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The opulent Cappella dei Principi, an idea formulated by Cosimo I, was put into effect by Ferdinand I de ' Medici ; it was designed by Matteo Nigetti, following some sketches tendered to an informal competition of 1602 by Don Giovanni de ' Medici, the natural son of Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, which were altered in the execution by the aged Buontalenti ; thus, a true expression of court art, it was the result of collaboration among designers and patrons.
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According to Bosley Crowther, " the broadly comic Western ... sounded like a promising idea "; " the scenery is opulent and the action out-of-doors, the color lush and the cast made up almost entirely of recruits from John Ford's long cinematic cycle commemorating the tradition of the American frontier.
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Suddenly, at the peak of madness and confusion, the couples are engulfed by their follies, which transform the rundown theatre into a fantastical " Loveland ", an extravaganza even more grand and opulent than the gaudiest Weismann confection: " the place where lovers are always young and beautiful, and everyone lives only for love ".
Byrd's four Anglican service settings range in style from the unpretentious Short Service, already discussed, to the magnificent so-called Great Service, a grandiose work which continues a tradition of opulent settings by Richard Farrant, William Mundy and Robert Parsons.
During the reign of Alfonso II, Ferrara once again developed an opulent court with an impressive musical establishment, rivaled in Italy only by the adjacent city of Venice, and the traditional musical centers such as Rome, Florence and Milan.
In this period, Pope was also employed by the publisher Jacob Tonson to produce an opulent new edition of Shakespeare.
The seventeenth century, in both Southern and Northern Europe, was characterized by opulent, often gilded Baroque designs that frequently incorporated a profusion of vegetal and scrolling ornament.
The largest and most opulent church in the city is the Dormition Cathedral, a five-domed edifice in the Russian Revival style, consecrated in 1896, demolished by the Soviets, and restored in the early first decade of the 21st century.
An aged Henry van Cleve ( Don Ameche ) enters the opulent reception area of Hell, to be personally greeted by " His Excellency " ( Laird Cregar ).
Ultimately, the city fell under Arab conquest in 643, by which time little was left of the opulent Roman cities of Northern Africa ; the ruins of Cyrene are located near the modern village of Shahhat.
Other, less opulent styles of embroidery became more popular, such as the art needlework advocated by William Morris and his Arts and Crafts movement.
During Stalin's reign the coast became dotted with imposing Neoclassical buildings, exemplified by the opulent Rodina and Ordzhonikidze sanatoriums.
The northern half of Mission Hills, north of 63rd Street, is informally called " old Mission Hills " and is dominated by opulent houses on large lots.
According to the official website a large amount of Adam's work survives, but little or none of it remains in the principal rooms shown to the public, which were redecorated in an opulent Italianate style in the Victorian era by Luigi Canina.
Built by major noble houses these castles were typically even more opulent than those built by the nouveau riche of the south.
Under Bělohlávek the orchestra won glowing reviews: The Times referred to its " superb musicians ", Michael Kennedy in The Sunday Telegraph referred to a " rich and opulent magnificently played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra " under Bělohlávek, and another Telegraph critic praised the BBC SO's " virtuoso form ".
Iranistan was the most notable: a fanciful and opulent Moorish Revival splendor designed by Leopold Eidlitz with domes, spires and lacy fretwork, inspired by the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England.
The league of the Campani was led by the city-state of Capua ; the famous wealth of Campania had made Capua the most opulent city of ancient Italy.
Entering into the 1930s, Packard attempted to beat the stock market crash and subsequent Great Depression by manufacturing ever more opulent and expensive cars than it had prior to October 1929.
In 1927, Bacon was taken by Harcourt-Smith to the opulent, decadent, " wide open " Berlin of the Weimar Republic, where they stayed together at the Hotel Adlon.
For its opulent design, gilded Byzantine mosaics, and its status as a symbol of Venetian wealth and power, from the 11th century on the building has been known by the nickname Chiesa d ' Oro ( Church of gold ).
Many historians speculate that this association with opulent Eastern goods is why patchouli was considered by Europeans of that era to be a luxurious scent.
He found the meeting of working folk moving and inspiring, and enjoyed contact with more " realistic " family roots than those suggested by his opulent existence in Mexico City.
Preaching austerity and the salvation of the individual through his or own her efforts, Theravada Buddhism did not lend doctrinal support to a society ruled by an opulent royal establishment maintained through the virtual slavery of the masses.
The plan and decoration of the building combines elements of Classical, Byzantine and Pre-Romanesque, and opulent materials as the expression of a new royal house, ruled by Charlemagne.
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Cosimo promised to treat the children well and their rooms were as opulent as those of his own children.
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The Spencers started out as sheep farmers in pre-Tudor times but rose to opulent prominence during the 16th century where it was said that Lord Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, was reputed to be the richest man in England upon the ascension of King James I to the English throne.
* An alternate version of " A Lady Loves " performed by Debbie Reynolds in I Love Melvin, intercut with the version used in the film ( the cut version is set in a farmyard while the version used takes place in opulent surroundings ).
Francis I, who became king that year, made the creation of an opulent musical establishment a priority.
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`` Uncle Sam '' was, indeed, a rich uncle to Prokofieff, in those opulent, post-war victory years of peace and prosperity, bold speculations and extravaganzas, enjoyment and pleasure: `` The Golden Twenties ''.
This may be because Wilfrid's opulent lifestyle was uncongenial to Bede's monastic mind ; it may also be that the events of Wilfrid's life, divisive and controversial as they were, simply did not fit with Bede's theme of the progression to a unified and harmonious church.
The musical was adapted into a 1967 film of the same name, which starred Richard Harris as Arthur, and which featured the Castle of Coca, Segovia as a fittingly opulent Camelot.
With its 200-metre-long main facade along Stresemannstraße, the Fürstenhof was less opulent than some of the other hotels mentioned, despite its size, but was still popular with business people.
Also while in Ferrara he was formally employed as the organist to the ducal chapel, which was one of the most opulent musical establishments in Europe.
Architects who were renowned for their constructions using the style include Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, an Italian architect who worked in Russia and who was noted for his lavish and opulent works, Philip de Lange, who worked in both Danish and Dutch Rococo architecture, or Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, who worked in the late Baroque style and who contributed to the reconstruction of the city of Dresden, in Germany.
In the late 1990s they relented, and in September 1998 the opera was performed for eight nights at the Forbidden City, complete with opulent sets and soldiers from the People's Liberation Army as extras.
Writing in The Times Literary Supplement Philip Stead was more generous to Dr. No, although he thought that Fleming was offering " too opulent a feast " with the book, although he manages to pull this off, where " a less accomplished writer, lacking Mr. Fleming's quick descriptive gift and his powers of making his characters talk with such lucid and natural style, would never have got away with this story.
On 29 May 1825, Charles received his coronation in Reims, in an opulent and spectacular ceremony that was reminiscent of the royal pomp of the coronations of the Ancien Régime.
After the war events, Nîmes was now only a shadow of the opulent Gallo-Roman city it once had been.
Built in the 1840s to accommodate travelers on the newly opened Whitewater Canal and the National Road, Aaron Reisor opened the three-story hostelry on the Canal bank to run what at the time was one of Indiana's most opulent facilities.
The immense wealth that was created from the bustling pig-iron industry led to the construction of many opulent residences.
During the 1920s, the most impressive high rise in Bluefield history was built, the twelve story opulent West Virginian Hotel, now the West Virginia Manor and Retirement Home.
His ecclesiastical jurisdiction was venal and rapacious ; he extorted frequent contributions from the most opulent of the faithful, and converted to his own use a considerable part of the public revenue.
At the time it was promoted as the largest and most opulent theater in the world.
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