Musee fragonard, paris. (Hotlist).www.vet-alfort.fr/fr/musee/musee.htm Founded in 1765 by eccentric veterinarian Honore Fragonard, this museum is a delirium delirium Condition of disorientation, confused thinking, and rapid alternation between mental states. The patient is restless, cannot concentrate, and undergoes emotional changes (e.g., anxiety, apathy, euphoria), sometimes with hallucinations. of dancing fetuses (preserved by injection with molten wax), a ten-legged sheep, and (my favorite) the portentously por·ten·tous adj. 1. Of the nature of or constituting a portent; foreboding: "The present aspect of society is portentous of great change" Edward Bellamy. 2. titled "Horseman of the Apocalypse," a flayed man astride a flayed steed. Wandering this dusty little treasure-house, the awestruck awe·struck also awe·strick·en adj. Full of awe. awestruck Adjective overcome or filled with awe Adj. 1. visitor finds herself in nature's electroshock electroshock /elec·tro·shock/ (-shok) shock produced by applying electric current to the brain. e·lec·tro·shock n. See electroconvulsive therapy. v. room, with nothing to bite down on. (Readers who don't speak French can search for "Musee Fragonard" on google.com and auto-translate this site into fractured Frenglish.) Mark Dery is a cultural critic whose byline has appeared in Wired, Rolling Stone, Red Herring, Suck, Feed, Salon, and the New York Times Magazine. His latest book is The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink. |
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