Diorama

diorama



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西洋鏡

[dahy-uh-ram-uh, -rah-muh] 



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–noun 

1. a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.

2. a life-size display representing a scene from nature, a historical event, or the like, using stuffed wildlife, wax figures, real objects, etc., in front of a painted or photographed background.

3. a spectacular picture, partly translucent, for exhibition through an aperture, made more realistic by various illuminating devices.

4. a building or room, often circular, for exhibiting such a scene or picture, esp. as a continuous unit along or against the walls.





　

Far from Hollywood, a diorama of desperation and loaner implants, Weisz has created a home in Manhattan’s East Village with her fiancé, Darren Aronofsky, the director of fantastically unconventional fare such as Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain and this year’s The Wrestler.





alabaster

a perfect alabaster [form], still taking blows from the sculptor's [chisel]. 

aesthete

Garrel is not just an artless [aesthete], he is unexpectedly and intensely romantic—imagining and realizing a character who can die for love. 

easel

Did tou look at the new painting on my easel? What do you think?

pentimento

... A tree will show through a woman's dress. A child makes way for a dog. A boat is no loner on an open sea. That is called pentimento. Because the painter repented, changed his mind.

Threnody