It was once, de Botton pointed out, the ostentatious home of one of the most brutal businessmen in American history; among other things, it's a monument to the bad idea that one can redeem oneself through the acquisition of material things.
And as the Atlantic Wire pointed out, the ostentatious, "showing off" quality of the photos is in line with the way we all use Instagram to share images of our lives with others.
The work, created by GCC, a group of nine artists that borrows the initials of the Gulf Co-operation Council, points a finger at ostentatious displays of wealth.Like Fouad Elkoury and his images of Beirut (pictured) Lamia Joreige's "Objects of War" encapsulates the theme of the artist as a witness to history.
And as he wryly points out, what is the ostentatious plumage of the male peacock but nature's bling?
Suppose at one point hindi meant simply any ostentatious fan-tailed bird with a thick body, which could really use a few more minutes in the oven).
There are good reasons the National Football League and other leagues have rules against Mutombo finger-wagging, Pedro temple-pointing, Fleury chicken-dancing and other ostentatious forms of taunting and celebration.
Eisenhower also disapproved of Bradley's ostentatious pose of wearing a G. I.'s combat blouse and boots, but, as Jordan points out, Bradley "was, in Ike's opinion, the greatest American ground commander in recent memory".
The point, for a new wave of hobbyists around the globe, is the ostentatious tactility.
And jeremy lin is the MAN!!" On Monday, when Lin netted 28 points in his first career start, Davis appeared more subdued, bypassing uppercase lettering and ostentatious punctuation: "Great team win.
Mr. Cunningham said Mr. Bloomberg would not ask his agency heads and others to make cuts that he would not make himself, and pointed out that the mayor-elect had forgone a corner office for a less ostentatious one.
