2023年8月21日 星期一

grotesque, mediocrity, risible, antic, at length, eastern length of, ludic, ludicrous. "ludicrously capacious bag". fosters consumerism. spontaneous and undirected playfulness



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Merce Cunningham in "Antic Meet," with design by Robert Rauschenberg, in 1958. More Photos »

'I have one aim - the grotesque. If I am not grotesque I am nothing.' - Aubrey Beardsley, whose work shocked and delighted Victorian society, was born on this day in 1872.

​Learn about Beardsley's short but influential life, told through five key works ➡️ https://bit.ly/45EEO87

🖋️ Aubrey Beardsley, Cover Design for ‘The Yellow Book’ Vol.I, 1894. On free display at Tate Britain.

eastern length of Silk Road
Their double-humped back identifies these figurines as Bactrian camels, which were commonly used on the eastern length of the Silk Road.
Their shaggy winter coats, recreated here by incising lines to texture the clay, helped them stay warm in the steppes of Central Asia where temperatures could plummet to -29° C.
In China during the Tang dynasty, camel figures became popular grave objects, symbolizing wealth acquired through trade.
🔎 Five figurines of Bactrian camels. Clay, China, 1st–6th century AD. Read more: http://ow.ly/Hc6950NWsSV



What Chipperfield remains most exercised about these days, however, is what he sees as an unrestrained free market, undirected investment, a reactive planning process and how our culture fosters consumerism.

A somewhat less "ludicrously capacious bag" from The New York Public Library Shop. Browse Spring accessories and apparel: https://on.nypl.org/3nylCrM


“The class struggle in France created circumstances and relationships that made it possible for a grotesque mediocrity to play a hero's part." Karl Marx:


" Look alive ! look alive ! oho ! " and the scavengers drew out of the way, the pedestrians sprang back, the mud gushed against the coach-windows ; they passed dung-carts, cabs, and omnibuses. At length, the iron gate of the Jardin des Plantes came into sight.




In other developments, available phone numbers ran out, forcing the introduction of unpleasant new area codes. “Awesome” went from being a risible word used only by stoners and surfers to an acceptably ubiquitous modifier, the Starbucks of adjectives.




From Intelligent Life: The history of chess is a history of metaphors and moral lessons. It emerged in fifth-century India, and wherever it has gone since has been a ludic mirror-image of the world around ithttp://econ.st/1MaX5Nk


Spanish writer Javier Marías, whose work has been translated into more than 40 languages in nearly 60 countries, died Sunday in Madrid at the age of 70 after suffering from pneumonia. He is considered one of the great authors of contemporary Spanish literature and is best known for "All Souls" (1989), "A Heart so White" (1993), and "Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me".

risible

Pronunciation: /ˈrɪzɪb(ə)l/
adjective

  • provoking laughter through being ludicrous:a risible scene of lovemaking in a tent

Derivatives

risibility


Pronunciation: /-ˈbɪlɪti/
noun

risibly

adverb

Origin:

mid 16th century (in the sense 'inclined to laughter'): from late Latin risibilis, from Latin ris- 'laughed', from the verb ridere


 ludic
ˈluːdɪk/
adjective
formal
  1. showing spontaneous and undirected playfulness.

ludicrous

Translate ludicrous | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

adjective

  • so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing:it’s ludicrous that I have been fined every night he wore a ludicrous outfit

Derivatives

ludicrously
adverb
[as submodifier]:a ludicrously inadequate army

ludicrousness

noun

Origin:

early 17th century (in the sense 'sportive, intended as a jest'): from Latin ludicrus (probably from ludicrum 'stage play') + -ous

antic
n.
  1. A ludicrous or extravagant act or gesture; a caper.
  2. Archaic. A buffoon, especially a performing clown.
adj.
Ludicrously odd; fantastic.
[From Italian antico, ancient (used of grotesque designs on some ancient Roman artifacts), from Latin antīquus, former, old.]
antically an'ti·cal·ly adv.


gro·tesque (grō-tĕsk') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner.
  2. Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance. See synonyms at fantastic.
  3. Of, relating to, or being the grotesque style in art or a work executed in this style.
n.
  1. One that is grotesque.
    1. A style of painting, sculpture, and ornamentation in which natural forms and monstrous figures are intertwined in bizarre or fanciful combinations.
    2. A work of art executed in this style.
[From French, a fanciful style of decorative art, from Italian grottesca, from feminine of grottesco, of a grotto, from grotta, grotto. See grotto.]
grotesquely gro·tesque'ly adv.
grotesqueness gro·tesque'ness n.




at length
1. In full, extensively. For example, The preacher went on at length about sin, or I have read at length about these cameras. [c. 1500]
2. After a long time, finally, as in At length the procession ended. [Early 1500s] Also see in the long run.



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    • stand a car's length away from ...
    • …から車の長さだけ離れて立つ
    • walk [drivethe length of ...
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    • He ran a mile's length.
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  3. 1bC長いもの;((俗))ペニス,性交
  4. 1cC一馬身,一艇身
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  6. 1e〔the ~〕(書物・列挙・記述などの)長さ
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  10. 3UC(行動・思考・努力などの)範囲,程度

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