There are moments where exquisiteness is held at bay by a more direct technique; one example is the covered dish by the 18th-century potter Ogata Kenzan, its exterior painted with a loose tangle of grasses, its interior with sketches of distant mountains.
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DR's Per Juul Carlsen declared that although the film is visually beautiful, he is not sure it should be this way : " Had it not been better and more correct to tell the story really ugly and blurry in the rain instead of sunshine . . . with realism instead of polished exquisiteness [ ? ] ".
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Robert Abele of " LA Weekly " wrote : " Natalie Dormer presents a painterly exquisiteness and complexity in her portrayal of Anne Boleyn . . . her enigmatic, time-halting loveliness is a boon for " The Tudors ", and damn near worth losing your head over . " After her character's death at the end of the second season, " The Boston Herald " noted : " Dormer gave Anne Boleyn life, making her not just a beautiful schemer but a rebellious, defiantly independent tragic hero in the tradition of " Rebel Without a Cause " and " Cool Hand Luke " . . . her departure from " The Tudors " leaves a tremendous void ."
