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The Impressionists dissolved forms. They painted blurry "impressions" of objects modified by changing light and atmospheric condit... - MORE The Impressionists dissolved forms. They painted blurry "impressions" of objects modified by changing light and atmospheric conditions—drifts of fog, shimmering forest shadows, the glow of gas lamps on rainy streets. Cubists cracked the mirror of art. In their paintings objects open into surrounding space and none has an uninterrupted outline. Parts are broken off, colors bleed into neighboring objects, and translucent facets of space with multiple light sources cut shadows across bounding surfaces. They removed sections of faces and reassembled what remained to create grotesque open forms in defiance of natural appearance.

Stephen Kern

cubism | impressionism

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Alvina felt herself swept ... into a dusky region where men had dark faces and translucent yellow eyes, where all speech was forei... - MORE Alvina felt herself swept ... into a dusky region where men had dark faces and translucent yellow eyes, where all speech was foreign, and life was not her life. It was as if she had fallen from her own world on to another, darker star, where meanings were all changed.

D.H. Lawrence

conversion | love | alienation

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Sabrina fair,
Listen where thou art sitting... - MORE Sabrina fair,
Listen where thou art sitting
Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave,
In twisted braids of lilies knitting
The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.

John Milton

hair

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Listen where thou art sitting
Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave,... - MORE Listen where thou art sitting
Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave,
In twisted braids of lilies knitting
The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair;
Listen for dear honour's sake,
Goddess of the silver lake,
Listen and save.

John Milton

nature | rest

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That translucent alabaster of our memories. That translucent alabaster of our memories.

Marcel Proust

reminiscences

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