But it was not always so, and an exhibition called "Gleaming Gold, Shining Silver," on view through Oct. 12 in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale, celebrates the era of the gorgeously bound book.
(The audience, however, was perhaps the most gorgeously attired I have ever observed anywhere).
The most gorgeously erudite band glam rock produced, England's Roxy Music, recently announced a reunion tour.
The oldest and most gorgeously melancholy theme here is "12th Coping Song," a secular hymn inspired by Sept. 11, 2001, that closes the album.
This is pop at its most gorgeously muddled — most of these songs could be called disco, funk, or reggae — and its particular sparkle and bounce has never been duplicated.
With its remarkably varied and detailed Tiffany fixtures now refurbished or recreated, and aglow with their original luster, the Belasco is easily the most gorgeously lighted theater on Broadway.
She shines in the detailed footwork (she has the most gorgeously arched feet in the business) and explosive jumps, but her dancing often lacks a through-the-body flow, and her arms can often look perfunctory.
There are many great works of art about obsession, from Heathcliff's wailing to Ahab's whaling, but this is surely the most gorgeously haunting.
In one of the most gorgeously garish episodes a Cortina ad features a woman flashing her thighs, clawing the air and yammering nonsense.
Invariably, some of the most gorgeously lighted places I know are essentially cocktail lounges rather than restaurants, but these days such lounges often serve enough food to sustain you.
