sensuous

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The film boasts sensuous formal achievements, from the glorious alpine shots to the experimental sound design of a raging storm and the dizzying angles deployed by Kirsanoff, an Estonian Jew and Parisian avant-gardist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Until “Anónimo,” the Argentine avant-garde had never sounded so intoxicatingly sensuous.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

Initially, the prose is rich and sensuous but becomes less sumptuous as the story progresses.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024

From dressing rooms, young Dario watched his photographer mother, Elda Luxardo, capture Italian divas, including Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, in sensuous black-and-white portraits.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

We can readily understand Michelangelo’s discomfort, for Titian has rephrased his sculpture in utterly sensuous terms through the painterly application of sonorous color that is characteristic of his work.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson