Gibbs highlights the first in the cycle, "Song", which initially echoes "To Varuna" from Holst's Rig Veda hymns, but evolves into "a different creation, distinguished by its own uncluttered quartet writing in which the viola has a special part to play".
The fine design was the work of Joseph Friedman, a veteran of the New York "publishing wars," the uncluttered text was written by Jeremy Brecher, and the collection of photographs that Maureen Prentice amassed is unusually rich.
The intrigue of "Tiger Mother" was mostly thanks to Ms Chua's thesis ie, "Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids" because "Chinese mothers are superior"—but the book's pleasures came from her sharp, uncluttered and deceptively self-aware writing.
My desk is a clean, uncluttered expanse that I use solely for writing, and certainly not as a dumping ground for wedding invitations, gum wrappers, and grocery-store receipts that I'm afraid to throw away in case I need them for "tax purposes".
The slow shutter speed allows for the available light conditions, and the wide aperture means a shallow depth of field, producing her characteristic portraits with the subjects against uncluttered backgrounds, nothing distracting from the character she is photographing (see the links below for a selection of galleries of Jane Bown photographs, as well as videos and writing by and about her).
It was written in simple, uncluttered language, each word being turned to a purpose.
WriteRoom provides a clear, uncluttered environment for writing, and Birdhouse creates a tailor-made home for carefully crafted Twitter posts.
John Peter in The Sunday Times wrote, "A tense, gaunt, uncluttered production of Eliot's greatest play".
"The Summons" is a swift, no-nonsense story written in a highly effective, uncluttered fashion.
The economy of Mr. West's filmmaking (he also wrote, shot and edited the movie) demands an uncluttered soundtrack: for long stretches we hear nothing but birdsong and rustling leaves.
"Slavin's uncluttered, room-temperature prose renders the monstrous familiar, even beautiful," Charles Taylor wrote here last year.
