He admired the work of Gericault and Delacroix, and some of Daumier's work, especially his poignant depictions of the dreamer Don Quixote, which fill an entire gallery here, qualify him as a first rank Romantic.
Considering the most populated cluster (and not the lowest energy) as a first rank result, 30 of the 53 dockings were able to successfully predict the experimentally observed binding mode.
This vigorous melodrama is based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an unheralded and underfunded local Arizona wildfire-fighting company that struggled, a decade ago, to gain recognition as a first-rank force.
Because, more even than the London Games, these Olympics have cemented Britain's position as a first-rank sporting nation.
Gleason, the storied comedian, egotist, golfer, and gourmand, mystic, hypnotist, boozer and bull slinger, is now emerging as a first-rank star of motion pictures.
To the bemusement of some in Britain increasingly inclined to see itself as a third-rank power the ayatollahs have fixed on perfidious Albion in particular.
By Richard Brody July 14 , 2014In the classic definition of a masterpiece — a work created to establish one's status as an artisan worthy of recognition as a first-rank creator — the movie "Nothing Lasts Forever" fits the bill perfectly.
Shenley Park, Sun John Robinson Once best known as a breeding ground for leftfield talent – past members include Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij – the Dirty Projectors have emerged as a first-rank band in their own right.
Few who experienced her performances in the 1960's and 70's can forget her extraordinary romantic sensibility, her technical ability as a first-rank dramatic coloratura and, above all, her searing intensity as an actress.
In the classic definition of a masterpiece — a work created to establish one's status as an artisan worthy of recognition as a first-rank creator — the movie "Nothing Lasts Forever" fits the bill perfectly.
Some critics regarded him as a second-rank writer, who occasionally produced first-rank works, and felt his plots and writing could be formulaic.
