10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRETTIFICATION»
Discover the use of
prettification in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
prettification and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Test-Driven Development with Python
Prettification: Using a CSS Framework Design is hard, and doubly so now that we
have to deal with mobile, tablets, and so forth. That's why many programmers,
particularly lazy ones like me, are turning to CSS frameworks to solve some of ...
Harry J.W. Percival, 2014
2
Fashion as Communication
The second argument is that this criticism presupposes that decoration or '
prettification' are also the same wherever clothes are worn. It is rather the case
that what counts as decoration and 'prettification' varies from culture to culture:
different ...
3
Biblical Blaspheming: Trials of the Sacred for a Secular Age
15.16) but at the same time Jeremiah's protests against divine rape and Ezekiel's
protests against cooking on his own excrement, flow into the piercing wail that
goes up from these texts, pleading for mercy, whitewashing and prettification.
4
Marcel Proust: Reviews and Estimates in English
You see, there is in him on the one hand a double measure of the analytical and
introspective power that Beyle's admirers make so much of; with what they also
admire, a total absence of prettification for prettification's sake. Yet he can be ...
5
Classics of Western Philosophy, 8th Edition:
There is no cure more fundamental than Thucydides for the Greeks' miserable
prettification of things into the ideal, a prettification which the “classically
educated” youth brings with him into life as the reward for his school training. One
must ...
6
An Anatomy of Chinese: Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics
In these cases, prettification serves the purpose of deflecting criticism others
might bring, even if the doer, left to his or her own conscience, might not think that
euphemism is necessary. A chilling example of this sort of mind-set is that of Nazi
...
7
American Power and the New Mandarins
(Does the “prettification” of Hiroshima—or, to take a closer analogue, the
prettification of Los Alamos-—provoke the same response?) To their credit, a few
refer to Vietnam; but not once is a question raised —even to be dismissed—as to
...
8
Two Strategies for Europe: De Gaulle, the United States, and ...
Franco-American Prettification, France—NATO Deterioration The French and
Americans, in parallel, after crossing swords in the spring over nuclear issues
were now anxious to calm things down. In the autumn, this tendency seemed
lasting.
Frédéric Bozo, Susan Emanuel, 2002
9
Opera - Dead Or Alive: Production, Performance, and ...
In many productions prettification takes over. Merimee's Carmen is described as
a sleazy gypsy with copper-colored skin, coarse black hair, and wearing a black
dress, but she is vibrantly, animally attractive. Some Carmens in the opera house
...
10
Trio 2: A Novel About the Schumanns and Brahms
She had a pretty face, but resisted prettification, refused to powder her face, crimp
her hair, or blacken her lashes. She parted her hair in the middle, pulling it
behind her ears in a bun – unlike her stout sister, Josephine, who braided her
hair in ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRETTIFICATION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
prettification is used in the context of the following news items.
"Who would defend the elevated urban motorway?"
I've written before about the dangers of prettification and the value of the multi-level city in reminding us that we live in a complex net of ... «Dezeen, Apr 15»
Israeli artist Ori Gersht will get in your face – and make you ecstatic
Though the tone is hysterical, the works are pervaded by an overtone of prettification, of playing at as-if. Culture is as if fragile, the contemporary ... «Haaretz, Apr 15»
How the impressionists found a new way of capturing the …
The prejudice of prettification is unjustified, as this show demonstrates incontrovertibly. At the Courtauld, there is a wonderful black pastel by ... «New Statesman, Mar 15»
Developer of downtown Berkeley hotel offers 'tapered' tower; hopes …
... underneath Center Street… the whole “Daylighting the Creek” movement is a Disney-esque fraud that substitutes “prettification gestures” for ... «Berkeleyside, Feb 15»
Great performance nimbly sidesteps melodrama
Against that prettification, Still Alice gains its dramatic equilibrium courtesy of the Oscar-nominated Julianne Moore in the role of Alice Howland, ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Feb 15»
Bellacures Founder's Fantasy Slumber Party Involves ScarJo
When entrepreneurial stars like Jessica Biel and Reese Witherspoon are in the mood for public prettification, they head to luxe LA nail salon ... «Racked, Feb 15»
'The Wire' Wednesdays, Part Ten: Case Closed
... world, could well be a credo for the entire show, at least when it isn't indulging in the same too-perfect prettification of stories that it's decrying. «New York Observer, Feb 15»
Country club
Plumping for the joys of life rather than the prettification of death, the conclave decided instead to buy itself a new saltwater pool. Accordingly ... «Mumbai Mirror, Feb 15»
School lunches may kill you, through exhaustion
Once the prettification of the fruit was up to scratch - and which working parent wouldn't consider this an essential? - the next challenge was ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 15»
'Wintry mix' – craft beer, chocolate assortment or weather phrase?
Rather than prettification or changing weather patterns, though, I think the main reason people are using "wintry mix" so much is a desire to find ... «Chicago Tribune, Jan 15»
