universal is less assured than in Ms. Barfield’s earlier, masterly “Blue Door.” Review: ‘Bright Half Life,’ a Two-Woman Play by Tanya Barfield 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Early in their first duet, he and Ms. Centurión simply paused, together, midphrase: the suspense was masterly. Dance Review: Gabriel Miss? and Analia Centuri?n at Dardo Galletto Studios 2012-03-08T00:28:13Z In another masterly bit, captured on YouTube, he mocks a woman who wrote a letter complaining about his act. Critic?s Notebook: Todd Barry at Caroline?s Comedy Club 2012-03-21T20:54:48Z In his masterly retelling, Mr Wilson paints a more nuanced picture of the empire as a stable and unique entity that protected the weak. Neither holy nor a failure 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z In his masterly study of "The Beethoven Quartets," musicologist Joseph Kerman, while rightly saluting this rather self-consciously affecting movement's ambition and arduousness, puts an unerring finger on the whiff of sentimentality that undermines those qualities. Review: More Olympian music-making at Quilcene's Olympic Music Festival 2010-08-09T17:48:00Z Andrew Shore gives a masterly, pompous performance as the crusty, deluded Doctor Bartolo, his enunciation a model of clarity. The Barber of Seville; Emerson Quartet – review 2013-03-03T00:06:19Z “Readers familiar with Donoghue’s masterly 2010 best seller, ‘Room,’ will recall the focused intensity she can bring to bear on constricted spaces,” our reviewer Karen Thompson Walker writes. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Carrère is masterly both at singling out the telling detail and of grasping and conveying his subject as a whole. Emmanuel Carrère’s Disconcertingly Personal and Utterly Gripping Prose 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z With this masterly book, Gross also first demonstrated publicly his own learning, deep but lightly worn. John Gross obituary 2011-01-11T18:09:15Z A 564-page slice of literary fiction by one of Britain's finest novelists, heralded by the critics as "masterly" and controversially not shortlisted for last year's Booker, yours for the price of an onion. Ebook bargains: is there a heavier price to pay? 2012-07-21T23:05:08Z The prize jury cites Tan as a "masterly visual storyteller, pointing the way ahead to new possibilities for picture books." Australian illustrator wins Astrid Lindgren prize 2011-03-29T12:18:07Z That said, the group are masterly soft-pop harmonisers, and when the vocals are matched by a worthy arrangement, the result is highly palatable. Lady Antebellum: On This Winter's Night – review 2012-12-13T17:10:24Z As a poet, Professor Honig was praised for formal precision, masterly tonal control and sometimes biting wit. Edwin Honig, a Poet, Professor and Translator, Dies at 91 2011-06-05T00:27:26Z Here and elsewhere, Andsnes' masterly use of the sustaining pedal opened up surprising possibilities. Leif Ove Andsnes – review 2013-04-10T17:20:01Z According to Morgan’s Law, Rick Atkinson has been doing first-rate journalism, enjoying critical and commercial success for three masterly books on World War II, all thoroughly researched and splendidly written. Rick Atkinson’s Savage American Revolution 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z They are now considered valuable evidence of masterly copyists working for charismatic archaeologists, and influenced by the tastes and technologies of their time. Antiques: Silver That Survived War and Centuries 2011-05-12T21:41:29Z Alexander directs all this action with a masterly hand and a keen sense of timing. A brilliant new voice gleams in Seattle Opera's 'Fidelio' 2012-10-15T00:36:04Z In New York, all his masterly music-making and political involvement aside, he could behave more like your typical streetwise American kid; and "West Side Story" is surely the quintessential New York piece. 29th Olympic Music Festival closes brilliantly 2012-09-02T16:27:03Z “Pious” is not the first word that Joy Williams’s masterly short stories usually bring to mind. Review: Books by Amie Barrodale, Joy Williams, Hubert Mingarelli and Rikki Ducornet 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z "No, darling, I'm not going to turn left on highway 280, I'm going to carry on on this one," says Matt with masterly authority. TV review: The American Roadtrip: Obama's Story; Harry & Paul 2012-10-28T22:30:12Z It is another reason the play is a masterpiece, and why Dove's production marks the completion of a masterly series. A View from the Bridge - review 2011-01-17T21:30:00Z Wallace’s superb, masterly book lets the reader decide. A Day-by-Day Re-Creation of Truman’s Decision to Use Nuclear Weapons 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Throughout, Child does a masterly job of bringing his adventure to life with endless surprises and fierce suspense, and he’s peerless on the logistics of killing. Spoiler alert: Jack Reacher survives, but the 19th Lee Child novel is fascinating It demonstrated masterly pacing and was an uncommon example of a game that got better as it went and ended with force and purpose. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: The Best of 2013 2013-12-31T13:01:14Z Walters’s delivery of her line, holding on the pause with masterly skill, and then rebuking Billy for his presumption while keeping it light, showed her control of this great role. Julie Walters' best film performances – ranked! 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Such dark suspicions were voiced last year, when Netflix’s masterly Roma was pipped to best picture by the mediocre Green Book. A female director Oscar? Three ways to fix film awards season 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z A masterly composer, he seems to be sitting on his hands. Jacques Rivette’s Thirteen-Hour Experimental Film 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Like Verdi’s masterly “Falstaff,” which shares its continuous texture, “Fanciulla” is not easy to grasp on first hearing. When Puccini Rode Tall In the Saddle 2010-12-03T19:38:00Z Forman offers a masterly account of how black elected officials grappled with the drug crises and violence of the 1970s. Paperback Row 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Cory reveals himself to be something other than what Freya initially believes, and the slow uncovering of his true nature is a chilling, masterly study in all the ways love can lead to misery. He’s an Artist. His Medium? Wings, Tails, Scales, Beaks and Claws. 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z But she is masterly when she lets more scraped-down prose push a series of elemental questions to the fore: Do intentions matter? Reviews for All the Books on the Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z It's arguably a bit more subversive than Danny Boyle's masterly Olympic opener – though perhaps no less heartfelt. London: The Modern Babylon – review 2012-08-02T19:00:01Z Without the villain Auric Goldfinger, there’d be no reason for the masterly lyric: “He’s the man, / the man with the Midas touch / A spider’s touch.” Sam Smith’s Song Breaks the Bond Rules 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z “Cup of Gold” is the masterly beginning of a great career. Dancing to ‘Yellow Submarine,’ Neanderthal Extinction and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Maybe the best episode of “Documentary Now!” is “Co-Op,” a masterly spoof of D.A. From ‘South Park’ to ‘Knives Out,’ Pop Culture Is Steeped With Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Allen’s masterly novel blends the personal story of the enslaved autistic piano prodigy Thomas Wiggins with the history of the Civil War and Reconstruction. 100 Notable Books of 2014 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z With “The Juniper Tree,” he passed on a literary masterpiece of gory fantasy, level and cool and laconic, structured with musical repetition and told with a masterly deadpan command of the horrible. Evil Stepmother, Reimagined 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z “This masterly portrait is quickened by such details.” Donald Sinden dies; multifaceted British actor of movies, TV and stage The performance brought to life the shimmering nuances of the score, along with Britten’s masterly depiction of a relentless gathering storm. Seattle Symphony vividly evokes the sea in works by Sibelius, Britten 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z With masterly comic timing — Mr. Elliott with a nasal deadpan, Goulding with booming authority — Bob and Ray mocked the cliches and banalities of newscasts, politics, sports and advertising. Bob Elliott, one half of a crack team of pop-culture satirists, dies at 92 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z George Benjamin’s work has been too little known in the United States, but his masterly 2012 opera, “Written on Skin,” could be a turning point in his international reputation. American Symphony Orchestra’s ‘This England’ at Carnegie Hall 2014-02-03T21:17:17Z The performance was a masterly study of the social psychological phenomenon known as the bystander effect, in which people are less likely to offer help when many others are present. Chris Burden, a Conceptualist With Scars, Dies at 69 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Our heads may be buried in our sleek laptops and gadgets, his masterly book announces, but our toes are still soaking in dirty, morally contaminated oil. Books of The Times: ?The Quest? by Daniel Yergin - Review 2011-09-20T12:00:00Z A masterly novel about memory, art, love and war, based on the author’s grandfather’s notebooks. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Patchett wisely underplays the drama — the chapter is a masterly example of showing rather than telling — and the increasingly shocking details speak for themselves. Ann Patchett’s Latest Novel Follows Six Siblings Over 50 Years 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Verdi's music has long brought out Muti's most eloquent musicianship and masterly control of the largest forces. Triumphant 'Otello' marks Muti's return to CSO 2011-04-08T16:30:00Z He’s a masterly writer, with a wild sense of humor that he pushes as far as he can, but this fairy tale about our wealth-obsessed culture starts to drag. A Bag of Cash Falls From the Sky. Trouble Is Close Behind. 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The show is a masterly distillation of their findings. Exhibition Review: In Dinosaur Science, Size Is Just the Beginning 2011-04-14T21:59:16Z Two years later there was a masterly performance in The Life of Galileo, Berthold Brecht's take on the life of the 17th Century Italian scientist. Obituary: Sir Michael Gambon, star of The Singing Detective and Harry Potter 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The museum staff masterly curates it, and it’s not a traveling show. Rant and Rave: Reader bothered by chatty farmers market shoppers 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z A love story and a ghost story, it marries sly conceptual daring and fearless emotionalism with masterly assurance. ‘All of Us Strangers’ soars at Telluride, but ‘Saltburn’ barely leaves a mark 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z As a young man, he made masterly but derivative art influenced by European Renaissance and surrealist painting as well as contemporary American and Mexican muralists. At the National Gallery’s Philip Guston show, lots to unpack 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z This is a masterly performance of what is promised to be the first volume of a trilogy. Review | 3 engrossing new audiobooks for your playlist 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z “Mr. Breakfast” is the first Carroll novel in several years, but it seems to me as masterly as his earlier books. Review | The novel ‘Mr. Breakfast’ asks: What if you could choose your fate? 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Around 1700, the masterly craftsmen switched from Persian-influenced miniatures to vast tableaux, painted in a similar style but on a grander scale. Review | Smithsonian show revels in the wonders of the White City of India 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z In “Disseminate,” a woman falters while entangled in a long ribbon printed with words such as “liar” — dispatches from the Twitterverse rendered in a masterly 16th-century mode. In the galleries: An artist’s journey through the pandemic 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z At the heart of it all was the masterly Messi, who now has four goals and two assists in Argentina's nine goals in the tournament so far. Messi shines as Argentina win chaotic Qatar classic 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z In “His Masterly Pen,” a thoroughly engrossing study of Thomas Jefferson, Fred Kaplan demonstrates that he, too, wields a masterly pen. Review | In the writings of Thomas Jefferson, clues to his inner life 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z The more masterly you get over the tools that produce these illusions, the more powerful those tools become. Q&A: Tony Kushner on playing therapist to Steven Spielberg 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The editing of “Stagecoach” was regarded as masterly. Overlooked No More: Dorothy Spencer, Film Editor Sought Out by Big Directors 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z My new favorite seat fronts the marble counter in the rear, where I can thank the pizzaiolo in person for his masterly margherita. Review | 2022 Spring Dining Guide Orchestrated for maximum emotional impact, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s virtual address to Congress on Wednesday was a masterly demonstration not only of statecraft, but also of stagecraft. Perspective | Zelensky’s address to Congress was a dramatic appeal in three acts 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z But these four themes illustrate Kaplan’s skill in discovering Jefferson’s character and his political ideology through the products of his “masterly pen.” Review | In the writings of Thomas Jefferson, clues to his inner life 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z “It is as if she had returned from some noble-nonsense war movie of the 1940’s to suggest an area of human response that the masterly sophistications of ‘M.A.S.H.’ are unaware of.” Sally Kellerman, who played ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan in ‘M.A.S.H.’ movie, dies at 84 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z An early scene, set in a tent through which we can see the shadows of gnarled branches, seems to evoke Akira Kurosawa’s masterly 1957 retelling, “Throne of Blood.” On Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' a recommendation in five acts 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z It is also a technique that Birmingham employs in this masterly book. Review | Inspired by real-life murderers, Dostoevsky wrote a new kind of novel 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z “Belfast” has a few other things in common with those masterly memoirs, chiefly its warm, humorous scenes of family life, glimpsed from a child’s-eye view that drifts between perceptive and confused. Review: Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ is a personal but muted story of childhood’s end 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z It was, in fact, masterly propaganda from the beverage and container industries, designed to place responsibility for the trash problem on American consumers, not manufacturers. Opinion | Worrying About Your Carbon Footprint Is Exactly What Big Oil Wants You to Do 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z This action sequence and others are handled with masterly assurance, including several scenes of intimate combat performed with form-fitting, blood-concealing energy shields. Review: Denis Villeneuve’s 'Dune' is a transporting vision, but it could use a touch more madness 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z “Readers familiar with Donoghue’s masterly 2010 bestseller, ‘Room,’ will recall the focused intensity she can bring to bear on constricted spaces,” wrote a New York Times reviewer. 6 new paperbacks, all tempting choices for lazy summer afternoons 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Her work with accents and mannerisms is masterly. Review: Based on a Twitter thread, 'Zola' is one wild ride 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z After a masterly performance in their only debate, Mr. Netanyahu scored a narrow upset. Netanyahu, ‘King of Israel,’ Exits a Stage He Dominated 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z Cleary’s work is packed with such masterly paragraphs on nearly every page. Opinion | ‘Children’s author’ Beverly Cleary was a great writer, period 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Moser, whose team entered the tournament with the top-rated defense in the country, conjured a masterly game plan, and his players executed it to near perfection. The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers, and Sister Jean, Return to the Round of 16 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z But forget all that - Root goes, after a wonderful , masterly innings, but England need to be very careful here now. India v England: Root hits double hundred on day two of first Test – live! 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z The book won the Man Booker Prize in 2005, with a judge describing it as “a masterly study of grief, memory and love recollected.” Reminder: Moira’s Book Club to discuss John Banville’s ‘The Sea’ on Sept. 2 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z Just consider this masterly opening of the novel’s third part: Don't like Dickens? No one can dispute how entertaining he is 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Her most recent album was 2018’s Negative Capability, described as “a masterly meditation on ageing and death” in a five-star Observer review. Marianne Faithfull hospitalised with coronavirus 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z And then, when you ask Wallace to please point out all the species, he leads a masterly factful class on wood, art history, geography, craftsmanship, even spelling … and truly thoughtful design. This forested home in Lake Forest Park is a (hands-on!) display of woods of the world 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Above all, Schiff made a masterly plea for the soul of the nation. Case for impeachment fails to disturb McConnell's sweet dreams of acquittal 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z His poetry, from the satirical Peregrine Prykke’s Pilgrimage Through the London Literary World to the deeply personal Sentenced to Life, reflected but also enhanced our time, and his biographical writing was masterly. Clive James remembered by John Simpson 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z The Guardian called Trust Exercise a “masterly study of power and its abuses” that touched on themes of “consent and its ambiguity” in a #MeToo era. National Book Awards: Susan Choi wins fiction award for Trust Exercise 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z I found myself wishing that Bullock’s masterly rendition of “Dichterliebe” had been granted the same unadorned treatment. Sorrowful Songs at the White Light Festival 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z On a recent transatlantic flight, I made the decision — either very foolish or very wise — to rewatch the Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s masterly “Three Colors” trilogy in its entirety. Critic's Choice: Revisiting Krzysztof Kieslowski's 'Three Colors' trilogy 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z In keeping with its title, the masterly final novel by Drndić, who died last year, suggests a brain scan of its narrator, a dying author and psychologist. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Midway, the story takes a potentially intriguing turn but becomes more muddled than masterly. Review: ‘Madam Yankelova’s Fine Literature Club’ gives cannibalism a bad name 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The Daily Telegraph's Allison Pearson says he presented himself as "prime minister in waiting" - delivering a "rallying" speech which was "masterly at times". Here's what you need to know in five minutes 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Sinatra’s performance is hypnotic, masterly in its slow-building defiance, and proud rather than blustery. 'People who sing it want the world to know they exist': 50 years of My Way 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z A masterly analysis of why — with a world of solutions — we choose doom. The shadow side of sport, cosmic cataclysms, and human culture underground: Books in brief 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Something of Franklin’s near-mystical assurance seems to have rubbed off on Pollack and his crew, who navigate this crowded, confined space with masterly intuition. Review: The glorious Aretha Franklin concert documentary 'Amazing Grace' finally emerges 46 years later In the tenth, it took a masterly throw to home plate from the center fielder Cody Bellinger to keep the game tied. Max Muncy Ends the Longest Game in World Series History 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z The Times’ masterly, 4,000-word investigative report was based on more than 100,000 documents, many leaked from Trump family files, and interviews over 18 months by three top reporters. We need a tax police. And it should go after the likes of Donald Trump | David Cay Johnston 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z But Ms. Collins, after hours of interviewing Justice Kavanaugh in what one senator later called a masterly legal clinic, said she doesn’t see it. Susan Collins Kavanaugh vote angers liberal activists 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z To your earlier point, should the academy wish to cast its standoffishness aside, it could do no better than to give Toni Collette’s masterly performance in “Hereditary” the benefit of its full consideration. From 'Black Panther' to 'Incredibles 2': Times film critics assess 2018, so far, at the movies 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z His previous book was a masterly study of the American empires of Britain and Spain. The siren call of separatism 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z It’s the kind of masterly play that led Barcelona, in January, to pay Liverpool two hundred and forty-four million dollars for his services, making him the third most expensive player in football history. World Cup 2018: Once Again, Brazil Counts on Coutinho 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z But that might have been leaving too much of a trail for a filmmaker of masterly sleight-of-hand. In ‘Leave No Trace,’ Debra Granik stays off the beaten path 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z For Mr. Kim, it was North Korea’s de facto legitimization on the international stage, a masterly propaganda coup for his isolated state. Unscripted Moments Steal the Show at Trump-Kim Singapore Summit 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z “Tartuffe”, Moliére’s masterly lampoon of courtly vanity and hypocrisy, seemed fit for relocation to 21st-century Los Angeles. The hazards of updating classic texts 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z “Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of masses brought together in light,” Le Corbusier once said. The Oddball Architecture of Los Angeles 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z David Chariandy The Canadian writer’s masterly second novel, Brother, was published in the UK this month. Fresh voices: 50 writers you should read now 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Accept that this is true, she added, even if you organize a masterly transition. Protecting your reputation on the way out | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z One catalyzing moment: finding original “Krazy Kat” strips, by the masterly George Herriman, being used to plug a leak in a ceiling at a newspaper syndicate. Opinion | Mort Walker, Historian 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Likely Lads the first ever reflective British sitcom, & Bob a masterly character. The Likely Lads actor Rodney Bewes dies 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z I've reread it several times and still learn from his masterly writing. The Mind of John McPhee 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Choreographer Erica Gionfriddo contributes masterly dance sequences, enacted with lissome skill by the agile actors, while Eliot Gray Fisher’s virtuosic sound design keeps the mood appropriately fraught. ‘Any Night's’ riveting performances and Hitchcockian thrills could soar on the big screen 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z An executive’s masterly performance justifies the compensation, in other words. Hard Questions for a Company at the Center of the Opioid Crisis 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Listen to Mr. Costanzo’s masterly control of dynamics in the lyric “Oh, your daddy’s rich”: cool and soft, then so powerful he blows out the camera’s microphone. A Beatific Gesture: This Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments on YouTube 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Given that New Haven is the home of Yale, its museums hold not only masterly works of art, but erudite vestiges of history and science, as well. What Awaits in New Haven? Pizza, Yes, and Brains in Jars 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z They set the stage for a decade of startling, vivid, wildly original, and masterly paintings of people doing weird things—using blood from a live shark to cure the plague, for example. Why Dana Schutz Painted Emmett Till 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Aside from being masterly hunters, spiders serve another important role – as food. Scientists figure out the huge number of insects world's spiders devour each year 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z An Idaho mining town faces a disaster and its aftermath in Kevin Canty’s masterly, affecting new novel. Kevin Canty’s ‘Underworld’ depicts survival in a toxic small town 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z I do enjoy how he tweets bilingually, and his masterly handling of Trump’s handshake suggests heretofore hidden depths. Justin Trudeau: how did a Canadian PM become a style superhero? 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Thrilling in its virtuosity, as in its masterly exploitation of the espionage-thriller genre, “The Sympathizer” was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and has come to be considered one of the greatest of Vietnam War novels. Refugees in America 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z In the view of one senior executive, it all came down to masterly salesmanship by a single man, Anshu Jain, the chief promoter of the bank’s hottest product: risk. Deutsche Bank Flew and Fell. Some Paid a High Price. 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z But beneath the muscular grandstanding is a game conceived with masterly attention to design. The Best Video Games of 2016 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Leonard Cohen, the masterly songwriter who died this week at 82, intoned his songs with serene gravity. Donald Trump, Leonard Cohen, Mosul: Your Friday Evening Briefing 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z His sister had married in her teens, and she and her husband’s travails inspired his masterly song The River, about a couple trying to face up to the wedge that joblessness drives into relationships. Bruce Springsteen: ‘You can change a life in three minutes with the right song’ 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Hendricks had not lasted more than five and a third innings in four previous playoff starts, but he was masterly Saturday night. Cubs Defeat Dodgers to Clinch First Pennant Since 1945 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z In Italy, after getting into a car accident, he is visited by his wife, and by his forty-three-year-old daughter; both scenes are masterly demonstrations of what a good novelist can do with implication and silence. Nine Tales of Crises in “All That Man Is” 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Trump, in those days, was merely a self-publicizing real-estate guy who had recently scored a big hit with “The Apprentice,” in which he played the part of a judicious and masterly business magnate. Memories of Trump’s Wedding 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z In this masterly tale of espionage and historical fiction, Furst captures the dangers and intrigue of the French Resistance in Nazi-occupied Paris. 2016: Summer books we’ve loved so far 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Demonstrating its masterly balance and flexibility, and yet without seeming to show off, it scratched behind its ear with one foot while standing fully erect on the other. A Voyage to the End of the World 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z They must be judged in person; in reproduction they lose the masterly touch that is Eisenman’s signature. Art’s One-Woman Insurgency 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Though Richardson went on to write two more novels—including the masterly “Clarissa”—he has long inspired an unusually intense mix of appreciation and irritation. The Prude Who Invented the Modern Novel 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Consider the case of Tom Brady, the masterly quarterback of my beloved New England Patriots and another sports celebrity who has spoken kindly of Trump. The irony of celebrity populism 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Audiences struggled to separate the masterly, inventive playing from the fact that Alexander, who is self-taught, had barely started middle school. The Teenagers Shaping Pop 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump, in the video I saw, was masterly. New York’s Vote Matters for a Change 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The first volume of his authorized biography was hailed as masterly. Was Thatcher ‘that bloody woman’ or a boon to Britain? 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z "Trust was created," said Fabius, who has been praised for his masterly handling of the talks. Climate deal typo hiccup solved 'in a small room,' France says 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z As Miss Jolie ambles along the shoreline, it is one of the few moments of true losing oneself in the masterly mise en scene. ‘By the Sea’ a misfire vanity project for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Given the splendor of the villa, and the masterly bronze sculptures found in its ruins, the learned world assumed that the library would contain vanished classics. The Quest to Unlock an Ancient Library 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Lincoln is, of course, a giant historical figure who is worthy of study and admiration, and I’m especially fond of “Team of Rivals,” Ms. Goodwin’s masterly look at how Lincoln built his leadership team. Giving More Corporate Chiefs the Steve Jobs Treatment 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z In his masterly work The Myth of the Holy Cow, Dr Jha cites religious scriptures and ancient texts to show that Hindus did consume beef in ancient India. Why the humble cow is India's most polarising animal - BBC News 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Two years on, Stenson was the one with the best view of a masterly performance. Jordan Spieth Is a Round Away From a Fantastic Finish 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z He is not to be begrudged his masterly showmanship, his relentless candor or his polling success. The immigration swamp 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z This is a masterly piece of shouting “Yay! My Gang!” from Paul Krugman in his column today. Krugman's Claiming Milton Friedman For The MIT Gang Now? What? 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Maddon also proved masterly at managing a bullpen by committee and made sure understudies like Chris Denorfia and David Ross got enough at-bats to be pressed into starting roles when needed. Theo Epstein Has Cubs in the Hunt Four Years Into His Tenure 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Pondering the events of September 11th makes him think about Frederick Seidel’s “December,” a masterly, sinister poem written from the point of view of a terrorist. Violence in the Age of Terror 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Rihanna, a masterly ambitious black woman with a fear of nothing and no one, directed her video. Rihanna's video puts a black woman in control – no wonder there's a backlash 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Tanaka returned from the disabled list with a masterly performance, allowing one run and three hits in seven efficient innings as the Yankees defeated the Seattle Mariners, 3-1. Masahiro Tanaka’s Sterling Return Lifts Yankees Over Mariners 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z “The show was a beautiful one. The music was so powerful, the actors’ playing so masterly,” Sarmast remembered. He was the saviour of Afghan music. Then a Taliban bomb took his hearing 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The masterly set designer, Bob Crowley, using flats and projections, puts a soft edge on Paris, as if we were seeing the city reflected in the Seine. A New “American in Paris” 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Boyle’s “The Harder They Come,” also new today, “a masterly — and arresting — piece of storytelling.” Latest News: Nuclear Deadline, Climate Commitment, Indiana Law 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Sailing solo is inherently treacherous, but Arthaud was masterly in avoiding disaster. Florence Arthaud, Celebrated Solo Sailor, Dies at 57 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z He is a masterly self-publicist, courting and seducing the press and the public – just look at Einstein. How 2 Pro-Nazi Nobelists Attacked Einstein’s "Jewish Science" 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z A 20-year retrospective of the players, top shots and moments of the sport, from masterly chips to meltdown milestones. The Top Sports Books From the New York Times Best Seller List 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z In David Lynch’s masterly, heartbreaking 1980 film version of Merrick’s story, he periodically gazes at a photograph of his late mother. Bradley Cooper in “The Elephant Man” | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z While the photos are masterly, it is Mr. Towell’s words that powerfully distill his experiences in Afghanistan. Losing the Media War in Afghanistan 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z The scared couple’s vulnerability also serves to underscore the other big question that Albee asks in this masterly play: What, besides cohabitation, makes a marriage? Edward Albee’s Bad Marriages 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z He abandoned the series after 2005’s masterly “Resident Evil 4,” rejecting jittery terror for a more explosive Hollywood blockbuster approach. Review: ‘Evil Within’ is a nightmarish head trip 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z The speech was a masterly exposition— replete with 21 footnotes—of the research in her academic specialty, labor economics, that acknowledged that no one knows for sure what the right course is. For the Fed's Janet Yellen, It's No More Ms. Nice Chair 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Smith was masterly, tossing a high hard fastball over the middle. Ghosts of Mondays Past: Jets Come Up Small in Big Game 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z All that said, Ellison did as masterly a job negotiating the twists and turns of technology as anyone else. End of an Era: Larry Ellison Steps Down as Oracle's CEO 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z In one restaurant, where the restaurant observed that a tiny amuse bouche of langoustine didn’t absolutely thrill us, they were quick to bring us a different little dish—a masterly foie gras concoction. Seven Management Lessons From The Legendary French Restaurants 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z In his telling, Breaking the Law, from 1980's masterly British Steel, was a kind of metal counterpart to Ghost Town, inspired by the winter of discontent and the rise of Margaret Thatcher. Judas Priest's Rob Halford: 'I feel a bit like Quentin Crisp' 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z In contrast to Stephenson’s rowdiness, James was cool and masterly. Heat Calmly Thrash Pacers and Book Annual Trip to the Finals 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The New York Times offered a more nuanced interpretation, conceding that many of the songs are “near misses” while stating that “Timbaland’s transformations are masterly.” Michael Jackson's Xscape In Close Race With Black Keys For No. 1 Spot 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z This scientific masterly led to the birth of the “yellow beet chili burger,” made of yellow beets, potatoes, carrots, cauliflowers, fresh chili, lemon pepper, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and salt. Engineering Students Have Dedicated Their Brainpower To Creating the Perfect Veggie Burger 2014-04-02T18:05:28Z Rarely has a film that flirts this solemnly with ambition bending toward madness been so masterly in carrying its spectators to its heights and through its depths. REVIEW: Darren Aronofsky’s Noah Movie: Better Than the Book 2014-03-27T15:00:07Z The defensive coordinator Sean McDermott was masterly this year: despite a lack of talent in the secondary, the Panthers finished the season second in points and yards allowed. Analysis: A Statistic Behind Every Super Bowl Contender 2013-12-31T15:06:18Z He makes masterly use of 21st century tools to perform his 1st century office. Pope Francis, The People's Pope 2013-12-11T13:05:19Z Mr. Mandela’s call for blacks to support the team is hailed as a masterly move toward racial reconciliation. Timeline: Mandela’s Life 2013-12-06T01:38:33Z The supremely fit Spaniard did a masterly job of bringing Federer’s game down a notch while not allowing himself to become passive when he got the lead. Straight Sets: Federer Paid Price for Not Adjusting His Game Plan 2013-09-03T17:04:08Z Adding to these works, Ben Fountain, while not a soldier himself, published a masterly Iraq war novel in 2012, “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.” At War Blog: A Problematic Genre, the ‘Kill Memoir’ 2013-07-16T13:01:01Z Tonight was his performance to show he belonged and the Norway-born Diskerud was masterly in dictating the game against the Guatemalans. Player Ratings: U.S. (6) vs. Guatemala (0) 2013-07-06T14:39:06Z Harvey was masterly once again, not allowing a hit until the fifth inning. Nationals 6, Mets 4: Bullpen Meltdown Costs the Mets and Harvey 2013-06-29T03:29:17Z He said he was "delighted" with the work done so far, which reveals a "masterly exposition of historic, royal, naval and London motifs". London's 'Sistine Chapel' restored 2013-05-02T22:34:47Z The Scot is masterly at building and refurbishing Manchester United's teams and shows no signs of losing his desire to do so again. Where the title was won and lost 2013-04-22T20:53:45Z "He deserves every credit for a masterly display of control, balance, accuracy and tactical awareness on a difficult surface," wrote Lacey in his match report. The Joy of Six: memorable international football debuts 2013-03-15T09:31:00Z Afterwards Wenger offered only a sigh of masterly indifference when asked about the implications of the extended £150m deal with Emirates. Arsenal come up short at Aston Villa, as Wenger comes under fire from fans 2012-11-25T23:00:04Z "His handling of the horse is masterly and he was determined to do the right thing by him." Frankel and Cecil - a tale of two champions 2012-10-20T18:41:47Z Defensively, he was masterly in shutting down Guatemala on his side of the field. Goal: Player Ratings: U.S. (3), Guatemala (1) 2012-10-17T04:48:39Z Royal Liverpool Golf Club’s humpback greens were no worry, either; Shin did not miss any en route to a masterly eight-under-par 64, which left her at minus-9 at the tournament’s halfway point. Shin Shoots Brilliant 64 at Women’s British Open 2012-09-15T19:31:14Z Mark Sanchez, entering the most critical season of his career, delivered a masterly performance, completing 19 of 27 passes for 266 yards and 3 touchdowns. Jets 48, Bills 28: Jets Have No Trouble Scoring in Opener Against Bills 2012-09-09T20:54:59Z Eisenbud dismisses the notion that he is some kind of commercial killer whose masterly negotiating secures more money for his clients than they ever dreamed possible. Building a Brand: Max Eisenbud, Maria Sharapova’s Agent, Builds Her Brand 2012-08-26T17:18:03Z Kuroda fell a bit short of that — his no-hit bid ended in the seventh inning — but he turned in a masterly performance, shutting down the , 3-0, on two hits. Yankees 3, Rangers 0: Kuroda Pitches Complete Game as Yankees Beat Rangers 2012-08-15T02:30:19Z It was Jiracek who broke the deadlock by capitalizing on a three-man break from the Czech half of the field and scoring after a masterly slalom between two defenders with a deft ground shot. Euro 2012: Euro 2012 — For Poland, Much Passion but Little Ability 2012-06-18T00:16:02Z A Martian Joined Ray Bradbury and Me for Dinner in Paris , who died last week at 91, was a masterly writer of science fiction and fantasy, and an extremely prolific one. A Martian Joined Ray Bradbury and Me for Dinner in Paris 2012-06-11T21:01:06Z I fancied that he was no less than a prince of the royal blood, so masterly was his bearing. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z This masterly diagnosis of the sin of spiritual sloth and its branches is illustrated by several stories which bear unmistakably the impress of a dreadful truth. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The priests, in addition to their noble devotion, carried into their missionary efforts the most masterly judgment. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z The connected arrangement of the essays which their reissue permits brings into fuller relief Mr. Huxley’s masterly powers of exposition. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z With masterly equanimity he holds aloof from the discussion of irrelevant subjects and wins alike the admiration of his adherents and of his adversaries. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z H. C. C. is perhaps not aware that the document has been examined, corrected, translated into German, and made the subject of a very masterly dissertation, by Dr. Heinrich Leo, of Halle. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-23T02:00:31.657Z Since the General has become known in Washington as the “general most gifted at masterly inactivity,” I am seriously considering taking to the field as Commander-in-Chief. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z He betrayed not a whit of trepidation or alarm, which was a masterly display of nerve. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z De Ruyter then effected a masterly retreat, his enemies fearing to follow on account of his proximity to his own shores. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z In the belief that the entire labyrinth was an auditive organ, Helmholtz, contrary to the results of his own masterly analysis, originally sought to interpret another part of the labyrinth as the organ of noises. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The book is masterly both in constructive power and in exposition.... A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z I have this very morning received an epistle from your brother; an epistle which, though eloquent enough, well written, clear, and masterly, yet I love not altogether. Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:31.930Z As well might we deny to Shakespeare a masterly knowledge of human life, because his dramas are blotted by historical anachronisms. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z A masterly tale of life and adventure during that interval of suspense between the death of Cromwell and the return of the "Merry Monarch." Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z The singer did not drop his tone so much as a single comma, the very last notes swelling and dying away as even and full as at the beginning; it was, indeed, a masterly performance. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z He therefore adopted a policy of “masterly inactivity.” The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds," begun by Charles Robert Leslie, the royal academician, and finished by Taylor, "It is masterly in handling, and powerful, almost Rembrandtesque, in chiaro-oscuro. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The beauty of the colouring, too--that tear upon the cheek, the faint pink of the nostril partaking slightly of the blue of the drapery, and the drapery itself, how masterly! The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z He has been called the creator of the modern French school of landscape, and delighted in cheerful aspects of nature, which he rendered with masterly skill. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Their efforts were aided in a masterly manner by Tecumseh, a Shawnee warrior, who had imbibed a bitter, undying hostility to the Americans. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z She had taken her position to windward, and so as to form with the two vessels nearly an equilateral triangle, and in this masterly position flung her heavy metal against both alike. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z He had been ambitious, and devoted to his masterly work, with the will-power and intensity which belong to genius. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The landscape had been put in with masterly freedom, and was almost finished. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z He was copying a picture quite near to me, and I felt humbled when returning to my own effort after glancing at his masterly work. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Nothing could exceed the coolness of —— Balfice and his party, who certainly made a masterly retreat to the slated store at Carrigaholt, where I found them. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The capture of Cornwallis and his army is the most masterly measure, both in the conception and execution, which has been taken this war. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z The great soldier Napoleon Smith instantly effected a retreat in masterly fashion behind a gooseberry bush. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Was presented to Mr. West, a Philadelphian, a most masterly hand in historic painting. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Never was there in literature a more masterly and wonderful mechanic. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z His design of the new structure was simple but masterly. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z It is not the saint herself, bestowing her goods from a balcony, who contributes the chief subject, but the masterly group of poor people struggling for them below. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The grown-up swing of her skirt as she tripped down was masterly. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Her technical qualities are of the highest order, her mise-en-page, her draughtsmanship and her colour are in the grand style, and her works one and all have a really masterly air. Women Painters of the World From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day 2012-03-29T02:00:13.340Z The experiments were continued, in a masterly way, by the celebrated chemist, Sir William Crookes, and yielded him the most wondrous results. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z In spite of her masterly intellect, her conversation often bored him. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z He had just emerged from a heart breaking contest, in which his masterly twirling had won the pennant for his Alma Mater, and incidentally placed him in the very front rank of college pitchers. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z Then setting his cramped wet legs in motion, General Napoleon commenced a masterly retreat in the direction of home. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Further, she has interpreted in masterly fashion, Eugène Delacroix, Jules Dupré, Gustave Courbet and other great masters of the French School. Women Painters of the World From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day 2012-03-29T02:00:13.340Z Fourier, as we see, uses the dialectic method in the same masterly way as his contemporary Hegel. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z In the midst of the confusion he conceived a masterly stratagem. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Fox, on the contrary, was minutely observant of the speech, and did not scruple to pronounce it a masterly effort of eloquence, calculated to place Mr. Flag beside the first statesmen of our country. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z |
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