naturalistic
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A naturalistic account of terror and extraordinary endurance, the novel gave some small sense of the cost that was paid for victory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Certainly it’s fascinating to see Wilder, never a strictly naturalistic playwright, continuing in his latter years to embrace the surrealist style that marked much of his dramatic oeuvre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
“To go to the source script has been very interesting, because while there are references to bedrooms and the boys being upstairs, Miller doesn’t describe a naturalistic setting,” Mantello said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Photographed by Manu Dacosse in a simple but alluring black and white, with similarly naturalistic production design by Katia Wyszkop, the film is exquisitely imagined without being self-aggrandizingly gorgeous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Like most Maya art, the portrait is too stylized to regard as a naturalistic rendering.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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