In 1985, the novelist Elmore Leonard, in an introduction to a book of photographs by Balthazar Korab, offered this analysis of his home city of Detroit: There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees; and there are cities like Detroit that have to work for a living….
By Ian Crouch January 8 , 2014In 1985, the novelist Elmore Leonard, in an introduction to a book of photographs by Balthazar Korab, offered this analysis of his home city of Detroit: There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees; and there are cities like Detroit that have to work for a living….
Tiny and sparsely populated, to most it's just a smear of craggy scenery viewed from the ferry to Martha's Vineyard.
By John Ashbery The New Yorker, October 9, 2006 P. 78 In all plays, even "Hamlet," the scenery View Article John Ashbery (1927-2017) began publishing poetry in The New Yorker in 1972.
While view quality depends on outdoor scenery, view clarity can be quantified according to fenestration properties and visual conditions.
"American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Artt, 75 South Manheim Boulevard, State University of New York at New Paltz.
Feb. 4 through April 2. Reception: Feb. 4, 2 to 4 p.m. "American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting," works by 71 artists.
The 62-mile section through the heart of Devon from Okehampton to Axminster offers tumbling scenery, coastal views, unparalleled habitats for wildlife, thatched villages and the historic city of Exeter.
NEW PALTZ - NONE of the paintings in "American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting," now showing at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, are the pictures by which any of the artists here are remembered.
For most, the appeal of Britain's most south-westerly point is in the rugged scenery and views to Longships Lighthouse, but for children who prefer spoon-fed entertainment, there's a crop of penny-pinching (and frankly quite tacky) tourist attractions, including a 4D film experience.
The peninsula's alluring mix of space, scenery, sea views and proximity to Cape Town, which is never more than an hour's drive away, has long attracted a free-spirited mix of artists, hippies, surfers and ex-pats -- earning the peninsula the nickname "the lentil curtain" for its alternative tendencies.
