View the full definition in the Macmillan Dictionary. “Years steal Fire from the mind as vigour from the limb And life’s enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.” Download royalty-free stock photos, vectors, HD footage and more on Adobe Stock. One of the most frequent verbs used with sparkle is ‘add’, and anything that adds sparkle to life is welcome, especially at a time of year when natural light is in short supply. Search from thousands of royalty-free Sparkle stock images and video for your next project. Additional emoji descriptions and definitions are copyright Emojipedia. The noun sparkle is used in very similar ways. Code points listed are part of the Unicode Standard. Of course it is not only physical things that can sparkle: language can sparkle too, and a performance, a conversation or a piece of writing can be described as sparkling with wit. Sparkle often occurs in close proximity with another similar verb such as shimmer, shine, glitter, glisten, glint, glow or twinkle, indicating its prevalence in descriptive writing. The most frequent and salient collocate in our corpus, however, is ‘eyes’, which can sparkle mischievously, merrily or wickedly. Indeed, typical subjects of sparkle are nouns like diamond, jewel, sapphire and crystal, as well as sunlight, sunshine and stars. The etymology of sparkle makes it clear that something that sparkles seems to emit flashes of light. Both noun and verb were formed by combining the noun ‘spark’, which came from Old English, with the suffix ‘-le’, used to form diminutives of nouns as well as verbs that express repeated actions. This is where the beauty of The Diamond Dust Collection by Simon Claridge lies he has surrendered control of the artistic finish and allowed Marilyn to truly shine.Both the verb sparkle and the related noun have been part of English for a very long time: the first attested uses date from the 13th and 14th centuries. In short, she was many different things to many different people. The starlet had so many guises, was open yet guarded, and was known to so many but understood by so few. This is certainly fitting and appropriate to Monroe. Simon has used the glittering diamond dust on each image to ensure the works portray something of the aura of the Hollywood legend and the luminescence of her being under the spotlight. Marilyn has been immortalised in artistic practice for more than fifty years, but the handful of rare images Claridge has chosen from the Fox's extensive archive, have never before been translated into fine art.Ĭlaridge’s series represents Marilyn in symbolic black and white, enveloped in what has now become his trademark ‘diamond dust’ as a nod to the glamour and opulence of Hollywood. The six interpretations were drawn from Marilyn’s most famous movies: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and I Just Want to be Wonderful as well as a prestigious and rare collection of photography stills, test shots and outtakes from her less familiar films like Sounds Dreamy to Me and How to Marry a Millionaire, both of which are definitely worth a watch. Teaming up with Twentieth Century Fox, Claridge was granted access to the film studio's coveted archives to reveal new images of Marilyn, and his subsequent silkscreen works have formed The Diamond Dust Collection – a celebration of one of the most iconic film stars of all time.
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