word painting

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Adams enunciated words like a deep-toned voice-over artist and used classic Handelian word painting in the aria “The people that walked in darkness,” adopting a shadowy tone before opening up into resplendent high notes on the word “light.”

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By the end, after sadly beautiful word painting with the “Kyrie eleison” text and a clarinet solo of upward runs, Bryan arrives at a finale that is less restful and resolved than a traditional Requiem’s, but more cyclical, closing with the “mmm” vocalise that started the piece.

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I chose the word “painting” because when I was in grad school — other painters have had this experience too — painting was dead.

From Los Angeles Times

To drive home the fickleness of the salesroom, Christie’s, on Wednesday, achieved an auction high for an Ed Ruscha work, fetching $52.5 million for the Prince of Pop’s 1964 word painting “Hurting the Word Radio #2.”

From New York Times

Here at Christie’s, in front of a packed auction room, the critically admired California artist Ed Ruscha created the main excitement when his rare, early word painting “Hurting the Word Radio #2,” dating from 1964, sold for $52.5 million with fees, an auction high for the artist.

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