When Queen Victoria came out of mourning in the later Aesthetic Period, it reflected a return to lightheartedness with symbols of luck, good fortune and naturalistic forms and motifs. The jewelry of this period created an entire iconography that we still see today. SNAKE JEWELRY Snake motifs are...
Soon, the transformation is complete: A character who once embodied folk's nervy new aesthetic discards everything (and everyone) for rock music – and 'A Complete Unknown' has become more than another hero's tale. It's a striking fable about the losses that share space with every victory....
More than one desirable balance between music, text, and drama is possible, however, and over time the aesthetic ideals of opera and its creators have successfully adapted to the changing tastes and attitudes of patrons and audiences, while also accommodating linguistic diversity and assorted ...